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Lazy weekend poll ~ Haiku Challenge 2012, celebrity edition

Posted by Robin on 20 October 2012 49 Comments

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Coming up tomorrow: the Swapmeet followup poll.

Today, a twist on our Haiku Challenge: write a haiku about a celebrity fragrance, real or imagined.

Pick a celebrity, any celebrity, write a haiku about their perfume. Use the simplified English form — your haiku should have three lines, the first line with five syllables, the second line with seven syllables and the third line with five syllables. You can put the perfume name in the title if that makes it easier, and at any rate, don’t stress over the rules of traditional haiku — this is just for fun.

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  1. nozknoz says:
    20 October 2012 at 12:09 pm

    Felix Baumgartner –
    ideal face for out-of-this-
    world extreme sport frag!

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    • ggperfume says:
      21 October 2012 at 2:19 pm

      Brava, Nozknoz!

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  2. lucasai says:
    20 October 2012 at 12:21 pm

    Good afternoon all! Today I’m continuing my affair with Atelier Cologne Rose Anonyme, it still give me thrills each time I wear it. I’m so glad I bought a bottle of it when it joined the offer of local niche perfumery.

    I’m not really experienced with celebrity frags as vast part of them never appear in Poland but I’ll give it a try. Here I come:

    Beautiful bottle
    pralines fill my greedy mouth
    powder of my style

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    • nozknoz says:
      21 October 2012 at 6:29 pm

      Well done, Lucas! I need to try Rose Anonyme.

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  3. FearsMice says:
    20 October 2012 at 12:59 pm

    I may get flamed for being a hater, but here goes:

    Gaga strikes me with
    such mediocrity that
    I am all ennui…

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    • nozknoz says:
      21 October 2012 at 9:05 pm

      No “little monsters” here, I guess! ;-)

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  4. ringthing says:
    20 October 2012 at 1:02 pm

    Lady Gaga, why?
    You promised blood and semen
    Blech! Go wear an egg

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    • nozknoz says:
      21 October 2012 at 6:30 pm

      I really thought she might do something different – in spite of the price point!

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  5. solanace says:
    20 October 2012 at 1:03 pm

    J Lo Glow
    smells of laundry soap
    my sinuses hurt

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  6. Omega says:
    20 October 2012 at 1:52 pm

    Cate Blanchett would you
    Release a good creation
    I could wear often?

    Grape kool-aid was all
    I got from that horrible
    offering from Gaga

    Some bottles have been
    the tackiest I have seen
    some of us aren’t teens

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    • nozknoz says:
      21 October 2012 at 6:31 pm

      Cate Blanchett – YES!

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  7. bluepinegrove says:
    20 October 2012 at 2:01 pm

    Oh, Katy Perry,
    Purr did deliver its promise–
    I’m now a teen mom.

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  8. FearsMice says:
    20 October 2012 at 2:17 pm

    Brad Pitt all scruffy
    No favors does he for the
    iconic No. 5

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  9. Petra says:
    20 October 2012 at 2:51 pm

    moonlit breeze stroking
    clouds beneath glistening wings
    while she is waiting

    Vol de Nuit was dedicated to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

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    • nozknoz says:
      21 October 2012 at 6:35 pm

      Celebuscents go way back, I guess – and they used to be WAY better!

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  10. bluepinegrove says:
    20 October 2012 at 3:39 pm

    Conjure Lucille Ball:
    Red haired silk and Cuban spice–
    Chocolate gobbed hilarity.

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    • solanace says:
      21 October 2012 at 4:49 am

      I’d buy that one!

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      • ggperfume says:
        21 October 2012 at 2:20 pm

        Another buyer here!

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  11. bluepinegrove says:
    20 October 2012 at 5:28 pm

    Congratulate me
    On my new-found fame. Spray it
    Loud and love my name.

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    • FragrantWitch says:
      20 October 2012 at 7:46 pm

      Excellent!

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    • PremierT says:
      22 October 2012 at 7:24 am

      Perfect tone for the challenge and the perfume. Fantastic!

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  12. poodle says:
    20 October 2012 at 5:44 pm

    I want to smell rich
    But can’t afford Shalimar.
    Fancy Nights it is.

