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Eau de Humanité

Literally, "Water of Humanity"
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Just what it says on the bottle... a concentrate of human perspiration, pheromones, isovaleric acid and sebum, harvested from every man, woman and child on the planet.

Combining the scents of everyone, from the deliciously fragrant to Joe the Wino, and marketing the product as a unique record of the state of the human race.

Ah, the roar of the greasepaint, the smell of the crowd!

Brought to you by Bromhidrosis Brokers International

UnaBubba, Oct 07 2009

bit of a vacancy here at the moment. my_20man_20in_20a_20bottle
[po, Oct 07 2009]

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       It should come in a big round zeppelinesque bottle, and of course, be highly flammable.
zen_tom, Oct 07 2009
  

       One percent inspiration, ninety nine percent perspiration.   

       Ironically, a product like this might actually sell in Japan ...
8th of 7, Oct 07 2009
  

       Ewww.
kaz, Oct 07 2009
  

       I'm getting the impression that UB has been hanging out with benfrost.
RayfordSteele, Oct 07 2009
  

       Well, we're both Australian, and it's a small place...
UnaBubba, Oct 08 2009
  

       to be honest, I think with my link, this is half-baked!
po, Oct 09 2009
  

       Edited. Similar, but significantly different, I think, [po]?
UnaBubba, Oct 09 2009
  

       nope, its a human scent in a bottle. sorry.   

       of course you could come up with a different packaging.
po, Oct 10 2009
  

       Well, it *was* too similar to Poon Tang. Granted, with the edit it is different enough, but doesn't it now, by definition, fall afoul of the Let's All trap? Mind you, it's definitely a neat idea and I don't want to see it deleted, so I'll abstain from those 3 loathed words, eh? Have a croissant on me, for a solid effort. [+]   

       po, your invention was an artifically-created authentic-smelling fragrance created unique for a single person. UB's is all natural, and smells like 6 billion people. Quite a difference there, no? Mind you, I voted for both...
21 Quest, Oct 10 2009
  

       Lots of things come in bottles, [po]... bulls, sperm donors, etc.
UnaBubba, Oct 10 2009
  

       sperm donor in a bottle? donation surely...
po, Oct 10 2009
  

       Not with my new MiniMe (tm) Cloning machine. Donor in a bible! With the right actors cloned, you can literally have the devil and an angel watching your back!
21 Quest, Oct 10 2009
  

       Donor kebab? With the chef's own sauce?
BunsenHoneydew, Oct 10 2009
  

       Interesting that the kebab myth is pretty much confined to the USA. If semen and hommous look similar in that part of the world then I'm terribly sorry for USAian men.
UnaBubba, Oct 10 2009
  

       You had me at "eau"... then you lost me at "sweat".
XSarenkaX, Oct 10 2009
  

       Who mentioned sweat?
UnaBubba, Oct 10 2009
  

       "sperm donor in a bottle? " Is that like Janitor-in-a-drum?
Bdsman64, Oct 11 2009
  

       I didn't say sperm donors come in bottles, I said they come in bottles...
UnaBubba, Oct 11 2009
  

       //Who mentioned sweat?//   

       Nice footwork. You do know we have officers checking your rubbish chute, right?
pertinax, Oct 11 2009
  

       That's nice. I eat my words. Let them check my stools for evidence.
UnaBubba, Oct 11 2009
  

       "Done that, sir; shall we try under the chairs next?"
pertinax, Oct 12 2009
  

       If it could be done, I would be curious as to the collective scent/stink of humanity.   

       Unfortunately, the act of collecting the samples would alter the scent of those being sampled.   

       One of the trivial truths I learned in combat, is that sweat from fear stinks a lot worse than sweat from physical exertion.   

       Your samples would be tainted by the emotions elicited by the sampler.
MikeD, Oct 12 2009
  

       Probably the excess adrenaline in the sweat? There are some races that smell better than others. Thais smell nice, largely because of the ginger and coriander in their diet. Many Indians smell of cumin. According to the Japanese, white men smell like rancid butter, though Australian aborigines say white men smell like wet chickens.   

       Eating pineapple will reduce the incidence of bad body odour. Drinking coffee increases it, apparently.   

       Who knows what it would smell like if we were to produce a scent that blended 6.5 billion sets of pheromones and body scents.
UnaBubba, Oct 14 2009
  

       Chanel No. 6500000000 ?
8th of 7, Oct 14 2009
  
      
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