Aerin has introduced Tuberose Gardenia, a new fragrance for women. Tuberose Gardenia is a relaunch of the 2007 fragrance from Estée Lauder, Private Collection Tuberose Gardenia…
Thursday scent of the day 12/26
It’s Thursday, plus Boxing Day, the second day of Christmas, Candy Cane Day, the first day of Kwanzaa and the second night of Hanukkah. Happy Birthday to David Sedaris! What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in one of the two fragrances I bought this year, Imaginary Authors Dipped in Chocolate.
Reminder: on 12/27 we’re doing Best of 2024…
Demand for luxury goods will actually increase as their prices increase
Confronted by hordes, companies tried preserving their images the one way they knew how: jacking up prices. In doing so, they followed the longstanding Veblen goods principle. Derived from the economist Thorstein Veblen’s “The Theory of the Leisure Class,” written in 1899, it states that demand for luxury goods will actually increase as their prices increase, because such hikes thin the herds and make scarce goods that much more desirable.
— Read more in Obscene Prices, Declining Quality: Luxury Is in a Death Spiral at The New York Times. (Note that the article is about fashion rather than perfume.) Hat tip to AnnE!
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays! We’ll be back on Thursday. In the meantime, feel free to talk about whatever you like: what perfume you’re wearing today, what you’re cooking (or eating) over the holidays, anything at all.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Marc Jacobs Daisy Glow x 3 ~ new fragrances
Marc Jacobs has launched Daisy Glow, Daisy Love Glow and Daisy Eau So Fresh Glow, a new trio of limited edition flankers for women. (Last year’s model: Daisy Pop…)