How Diao Pai used Douyin drama and vlogs to launch a fragrance laundry detergent
From 3 to 22 August 2024, Diao Pai used 19 Douyin creators and 19 videos to launch 雕牌高奢香水香氛洗衣液 (Diao Pai luxury perfume-scented laundry detergent). The campaign recast a routine wash product as wearable luxury fragrance, with head creators leading a female-leaning lifestyle mix.
Turn laundry detergent into a luxury fragrance worn on clothes
The Xingtu-led launch reframed detergent as “穿在身上的高奢香水” (a luxury perfume worn on your clothes), unified by the question “谁是新一代香氛洗衣液” (which is the new generation of fragrance laundry detergent?) and the hashtag “雕牌高奢香水香氛” (Diao Pai luxury perfume fragrance). The product story paired 格拉斯五月玫瑰香 (Grasse May Rose fragrance) with 微胶囊爆香科技 (microcapsule fragrance-burst technology), 120-hour fragrance retention, antibacterial action and odor removal; “洗一次香五天” (one wash, five days of fragrance) made the lasting-fragrance claim concrete. Comedy and lifestyle creators placed the product in best-friend games, late-pregnancy vlogs, workplace stories and solo-living routines, with dialogue and voice-over carrying the selling points.
The campaign addressed urban young women and quality-seeking middle-class consumers interested in clothing fragrance, personal scent and attainable everyday luxury. Paris Olympics and women’s volleyball hooks added an emotional link through the “中国玫瑰” (Chinese rose) theme. Voice-overs stressed value for money, but the brief remained awareness-only: no discount, urgency device, offline activation or specific conversion mechanism.
- Objective
- Product Launch
- Occasion
- New Launch · Film / IP Window
- Funnel
- Awareness
- Messaging
- Ingredient and Tech · Value for Money · Pain-point Hook · Family Warmth
- Scenes
- Daily Life at Home · Couple Scenario · Family and Parenting
- Formats
- Vlog Narrative · Workplace / Campus Drama · Tutorial
- Trust
- Expert Authority
- Discount
- No Discount, Pure Brand Push
What set it apart
| Choice | Share of campaigns |
|---|---|
| Distinctive | |
| Workplace / Campus Drama | 2%1 in 51 |
| Expert Authority | 4.2%1 in 24 |
| Vlog Narrative | 13%1 in 8 |
| Typical | |
| Daily Life at Home | 79%8 in 10 |
Share of the 1,161 Douyin Home campaigns in the unrandom archive that made the same choice. Counted Nov 5, 2026.
Nineteen creators and 19 videos: head talent led a female-leaning lifestyle pyramid
302K–9.01M
19 creators with a public follower count
Head Ignite, Mid-tail Volume Pyramid
Top Heavy
Female Dominant
The first step to copy
- 1
Start with a category-redefining question
Anchor every creator brief in “谁是新一代香氛洗衣液” (which is the new generation of fragrance laundry detergent?), then repeat one sensory difference: 格拉斯五月玫瑰香 (Grasse May Rose fragrance), 微胶囊爆香科技 (microcapsule fragrance-burst technology) and 120 hours of fragrance. Keep that wording consistent across plots and vlogs.
- 2+
More steps in the full teardown
casting, scene placement, event tie-ins and an awareness-only brief
The full teardown adds
- Reads and engagement for all 19 posts, ranked against similar creators
- Estimated spend and cost per read
- The breakout post, and why it led
- What 40,992 comments asked for most
- The rest of the playbook
- Casting risks and smart moves
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|---|---|---|
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A public campaign observed on Douyin. unrandom did not run it and is not affiliated with 雕牌. Analysis by unrandom from public posts, updated Nov 5, 2026. Your brand? Request a correction