Monday, 17 September 2012

Creating a Best Selling Perfume Is All About Branding

For more than a century, people have been using perfume. This is perhaps because soap does not do much except cleanse the body so something else has to be used in order to smell good.

Studies have shown that the demand for perfume has more than quadrupled through the years. This is because of new technology that makes it easier to mass-produce and the branding that goes with it.

Branding from a marketing executive is very important. This is because the name that is given to the new concoction should reach out to the consumer. One of the most effective methods is by getting a celebrity to endorse it and then the rest is history.

Another technique that delivers a heavy punch is the packaging. The shape of the container may take the form of a woman's body or something else that is more appealing. The manufacturers do not always come up with this and at times as a consumer group to help with the brainstorming.

The success story of each perfume ever made was not always made with the help of a celebrity. Some companies relied on advertising to create brand awareness. This is done on television, through billboards and printouts in magazines.

While in the store, sales reps offer free samples to customers and those who are hooked will end up buying it. These strategies should be utilized when making your own perfume line.

There may be different ways of making it but in the end, the entrepreneur will still have to market it in order to make a profit.       

So, can someone come up with a perfume that does not smell so good and still perform well because of a celebrity endorsement? The answer is yes. The challenge will be getting someone important to do it because there are those who don’t like the idea of promoting something that the person does not even believe in.

The best thing to do will be to create a perfume that both the entrepreneur and the endorser can live with. The key to everything is the scent. It will take time to learn how to mix the base, middle and top with the right amount of  bridge note but those who succeed may be able to make something that the market has not created.

The perfume that the person has created may not be appealing to the young but may sell well with the older market or vice versa. A product test can be done to see where the cards fall so branding can focus on a targeted market.

Eventually, the entrepreneur will be able to figure out the niche of the brand. The only way to get more loyal customers will be to create more variations that will also cater to people in other age groups.

Making your own perfume will require a little knowledge of chemistry. This will take time but after a while, the person will finally be able to have the right formula.  

The knowledge needed may come from books or by going back to school. Those who may not have the knack for it may decide to hire someone else to take care of the legwork so the entrepreneur will be busy with the branding side of the business.

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