PERFUMERY TAKEN TO A NEW LEVEL

// December 2nd, 2008 // wtf

shockingly provocative

Eshmel is putting the perfume out in bottles that are “provocatively designed to…”

EMESHEL unveils their new line of fragrances in Miami’s Design District during Art Basel. What’s interesting is Emeshel has designed the fragrance bottles to represent the male and female sexual organs.

By John Charles Reedburg

OK.

Not sure I’m intrigued or offended.

Hungarian glass-maker ESHEMEL debuted of two brand new scents in Miami today, delivered in some, ah, interestingly designed containers. According to perhaps the most hilarious press release of 2008, the Budapest-based company is putting the perfume out in bottles that are “provocatively designed to resemble the human sexual organs, taking the art of perfumery to a whole new dimension of artful sensuality and symbolism.”

For women there is Nubia, named for the ancient Egyptian state, and pictured on the right. It comes in five different scents, ranging from Nubia Yellow to Nubia Rose. Pictured above is Nubia Violet, which reportedly “brings the fresh, waggish notes of the fruit-bearing harvest, complete with ripe grapes, sun-kissed blackberries, mulberries and hints of green apple, peach and sea breeze.” A 4.2 oz bottle will set you back $125.

On the left is Rajul, named for the ancient Arabic word for “man.” According to the press release, Rajul “tells the story of an aroma representing the power of the Grand Seigneur of Arabia. After reaching the coast from the desert at dawn and leaving the vast sand dunes of the cool Arabian night, you are touched by the fragrance of the wet wind and the endless water.” The bottle design is “purposely shaped in the form of a man’s most intimate sexual organ, honoring the power and masculine virility of his royal Arabian highness.” A 4.2 oz bottle of Rajul is comparatively cheap, coming in at $120 dollars.

So if you’ve ever been looking at genitalia and thought to yourself, “You know what, I want to smell like that,” get yourself down to Miami tout de suite. Also, whoever wrote the press release for this: you are not being paid nearly enough.