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    Dead Celebrity Scents: The Latest In Star Worship

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    11/17/09

    In reply to Dead Celebrity Scents: The Latest In Star Worship
    Carey FraGrant
    VinScent Price
    Toshiro Perfumé #dnaperfume
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    Image of The Bitter Librarian The Bitter Librarian
    11/17/09

    In reply to Dead Celebrity Scents: The Latest In Star Worship
    Quote from the article:
    "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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    JessickerFletcher promoted this comment The Bitter Librarian was starred The Bitter Librarian was unstarred
    Image of JessickerFletcher JessickerFletcher
    11/17/09

    @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
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    Image of Ailatan Ailatan
    11/17/09

    In reply to Dead Celebrity Scents: The Latest In Star Worship
    I got some Perfume: The Story of a Murderer vibes out of all this. Maybe it's because I saw the film on Sunday. #dnaperfume
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    Image of roslyn taber roslyn taber
    11/17/09

    @Ailatan: how was it?!?! i really want to see/read it. #dnaperfume
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    Ailatan promoted this comment roslyn taber was starred roslyn taber was unstarred
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    11/17/09

    @roslyn taber: I liked it, though I was expecting it to be much better, I had heard such great things about it. #dnaperfume
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    Image of beatrice2000 beatrice2000
    11/17/09

    @Ailatan: The book is really great, you can practically smell everything from Suskind's descriptions of old-timey Paris. #dnaperfume
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    Image of Chrysocolla Chrysocolla
    11/17/09

    @Ailatan: It's a film?! I read the book about a year ago and loved it, had no idea it was a movie as well. #dnaperfume
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    Image of KLondike5 KLondike5
    11/17/09

    @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
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    Ailatan promoted this comment KLondike5 was starred KLondike5 was unstarred
    Image of Senor_Macho_Solo Senor_Macho_Solo
    11/17/09

    In reply to Dead Celebrity Scents: The Latest In Star Worship
    Be careful, I heard people get pregnant this way. #dnaperfume
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    morninggloria promoted this comment Senor_Macho_Solo was starred Senor_Macho_Solo was unstarred
    Image of JessickerFletcher JessickerFletcher
    11/17/09

    In reply to Dead Celebrity Scents: The Latest In Star Worship
    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.

    One more thing. Katharine Hepburn is off limits.
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    Edited by JessickerFletcher at 11/17/09 1:18 PM JessickerFletcher was starred JessickerFletcher was unstarred
    Image of JessickerFletcher JessickerFletcher
    11/17/09

    @JessickerFletcher: Also, I love how they keep assuring you that "the process is very scientific." Science Fail. #dnaperfume
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    Image of boobookitt boobookitt
    11/17/09

    In reply to Dead Celebrity Scents: The Latest In Star Worship
    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
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    Image of Iamdoingit Iamdoingit
    11/17/09

    In reply to Dead Celebrity Scents: The Latest In Star Worship
    "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
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    JessickerFletcher promoted this comment Iamdoingit was starred Iamdoingit was unstarred
    Image of Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny. Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
    11/17/09

    In reply to Dead Celebrity Scents: The Latest In Star Worship
    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
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    Image of heykoukla heykoukla
    11/17/09

    @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
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    Image of Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny. Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
    11/17/09

    @heykoukla: SCIENCE!!!! (be careful, it's been known to blind people) #dnaperfume
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    Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny. was starred Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny. was unstarred
    Image of heykoukla heykoukla
    11/17/09

    @Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: It's OK, I wore my goggles and a helmet (in pink!) before I made the comment. Phew. #dnaperfume
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    Image of Breamworthy Breamworthy
    11/17/09

    @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
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    Image of Scout Scout
    11/17/09

    @heykoukla: seriously! you can't say "it's very scientific" and then not provide a paper of some sort outlining facts and processes.

    gah! #dnaperfume
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    Image of futuremouse futuremouse
    11/17/09

    In reply to Dead Celebrity Scents: The Latest In Star Worship
    Okay, but can I extract the DNA from the perfumes and create a dead celebrity clone army? #dnaperfume
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    Image of Mary McCarthyite Mary McCarthyite
    11/17/09

    In reply to Dead Celebrity Scents: The Latest In Star Worship
    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!
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    Edited by Mary McCarthyite at 11/17/09 12:34 PM Mary McCarthyite was starred Mary McCarthyite was unstarred
    Image of BetteD BetteD
    11/17/09

    @Mary McCarthyite: 60% of the time, it works every time! #dnaperfume
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    Image of KLondike5 KLondike5
    11/17/09

    @Mary McCarthyite: King of Funk is probably not a winner in the name-a-scent sweepstakes. Just sayin'

    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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    Image of Mary McCarthyite Mary McCarthyite
    11/17/09


    @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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    Image of KLondike5 KLondike5
    11/17/09

    @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!"

    Classy, no? #dnaperfume
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    Image of Mary McCarthyite Mary McCarthyite
    11/17/09

    @KLondike5: Very classy. I like the idea of perfume bottles that do more than just spray, you know? #dnaperfume
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    Image of Breamworthy Breamworthy
    11/17/09

    @Mary McCarthyite: Sprays out of his *mouth*? That sounds like a missed opportunity to me. #dnaperfume
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    Image of AmbiguouslyStraightUno AmbiguouslyStraightUno
    11/17/09

    In reply to Dead Celebrity Scents: The Latest In Star Worship
    Next year's new dictionary word: delebuscent. #dnaperfume
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    Image of Treeless Treeless
    11/17/09

    In reply to Dead Celebrity Scents: The Latest In Star Worship
    "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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    hortense promoted this comment Treeless was starred Treeless was unstarred
    Image of greatsheelephant greatsheelephant
    11/17/09

    In reply to Dead Celebrity Scents: The Latest In Star Worship
    If you want eau de Josephine Baker, get Guerlain Sous le Vent which was created for her. #dnaperfume
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    Dodai promoted this comment greatsheelephant was starred greatsheelephant was unstarred
    Image of AndPreciousLittleofThat AndPreciousLittleofThat
    11/17/09

    In reply to Dead Celebrity Scents: The Latest In Star Worship
    But, if the process uses hair clippings, then it wouldn't just be restricted to dead celebrities.

    L'Eau de Speidi?

    Neal Patrick Harris Por Homme? #dnaperfume
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    Image of hfree hfree
    11/17/09

    In reply to Dead Celebrity Scents: The Latest In Star Worship
    I don't get it. How do you make perfume from someone's DNA? I would get it if they were trying to recreate a scent that the star wore. Huh.

    Also, the Joan Crawford bottle looks like a stirrup to me. Doesn't mean it makes any sense. #dnaperfume
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