RSPCA Points Warning After Dolce & Gabbana’s Dog Fragrance Launch

Dolce & Gabbana launches their latest perfume – this time, it’s for our four-legged mates! However the RSPCA points its warning in opposition to using dog perfumes.

The Italian style label’s latest perfume mist for canines is alleged to attract inspiration “from the unwavering love for Domenico Dolce’s loyal companion, Fefé.”

On the Dolce & Gabbana web site, Fefé is described to be a “an expensive alcohol-free mist designed with meticulous look after canines.”

Additionally it is mentioned to be “a celebration of the cherished bond between pets and their homeowners, from the essence of ylang ylang to the nice and cozy embrace of musk and sandalwood.”

The fragrance is crafted by famend perfumer, Emilie Coppermann, solely for Dolce & Gabbana and is priced at €99 ($109) for 100 mL (3.4 oz).

Moreover, the fragrance is housed in a glossy inexperienced glass bottle, that includes a purple metallic cap and a 24-carat gold-plated dog paw. Clients who buy the brand new perfume will obtain an unique Dolce & Gabbana dog collar and dog tag.

And whereas Dolce & Gabbana assures dog dad and mom that the fragrance is Secure Pet Cosmetics licensed, accepted by vets, and loved by canines, RSPCA points a warning of using dog perfumes messing with a dog’s sense of scent.

“Canines depend on their sense of scent to speak and work together with their surroundings in addition to the folks and different animals inside it,” RSPCA senior scientific officer Alice Potter tells The Guardian. “Due to this fact we advise that strong-scented merchandise corresponding to perfumes or sprays are averted, particularly as some smells will be actually disagreeable for canines.”

Potter provides, “Generally canines will be anthropomorphized and the strains can develop into blurred between what canines like and what we, as people, suppose they’ll like.”