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We all know that Britney Spears and Paris Hilton have their own fragrances, but you’d be surprised at some of the other celebrities who have dabbled in the world of rose hips and sandalwood.
Take the Quiz: Scents & Sensibilities
Then come back and tell us how good a nose you have for celebrity perfumes and colognes.
60%, not so bad. I can’t believe I had to choose between Shrek and Wayne Campbell!
I look forward to the future, when users can actually smell questions in na Scents & Sensibilities quiz.
posted by Jonathan on 11-21-2007 at 8:47 am
I got 80%, Guess I know more about fragrances then I would like to admit.
posted by Cristina on 11-21-2007 at 8:51 am
somehow I got 90%! I picked picasso over Dali. shoulda known!
posted by jenny on 11-21-2007 at 9:54 am
I got 80%. I think the Picasso through me because I think his daughter had a fragrance at one time.
posted by Beth on 11-21-2007 at 10:32 am
90%! who knew?
posted by Kelli K. on 11-21-2007 at 10:36 am
My uncle actually created scents for both Britney Spears AND Paris Hilton, as well as for quite a few other celebretards. He has cornered the market on capturing “slut-in-a-bottle”.
posted by by association on 11-21-2007 at 10:37 am
90%
Definitely surprised myself. Missed Stalin’s sweetheart.
posted by Dusty on 11-21-2007 at 10:46 am
80%… not bad! And just for the record: Svetlana´s Breath? Are you kidding me?
posted by GTT on 11-21-2007 at 11:14 am
80% - we all did so well. i missed MJ & naomi campell… i just figured tyra was justt annoying enough to have her own scent
posted by sd on 11-21-2007 at 11:36 am
I got 100%, that is truly strange. Neither I nor my wife where any fragances. I think I bought Obsession when I was eleven and got my dad a bottle of Hai Karate when I was six, but other than that nothing.
I think I knew the Dali one because my college roomate owned a bottle. I think it was shaped like a black pair of lips. You can only imagine the type of person that would own a cologne that bears the name of a pop-surrealist painted in a lip shaped bottle. Rest assured, I also heard my share of Erasure and Dead or Alive during that housing tenure. Great guy, just predictable in that kind of way.
Now that I think about it, I believe I also know a woman that has worn Kiss. If I remember correctly, the stuff smelled pretty foul. Again, I wasn’t surprised to learn she wore a fragrence that honored a irrelevant rock band. You could guess the type, late forties, Harley-Davidson obsessed, but doesn’t own a Harley. Probably has a back tattoo, but God knows you would never want to confirm the assumption.
As I write this I think I know how I got my score. I just picked the alternative who was more of a dollar wh*re. Consider it, Dali would give his name and image to toilet paper if he could. In fact, I bet he has. I know I have seen Dali tissue paper. Kiss, they are still on tour at ninty years of age. Isn’t Gene Simmons going to be on celebrity Apprentice or something. Baryshnikov is the Pavarati of the ballet world, he never met a check he didn’t like. Though Randy is a self obsessed dork, there is no one who compares to Blanket’s daddy. We all remember the eighthies don’t we, Captain EO, need I say more. Wayne vs Shrek, again if you have walked through Wal-Mart children’s clothes section, you know the answer to this one. Naomi vs Tyra, well that on is a toss up I suppose. Stalin vs Mussolini, consider, Stalin had his body preserved for public display until the sixties. That kind of makes you a grade A to*l in my book. That kind of crazy is sure to rub off on your paramour, or whatever Svetlana was. Plus the name Svtlana, for the love of God, vowels please. There is something about that name that makes me squirm.
All right, I know, enough already. Give me a break. It’s almost Thanksgiving, I’m bored.
posted by Patrick on 11-21-2007 at 12:02 pm
90%
All random guesses.
posted by natlynn on 11-21-2007 at 12:14 pm
90%–missed Baryshnikov. Most of them were random guesses, though Kiss was a given because Gene Simmons would sell Kiss branded toothpicks if he could. “Pick your teeth like a Rockstar!”
posted by jackilina on 11-21-2007 at 1:22 pm
I got 70% correct. Not my greatest test score, that’s for sure. Svetlana’s Breath? Who knew?!
posted by Emma on 11-21-2007 at 2:19 pm
100% and each one was a complete guess! Perfumes and colognes give me a headache.
posted by Lynne on 11-21-2007 at 4:30 pm
80% — not too shabby!
posted by Stevie on 12-7-2007 at 2:27 pm
100%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
posted by Madison on 12-11-2007 at 4:15 pm
50% :(
Then again, my only “sure” answer was Shrek - I saw it one year shopping for my niece.
posted by SaDiablo on 1-24-2008 at 2:00 am
90% with mostly guesses. Good to see I’m not the only person who thinks Dali and Gene Simmons, yeah, they’ll do anything for a buck. The only reason I chose Naomi Campbell for having her own perfume was that if Tyra Banks had her own perfume line the hamsters on America’s Next Top Model would have done a phootshoot to promote it by now!
posted by gwendy on 3-5-2008 at 9:41 am
90%, wait till the guys at the biker bar find out!
posted by Rodney Wilson on 8-20-2008 at 4:33 pm