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    • FearsMice says:
      20 October 2012 at 5:55 pm

      Poodle, congrats on winning the sample set of In the Garden of Good and Evil! You can definitely smell rich now!

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      • poodle says:
        20 October 2012 at 8:37 pm

        OMG! Thanks for breaking the news to me! I did not know I won yet! Yay!

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        • FearsMice says:
          20 October 2012 at 9:28 pm

          Oopsie! I’m so sorry I spoiled the surprise for you! I saw the posting on the Posse and got carried away…

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          • poodle says:
            21 October 2012 at 9:04 am

            Don’t be silly! It was still a surprise.

  13. Ariel says:
    20 October 2012 at 9:09 pm

    Halle Berry Closer
    Step back, a little further.
    Aaah, better. Now speak.

    Inspired by my shopping trip this morning.

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    • nozknoz says:
      20 October 2012 at 10:21 pm

      :-)

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  14. samberg says:
    20 October 2012 at 9:58 pm

    two-thousand twelve, huh?
    why now after all these years?
    Truth or Dare redeems you

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  15. Musette says:
    20 October 2012 at 11:50 pm

    I laughed ’til I hurt
    Haikus full of wit and bite
    Skewers the bad scents!

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    • Robin says:
      21 October 2012 at 11:02 am

      Ditto! (Because I can’t think of haikus)

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  16. hajusuuri says:
    21 October 2012 at 12:26 am

    Fruity patchouli
    They’re not all bad – just like Queen
    by Queen Latifah

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  17. Calypso says:
    21 October 2012 at 12:45 am

    Liz Taylor Black Pearl
    Peach and lotus, sandalwood,
    Sweet bosomy stink!

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    • nozknoz says:
      21 October 2012 at 6:21 pm

      I need to find that one!

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  18. Katrina says:
    21 October 2012 at 1:03 am

    i really wish Pink
    would release her own perfume
    Don’t mind if it stinks

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    • nozknoz says:
      21 October 2012 at 6:23 pm

      She certainly strikes me as the one who would do something different!

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  19. Omega says:
    21 October 2012 at 3:04 am

    Brad Pitt’s mumbling
    Selena potpourri puke
    hand me some Poison

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  20. Omega says:
    21 October 2012 at 3:06 am

    Queen Latifah why
    Didn’t you just stick with the
    songs and Pizza Hut?

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  21. hongkongmom says:
    21 October 2012 at 7:26 am

    same green and depth as carnal flower
    haunting beauty of comfort
    vanilla with an extraordinary neck and profile

    chanel no 5 and brad pitt
    completely absurd and yet perhaps not
    today anything goes…

    … duchaufour
    gifted with creativity
    chose to blend with ego

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  22. hongkongmom says:
    21 October 2012 at 7:49 am

    oops i should have read what haiku is

    apologies

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    • Robin says:
      21 October 2012 at 11:03 am

      Hey, don’t apologize! It’s all poetry :-)

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      • hongkongmom says:
        22 October 2012 at 3:01 am

        aw thanks

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  23. hongkongmom says:
    21 October 2012 at 8:28 am

    yesterdays beauty
    splintered into a fragment
    le tabac blonde

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  24. FragrantWitch says:
    21 October 2012 at 9:45 am

    Edgar Allen Poe
    Quoth the raven, ‘Buy some more’
    Fore ’tis nevermore

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    • thenoseknows says:
      21 October 2012 at 6:35 pm

      J’adore Mon Ami,
      Edgar Allen I Love He,
      Now, Annabel Lee!

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  25. Celestia says:
    21 October 2012 at 3:06 pm

    Having just seen the SNL take-off on the new Chanel commercial here goes:
    Brad Pitt for Chanel,
    Burt Reynolds did it better.
    Age before beauty…

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  26. thenoseknows says:
    21 October 2012 at 6:32 pm

    Moody Atmosphere,
    Brad Pits Speaks Esoteric
    Number Five Alive!

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  27. AnnieA says:
    21 October 2012 at 7:09 pm

    Okay :

    Hey there, I’m famous!
    I’ve made a crap perfume, but
    Th punters won’t care

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  28. olenska says:
    21 October 2012 at 10:25 pm

    Ride angry, Keira!
    I’d want to get away from
    Coco ‘Moiselle too.

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