Listen! Do You Smell That?
September 9, 2011 Yesterday I read an article about "swallowable perfume," a new form of perfume that comes in capsules. That you swallow. Ergo, "swallowable perfume."
Look, I couldn't make this stuff up, guys.
Anyway, it got me to thinking: how long before this is incorporated into food? You know, like cake? And what would an ingestible perfume cake look like, anyway? Would decorators try to reflect the scent in the cake's design?
These are all important questions, which I think deserve answers. You know, for science. And laughs. But mostly science.
So, as a public service, here are a few suggestions for some classic perfume scents:
Obsession
Poison
Lucky for me, I've developed an immunity to iocane powder.
I'm sure you've heard of Chanel #5, but here's one for its lesser-known predecessor, Chanel #2:
;)
Q: Why did Tigger have his head in the river?
A: He was looking for Pooh! Because Poo smells grrrrreat!
White Shoulders
;)
I bet you never realized how weird that perfume name was until right now.
Contradiction
Something here doesn't add up.
Miracle
;)
Even the balloons are defying the laws of gravity!
Lucky You
;)
Say, here's a tip:
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Ah. Never mind; false alarm.
Thanks to Sarah P., Crazy Z., Michelle S., Caren, Celeste G., Amy C., & Colleen W. Smell you later, guys!
Reader Comments (83)
I was wondering when the Winnie the Pooh cake would make this website. I saw one a few weeks ago in the store. Let's just say now I know why they call him Pooh....
That is a lot of candles for a circumcision cake. The boy in the photo-on-a-stick looks to be somewhat more than eight days old, and possibly making a rude (but situation-appropriate) hand gesture.
Happy Taxi Season!
I love the "Sweet 16(?) Birthday Bash" cake. It is so bad it's good.
A friend and I were just talking about Triscuit crackers, and I believe that second cake has a cocoa-dusted Triscuit on it. No, I'm not tempted to try that.
Here's a tip?! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
Also, a friend of mine used to think patchouli was just the smell people emitted when they had dropped acid. It made sense to him, since he only smelled that scent at Grateful Dead shows, where people were tripping. That swallowable perfume article reminded me of that.
Um...if I was getting circumcised (not that the conventional process is medically possible, given that I'm possessing of two X chromosomes...but still...) I think cake would be the last thing on my mind. Narcotic painkillers, maybe...but not cake.
Is Tigger humping Pooh?
So I'm just going to tell myself that Chanel #2 is supposed to be rocks and not really think about it too hard. I do wonder if that's a sperm whale on Lucky You though. (badum tish)
...I'll stop.
Menage-a-trois-a-poo!
I love the Princess Bride reference!
As always, truly snort-worthy. You make my day every day.
The White Shoulders are very fit on that cake!
"Lucky for me, I've developed an immunity to iocane powder." Hee, hee . . . Best caption ever!
Am I the only one who thinks that the Tigger and Pooh looked a little...wrong? Maybe it's my dirty mind.
Your comment on the last one was terrible. And I LOVED it!
Also, wow, I cannot stop staring at that Miracle Cake.
(Apologies if this posts more than once. My internet is being wonky.)
That last cake... Oh. Wow. Can't. Stop. Laughing.
Um, what exactly is Tigger doing to Pooh? That pose is, um, okay, I guess I need to get my mind out of the gutter.
I'm still wondering just what Tigger is doing to Pooh in that very visual piece of plastic flotsam!
The first rule is this: Never get in a land war in Asia. But only slightly less well-known is this one: never go against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line! HA HA HA HA--thud.
There's a picture on the circumcision cake! And it looks like a grownup! Who would want that association on their cake!!!!?????
Why not just a big picture of Mr.(headless) Wiggles???
The vampire heart is cute. That's about all I can say.
Wow uhm...Tigger and Pooh seem to be getting extremely "friendly" on top of that cake. With Piglet watching. I think I just felt my childhood shatter into a million little pieces.
