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"I did a little research on Elvis, and he actually had really bad body odor. So we don't want to clone him in any way or create a fragrance that actually smelled like him," she said. "DNA has nothing to do with bodily functions. There's no way it can stink."
Very scientific & professional sounding, Dr. Verdun. Clone him? Seriously? Where the hell does this woman have her doctorate from?
Also: Wouldn't they have to get permission from these celebrities' estates to market this perfume? I know that Elvis & MM are whored out by their estates on a regular basis, but I'm having a hard time picturing Hepburn's estate giving permission...... #dnaperfume
@The Bitter Librarian: I thought the exact same thing about their estates suing. I give this company about another week before legal proceedings come about. Then again, I'm sure Joe Jackson would just be happy to get any chunk of money he could. #dnaperfume
@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.
I am utterly fascinated by the whole celebrity fragrance thing. There's a dissertation in the phenomenon somewhere. And having the fragrances actually based on the person's DNA is a really weird twist on the whole celebrity worship thing. I wish I was smart enough and young enough and financed enough to study the psycho-biological underpinnings of celebrity pheromones. #dnaperfume
"sad, in a way." How about in every way?! This literally reeks of complete emptiness to have to stoop so low both as a maker and a consumer of this junk. Unless it smells good, then its just kinda gross. #dnaperfume
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 can't go into our secret process, but we base the fragrance on the genetic code." Sweet lord, that could mean anything. It's like those ads for pheromone perfumes in the back of 1980's Cosmopolitan. #dnaperfume
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VinScent Price
Toshiro Perfumé #dnaperfume
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"I did a little research on Elvis, and he actually had really bad body odor. So we don't want to clone him in any way or create a fragrance that actually smelled like him," she said. "DNA has nothing to do with bodily functions. There's no way it can stink."
Very scientific & professional sounding, Dr. Verdun. Clone him? Seriously? Where the hell does this woman have her doctorate from?
Also: Wouldn't they have to get permission from these celebrities' estates to market this perfume? I know that Elvis & MM are whored out by their estates on a regular basis, but I'm having a hard time picturing Hepburn's estate giving permission...... #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