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The Art and Science of Product Naming

While tricky to get right, when item monikers resonate — think Glossier’s Boy Brow and Hill House Home’s Nap Dress — they can communicate a world of meaning in just a few words.
Product names from Glossier's Cloud Paint to Frame's Borrowed jeans carry multiple layers of meaning.
Product names from Glossier's Cloud Paint to Frame's Borrowed jeans carry multiple layers of meaning. (BoF Collage)

When fragrance brand Snif was cooking up the name for its latest scent, which smelled of pancakes hot off the griddle — maple syrup, melted butter and “sugared musk,” — it went off instinct.

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Haley Crawford
Haley Crawford

Haley Crawford is Marketing Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. She is based in New York and covers the marketing and public relations industries.

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