# Paltrow introduces vagina scented candle **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 12, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paltrow-introduces-vagina-scented-candle/846314 "2020-01-12T16:57:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paltrow-introduces-vagina-scented-candle/846314/1 "2020-01-12T16:57:39Z")
Have we sniffed this out yet? > **[Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop is selling a vagina-scented candle, and it's already...](https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/gwyneth-paltrows-goop-vagina-scented-candle)** > > Gwyneth Paltrow has done it again, folks. Gwyneth Paltrow’s $75 vagina scented candles are already sold out. The scent is based on, “…geranium, citrusy bergamot and cedar”. That’s one herbaceous lady! Dennis ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paltrow-introduces-vagina-scented-candle/846314/2 "2020-01-12T17:04:25Z")
Ah the sent of stale smoke and dead tuna… ---
**Author:** ![Wallet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e99b99/32.png) [@Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallet)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paltrow-introduces-vagina-scented-candle/846314/3 "2020-01-12T17:40:24Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > Ah the sent of stale smoke and dead tuna… 90% of the comments for this article make the same quip. Quite a few relate the scent to Bill and Hillary. Yes, a silly story - but I thought we’d be better here ☹ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paltrow-introduces-vagina-scented-candle/846314/4 "2020-01-12T17:57:17Z")
> [@Wallet](#): > > Yes, a silly story - but I thought we’d be better here ☹ Goofy lady markets goofy product–how can we be better than that? Unless you mean more creative in our insults…I’ve got nothing, anyone else want to have a go? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paltrow-introduces-vagina-scented-candle/846314/5 "2020-01-12T17:59:18Z")
I had to reread the thread title a couple of times because I kept parsing it as something more directly physical and thinking, “what, unless she did it on YouTube, who cares?” ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paltrow-introduces-vagina-scented-candle/846314/6 "2020-01-12T18:00:34Z")
That should be good to use with my fleshlight. More authentic, no? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paltrow-introduces-vagina-scented-candle/846314/7 "2020-01-12T18:03:08Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Goofy lady markets goofy product–how can we be better than that? Unless you mean more creative in our insults…I’ve got nothing, anyone else want to have a go? Will “burning the candle at both ends” take on a new meaning? ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paltrow-introduces-vagina-scented-candle/846314/8 "2020-01-12T18:14:00Z")
Well, I certainly don’t have that much knowledge of Ms Paltrow to say that it _doesn’t_ smell like geranium, citrusy bergamot, and cedar. Maybe she’s a dryad or wood nymph. That would actually explain a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paltrow-introduces-vagina-scented-candle/846314/9 "2020-01-12T18:24:38Z")
> [@Wallet](#): > > 90% of the comments for this article make the same quip… but I thought we’d be better here ☹ I’d say the people who are making those comments aren’t exactly finding the highest-caliber sex partner. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paltrow-introduces-vagina-scented-candle/846314/10 "2020-01-12T18:24:41Z")
I hate to think of the sweatshops these candles came out of. Otoh, they are making a fortune streaming on PornHub. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paltrow-introduces-vagina-scented-candle/846314/11 "2020-01-12T18:25:42Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I’d say the people who are making those comments aren’t exactly finding the highest-caliber sex partner. What does one have to do with the other and are you sleeping with a Beyonce? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paltrow-introduces-vagina-scented-candle/846314/12 "2020-01-12T18:32:42Z")
Bodily aromas are not what I want when lighting a candle. Altho’ I was given a pumpkin spice scented one that smells exactly like poo when it’s lit. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paltrow-introduces-vagina-scented-candle/846314/13 "2020-01-12T18:33:51Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Bodily aromas are not what I want when lighting a candle. Altho’ I was given a pumpkin spice scented one that smells exactly like poo when it’s lit. Blame the candle!!! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paltrow-introduces-vagina-scented-candle/846314/14 "2020-01-12T18:37:56Z")
She’s a copycat. NSFW. [https://www.amazon.com/VULVA-Original-real-vaginal-scent/dp/B00828QIIA](https://www.amazon.com/VULVA-Original-real-vaginal-scent/dp/B00828QIIA) ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paltrow-introduces-vagina-scented-candle/846314/15 "2020-01-12T18:40:50Z")
Let me know when she starts selling lollipops. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paltrow-introduces-vagina-scented-candle/846314/16 "2020-01-12T18:42:28Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Let me know when she starts selling lollipops. Anyone want to invest in a weed/vagina lollipop startup? This is a great idea. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paltrow-introduces-vagina-scented-candle/846314/17 "2020-01-12T18:42:44Z")
Has anyone checked the store site for geranium-infused artisanal cedar wood sex toys? ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paltrow-introduces-vagina-scented-candle/846314/18 "2020-01-12T18:48:43Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Has anyone checked the store site for geranium-infused artisanal cedar wood sex toys? I first read it as “germanium-infused” and I thought, “That’s pretty tech-y - a semiconductor-lined tunnel-of-love scent.” Then I saw it’s just a flower. Big deal. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paltrow-introduces-vagina-scented-candle/846314/19 "2020-01-12T18:51:11Z")
Don’t people realize when they’re being trolled? ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paltrow-introduces-vagina-scented-candle/846314/20 "2020-01-12T18:57:18Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Don’t people realize when they’re being trolled? Probably not. From the OPs link: > [@](#): > > As the product description reads: “This candle started as a joke between perfumer Douglas Little and GP – the two were working on a fragrance, and she blurted out, ‘Uhhh … this smells like a vagina’ – but evolved into a funny, gorgeous, sexy, and beautifully unexpected scent.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paltrow-introduces-vagina-scented-candle/846314.md?page=2)