Reddit mentions of Perfumes: The Guide

I have this book on my bookshelf about perfume and it says that with the exception of some very cheap fragrances, they do indeed last a very long time.

This book has sat on my toilet tank for almost a decade now, and I've never tired of reading the reviews in it, which are thoroughly saucy and entertaining. I was delighted to discover, just now, that there's a new edition.

Editing to add: I don't even wear perfumes, but something about reading great writing about them just gets me. I don't know.

Here is an interesting book for anyone who is into perfumes. Apparently before the authors came along, there was no such thing as really impartial perfume critics who sometimes would write negative reviews, only fawning editorials from magazines who relied on advertising money. The authors have interesting ways to describe all the different perfumes, and are really bitchy and funny about the ones they don't like.

Perfumes: The Guide

Supposedly, no matter what the brand, the actual perfume only costs about 2$, the rest (advertising, bottle, packaging) brings the price up to 60$ or whatever the retail cost is.

Also, since perfume is a luxury good, it is one of those items where you can keep raising the price, and demand will actually increase once it is perceived as a high-end status item. So I am sure a lot of retailers make a conscious choice to set the price of their perfume at $100 or more, even though they would earn a profit at 50$ or something.