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Boundary Shattering

Scent innovation results in products that break traditional boundaries

Implications - In addition to celebrity endorsements, the world of fragrances has seen a number of innovations including luxury scents, custom scents, sampling kiosks, ‘no-scent perfume’ and even fragrance created from one's DNA. Just because it seems like it’s all been done, doesn’t mean there isn’t still room for innovation. How can you expand your brand’s reach, customize or otherwise tear down the traditional boundaries of marketing in your industry?
Trend Themes
1. Custom Fragrances - The rise in custom fragrances allows for a personalized experience and expands a brand's reach.
2. Convenient Application - Innovative ways of applying perfume, such as through rings, necklaces and solid perfumes allow for easy on-the-go application, ideal for customers living fast-paced lifestyles.
3. Unconventional Scent - The use of unusual or unexpected scents allows businesses the opportunity to disrupt the traditional perfume industry.
Industry Implications
1. Beauty & Personal Care - The beauty and personal care industry can tap into custom fragrance options to draw in customers who want a personalized scent.
2. Fashion & Accessories - Fashion and accessory industry can explore unconventional scent combinations and incorporate perfume into their products to create multifunctional items.
3. Travel & Leisure - The travel and leisure industry can utilize convenient perfume applications, allowing for easy application on-the-go for customers who are always on the move.
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627,886 Total Clicks
Date Range:
Mar 07 — Oct 09
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Featured Examples

Your DNA as a Fragrance
Your DNA as a Fragrance
Smell Yourself Sexy
A company called My DNA Fragrance claims that it can develop a perfume for women or cologne for men based on your DNA. The customer submits a swab of saliva to the company and there you go, you have your… MORE
Perfume Sampling Kiosks
Perfume Sampling Kiosks
Sick of fragrance counter employees offering you a little spritz of something new? Scentest Communications has made it possible to skip these pesky encounters with the help of new technologies. The Scentest… MORE
Perfume Rings
Perfume Rings
Using rapid prototyping resin, designer Johanna Jansson has created a perfume ring which adds useful purpose to an accessory that otherwise lacks function. Yanko Design describes, "The layered glass effects… MORE
Sweet Scent Accessories
Sweet Scent Accessories
The Maya Jewels Perfume Bottles are Beautiful and Practical
Perfume bottles were once the sign that you were a lady. When you didn’t bathe regularly you needed to have something hanging around your neck to mask certain smells. Now, the Maya Jewels Perfume Bottles… MORE
Pod Design Meets Perfume
Pod Design Meets Perfume
Ryoko Series By Kenzo
These artsy little pods contain 20 ml of delicious Kenzo perfume. The jet-set-sized fragrances won't give you any hassle at security either since they're under 50 ml. You might have to stick them in a… MORE
No Scent Purfume
No Scent Purfume
Choix
You can now buy a perfume that smells like ... er, nothing. The "perfume", which has virtually no scent, is to go on sale at a London department store this week priced at STG40 per bottle. The creation,… MORE
Victorious Hair Fragrances
Victorious Hair Fragrances
Perfumes by Boadicea in Celtic Patterned Silver Bottle
Now this is a luxury item of a certain caliber! The Boadicea hair perfumes are inspired by the ancient British heroine, Boadicea, known as a figure symbolizing female strength. These decorative bottles… MORE
Age-Defying Scents
Age-Defying Scents
Ageless Perfume Claims to Spray Eight Years Off Your Age
Ageless Perfume makes some bold claims considering it is, after all, just a perfume. The creators behind the scent claim that anyone who smells the scent will see the wearer as eight years younger than… MORE
Smelling Good On the Go
Smelling Good On the Go
The Perfume Bottle Necklace
I kind of like the idea of wearing my favorite perfume around my neck as a stylish and hip necklace, provided of course that said perfume does not spill on my clothes. Also, I prefer that the necklace… MORE
Make Your Own Perfume with LE LABO Olfatory Kit
Make Your Own Perfume with LE LABO Olfatory Kit
Feel like an excentric perfume designer with your own ikfactory kit. Popularity of this will no doubt be propelled by the new movie Perfume, the Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind. With this "Olfactionary"… MORE
Luxe Solid Scents
Luxe Solid Scents
Penhaligon's Silver Artemesia Compact is a Worthy Indulgence
Liquid perfume is so passe with its bottles that break and spill everywhere. Sure they may look pretty, but are they functional as well? Penhaligon’s Silver Artemesia Compact is the perfect combination… MORE
Musical Perfume Packs
Musical Perfume Packs
The HUGO Element Set Combines Headphones and Fragrance
For the man who wants to smell good while listening to music, the HUGO Element Set is the perfect gift. Fashion is merging with technology more and more, and Hugo Boss does have their own Element music… MORE
Disdainful Fragrances
Disdainful Fragrances
We Love ‘CB I Hate Perfume'
‘CB I Hate Perfume’ is the brainchild of Christopher Brosius. He has always had a love of fragrance but a disdain for what he calls, “inelegant concession to fashionable ego.” With this inspiration behind… MORE
Diamond Dust-Infused Fragrances
Diamond Dust-Infused Fragrances
Agent Provocateur's Dazzling New Scent
The new fragrance from Agent Provocateur is a double girl fantasy that combines diamond dust and Eau de Parfum. What more can a lady possibly want? The scent is a limited edition version of Agent Provocateur’s… MORE

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