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post #1 of 35
9/18/07 at 1:30pm
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A German company, Vivaeros, is currently marketing a fragrance for men called Vulva. I kid you not. Link here (caution - not safe for work, 18 yrs and older please): http://www.smellmeand.com

Is it just me, or do you think they totally stole the marketing ad (bottle between the models legs) from Tom Ford for Men? If I was Tom I'd be pissed!
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post #2 of 35
9/18/07 at 1:39pm
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Originally Posted by mikeperez23 View Post

Is it just me, or do you think they totally stole the marketing ad (bottle between the models legs) from Tom Ford for Men? If I was Tom I'd be pissed!

I think it's the other way around. Someone spilled some Sécrétions Magnifiques on Vulva and it gave birth to Tom Ford for Men.
From the site: "Vulva is not a perfume. It is a beguiling vaginal scent."
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post #3 of 35
9/18/07 at 1:44pm
yuck, who wants to smell like vagina all day?
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EAU d'ASS! YES, YOU TOO CAN SMELL LIKE ASS!
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post #4 of 35
9/18/07 at 1:56pm
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yuck, who wants to smell like vagina all day?

The only answer to your question is: A Vagina!
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post #5 of 35
9/18/07 at 1:56pm
Well, there went MY lunch. No, seriously, I can certainly see why a straight guy might wanna smell like a woman's crotch all day. Lord knows I love the smell of a man! I mean, why NOT be brutally frank about our pheromonal preferences? For example, it's that very "pee-pee" note so often discussed about Kouros that makes Kouros one of the sexiest fragrances EVER, imho.

Look at it another way -- we all know where true musk and civet come from (yuk!), and all of us admit that each adds indelibly beautiful elements to certain fragrances. Why be skittish or prudish about human elements, be they real or synthetic?
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post #6 of 35
9/18/07 at 2:03pm
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yuck, who wants to smell like vagina all day?
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ROTFL!

God only knows what they are putting in those glass vials. Have you heard about the website that sold used college girls knickers, in reality they were putting drops of tuna oil on the crotch of the knickers!!! It's true. Gross or what.
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post #7 of 35
9/18/07 at 2:08pm
Hm, I think this is the third or so vulva discussion cycle. The concept has not grown on me.
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post #8 of 35
9/18/07 at 2:08pm
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ROTFL!

God only knows what they are putting in those glass vials. Have you heard about the website that sold used college girls knickers, in reality they were putting drops of tuna oil on the crotch of the knickers!!! It's true. Gross or what.

I saw a program about that! The market was Japanese businessmen.
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post #9 of 35
9/18/07 at 2:14pm
Now if they could just include a lovely, thick bush......I might be a buyer .


Dan
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post #10 of 35
9/18/07 at 2:19pm
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Well, there went MY lunch. No, seriously, I can certainly see why a straight guy might wanna smell like a woman's crotch all day. Lord knows I love the smell of a man! I mean, why NOT be brutally frank about our pheromonal preferences? For example, it's that very "pee-pee" note so often discussed about Kouros that makes Kouros one of the sexiest fragrances EVER, imho.

Look at it another way -- we all know where true musk and civet come from (yuk!), and all of us admit that each adds indelibly beautiful elements to certain fragrances. Why be skittish or prudish about human elements, be they real or synthetic?

Ha ha! To paraphrase an ad for another product, with a name like Vulva, it's got to be good! This one has come up a couple times before.

I think my friend TV is onto something - it's very common to criticize perfumes for smelling like some bodily secretion, animal, etc., but I bet that in certain intimate situations, those same people would be just a little bit more accepting, and less critical of the same smells all of a sudden. Perfumers clearly understand this.

It just depends on whether or not the smell-source is providing other sensations that are consderably more compelling!
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post #11 of 35
9/18/07 at 4:04pm
Yes, but what is really in the bottle? Hmmm?
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post #12 of 35
9/18/07 at 4:12pm
emmm...

I'm actually insanely curious what notes are behind this and would love to know what it really smells like. I didn't see anything about notes on the website. This reeks conceptually of the book/movie "Perfume".
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post #13 of 35
9/18/07 at 4:15pm
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I think my friend TV is onto something - it's very common to criticize perfumes for smelling like some bodily secretion, animal, etc., but I bet that in certain intimate situations, those same people would be just a little bit more accepting, and less critical of the same smells all of a sudden. Perfumers clearly understand this.

But don't forget once crucial thing...if a man smells like c**t who's he going to attract? It isn't going to be women.
But of course if anybody watched the short movie they might remember that it is not actually a perfume. It's a sex toy! To be used when you're alone! lol
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post #14 of 35
9/18/07 at 6:24pm
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But don't forget once crucial thing...if a man smells like c**t who's he going to attract? It isn't going to be women.
But of course if anybody watched the short movie they might remember that it is not actually a perfume. It's a sex toy! To be used when you're alone! lol

RuRu,
I'm shocked, shocked at such language! Where on earth did you learn to talk like that?





