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Should I urinate into this O'Driù fragrance?

Poll Results: Should I pee into the O'Driù?

Poll expired: Feb 5, 2013  
  • 82% (72)
    Yes
  • 17% (15)
    No
87 Total Votes  
post #1 of 130
12/7/12 at 6:17am
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If I'm reading these instructions correctly, they seem to be suggesting that I should urinate into the fragrance before wearing it. Now I pride myself in wearing all sorts of challenging stuff--Muscs Koublaï Khan, bleu-cheese-bomb Jardenia, Sécrétions Magnifique--I wear them all. But this? This one is grossing me out a bit.

On the one hand, I'm thinking, if I'm not the guy who's the target audience for this then, really, who is? I feel like this is a piece of art that deserves to be confronted on its own terms. On the other hand, I am not totally without awareness that the art might be about making people wear their own urine rather than magically transforming a fragrance with a little piece of me.

To pee or not to pee. That is really the question.



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post #2 of 130
12/7/12 at 6:35am
Sure go ahead.
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post #3 of 130
12/7/12 at 6:53am
It won't do you any harm but if you ever come to sell it on the board you might regret telling us about it.
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post #4 of 130
12/7/12 at 7:04am
Aim to get a derivative of the 'honey' note. Try different diets (vegan comes to mind) and see if that makes a difference.
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post #5 of 130
12/7/12 at 7:07am
In the immortal words of Ben Stiller's Starsky: DO IT.
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post #6 of 130
12/7/12 at 7:09am
If you had only just purchased Kouros instead then you would not need too.
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post #7 of 130
12/7/12 at 7:10am
Lets hope that Mr Angelo Orazio Pregoni dont do it itself to their fragrances (that could explain the little batches, btw).
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post #8 of 130
12/7/12 at 7:19am
You paid money for this?
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post #9 of 130
12/7/12 at 7:27am
Sure! For the sake of Art, do it.






Note to Self: Stay the foc away from O'Driu, you need this in your life like another mortgage.
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post #10 of 130
12/7/12 at 7:34am
Do it.

It's just urine.

- - - Updated - - -

Do it.

It's just urine.
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post #11 of 130
12/7/12 at 7:40am
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Originally Posted by cannotavoidtrite View Post

Aim to get a derivative of the 'honey' note. Try different diets (vegan comes to mind) and see if that makes a difference.

I think "aim" is the critical word here.

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Originally Posted by HORNS View Post

You paid money for this?

I did not, but I think O'Driù is producing some of the most original and compelling fragrances I have ever smelled. I am still pining for a bottle of Londa 1005, which is one of the saltiest, strangest, darkest vetivers I have ever had the pleasure of putting my nose into. But I have not pulled the trigger on any of them yet, mainly because they cost a small fortune. But this little dilemma just dropped out of the ether and into my mailbox!

I look forward to trying it out tonight, either with or without the addition.
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post #12 of 130
12/7/12 at 7:43am
I think you should, as that way I can use you as my guinea pig to see if it makes a positive difference while I get to abstain. ;-)
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post #13 of 130
12/7/12 at 7:43am
WTF?? Do it, & do let us know what (if any) difference it makes. LOL, it makes me wonder how many perfumers are doing this without telling us!
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post #14 of 130
12/7/12 at 7:53am
Great conceptual art there. And I love the design. Rip off the idea and give your own version as Christmas gifts. :P
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post #15 of 130
12/7/12 at 7:54am
I agree. DO IT.

...but drink plenty of water and avoid asparagus.
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post #16 of 130
12/7/12 at 8:01am
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No, No NO!!!!!

Back away from the instructions, the bottle......back away, now!

This is GROSS!
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post #17 of 130
12/7/12 at 8:06am
If you do I think urine for a treat!
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post #18 of 130
12/7/12 at 8:07am
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Originally Posted by Marais View Post

It won't do you any harm but if you ever come to sell it on the board you might regret telling us about it.

Maybe layering would be worth a try first.
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post #19 of 130
12/7/12 at 8:15am
I'm repeating previous BNers suggestion to avoid asparagus, dark meats, and rather drink plenty of cranberry juice. And, since we're at it, why not make it even more useful and add pigments or the like which detect the presence of blood, viruses and other useful medical information?

