What scent would you wear as a perfume?

Play Doh

When I was a kid, I loved the smell of Play Doh so much that I wanted to eat it, but it was ridiculously salty. The combination of cherry, marzipan, and tobacco scents were enough to send me straight into an olfactory trance.

Lucky for me, someone decided to make a Play-Doh perfume. Demeter is a whacky perfume house that creates some iconic scents, rather than normal, wearable perfumes. It turns out that Play-Doh is one of theirs, made in partnership with Play-Doh for its 50th anniversary.

Of course I bought it.

Gin and Tonic

No, seriously. Demeter makes a scent that actually smells like a gin and tonic without making you smell like an alcoholic.

Forest after a rain storm

Rain makes everything smell incredibly good – cement, dirt, fallen leaves, evergreens. It’s a tough note to capture, though, which is probably why I’ve never found a perfume that really comes close.

Baby Smell

Once clad in a clean diaper, babies smell AMAZING. And no, this scent cannot be achieved through wearing baby powder. It’s a combination of milk, clean skin, and utter dependency. I believe that if needy men were able to get their hands on such a scent, they would be able to mooch off of their girlfriends for MUCH longer before being kicked to the curb.

Ocean Smell

The ocean’s easily-recognized smell is a combination of salt and bacteria that breaks down kelp. I have never found a perfume that even comes CLOSE to getting it right.

Eucalyptus Trees

The problem with eucalyptus oil is that it only captures part of the smell of a eucalyptus plant (this is true of any natural oil, actually). Eucalyptus oil is very medicinal, and doesn’t come anywhere close to evoking the rich, warm, heady smell of a eucalyptus tree in the hot California sun.

Flame Broiled Goodness

Yeah, you heard that Burger King launched a fragrance that smelled like grilled meat. Except for the fact that it didn’t actually smell anything like meat.

Bacon

They say that the only scent that men respond positively to is bacon. Why not?

Stargazer Lily

I have never smelled any perfume that has attempted to capture the spicy sweetness of a stargazer lily. I can dream, though, can’t I?

Marzipan

I’ll get back to writing about this once I’m finished draining the slobber off of my keyboard.

Baking bread

Yeasty, warm goodness with butter. I’m afraid I might end up gnawing off my own arm, though.

Wet Bricks

The smell of wet clay bricks immediately sends me back to the East Coast.

Peppercorns

Fortunately, pepper oil is a common ingredient in a number of perfumes.