An Egregious Misappropriation of the Word “Halloween”
The fabulous Pensive Pumpkin recently sent me a note about Jesus Del Pozo’s Halloween perfume, along with a comment that amounted to, “Where does a perfume with major notes of iris and lime get off being called ‘Halloween’ anything?” A sentiment with which I heartily agree.
The perfume has been around for quite a while–it was introduced in 1997–and I would have sworn that I’d mentioned it in some long-ago link dump, but a look through my archives turns up nothing so it’s entirely possible that I looked at it and thought, “Where does a perfume with major notes of iris and lime get off being called ‘Halloween’ anything?” and declined to post about it. But upon revisiting the link I see that the line has been significantly expanded, so now I’m going to post about it so I can point and laugh.
Additions to the Halloween line now include Halloween Kiss (notes of orange, watermelon, pear, and violet), Halloween Kiss Sexy (lemon, peach, freesia, peony), Halloween Water Lily, Halloween Freesia, Halloween Fatal Rose (which has a great name but whose notes include pear, blood orange, peach elixir, vanilla mousse, and…Coca-Cola), Halloween Tropical (notes of lime, iris, gardenia, lavender, violet, rose, and pink pepper), Halloween Sun (bergamot, lime, cardamom, orange and apple), and Halloween Fever (which in addition to smelling like bergamot, orange and rose, has the most disco label ever).
:::heavy sigh:::
Even more annoyingly, when you google “Halloween perfume” this stuff is pretty much all that turns up for the first several pages of results (with the lone exception of stuff on Etsy tagged that way, some of which is pretty neat).
I suppose that something in this line would be nice to wear if you don’t really care for heavier, darker scents but want to do some Halloween representin’ anyway. I’m just sort of dismayed that THE Halloween perfume smells more like a fruit salad than a vampire’s boudoir.
(Thanks, Pensive Pumpkin!)
Posted in Needful Things | 8 Comments »
March 12th, 2012 at 9:05 am
This must be remedied! Someone needs to invent a REAL Halloween perfume ASAP so this travesty gets knocked out of the searches!
March 12th, 2012 at 11:26 am
0_o
March 12th, 2012 at 10:34 pm
Coca Cola and pink butterflies on the bottle = fatal? I think I just threw up in my mouth a little. What a waste of Girl Scout cookies… How can they take themselves seriously? What is the world coming to? WHY?!
But seriously, what does Coca Cola smell like? I’ve tried to smell it before, but I usually end up with bubbles up my nose.
March 13th, 2012 at 1:31 am
couldn’t even put pumpkin and cinnamon in one of them? maybe even some caramel apple? this makes me sad.
March 13th, 2012 at 1:55 am
I’m thinking Halloween candy perhaps? “Halloween Sun” might have a little something going though. Spicy orange and apples makes me think of the Fall at least… sort of.
March 13th, 2012 at 1:55 pm
If you’re looking for some great gothic perfumes, try Black Phoenix Alchemy (sp?) Labs. I’ve bought many of their perfumes, and they are just what Halloween fans are looking for! Plus, it’s a fun website. If you’re not familiar with them, take a look!
March 13th, 2012 at 2:06 pm
i had to run to the bathroom after the fruit salad comment.
you kill me.
March 13th, 2012 at 3:04 pm
Ugh. For a much more appropriate Halloween scent, check out The Goth Rosary. Samhain is a spicy orange and Shadows is a dark incense. There are others, but I can’t wear them (my body chemistry turns almost all perfumes into “Eau Du WTF”).