forevermore79
10.06.05, 10:53
Tej marki Lancastera u nas nie ma, ale meskie zapachy sa niezle- chocby
Reaction. Teraz nowosc, sklad bardzo obiecujacy.
z WWD:
"NEW YORK — Kenneth Cole is aiming to put a new flourish on his fragrance
business this fall.
Kenneth Cole Signature, the designer's latest scent, is the fifth Cole
fragrance launched by Lancaster since acquiring Cole's fragrance license in
May 2003 from LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton. That speed-to-market has been
a deliberate decision for many reasons, including the successes the company
has seen with its initial Cole launches, said Catherine Walsh, senior vice
president of marketing for cosmetics and American licenses for Lancaster
Group Worldwide. The brand is Lancaster's third largest, after Davidoff and
JLo.
"Black and Reaction [each of which includes a men's and a women's scent] are
category leaders and still in the top 10," said Walsh of the scents.
Reaction's key consumers are trendy twentysomething professionals, while
Black has slightly wider age parameters. "Our plan was always to launch a
fragrance brand for each pillar of Kenneth's business, and Signature
[attached to Kenneth Cole Collection] is a key piece of that plan."
Aimed primarily at men ages 35 to 45, Signature targets a more sophisticated
group of men than its predecessors, noted Walsh. Or, as Cole puts it with a
roguish grin, "This is the guy I want to be when I grow up."
During an interview with WWD in his spacious West Side offices here, Cole
said he sees Signature as the "substantial, timeless element of the [scent]
brand. It's not as trendy [as some of the other fragrances]. Signature
denotes the individual — one's imprint on his environment. It's your
thumbprint, who you are, that is timeless."
The juice, by Symrise, has top notes of fresh grapefruit, rare violet, spicy
cardamom and fiery pimento berries; a heart of deep marine notes, orris root,
water lily and espresso bean, and a drydown of guaiac wood, smoky amber,
exotic patchouli and papyrus.
The fragrance's heavy glass elliptical bottle was designed by Cole and Chad
Levigne. It is topped with a mahogany wood cap, and the juice inside is
tinted a deep amber. The outer carton is of a mahogany wood-grained cardboard
that is accented with chrome printing.
The Signature line comprises eaux de toilette in two sizes, 1.7 oz. for $49
and 3.4 oz. for $62.50; a 3.4-oz. aftershave splash, $52; a 3.4-oz.
aftershave balm, $49; a 6.7-oz. hair and body wash, $25, and a 2.6-oz.
deodorant stick, $18.
In the U.S., Kenneth Cole Signature will be available in September in about
1,800 department and specialty store doors, including Cole's own retail
stores, said Carlos Timiraos, vice president of marketing for Lancaster
Worldwide. Globally, the scent will be launched in spring 2006. International
distribution currently includes the United Kingdom, Australia and Eastern
Europe, and soon will be expanded to include Germany and Italy, said
Timiraos.
In addition to national advertising, Lancaster is launching an aggressive
scented campaign designed to disseminate more than 1 million samples and 35
million scented impressions in the scent's first year. While none of the
executives would discuss sales or advertising spending, industry sources
estimated that Signature would do upward of $25 million at retail in the U.S.
in its first year on counter, and that about $15 million would be spent on
advertising and promotion.
Print advertising, designed in-house by Kenneth Cole Productions and
photographed by Michael Jansen, will begin running in September magazines,
including Esquire, GQ, Men's Vogue and Best Life. The visual is of a
thirtysomething male model in a Manhattan town house, with the tag line "It's
Your Scents of Distinction." Both single pages and spreads will be produced."
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Wreszcie cos meskiego bez nazwy Aqua :-)
