Sex, death, betrayal, war -- even the precise scent of certain neighbourhoods and fictional characters -- are being sold by the ounce for customers demanding more from their cologne than celebrity endorsements.
Called "narrative perfume" by industry insiders, these cutting-edge fragrances aren't necessarily about smelling pleasant, but rather, smelling like a specific time, place or experience.
— From Cutting-edge fragrances tell stories at Canada.com.
Wow! When they market a fragrance that smells like Wodehouse's Jeeves I'll buy it directly, in gallons, and will keep my home reeking of it. I could do with a super-efficient and resourceful butler around.
LOL — I'll take Jeeves, and Wooster too, just for the fun of it.
With my luck, I'd get Gussie Fink-Nottle.
You can keep your Secretions thank you very much. I am still getting over L'Air de Rien, which is L'Air de Very Whiffy Body Parts. Farah sent me the “Whore of the Palaces” scent from L'Etat LIbre to try. She's not going to a brisk trade wearing that, let me tell you. Farah assures me she didn't consider it a candidate for my signature scent, though I was worried for a minute.
I have learnt a new word though – a “fragrance maven” – it is in my Oxford Dictionary as “US Colloq”, so that would be why!
The Palace one has lots of fans on MUA, though!
I reckon it just smells of baby powder once it dries down but lets face it, almost everyone loves the scent of baby powder! I am just not sure that a hooker would smell of it though. I agree about the Sectetions too. It has been the only perfume that I loathe so much that I don't think I could bear to smell it again. Ugh
Have to object: I hate that smell. Didn't even use it on my own baby, LOL…