A round up of new fragrance advertising (25 ads in all) — most of these are for fragrances recently released in stores or just about to be released…
Brit Rhythm, again
Actress and model Suki Waterhouse for Burberry Brit Rhythm for Women. She was also in the ad for the men's version.
Burberry Brit Rhythm for Women ~ new fragrance
Burberry will launch Burberry Brit Rhythm for Women in January. Brit Rhythm for Women is the feminine counterpart to the Brit Rhythm for Men fragrance which launched earlier this year, and like that scent was inspired by rock music. It is described as having “a rock ’n’ roll edge” with “powdery softness”…
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2013, part 27
More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US.
From Bottega Veneta, the original Bottega Veneta fragrance* in the Murano edition: “The Murano bottle is a particularly pure expression of the quality and craftsmanship of Bottega Veneta. The flacon, designed by Creative Director Tomas Maier as a vessel for the parfum, is an object of timeless sophistication and contemporary functionality. The bottle is made of exceptionally fine glass hand-blown by artisans of one of the leading glassworks on the island of Murano.” $475 for 50 ml Parfum at Bottega Veneta…
Burberry Brit Rhythm ~ fragrance review
Burberry just released Burberry Brit Rhythm for (young) men; it’s a flanker to Brit for Men (2004) and marks the beginning of Burberry’s in-house perfume development (adieu InterParfums). Though InterParfums is gone, silliness remains: Brit Rhythm was “inspired by the music in the brand’s DNA” — huh? what’s so musical about a trench coat? (I own a Burberry trench and have probably done some singing while wearing it…though I don’t think I was inspired by my coat to burst into song.) Burberry also produced an unmusical Brit Rhythm video that looks more like a lead-up to a fashion show than a rock concert. Do young guys still aspire, by the millions, to rock-singer status? You’d think so judging by mainstream perfume advertising.
It took three perfumers to come up with Burberry Brit Rhythm: Dominique Ropion, Anne Flipo and Olivier Polge…