You Smelt It, But You Dealt It Not
Ever get the feeling that more than a few perfume houses are downright farty lately?
I don’t mean artsy-fartsy, nor do I mean their fragrances smell like actual passed gas. In fact, the hallmark of most farty perfumes is that they smell perfectly pleasant. And perfectly boring.
It’s an unfortunate phenomenon which happens to every house once in a while.
Some more than others.
The pressure builds and builds, and they’ve just got to release something. They don’t mean to: It’s not as if they’re intentionally polluting the air.
But they do, temporarily relieving the pressure and subjecting everyone else to the emitting ‘fumes. And they like their own. Understandably. It’s said we all do, secretly.
So here’s a proposition: name your personal picks for farty fragrances. Nominate the fartiest fragrance of 2006 (thus far), as well as perhaps those you feel should enter the Farty Hall of Fame. For example, I think perhaps the honor of being the fartiest fragrance of 2005 falls to Coty’s Shania.
Don’t worry about repeating nominations. If it turns out I’m not alone in the sentiment, I’ll tally up the responses and run a poll to narrow down the winner (loser?)
Who will win the 1st Annual Farty?
One lucky commenter who mentions his/her nominations, chosen randomly from a bowl by my husband, will win a sample of Tauer Perfumery’s lovely limited edition Orris. Which is not farty in the least. (I know that sounds like a back-handed compliment, I know, and am so sorry about that Andy.) I would reward the winner with a farty, but that sounds an awful lot like pouring salt into a wound and then mailing the recipient more salt. Better to send ya somethin’ nice, somethin’ that’ll make ya smile. This offer is open to anyone anywhere in the world.
On a seperate, though arguably related note, why does Vera Wang Princess have a myspace? Or more accurately, what does anyone get out of being a “friend” of an inanimate object? I’m curious. Would “friending,” say, a potato peeler prove any more sensical?
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