What I don't miss in January...

This week Colm O’Regan admits the one thing he doesn’t miss now that we’ve really left 2016 behind ... perfume ads.

Mon, 23 Jan, 2017 - 00:00

Columnist with the Irish Examiner.

I’ll tell you what I don’t miss in January: The perfume ads.

As everyone knows, Christmas is an inflection point in the advertising industry. In the lead up to it, you are sold all these images of indulgence — in essence various metaphors representing being at It hammer and tongs.

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