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Fragrances with Numbers in the names - what could they mean?

post #1 of 15
7/22/10 at 1:20pm
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Any frags with numbers in the names you know of? Any joking guesses at what they might mean?


Oh Knize Ten, how thee is loved. Ten? What's Ten?
Ten - the number of times I've got to shower to get it off
Ten - the number of women in line to smell my glorious odour while wearing this frag
Ten - the number of bottles I've gone through

jo malone 154 - the number of seconds you can smell it for...



... well, you get the idea
Have at it!
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post #2 of 15
8/18/10 at 5:32am
I'm no perfume expert. But for example with M7 by YSL, it's their 7th fragrance for men from the house of YSL.
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post #3 of 15
8/18/10 at 5:10pm
I know Herrera 212 Men comes from the area code from New York

As well, in Turin's The Guide, the authors connected the number for ( Givenchy) Pi to the amount of seconds it keeps their interest .... 3.14 seconds to be somewhat exact.
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post #4 of 15
8/18/10 at 5:20pm
Wicken 3000: 3000 hours of longevity.
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post #5 of 15
8/18/10 at 8:23pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by volley2 View Post

I'm no perfume expert. But for example with M7 by YSL, it's their 7th fragrance for men from the house of YSL.

M7 - 7 - the number of decade you have to be living and breathing to enjoy this fragrance.

Sorry, that's a bit of an exaggeration. I did find this to be a very mature smell for my tastes though.
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post #6 of 15
8/20/10 at 8:21am
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Halston z-14, because it only costs $14!
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post #7 of 15
8/20/10 at 9:21am
No joking guesses to offer, but I have read where 1000 came from for 1000 by Jean Patou. It comes from the number of submissions that were rejected before the scent was chosen.
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post #8 of 15
8/20/10 at 9:58am
i personally think it's a nice way to label a fragrance. creates a sort of "musthavebility" of a particular series + doesnt give off any indication of what the smell be like hence you can make your own interpretation
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post #9 of 15
8/20/10 at 11:50am
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uh gawd, y'all too serious. This was meant to be an over the top joke about numbers in frags and what they might mean...



Chanel no 22 = 22, the number of flowers they crammed in there
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post #10 of 15
8/30/10 at 8:27pm
Floris No. 89 = address number of store in London.
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post #11 of 15
8/30/10 at 11:18pm
PR 1 Million - because that's how much you would have to pay me to wear it.
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post #12 of 15
9/2/10 at 7:30am
Le Labo Rose 31 = have 31 ingredients in it.. same like others le labo..
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post #13 of 15
9/4/10 at 11:57pm
It works as well alphabetically as it does numerically. Preparation H is an unqualified success. But what became of the testers for Preparation A to G?
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post #14 of 15
10/7/10 at 12:34pm
An old but fun thread.
Chanel no. 5: Coco Chanel chose the vial labeled Nº 5 from the two series of Rallet Nº 1 adaptations that Beaux presented her. And so he fifth bottle came no. 5.
Chanel no. 19: The number 19 was chosen to commemorate Coco Chanel's birthday.
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post #15 of 15
10/7/10 at 12:36pm
An old but fun thread.
Chanel no. 5: Coco Chanel chose the vial labeled Nº 5 from the two series of Rallet Nº 1 adaptations that Beaux presented her. And so he fifth bottle came no. 5.
Chanel no. 19: The number 19 was chosen to commemorate Coco Chanel's birthday.
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