Question:
I thought this was a question Lutens could answer best, so I mailed the 'directrice' of Les Salons du Palais Royal, asking her for an answer that I was allowed to post.
"Dear Madam,
I will try to give you an answer to satisfy
At the beginning in 1992, first we did not think that the exclusive will get so successful...
It is also a marketing strategy to decide to have one exclusive point of sale for one collection and for the export range several points of sales...Elitism and rare are the good words to qualify our wish to be very exclusive and selective but not "arrogance".
As you know each year one of our exclusive fragrances is launched in the export range for a limited edition...
And other reason for our fragrances, for some of them the name and the formulas are not available in many countries.
I hope that my explanations will satisfy your friends.
Thank you again for your support and fidelity".
I hope indeed this answer will be enough.
And a big "thank you" to this wonderful and gracious French lady.

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Originally Posted by _R$_ Guys... relax. I've got a little song for you.
If you're French and you know it, clap your hands.
If you're French and you know it, clap your hands.
If you're French and you know it, and you really want to show it
If you're French and you know it, clap your hands.
You shouldn't really care what someone on the internet thinks about you. If you think they're racist (By the way, you're probably white, as is he), just ignore them. I had to find it out the hard way that some people aren't going to like you just because you're from a certain country. I like how somebody dropped the Freedom Fries bomb, but they're offended because somebody else dropped the "French Snob" bomb. Seems like the skillet's calling the kettle black. There's a reason he said French Snob... because not all the French are snobs. Otherwise we'd just call them the French, and it would be well known that all of them are snobs. He added snobbery (he shouldn't have said typical), but you turn around and insult Americans with Freedom Fries. On the other hand, I don't really care that much, and this thread is way off topic, and will probably continue that way.
- Rich [deleted by moderator because it's off topic and a flame. The thread is done.
--Chris]

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Where is all of this really going?
It certainly isn't fragrance discussion. I'm locking it.