Perry Ellis International Signs a New Worldwide Licensing Agreement for Perry Ellis Fragrances.

MIAMI -- Perry Ellis International Inc. (NASDAQ:PERY):

* New worldwide licensing agreement with Falic Fashion Group for fragrances, lotions, toiletries and cosmetics, effective immediately.

* Sale of fragrance inventory and other related assets of fragrance business, completed in a cash transaction of approximately $63 million.

* Transactions expected to be accretive. Increases Annual Fiscal 2008 earnings view by $0.09 per share, to the range of $1.80 - $1.84 per fully diluted share.

Perry Ellis International Inc. (NASDAQ:PERY) today announced that it has entered into a worldwide licensing agreement with Falic Fashion Group, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Duty Free Americas, Inc., to manufacture and distribute perfumery, fragrances, lotions, toiletries and cosmetics under the Perry Ellis brand. As well, Perry Ellis International finalized an agreement to sell to Falic Fashion Group all inventory and other related assets of the fragrance business. Both agreements are effective immediately.

George Feldenkreis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Perry Ellis International, commented: "Upon carefully evaluating all options we have decided to grant this license to the Falic Fashion Group. We are very excited about this new direction for our fragrance business given Falic Fashion Group's keen understanding of the high-end and luxury markets. They are strongly committed to positioning our Perry Ellis fragrances in channels that complement our apparel distribution, which is essential to further enhancing the cross-category lifestyle concept of our Perry Ellis brand."

"These agreements will allow Perry Ellis International not only to recoup significantly all of the invested capital utilized for the purchase of assets from Parlux Fragrances Inc., but also to maximize our royalty income from this key product category. We expect this transaction to be accretive to our earnings by approximately $0.09 per fully diluted share for Fiscal 2008, increasing our initial guidance from the range of $1.71-$1.75 to the range of $1.80-$1.84 per fully diluted share," Mr. Feldenkreis concluded.

As part of the transaction, Falic Fashion Group agreed to purchase all rights, titles, interests, certain intangible assets and inventory of the fragrance business in a cash transaction of approximately $63 million, subject to potential purchase price adjustments for confirmation of inventory levels.

About Perry Ellis International

Perry Ellis International, Inc. is a leading designer, distributor and licensor of a broad line of high quality men's and women's apparel, accessories and fragrances. The company's collection of dress and casual shirts, golf sportswear, sweaters, dress and casual pants and shorts, jeans wear, active wear and men's and women's swimwear is available through all major levels of retail distribution. The company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, owns a portfolio of nationally and internationally recognized brands including Perry Ellis(R), Jantzen(R), Cubavera(R), Munsingwear(R), Savane(R), Original Penguin(R), Grand Slam(R), Natural Issue(R), Pro Player(R), the Havanera Co.(R), Axis(R), Tricots St. Raphael(R), Gotcha(R), Girl Star(R) and MCD(R). The company enhances its roster of brands by licensing trademarks from third parties including Dockers(R) for outerwear, Nike(R) and JAG(R) for swimwear, and PING(R) and PGA TOUR(R) for golf apparel. Additional information on the company is available at http://www.pery.com.

About Falic Fashion Group

Falic Fashion Group, LLC, is a member of the Falic Group of companies, which are involved in the retail sale, manufacture and international distribution of luxury goods.

Falic Fashion Group is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Duty Free Americas, Inc., the largest duty free retail store operator in North America. Duty Free Americas operates more than 100 duty free shops located in major international airports such as Miami, New York, Chicago, Boston and Washington, as well as international gateways.

The Falic Group has acquired several brands from LVMH Mo[R]t Hennessy Louis Vuitton, including the House of Christian Lacroix (which consists of Haute Couture, ready-to-wear, footwear, accessories, leather goods and fragrances), and the Urban Decay and Hard Candy cosmetics brands.

The Falic Group also serves as distributor and authorized retailer of numerous luxury brands, such as Estee Lauder, Lancome, L'Oreal, Cartier, Ferragamo, Hermes, Audemars Piguet, Jacob & Co., Victorinox, Lladro and Davidoff.

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