Word: scenting
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...Ashe had had leukemia, would reporter and editor have published the story? Maybe, in one paragraph. But not if Ashe had asked them not to. AIDS made it different. Irresistible. Juicy gossip. Red meat. When reporters pick up that scent, they are off the leash and baying through the woods. The Ashe affair makes a strong case for media loathing...
...could be any woman." In television commercials for the exotic fragrance debuting next month and in magazine ads in the fall, the adventurous Puzio will be shown on a solo vacation in India. And while the use of a "nonmodel" to promote a high-fashion scent may be unusual, Volupte isn't likely to turn up in your local bargain basement. A 1-oz. sculptured crystal flacon retails...
Whether or not the dog is man's best friend, it's been good to William Wegman. For many years Wegman's best friend was Man Ray, a soulful blue-gray Weimaraner that is by now the most famous artist's model since Alfred Stieglitz picked up the scent of Georgia O'Keeffe. In the oversize Polaroids that Wegman started making in the late 1970s, Man Ray can be found patiently enduring whatever new conceit his master would visit on him. Dusted in flour, tricked up as an elephant, wrapped head to toe in Christmas-tree garlands...
...uninitiated, Victoria's Secret stores are a Harlequin Romance come to life. Pastel colors, peach perfume and classical music enclose racks and racks of tasteful robes, teddies and underwear. (Incidentally, the scent and the music are for purchase--for those who want to capture the lingeriestore feel in the privacy of their own homes...
...perfume business today is a contest between commercial calculation and customer whim, with the marketers growing ever more sophisticated. But there are still a few wild cards in the poker game. This fall will also see the launch of Omar Sharif's signature scent for women, which will come in at $750 an ounce. For this whopping sum the customer gets a Baccarat crystal flacon and two refills a year for her life -- or the perfume's. Who knows? Four cherries and a banana? Or maybe a five-cherry...