But I'm a little disturbed now. This one requires providing one's own. But now I fear that another one that came pre-mixed may have contained another type of body waste, not one's own.

cacio
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post #20 of 130
12/7/12 at 8:22am
Go for it. According to the brain of the interwebs:

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Urine is an aqueous solution of greater than 95% water, with the remaining constituents, in order of decreasing concentration urea 9.3 g/L, chloride 1.87 g/L, sodium 1.17 g/L, potassium 0.750 g/L, creatinine 0.670 g/L and other dissolved ions, inorganic and organic compounds.

None of that stuff sounds particularly bad, and any of the "other" stuff is present at a concentration of less than .67 g/L. One drop is 0.0625mL, so you are looking at less than 0.041 milligrams of "other" stuff added to the bottle. And its sterile and non-toxic.

It's probably less urine than you get any time you get into a swimming pool, and its your own.
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post #21 of 130
12/7/12 at 8:26am
I think you should because it's only one drop. Do you realize how much urine gets on your clothes when you relieve yourself in a urinal? I know the concentration of it isn't one drop together but I think the overall spray that you don't detect is more than one drop.
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post #22 of 130
12/7/12 at 8:48am
If you decide to urinate into the bottle, make sure you go to Carnegie Deli, have a Reuben sandwich with plenty of Deli Mustard before, so this will now become the saltiest and strangest(sans vetiver) O'Driu fragrance you have ever tried.
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post #23 of 130
12/7/12 at 8:52am
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by starshipvelcro View Post

If you do I think urine for a treat!

This comment wins.
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post #24 of 130
12/7/12 at 9:00am
Eat 2lb of Jaffa Cakes and then go for it.

What's the worst that could happen?
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post #25 of 130
12/7/12 at 9:01am
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Originally Posted by arlecchino View Post

I agree. DO IT.

...but drink plenty of water and avoid asparagus.

I thought the same thing.
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post #26 of 130
12/7/12 at 9:13am
If you do, urine sane!
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post #27 of 130
12/7/12 at 9:37am
Just don't offer it afterward on the Giveaway thread!
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post #28 of 130
12/7/12 at 10:34am
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Originally Posted by rubegon View Post

Go for it.


It's probably less urine than you get any time you get into a swimming pool, and its your own.

Rubegon has a strong, undeniable point.
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post #29 of 130
12/7/12 at 10:38am
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Of course.
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post #30 of 130
12/7/12 at 11:09am
Or you could try layering....

Edit: Whoops, already suggested by Russel.
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post #31 of 130
12/7/12 at 11:45am
You might end up pissing someone off
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post #32 of 130
12/7/12 at 11:58am
seems like your future is written....
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post #33 of 130
12/7/12 at 12:00pm
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Originally Posted by knightowl View Post

You might end up pissing someone off

^^^Hahahahaha^^^^
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post #34 of 130
12/7/12 at 12:20pm
Do it! Then return it.
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post #35 of 130
12/7/12 at 2:11pm
My parents always told me to "always follow the instruction manual", soooo..... Wizz away!

+1 on the avoiding asparagus thing
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post #36 of 130
12/7/12 at 2:47pm
Hehehe this one was funny, but if you payed for that

Why don't you cry into that bottle:-)


It wont be gross and still you will add some emotions into your personal creation haha
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post #37 of 130
12/7/12 at 2:51pm
Talk about a marketing gimmick.
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post #38 of 130
12/7/12 at 3:09pm
I believe you are the target audience and the correct man for the job.
A pioneer and trailblazer.
Let us know how it went.
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post #39 of 130
12/7/12 at 3:26pm
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Originally Posted by Rüssel View Post

Maybe layering would be worth a try first.

No no, this one wins!
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post #40 of 130
12/7/12 at 3:37pm
Now that's impressive. You know those other threads about "how do I convince my friends and family that my perfume habit isn't a form of mental illness?" Start by keeping this one to yourself for a bit. Still, I'm glad there's a forum you can bring this to with a straight face, and at the moment I'm glad to be part of it
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post #41 of 130
12/7/12 at 3:46pm
Were told that eating pineapple will bring out the honey note .... KOUROS + AVENTUS
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post #42 of 130
12/7/12 at 5:28pm
Bro, if you go through with this, and wear the stuff out, you will be my new idol.

