A World Where Perfumes Smell Like Food
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Could you imagine if the next time you pass a billboard on your way to work, you see an advertisement for a cologne that smells like food? How about Kate Moss standing next to a giant cheeseburger and holding her little perfume bottle saying “Now I don’t need to go to McDonald’s to get that great scent anymore”.
Why don’t people want to smell like the foods they love? After all its the smell of thanksgiving supper that makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside, and doesn’t the smell of sushi make you feel adventurous, young and hip? The scent of coffee alone is indeed refreshing- so why not save ourselves from the dangerous caffeine and simply spray ourselves with the scent of Starbucks?
Instead we opt for scents of floral infusions and exotic spices. Maybe that makes a woman’s head turn but how about the men? Wouldn’t the scent of a juicy steak walking down the street make a man turn his head? On the contrary, women are busy worrying about how to get the odor of all that cooking off their clothes that were in the kitchen a moment too long. It seems the most logical answer would be that, firstly, most men want to eat the steak when they smell it. No girl wants to walk around advertising an enticing food and then turn out to be a disappointing…well, woman.
Secondly, is there really any way to mimic the scent of fresh food piping hot out of the oven? Would the fragrance rot after some time? I can just see someone saying “well this used to be eau de filet mignon but apparently its gone bad…”. Or maybe the food companies would sue. The population would be so satisfied with just the scent of champagne and strawberries that no one would feel the need to go out and buy any! The supermarkets would have to start featuring a perfume isle!
Additionally, I don’t suppose there is any way to diffuse the scent of a hamburger off the grill. Although I have heard of bakeries releasing an artificial scent that attracts customers to believe that the picture perfect pastries in the window will match to that incredible smell. I myself have witnessed such a bakery, which after following my nose to the location, discovered that the pastries tasted nothing like the scent that puffed out from the walls. And of course I had to test everything, not just the pastries to make sure I didn’t count anything out by accident. This is a brilliant if not completely manipulative advertising scheme.
But perfume that smells like food would have to be labeled correctly, with massive letters warning not to actually ingest the contents of the bottle. All that alcohol could possibly cause some damage. Yes that really makes the most sense. Perfume has such power that it would lure everyone to dunk the contents of its appetizing scent that no one would be able to resist it. The law suits would be unbearable. Better stick to fresh food and safe fragrances and give up the hope of ever smelling like a hamburger with french fries!
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Source by Erica Osch