Because you can’t spell “scientists” without “scents”
by Mary - November 14, 2006 - 8:45 AM

000647E6-7F1F-152E-BF1F83414B7F0000_2.jpgThis month’s Scientific American has a hilarious piece on perfumes inspired by great minds, including:

J. Robert Oppenheimer’s Cataclysm
Ingredients: Desert sand, enriched geranium.
Slogan: Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds, but with a delicate floral hint.

Anton van Leeuwenhoek’s Hidden
Ingredients: Pond water.
Slogan: Reveal… the little things.

Stephen Hawking’s Universe
Ingredients: Everything.
Slogan: You don’t have to understand it.

There are lots more where those came from. (Sadly, none of them are available in stores — they’re the brainchildren of author Steve Mirsky.) Got any other pungent suggestions? Leave ‘em in the comments…

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Comments (8)

  1. Designer: Charles Darwin
    Name: Origin
    Ingredients: Tortoise Shells
    Slogan: An upright scent for the highly evolved!

    posted by Tom on 11-14-2006 at 9:32 am

  2. Thomas Edison’s GLOW.

    Ingredients: 99% perspiration; 1% inspiration.

    Slogan: “It doesn’t matter who really made it first so long as MY name is on every bottle.”

    posted by Sheldon Siegel on 11-14-2006 at 10:17 am

  3. Erwin Shrodinger’s “Quantum”

    Ingredient: Catnip

    Slogan: The scent that may or may not knock them dead.

    posted by Ann S. on 11-14-2006 at 1:08 pm

  4. Oh, Ann. I love you.

    posted by Mary on 11-14-2006 at 1:12 pm

  5. Bernoulli’s “Effect”

    Ingredient:”Air”

    Slogan: It’s uplifting.

    posted by Anthony on 11-14-2006 at 1:49 pm

  6. Galileo’s ORBIT

    Ingredient: Spanish Fly

    Slogan: “Strong enough to stand up to any inquisition!”

    posted by Sheldon Siegel on 11-14-2006 at 2:57 pm

  7. Pavlov’s SIRIUS
    Ingredient: dog saliva
    Slogan: It will Ring you Bell!

    posted by Jane Martin on 11-14-2006 at 3:25 pm

  8. Einstein:
    ingredient: Energy
    slogan: When it matters most!

    posted by la Divina on 11-15-2006 at 10:35 pm

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