Race & Perfume Advertising: The Whiteness of Alabaster, An United Arab Emirates Minister Launches Her Own Perfume {The 5th Sense in the News} {New Perfume}

Erin Aubry Kaplan takes a critical view of Banana Republic's advertising campaign for their perfume Alabaster:

"Banana Republic's new 'Alabaster' campaign makes no bones about celebrating whiteness....

This Perfume Smells Like Mean Spirit .....

United Arab Emirates Economy Minister Sheikha Lubna al-Qassem "....unveiled the fragrance -- "Mukhalat* Sheikha Lubna" -- at the Dubai branch of the luxury Saks Fifth Avenue store. 

Twenty percent of revenue from the sales would go to a cancer charity....

UAE Minister Launches Her Own Perfume 

*I believe that "mukhalat" means "a perfume blend".