# Market for Vulva-scented "perfume"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 30, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/market-for-vulva-scented-perfume/523101 "2009-12-30T22:55:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/market-for-vulva-scented-perfume/523101/41 "2009-12-31T02:22:02Z")
I read an article about this, and the phrase "smells like the dumpster behind Red Lobster’ was used. Whether that was an actual description of the product or simply a joke I cannot recall. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/market-for-vulva-scented-perfume/523101/42 "2009-12-31T02:24:08Z")
Like all other great product ideas, this one still suffers from the possible fate of falling through the cracks so to speak. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/market-for-vulva-scented-perfume/523101/43 "2009-12-31T02:25:19Z")
For the record, I’ve no problem making jokes about specific women that do have infections and do smell like fish- why, every time I round the seafood counter at the grocery I stifle the urge to call out the name of someone I used to know. It’s the generalizations that I can’t stand. Mine doesn’t smell like that and if you want a cite, come and get it. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/market-for-vulva-scented-perfume/523101/44 "2009-12-31T02:26:39Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Sometimes there’s a [grain of truth](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6161691.stm) in stereotypes (specifically the penultimate one you mentioned). I like the fact that the picture used there makes the condoms look BIGGGG. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/market-for-vulva-scented-perfume/523101/45 "2009-12-31T02:27:43Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > For the record, I’ve no problem making jokes about specific women that do have infections and do smell like fish- why, every time I round the seafood counter at the grocery I stifle the urge to call out the name of someone I used to know. It’s the generalizations that I can’t stand. Mine doesn’t smell like that and if you want a cite, come and get it. It can smell fishy even if it’s not infected. Especially around menstruation time. I’m starting to think you have me on your ignore list because I’m still waiting for you to tell me why fish is automatically assumed to be an awful smell. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/market-for-vulva-scented-perfume/523101/46 "2009-12-31T02:28:40Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > For the record, I’ve no problem making jokes about specific women that do have infections and do smell like fish- why, every time I round the seafood counter at the grocery I stifle the urge to call out the name of someone I used to know. It’s the generalizations that I can’t stand. Mine doesn’t smell like that and if you want a cite, come and get it. Yeah, it annoys me, too. Or like, when we had some tampon thread a while ago and someone was all, “Ewww tampons smell in the garbage, because some girl I know had her period and her tampon stank up the entire house.” It makes me think–WTF? How have we as a society managed to live with vaginal secretions up until now without keeling over? And I do think that in general women tend to feel ashamed about our vaginal odors because of stuff like this. Even when they are normal and healthy. > [@Rigamarole](#): > > It can smell fishy even if it’s not infected. Especially around menstruation time. I’m starting to think you have me on your ignore list because I’m still waiting for you to tell me why fish is automatically assumed to be an awful smell. For a body part to smell like, yeah. I mean, food can smell good in general but no one wants to smell LIKE food. I like the smell of burgers and steak and lots of stuff, but the idea of smelling like that all day is pretty gross. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/market-for-vulva-scented-perfume/523101/47 "2009-12-31T02:29:34Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > It can smell fishy even if it’s not infected. Especially around menstruation time. I’m starting to think you have me on your ignore list because I’m still waiting for you to tell me why fish is automatically assumed to be an awful smell. I’ve never smelled a healthy vagina that smelled like fish, nor have I ever heard of one. That would be a new one on me. And I would think it automatically an insult to have mine described as having a fishy smell if it wasn’t infected… wouldn’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/market-for-vulva-scented-perfume/523101/48 "2009-12-31T02:30:45Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Yeah, it annoys me, too. Or like, when we had some tampon thread a while ago and someone was all, “Ewww tampons smell in the garbage, because some girl I know had her period and her tampon stank up the entire house.” > > It makes me think–WTF? How have we as a society managed to live with vaginal secretions up until now without keeling over? And I do think that in general women tend to feel ashamed about our vaginal odors because of stuff like this. Even when they are normal and healthy. Thank You! ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/market-for-vulva-scented-perfume/523101/49 "2009-12-31T02:31:27Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > When a “joke” perpetuates a nasty, offensive stereotype and derogates an entire group of people, it’s not funny. Ask black people who can’t swim or Jews that want all of your money or Asian men with small penises or any number of groups. It’s not funny, and isn’t fit for a site dedicated to fighting ignorance, either. Thank you for pointing this out. As a Jew, I _really do_ want all of your money and am not joking about that at all. I am tired of all the laughing. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/market-for-vulva-scented-perfume/523101/50 "2009-12-31T02:31:33Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > And I would think it automatically an insult to have mine described as having a fishy smell if it wasn’t infected… wouldn’t you? Sure I’d be offended, but mainly because I don’t have a vagina. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/market-for-vulva-scented-perfume/523101/51 "2009-12-31T02:38:06Z")
This thread really ought to be merged with [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=545838)one. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/market-for-vulva-scented-perfume/523101/52 "2009-12-31T02:44:56Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > There was some book I’d read, ages ago and I can’t recall it, but part stuck with me because in it, one of the characters regularly ‘dipped’ into her ‘honeywell’ and spread it a bit behind her ears, with the claim that the dried scent smelled like pure hormonesmes and was very attractive. > > Despite remembering this after all this time, I’ve yet to try it. Hrm… Portnoy’s Complaint? ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/market-for-vulva-scented-perfume/523101/53 "2009-12-31T02:55:42Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > You mean there’s no pie chart? Hair Pie Chart? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/market-for-vulva-scented-perfume/523101/54 "2009-12-31T03:31:47Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Who was this supposed to be attractive to? I haven’t the foggiest, as I don’t remember the copy in the ad; I was laughing too hard at both the idea and the product design to bother reading. I did have some vague notion that it might be something gay men would wear to attract other gay men. Keep in mind though this was my pre-adolescent early 80s mind at work here, and apart from the obvious, Playboy would be a terrible place to pitch products to gay men. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/market-for-vulva-scented-perfume/523101/55 "2009-12-31T03:39:04Z")
> [@Mindfield](#): > > I haven’t the foggiest, as I don’t remember the copy in the ad; I was laughing too hard at both the idea and the product design to bother reading. I did have some vague notion that it might be something gay men would wear to attract other gay men. Keep in mind though this was my pre-adolescent early 80s mind at work here, and apart from the obvious, Playboy would be a terrible place to pitch products to gay men. My thoughts exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/market-for-vulva-scented-perfume/523101/56 "2009-12-31T03:41:26Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > Hair Pie Chart? I think it would be a Cream Pie Chart. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/market-for-vulva-scented-perfume/523101/57 "2009-12-31T03:53:39Z")
> [@Mindfield](#): > > I haven’t the foggiest, as I don’t remember the copy in the ad; I was laughing too hard at both the idea and the product design to bother reading. I did have some vague notion that it might be something gay men would wear to attract other gay men. Keep in mind though this was my pre-adolescent early 80s mind at work here, and apart from the obvious, Playboy would be a terrible place to pitch products to gay men. If a gay man is attracted to the smell of a female genital, I think he might want to take reevaluate his sexuality. Specifically, I’ve taken a look at “pheremone-infused” products, and they always tell gay men not to get the female version, as gay men are attracted to male pheremones, not female ones. I also found out that a soap brand I really liked started releasing a pheremone-infused version. When I looked up the actual chemical, while it actually has studies saying it makes people feel calm, it’s also a normal element in typical sweat. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/market-for-vulva-scented-perfume/523101/58 "2009-12-31T03:54:52Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I also found out that a soap brand I really liked started releasing a pheremone-infused version. When I looked up the actual chemical, while it actually has studies saying it makes people feel calm, it’s also a normal element in typical sweat. So, “When I’m nervous I stick my hands under my arm and I smell them” DOES make sense. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/market-for-vulva-scented-perfume/523101/59 "2009-12-31T03:58:34Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > If a gay man is attracted to the smell of a female genital, I think he might want to take reevaluate his sexuality. Actually, I was talking about the early 80s perfume/cologne called “Sweaty Balls,” thus the pre-pubescent notion that it might be aimed at gay men, despite the ad appearing in Playboy. ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/market-for-vulva-scented-perfume/523101/60 "2009-12-31T04:27:15Z")
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