According to Eris’ complaint, which was filed in a New York federal court late last week, since 2017, it has been using the trademark-protected “MX” mark on a “high quality” fragrance created by its founder Barbara Herman and “master perfumer” Antoine Lie. Advertised as “an inclusive fragrance for all genders,” the “MX.” name – pronounced “mix” – is “a play on the mixing process” that Eris used to create the scent, namely the “subtle mixing [of] notes that blur the boundaries between conventional binary ‘his’ and ‘hers’ scents.”
— Eris Parfums sues Urban Outfitters for copying their Mx. fragrance. Read more at Urban Outfitters Slapped With Lawsuit Over Gender-Free Fragrance at The Fashion Law.
OMG, this is SHAMELESS. They copied her wording down to the comma! Get ’em, Barbara!!
Shameless! Barabara Herman is brilliant and so are ERIS fragrances. How dare UO rip off her work???#justiceforbarbara
Barbara. ^
Both Anthropologie & UO have a history of this. I know they’ve been sued before but don’t know how those suits turned out.
Noooo not my beloved Anthro too!!???! Ugh.
CK One broke the gender free fragrance ground 25 yrs ago, the great Alberto Morillas.
The holding company for Anthro/Urban Outfitters is kinda known for ripping off small creatives in terms of design, if not in construction or quality.
Zara does it too with clothes and accessories, most fast fashion in fact. I’m really tired of this practice. Hire some designers, you’re making billions. Or, give the artists a royalty. It’s just wrong… it’s stealing. I hope there’s a hell for people that do this where all there is to wear is itchy polyester from the 70s 😈
That looks pretty blatant to me. Shame on Urban Outfitters!