Perfume and Cologne and Other Scents
New car smell perfume
"Now captured in a bottle, the new car fragrance. Savour the smell of success." From Autotrader. £175 for a 1.7 oz bottle.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Mar 16, 2020 -
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Category: Cars, Perfume and Cologne and Other Scents
Stinky Candles
The Stinky Candle Company is committed to offering scented candles that represent the full range of everyday olfactory experiences. So, while they do sell many traditional scents such as christmas tree, chocolate cake batter, lilac, and creme brulee, they also offer non-traditional scents such as chlorine, rotting flesh, gasoline, body odor, fart, skunk, urine, vomit, and "Spawn of the Devil" (which sounds mysterious).Sounds like the Stinky Candle Company follows the same scent philosophy as Demeter Fragrances, who were selling that glue perfume.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Dec 14, 2019 -
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Category: Perfume and Cologne and Other Scents
Glue Perfume
Sold by Demeter Fragrances, which specializes in weird perfumes.Some of their other scents include Condensed Milk, Dirt, Earthworm, Fireplace, Funeral Home, Laundromat, Pizza, Play-Doh, Sawdust, and Stable.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Nov 16, 2019 -
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Category: Perfume and Cologne and Other Scents
Valentina Perfume
Smell like a comic book.
Full story here.
Wikipedia page on original comic here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 08, 2019 -
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Category: Advertising, Comics, Perfume and Cologne and Other Scents
Follies of the Madmen #444
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 18, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Sex Symbols, 1960s, Perfume and Cologne and Other Scents
Fancy perfume doubles as bug repellent
Bombshell by Victoria's Secret quickly became a bestselling perfume after its launch in 2010. But in 2015, researchers at New Mexico State University discovered that the fragrance didn't only smell nice. It also repelled mosquitoes. Almost as well as DEET. From the study:It's not a bad quality for a perfume to have, although Victoria's Secret doesn't seem to be interested in publicizing it.
More info: people.com
Posted By: Alex - Sat Aug 31, 2019 -
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Category: Perfume and Cologne and Other Scents
Sweat Perfume
Finnish ad agency Mirum Helsinki has created a perfume it's calling "Creative Essence." The raw material for it is sweat collected from employees, “in the midst of a workout, a sauna treatment, or in one case, gustatory sweating caused by extra spicy chicken wings.”The agency is hoping the perfume will serve as a recruiting tool. Explains a rep:
More info: creativeessence.mirum.fi, Quartz
Posted By: Alex - Sat Aug 24, 2019 -
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Category: Advertising, Perfume and Cologne and Other Scents
Obsession for Cats
The Calvin Klein fragrance Obsession for Men has the odd distinction of being known to be an aphrodisiac for cats. And not just house cats. The larger, wild variety as well. The NY Times explains:Louise Ginman, of Sydney's Taronga Zoo, further clarified to Scientific American:
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jul 29, 2019 -
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Category: Cats, Sex, Perfume and Cologne and Other Scents
L’Orange Variee Perfume
From 1925. It came in small bottles designed to look like segments of an orange. Not many bottles of this stuff survive. When intact sets do come up at auction, they can easily fetch over $1000.More info: Box Vox
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jul 22, 2019 -
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Category: 1920s, Perfume and Cologne and Other Scents
Macho Cologne by Faberge
Does the bottle resemble a manly hammer?
Or does it resemble something else?
Entry at perfume database.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 08, 2019 -
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Category: Ambiguity, Uncertainty and Deliberate Obscurity, Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages, 1970s, Perfume and Cologne and Other Scents
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