Take With Added NaCl to Taste, Please
I put about exactly as much stock in the gossip rags as they deserve, but I thought this blip from Page Six was pretty funny:
From We Hear:
“November 14, 2006 –
THAT Tom Ford specifically asked executives at Estée Lauder to have his new Black Orchid fragrance smell ‘like a man’s crotch’ . . .”
My first reaction can be summed up as:?!
My second reaction?
I think the phrase “black orchid” may have just entered the cultural lexicon as a dirty euphemism. Thanks, Mr. Ford!
Links via one of today’s Gawker comments, but you may also wish to read this earlier post
What a charming notion…
Now, as your resident nurse consult, I must inform you that the name for the surgical procedure in which testicles are removed is called “orchidectomy”…
So, this term must only refer to gentlemen of African-American coloration.
As with all menfolk, I sincerely hope we are talking about nice, healthy, relatively hygienic gents…
Then, I say, HOORAY for “black orchid”…
chayaruchama
16 Nov 06 at 5:24 am
I already have something that smells like “black orchid” — CB Musk — so I guess I’ve got that base covered. Although now that I’ve read this of course I’ll have to resniff Tom’s creation.
marchlion
16 Nov 06 at 5:58 am
chayaruchama: some menfolk could really use an orchidectomy if they persist in being so banal in their attempts to be “outrageous.” Sigh, he’s quite funny, but not for the reasons he probably thinks.
March… I STILL have not tried the CB Musk at all yet! I’m so behind the curve. I’m hoping sometime after Christmas I can get back to trying new stuff again, and this is one that’s topping my must-try list :)
Funnily enough, I see that thanks to this entry that I am number one on Google for “my crotch smells like apricots”.
Scentzilla!
16 Nov 06 at 1:57 pm
Um, do you not have any CB? Cuz I can send you a squidge. I don’t think you’ll like it AT ALL but it’s worth smelling.
marchlion
16 Nov 06 at 5:42 pm
Not the Musk… I tried some of his other stuff a while back, and was quite delighted by them, but no… not the infamous musk one yet!
Scentzilla!
17 Nov 06 at 5:42 pm
Um, euw :P lol
kuri
19 Nov 06 at 4:31 am
Have been thinking hard what to say (write) ….still can’t think of anything usefull but …well….I don’t know. this sounds so ..simplistic, infantile…. I don’t think that a man with such good looks would …or would he? I continue thinking about it…..
Greetings Katie and…I love gossip….
Andy
21 Nov 06 at 9:27 am
Andy, oh good - I try not to gossip much here, but then sometimes it’s impossible to resist. He does strike me as rather juevenille in his approach to sexuality, so I wouldn’t put it past him :P
Scentzilla!
22 Nov 06 at 10:42 am