@Ailatan: Funny, I had the opposite experience. I had heard it was terrible, but I love the director (Tom Tykwer - Run Lola Run FTW!), and I ended up really liking the film.
It was a difficult book to translate into visual storytelling, but I think they succeeded on most counts. #dnaperfume
I call shenanigans. This is impossible. You can only extract DNA from hair follicles. Hair clippings are just dead protein. No cells = no nuclei. No nuclei = no DNA.
This is all very scientific. You girls wouldn't understand it. Seriously!! There is science stuff involved. And DNA!!! Just saying science makes it more science-y. SCIENCE! #dnaperfume
@Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: Yeah, why don't they just tell us how it's done?! If these samples have undergone DNA testing, then I imagine they all smell the same - rather chemical-ish. #dnaperfume
@heykoukla: My understanding from the few seconds I was willing to invest in reading the website is that it's not actually made from DNA (or to replicate the scent of DNA), but that they've developed some kind of code for translating DNA into fragrance. This could mean practically anything - like a certain sequence is represented by a drop of patchoulli, another by a smidge of bergamot, etc. - or it could mean absolutely nothing, and they just did it randomly. #dnaperfume
I would definitely buy my guy some James Brown perfume if the description was something like,
This Dynamite fragrance turns you into a Sex Machine. If you want to command the room like The King of Funk, if you want to really Please Please Please Please your lady, one spray will convince you that You Feel Good!
@Mary McCarthyite: Ooooh, you're starting to win me over... How about if the legs were hinged...you press down on it and when he does the splits, perfume sprays out with a sound effect that goes "Ow!" or "Huh!"
I'm shocked they overlooked the obvious "Teen Spirit" fragrance for the younger crowd. Hopefully Kurt Cobain's DNA smells better than the early 90's era deodorant of the same name.
Um, her name is actually spelled Katharine Hepburn. I know because my parents named me after her and I've been correcting people on how to spell my name ever since. Do you guys, in honor of Katharines everywhere, mind changing the spelling on her name and on the tag for the post?
Watching her is at first cheering: if the experience of social anxiety and self-doubt extends even to this great lady, it's clearly universal. Therefore I'm not freakishly neurotic and I can expect that no one who uncovers my fears of inadequacy will judge me harshly for them.
As she goes on, though, I turn sad, because if Katharine Freakin' Hepburn still feels like a bore and quails away from parties, my self-esteem is unlikely to ever materialize, even if I should achieve some measure of success.
Lord knows I'm only worth .05% of a Katharine Hepburn.
My favourite Katharine Hepburn story is how, when crew 'stole' her pants in an attempt to make her wear skirts, she walked around in her underwear until they were forced to return her trousers. Awesome to the hilt!
@Laulau: What do you teach? I've noticed that my lecturers will often tell anecdotes of female kickarse-ness, and they always go down well with the boys and girls alike.
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VinScent Price
Toshiro Perfumé #dnaperfume
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It was a difficult book to translate into visual storytelling, but I think they succeeded on most counts. #dnaperfume
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One more thing. Katharine Hepburn is off limits.
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gah! #dnaperfume
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This Dynamite fragrance turns you into a Sex Machine. If you want to command the room like The King of Funk, if you want to really Please Please Please Please your lady, one spray will convince you that You Feel Good!
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Especially 'cause the Godfather of Soul could put out a soaking sweat, Hardest Working Man in Showbusiness that he was. #dnaperfume
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@KLondike5: One man's sweat is another man's...scent?
The bottle would be a stylized version of this. When you push on his head, the perfume sprays out of his mouth. #dnaperfume
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Classy, no? #dnaperfume
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L'Eau de Speidi?
Neal Patrick Harris Por Homme? #dnaperfume
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Also, the Joan Crawford bottle looks like a stirrup to me. Doesn't mean it makes any sense. #dnaperfume
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What, too soon? #dnaperfume
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Anyway. Love her. The Philadelphia Story is one of my favorite movies ever. And on top of it all, she was an atheist!
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It's a sore subject with me too.
- Another Katharine
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As she goes on, though, I turn sad, because if Katharine Freakin' Hepburn still feels like a bore and quails away from parties, my self-esteem is unlikely to ever materialize, even if I should achieve some measure of success.
Lord knows I'm only worth .05% of a Katharine Hepburn.
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Are you listening, Mariah "Why Can't I Sit with the First Family" Carey?
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