By Rob Bricken in
Merchandise
Thursday, Sep. 17 2009 @ 12:00PM
Note: Turns out that image that was used for this article was a mock-up, with art -- awesome yet in no way connected to the perfume -- by Steven Gettis, who draws a bevy of incredibly author portraits here. So I took the image down, and you should check out his site.
This is Cthulu perfume. It it real and can be purchased here. This is the description of the scent -- try to keep your skull from exploding out the back of your head:
This is Cthulu perfume. It it real and can be purchased here. This is the description of the scent -- try to keep your skull from exploding out the back of your head:
A creeping, wet, slithering scent, dripping with seaweed, oceanic plants and dark, unfathomable waters.Not impressed? Hope about if I toldf you they also offer scents for The Deep Ones, Miskatonic University, Nyarlathotep, R'lyeh, Shoggoth, Azathoth, The High Priest Not to Be Described, and more? What if I said they had a perfume for Herbert West, the goddamn Re-Animator?
Aftershave, embalming fluid, and splatterings from a panoply of reanimation reagents.The 5 milliliter samples are $15, and the 10 ml ones are $25. Thank you, Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs -- you're doing a god's work. It's an elder god who wants to gnaw on our souls for all eternity, but it's a god nonetheless. (Via Geektrooper)
27 comments
Comments
tredlow said:
Because when people hear "Cthulhu", they think "sensual scents"
DarrenG said:
Pale willowy male approaches aloof willowy-er female in half-light seeping through a long parlor window. The shadows play off of their ill-defined features.
[VOICE-OVER] - "That is not dead which can eternal lie.
And with strange aeons even death may die."
[whispered sounds from the other room] - "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'leyh wgah'nagl fhtagn."
[Willowy male to his companion] - "For a scent that is out of this space. Cthuhu."
[VOICE-OVER] - "From the makers of 'Hastur Body Spray' and 'Dagon Drops for Ladies'."
Ahriman said:
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RE-DO FROM START.
MattK said:
Is that art on the box from Kevin O'Neill, the artist behind League of Extraordinary Gentlemen?
Schism Schasm said:
Drawing on the box looks like the work of Bruce Timm.
Frito said:
A scent beyond reason.
Ranchoth said:
Frankly, I would have imagined Mad Scientist cologne/perfume as smelling like betadyne and rubbing alcohol.
Appropriate to the theme, AND dredges up distressing primal memories and fears of being stabbed with needles. Am I wrong?
wire said:
I actually own a 5ml bottle of BPAL's Herbert West perfume. It's nice, kind of lemony. (Oh, and 10ml bottles are a thing of the past.)
geektrooper said:
the artist of the box art is actually Bruce Timm (Batman Adventures, Superman Adventures, Batman Beyond, etc.)
Xanthippas said:
Splash some of this on my mug, walk out the door with a D&D Jones soda in my hand, and wait for the ladies to flock to me yeah...
Yoggie said:
I love BPAL's stuff. It is really nice. I will have to try this line.
@Xanthippas... I'd totally flock to a guy that had that stuff but only if he had a Crown Royal bag full of dice.
Phil said:
Now you can smell like your favorite racist!
Frito said:
@Phil
Cthulu doesn't care about black people.
MattK said:
@geektrooper
REALLY?! Man, I totally don't see it. First thing I thought when I saw it was O'Neill's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
geektrooper said:
@MattK
Bruce Timm is a really great artist. Of course, his art work is a bit dumb done and simplified when he designing for the animation.
If you ever get a chance to check out his portfolio, he has some really crazy and perverted stuff in there.
he's my hero
geektrooper said:
some of you emailed me regarding where they can get the image of that Bruce Timm H.P. Lovecraft caricature.
here it is: http://tinyurl.com/mypt7r
(my sincere apologies to Rob for putting the link here)
pollardy said:
Im in your house dreaming your dreams ^_^
Beau von NoooginsnOOGINS said:
How did I KNOW it was a BPAL perfume...
Well, who else would it be, really?
Uberchief said:
See, I first thought the art was the work of Gerhard of "Cerebus" fame. I'd love to know who the artist is.
Liz said:
I am, alas, horribly allergic to BPAL's perfume base. Instant nausea and migrane, and they all smell exactly alike to me...like pain in a bottle.
That818Guy said:
This scent will drive you insane -- mostly due to its non-euclidean geometry.
Kraio said:
So...
"The Old Ones: SEEING them brings endless insanity... SMELLING them will bring the ladies!"
Dustin Harbin said:
Hey guys, I think that image was swiped from the Hey Oscar Wilde site without permission: http://digitalmedusa.com/sgettis/word/bruce-timm-hplovecraft/ Just saying.
Steven said:
Actually geektrooper, the Bruce Timm Lovecraft image that used without permission (and the artist signature that was photoshopped out) was from my site. The original is hanging 5 feet away from me and I'm not sure what the 3x6.net site you referenced is.
http://heyoscarwilde.com/bruce-timm-hplovecraft
-sg
Haywood Jabloeme said:
I'm gonna purchase some right now!
Friendly Neighborhood BPAL Fangirl said:
In response to Liz:
"I am, alas, horribly allergic to BPAL's perfume base."
They actually sell perfume oils, which are almost entirely essential oils. I can't imagine what perfume base in it you'd be allergic to. If you have very sensitive skin or nose or whatnot, it may just be too concentrated and you might want to consider diluting it in a base of your own.
Also, a variety of corrections from a pedantic BPAL fan:
The bottles look ABSOLUTELY NOTHING like that photoshopped perfume image. :P There are standard bottles in a photo on their About page.
There are no 10mL bottles available for sale from their catalogue anymore.
A sample size is 1/32oz (approx. 1mL) and costs $3.50, or $19.50 for a six-pack
A full-sized bottle of any of the Cthulhu/Lovecraft scents (or other general catalogue scents, for that matter) is 5mL and costs $15.00
Since these are PERFUME OILS, and not perfumes, they contain no alcohol base and are MUCH stronger in scent than a normal perfume. A little bit goes a long way.
(I am in no way affiliated with Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab and if you are irritated by this comment for whatever reason, it's totally not their fault.)
ia ia and all that said:
I have a bottle of Shub-Niggurath, and it's fucking fabulous. All spicy ginger and rich resins. It seriously makes me want to lick my own arm.
