In what is probably an industry first, four major women's magazines from Hearst -- including
Elle and
Cosmopolitan -- will attach sample vials of Marc Jacobs' new fragrance, Daisy
and Daisy Eau So Fresh, to November issues sent to subscribers. Though scented paper inserts have long been a staple of beauty company ads, mostly in women's fashion books, "the technology just didn't
exist," for using actual bottle samples before, according to Michael Clinton, president-marketing and publishing director of Hearst Magazines.
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