DESIGN MIAMI 2011
TOKYO DESIGN WEEK 2011
DUTCH DESIGN WEEK 2011
VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2011
Via the Onion, of course.
Fashion house and perfumer Chanel, famed for its iconic, $300-an-ounce No. 5 scent, announced that it has created a cost-efficient fragrance for the Third World, one specifically designed for the rigors of dry, dusty, less glamorous environments in the Southern Hemisphere.
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As for 3rd's scent, Chanel wanted something "clean, youthful, and beguiling," said Chanel chemist Robert Geneau, adding that organically musky, smoky, and earthy tones had been rejected because the scent's intended users most likely had too much musk, earth, and smoke in their lives already. "3rd has a bright, grassy base, like a fresh breeze after a rain—a very exotic scent for our target customer. There are also notes of cocoa, citrus, spices, and other things our customer sometimes raises and harvests for foreign export, but rarely gets to savor herself. Captivating, and for a fraction of the cost of high-end scents available in the West, 3rd is just the economic miracle developing nations need."
Comments
This is by far the most rudd and disrespectful product I have ever seen.
Affordable $100-an-ounce??. They have no idea what a poor family could do with that amount of money.
Fashion has nothing to do with starvation.
100$ an ounce, big deal for no income Third world women, not to speak of that flask, kind of toilet cleaner.
Vanity is not a part of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Sex is one of the basic needs on the pyramid, however, the countries mentioned in the article require clean water, food, shelter, and shoes (please no humanitarian Prada garments.)
If Chanel really wanted help "3rd" world nations, they should share profits since they make clothing for dollars and sell them for hundreds if not thousands.
If you don't recognize that Corporations are slowly draining the human race out of existence for pennies on the dollar, than you have been bought too.
Que profundo y significativo aporte a la humanidad (sarcasmo)
I'm an industrial designer who lives in a country of the third world and when you design a product for the "bottom of the pyramid" it doesn't mean that it has to be less attractive that the one's made for the "top of the pyramid". This looks like a cleaning solution for the bathroom.
The commenters might note that the source for this story is The Onion. For those not familiar with The Onion, it is a satirical publication.
*"&�*"�E*!(!!!! Did someone actually allow this product to be made?! I agree with jose. I bet it was some fashion bimbo who thought "oh poor people dont have Chanel" and then yes, created something which looks like a cleaner?! and AHHHRRRRGGG!!! I must contain my ANGER.. this computer is going to explode if im not careful :P anyway, im glad there are some people who react to this...some people who have common sense!