Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Le luxe devrait être l’essentiel dans l’excès
English translation:
Luxury should always be the essence of indulgence
French term
Spain
My passion is your project
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
Le luxe devrait être l’essentiel dans l’excès
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"Le luxe devrait être l’essentiel dans l’excès"
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Proposed translations
Italy
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Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian, Italian
Luxury should be (regarded as) the essence of excess
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Note added at 2 days14 hrs (2012-09-18 08:49:19 GMT) Post-grading
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Lovely, Clare. Thank you!
France
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Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to French
Luxury is the prime feature of excess
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Note added at 29 mins (2012-09-15 19:00:59 GMT)
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Keep in mind "l'essentiel" actually doesn't mean it is essential, but merely means excess is mostly "made out" of luxury if you will.
"prime element" also works.
France
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Native in: English , Italian
Works in: Italian to English, German to English, French to English, and 10 more.
Luxury is essential when you're spoiling yourself rotten
Luxury should always be at the heart of excess
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Yolanda Broad
: I especially like "at the heart of excess" but wonder whether the first 1/2 couldn't be briefer.
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Thank you. : )
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United Kingdom
elegant, eloquent, accurate translation
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: French to English, German to English, Dutch to English, and 1 more.
Luxury is an abundance of what you need
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Kévin Bernier
: The same goes for the original sentence. I think it is intended, and hence should be translated accordingly.
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Point taken. Agree to disagree...
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Germany
Linguist, tourist guide, GDR/RDA/DDR
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: German to French, English to French, French
“perfume should be the essential in the excessive”
http://thegentlemansdaily.com/2009/11/saturday-scent-back-to...
Je ne sais pas ce que les anglophones en pensent, mais à mon avis Kilian Hennessy connaît cette version.
En tout cas, il faudrait retenir dans la traduction le mot essence / essential, car ses parfums mettent l'accent sur des huiles essentielles précieuses... et le mot excess ("It is important for my products to convey the message of excess and for women to luxury.")
C'est vraiment un parfum de luxe ("named after his grandfather and LVMH co-founder, Kilian Hennessy"): "Who is the Killian customer? She is a woman who knows herself, knows exactly what she wants. She might have already worn a Chanel, Dior scent but now she wants to be more unique, something special."
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Luxury is missing (he wants to convey both messages: excess and luxury), and I think Barbara's proposal has everything the message needs.
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