God, I've gotta get a life...
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post #43 of 130
12/7/12 at 7:11pm
Do it. It can't be as bad as civet.
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post #44 of 130
12/7/12 at 7:16pm
It makes me wonder if they wrote those instructions to see if they could actually convince someone to add urine to their fragrances.
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post #45 of 130
12/7/12 at 7:28pm
maybe this is a punishment of sorts for not actually purchasing their scents.... or not
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post #46 of 130
12/7/12 at 9:52pm
What is the name of this one? Do these instructions come with all or a series of their offerings?
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post #47 of 130
12/8/12 at 1:59am
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Originally Posted by Renaissance_Man View Post

What is the name of this one? Do these instructions come with all or a series of their offerings?

This one is currently called "Avantgarde Fetish Perfume" but that may just be a placeholder name until the official release next year.

As for instructions on the official releases, certainly not with the two I have and probably not the others, I suspect.

Having now sampled it, sans secret ingredient it is a truly great composition for sure.
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post #48 of 130
12/8/12 at 4:03am
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Originally Posted by drseid View Post

This one is currently called "Avantgarde Fetish Perfume" but that may just be a placeholder name until the official release next year.

The actual commercial name will be SECRACTION.
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post #49 of 130
12/8/12 at 6:46am
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Originally Posted by drseid View Post

This one is currently called "Avantgarde Fetish Perfume" but that may just be a placeholder name until the official release next year.
As for instructions on the official releases, certainly not with the two I have and probably not the others, I suspect.
Having now sampled it, sans secret ingredient it is a truly great composition for sure.

Thanks for your response. Interesting. So they have (some?) customers test their scents pre official release?
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post #50 of 130
12/8/12 at 7:55am
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̶S̶t̶o̶p̶ start dicking around and do it!


...and if you do maybe it would be better kept in a vile
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post #51 of 130
12/8/12 at 8:16am
Its not a new thing in perfumery, Jean Paul Gaultier has been doing this for years.
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post #52 of 130
12/8/12 at 8:42am
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Some clarification from the lovely people at O'Driù:

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post #53 of 130
12/8/12 at 9:50am
I didn't really believe this was calling for urine until I saw this message they'd sent you. wow.

it would appear that perfume, while comfortably within the outre heretofore, has officially become surrealist. I don't doubt (well, a little maybe) the assertion that one's piss will shift this composition, but that we have gone to this realm... a dike has sprung a leak. what next? harvesting the "musc" glands of our partners, pets, ourselves?
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post #54 of 130
12/8/12 at 10:12am
there used to be a difference between animals and humans! Thanks alot O'Driù
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post #55 of 130
12/8/12 at 10:16am
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Originally Posted by hawk View Post

there used to be a difference between animals and humans! Thanks alot O'Driù

Animals urinate in their cologne ?
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post #56 of 130
12/8/12 at 10:37am
Hmm, I voted No, but after reading the comments from the perfume house, what the heck? Try it. Try it without the pee first-- then with.

It can't hurt, one little drop. Clean-catch urine is sterile. And the alcohol would kill any stray bacteria anyway.
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post #57 of 130
12/8/12 at 10:47am
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Originally Posted by rubegon View Post

It's probably less urine than you get any time you get into a swimming pool, and its your own.

Bvlgari Aqva Wading Pool. Your summertime favorite - now with a new warmth.
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post #58 of 130
12/8/12 at 12:32pm
You should only do it if it's one of those "first in the morning" pees. You know, that dark orange, been stewin' all night types.

Smell like fuckin' windex and popcorn.
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post #59 of 130
12/8/12 at 12:39pm
It's certainly "all-natural" (!!) perfumery.

So this guy is asking a fortune for his perfumes, and asks the buyer to piss in it.

I'll have to keep my perfume hobby a secret, that's for sure.
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post #60 of 130
12/8/12 at 12:53pm
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Originally Posted by 30 Roses View Post

It can't hurt, one little drop. Clean-catch urine is sterile. And the alcohol would kill any stray bacteria anyway.

That's a common but untrue myth -- urine is not sterile once it leaves the bladder.

I agree about the alcohol making it safer, though it could take time. However I don't think there are any sanitary dangers involved here.

It's fun to see how people react to this. To me, it's actually quite typical -- though totally inspired -- postmodern art. I wouldn't be surprised if a little bit of new odorants really are created by the reactions triggered, as well.
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