Feb 26 2006
peat fire, scotts pine and burned rubber
Cummings, the fragrance official site. The photographic pun’s on traditional perfume marketing images are worth a look. The whole site is both professional and gently tongue in cheek. These qualities have left me wanting to try this smell.
Excerpts from Cummings, the fragrance site
“With a name like mine it was made to be sprayed all over people’s body’s, what do you think?” A Cummings
“an assertively masculine combination of bergamot, whiskey, cigar, leather, highland mud, and… condom.” (Allure)
“Mild. Nice. Not obtrusive” (Martha Stewart)
peat fire, scotts pine and burned rubber
Hmm. Cummings perfume. This inspired me to Goo^H^H^Hdo a web search for ee cummings poems about perfume. I didn’t see anything specifically about perfume per se, but here’s a winner:
“kitty”. sixteen, 5′ 11″, white, prostitute.
Relevant passage:
the signal perfume of whose unrepute
focusses in the sweet slow animal
bottomless eyes importantly banal,
You can find the rest if you search for the title. Enjoy!
(And if that couldn’t sell perfume to USians I don’t know what wouldn’t.)