I like you already.
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post #15 of 35
9/18/07 at 6:45pm
I can't wait for Vulva Sport!
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post #16 of 35
9/18/07 at 7:03pm
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..and I suppose Vulva Fraîcheur will be eagerly sought after? Or rather, can it be very far...ahem..behind?
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post #17 of 35
9/18/07 at 7:25pm
O man...i don't believe this...Someone actually thinks there is a market for this? Only time will tell....

Either way, Vulva is going to be in the history books....if it fails...or if it succeeds...just in case...u know...u never know...

gupts
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post #18 of 35
9/18/07 at 8:11pm
Did someone say that Vulva has a cherry top-note?
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post #19 of 35
9/18/07 at 8:22pm
Anyone want to split a bottle with me?
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post #20 of 35
9/18/07 at 8:24pm
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I can't wait for Vulva Sport!

To all:
Vulva Extreme Sport Fraîcheur Eau de Toilet.
Top notes: Cherry.
Middle Notes: Salt accord.
Base Notes: Sea accord, Poisson, Musc.
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post #21 of 35
9/18/07 at 8:46pm
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Did someone say that Vulva has a cherry top-note?

That's only when you spray it for the first time. After that, it just goes through motions.
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post #22 of 35
9/18/07 at 9:13pm
oddly enough, in college i took a sex psychology class and we discussed human and sexual scents and how some women try to cover up their natural scents using products, but in a test men were given a chance to smell a bunch of differnt things on a cotton swab and something like 4 out of 5 liked vagina smell better than rest. Cant blame em!
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post #23 of 35
9/18/07 at 9:38pm
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Originally Posted by jdnba View Post

oddly enough, in college i took a sex psychology class and we discussed human and sexual scents and how some women try to cover up their natural scents using products, but in a test men were given a chance to smell a bunch of differnt things on a cotton swab and something like 4 out of 5 liked vagina smell better than rest. Cant blame em!

Where did they get the samples......
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post #24 of 35
9/18/07 at 9:50pm
Vulva is to be featured in the upcoming Sniffapalooza Fall Ball.
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post #25 of 35
9/18/07 at 10:01pm
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Anyone want to split a bottle with me?


Yeah mate...i will...except that i will get to keep the lower half and you enjoy the top

gupts
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post #26 of 35
9/18/07 at 10:05pm
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Yeah mate...i will...except that i will get to keep the lower half and you enjoy the top

gupts


I am sure that there is enough in the bottle for you to spread the love.
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post #27 of 35
9/18/07 at 10:22pm
I'm disappointed by the bottle.

TNMA
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post #28 of 35
9/18/07 at 11:42pm
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But of course if anybody watched the short movie they might remember that it is not actually a perfume. It's a sex toy! To be used when you're alone! lol

"...That's exactly why I bought my bottle of Alexander McQueen's Kingdom," admitted Indie Guy, sheepishly.
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post #29 of 35
9/19/07 at 1:25am
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Anyone want to split a bottle with me?

I'll split it, but I don't want sloppy seconds!
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post #30 of 35
9/19/07 at 4:55am
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This is turning out to be a hairy thread..

and I wonder, are there are days when it just can't pull it's scent off and it just fakes it?
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post #31 of 35
9/19/07 at 5:29am
Well, who wants to smell like that huh? I don't find it that strange really (but the marketing behind this is just bloody awful). Just take a look at what other fragrances out there which might remind you of similar things: Serge Lutens - Muscs Koublaï Khän, Alexander McQueen - Kingdom, Hermès - Eau d'Hermès, L'Artisan - L'Eau de Navigateur.

And let's not forget about the new house Etat Libre d'Orange, which names almost put the name Vulva to shame... Different approach gives a different reaction, no?
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post #32 of 35
9/19/07 at 9:26am
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Yeah mate...i will...except that i will get to keep the lower half and you enjoy the top

gupts

I was thinking a little more vertically.
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post #33 of 35
9/19/07 at 10:27am
I'll just wait for Aqua Vulva to come out. Or Aqua Vulva musk.
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post #34 of 35
9/19/07 at 10:30am
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In the red-light district?

Uh...no i wasnt talking about them doing these tests in my class, but in a labratory...like Kinsey did...these are actual proven studies, not something my wacky accreditted college was doing!
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post #35 of 35
9/21/07 at 8:33am
How many threads are we going to start about this stuff?

I can't stand not having novel scents, especially if they make claims like this. I also want to be the first BNer to own a scent called Vulva. Grant: make sure this stuff is in the directory, because I ordered a vial.


That's right, I did it.


I'll be sure to report back.


-b
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