Wunderman Thompson Singapore’s latest campaign puts LUX long-lasting fragrance and smell expert Laurine Sautour to the test
Committed to driving product superiority, LUX recently re-launched its new and improved Magical Spell body wash that gives long-lasting fragrance up to 24 hours. With this extraordinary claim, LUX wanted to prove its superiority in latest campaign via Wunderman Thompson Singapore.
The campaign stars renowned smell expert Laurine Sautour, who has a trained nose and the superb ability to identify smells — from the different notes of perfumes to the fragrance of everyday seemingly mundane things.
LUX taps Sautour’s unique talent and asks her to distinguish fragrances of six popular body wash brands through a blind smell test. Six women each shower with a different body wash. 24 hours later, they are called in to see if the body wash fragrances are still detectable on their skin.
Interestingly, Sautour picks up environmental, daily scents by those who showered with competitor brands, such as the aroma of talcum powder on a new mom and a metallic effect from a well-worn bracelet. Sautour did not pick up any body wash smell.
But one scent stands out from one of the six women—the scent of black orchid notes. Sautour confidently identifies that the fragrance comes from one body wash she had previously smelled. Amazed by the 24-hour staying power of the fragrance, she asks which body wash it was. It is then revealed to her that it is LUX Magical Spell.
Sautour said: “It was an opportunity to show people what smell experts do, and to create a deeper consciousness of the ability of scents to shape experiences and personalities.”
Creative Director Savio Fonseca, Wunderman Thompson Singapore, said: “We’re always thinking of new ways to enhance and showcase Lux’s product experience. To bring out the uniqueness of our latest 24-hour long-lasting fragrance claim, we created an unusual and surprising demonstration involving a super smeller.”
“Fragrance is invisible and so it’s harder to show it in a video format. With our great collaboration with Wunderman Thompson, we were able to come up with this concept of using a “Smell Expert” to highlight the superiority of our fragrances in a novel, interesting way. It was an eye-opening experience as we watched our expert Sautour in action, and we believe that consumers will be just as blown away as we were by this incredible demonstration,” says, Swarnim Bharadwaj, LUX Global Brand Director.
The campaign can now be seen on digital and E-Commerce platforms in China.
Credits
Wunderman Thompson, Singapore
Marco Versolato, Chief Creative Officer, WPP@Unilever
Savio Fonseca, Creative Director
Gayle Lim, Creative Director
Sixin Wu, Junior Art Director
Hinoti Joshi, Business Director, Global Lux
Len de Rosales, Senior Account Director
Geru Gotico, Senior Account Manager
Josslyn Li, Planner
Gerri Hamill, Director of Integrated Content, WPP@Unilever
Hafiza Yussaini, Post Producer
Sharmaine Ng, Production Coordinator
Hayaya Ibrahim, Production Coordinator
Jeremiah Marcelo, Senior Editor (Offline)
Emma Jeman, Junior Editor (Offline)
Luis Calvo, Senior Editor (Online)
Unilever
Severine Vauleon, Global Brand Vice President, Lux
Swarnim Bharadwaj, Global Brand Director, Lux
Megan Zhu, Global Brand Manager, Lux
Lynn Goh, Global Assistant Brand Manager, Lux
Production (Shooting Gallery)
Bertrand Lee, Director
Daniel Wong, Senior Producer
Shelley Yip, Producer
