Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Drakkar Noir


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   keep. No arguments for deletion aside from the nominator. The issue of merging can be discussed on the article's talk page. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:39, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Drakkar Noir

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This article is merely a list of mentions of the fragrance "Drakkar Noir" in various TV shows and songs. It might have existed, but there's nothing to show that it is any way notable independently. — Ryulong ( 竜龙 ) 03:46, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fashion-related deletion discussions. &#9733;&#9734;  DUCK IS JAMMMY &#9734;&#9733; 05:14, 13 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment. When an article has been taken over by its "in popular culture" section, that's a problem. This is a well-known fragrance but I don't know if we can find enough commentary on it to have a proper article. Of course, I might be wrong, and the article might be improved during this AfD. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 15:26, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Suggestion redirect again to Guy Laroche. Probably not enough info to make a full article, but again, as a redirect to its creator. umrguy  42  17:02, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
 * That's a merge and redirect and fix later if I ever saw one. Yeah, primary sources and pop culture, but nothing wrong with holding in Guy Laroche until local consensus determines how to enfold. JJB 06:22, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
 * There doesn't appear to be any valid content to merge.— Ryulong ( 竜龙 ) 07:53, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep One of the most famous and best-selling men's fragrances (its heyday was in the 1980s).  Best-selling status in NY Times article. FiFi Awards winner, "Most Successful Men's Fragrance (Limited)", 1985.  Canadian Fragrance Awards Hall of Fame Award - men's in 2010  Wired calls it a "famous scent".  Features in Basenotes the well-regarded fragrances directory.. And discussed in Persuasive Signs: The Semiotics of Advertising by Ron Beasley, Marcel Danesi and Essentials of Global Marketing By Svend Hollensen (Pearson, 2009), (both on google books).   There's loads of hits online.  A New York Times magazine story on Google Books refers to "the extraordinary global success in the 80's of Drakkar Noir" (p116) I've added some of this to the article. --Colapeninsula (talk) 16:14, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep - per Colapeninsula .  NYSM talk page  06:49, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep per Colapeninsula. Mabalu (talk) 10:29, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep per Colapeninsula. Imperatore (talk) 23:13, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.