When it comes right down to it, perfume comes in two flavors: flowers and whale vomit. And, I guess, Jennifer Lopez. The Demeter Fragrance Library aims to change that with more down-to-earth, natural and pleasant smells with which you can douse yourself in the hopes of drowning out your natural odor of a rotting Italian sub.
Demeter offers a variety of interesting scents, some winners, some not. Fireplace is for the person who wants to smell of carbon and char. Smelling like Snow seems very interesting, until you remember that the only snow with an actual scent is the yellow snow Frank Zappa sternly commanded you not to eat. Kahala Kamikaze makes you smell like a suicidal Japanese pilot, which apparently is a lot like stale sweat and sake. And some are just bizarre: Demeter offers Mildew, Play-Doh and Lettuce Perfume, for example. But almost everyone can get behind Cranberry, Gingerbread and Christmas Tree. Those are universally pleasing scents.
Looking over Demeter's list, it seems like a lot of people must want to smell like booze. I may very well start bottling my sweat and selling it on the open market.
Demeter Fragrance Library [Official Site]