I just need to keep telling myself "It's only plastic flotsam. It's only plastic flotsam..."
I usually don't have so many questions, but:
Does the "Obsession" cake say "I Fun With Vamps?" I headache with cake.
What's that sticking out of the hole between the two birds on the circumcision cake?
Oh, and the "Chanel #2" cake just looks so wrong on so many levels, but I'm afraid it might just be me so I won't say any more.
Is that a sperm whale???
What in the name of the sweet baby Jesus is on the lower left of that circumcision cake??? And what Tigger is doing to Pooh looks slightly obscene, or is it just my twisted mind? Must go have more coffee now. Thanks for the always awesome posts!
I absolutely lost it at Chanel #2. If I had been drinking something, my iPad would be currently drenched! :)
I had no idea Tigger was so kinky. Getting it on with Pooh? Awesome.
I don't care what you write on it, brown will never be red.
What is the possible reason for edible perfume...gas? Because I don't think it will help, no matter how much flotsom one places on the food.
SuBee
I think that first cake says "I run with vampires"....
On the circumcision cake, I believe that is a post with a photo attached to it. It was hard for me to make it out at first too.
Wow, edible perfume! That's incredible..
I've spent the past few years building up an immunity to iocaine.
I love the Ghostbusters reference in the title!
What? You don't recognize a "little black raincloud" when you see one? Oh, wait, I don't see one either. Just Poo(h).
@Dara -- yes, the White Shoulders are very fit. It distracts from the lopsided breasts.
Iocane powder FTW!
OMG! Hilarious!
Who looks at these & thinks "Oh wow, I did a great job" lol
Oh & the circumcision cake first of all I agree that pic does not look like a baby & second why would you want a cake to remember that anyway.
Did anyone else actually watch the video on the swallowable parfum site? It makes something questionable seem downright disgusting. Ick.
LOL at the person who couldn't stop staring at the Miracle cake. ME NEITHER.
That is one unfortunately shaped whale on the circumcision cake. It almost distracts me from the question of why there is a whale on a circumcision cake.
All of you looking askance at the Chanel #2 cake: it is NOT just you. I'm not sure whether it's good or bad that so many of us had the same thought at first glance, though...
My daughter and I frequently giggle over the cookbook, "Cooking with Pooh." We freely admit that it's a juvenile thing to do, but here's proof that at least one baker took it to heart. Or something.
In defense the "Poison" cake is a machine produced wreck. They are massed produced for Walmart and shipped in like that.
Why oh why is there a whale on the circumcision cake?
That makes no sense.
;)
I honestly find the wedding dress/bust/limbless-headless bride cake to be the most awful one of the bunch. Sans-shoulders? Eep!
Almost laughed out loud at work at that circumcision cake. Thanks for making my day. :)
I am just not getting the whale reference on the circumcision cake. What - do they think he isn't going to spout anymore and this is his last HOOHA??
And that POOH cake - oh my. Winnie DID the poo - and it looks like Tigger is doing Winnie. Whats up with that?? I nearly sprayed my Chanel Number 2 all over the screen.
Baahhahaa.....iocaine powder. Who doesn't know and love The Princess Bride. Keep'em coming whitty girl, you are an amusing breath of fresh air!
I just got past that part in The Princess Bride when I read that comment. I think for my birthday I want a I <3 Rodents of Unusual size cake.
I love the princess bride! As a matter of fact it's the only movie I brought to college!!
I really don't understand why? Why on the Pooh and Tigger cake. lol And thanks for the Princess Bride quote!
several years ago, i worked in a shop in australia & was intrigued by the Musk Lifesavers candies we sold. that whole area of the candy counter smelled like an old lady, can't imagine why someone would want to actually pop that in their mouth...until now. i'd sooner suck on a perfumed candy than eat some of those cakes above. if their decor looks like that, who knows WHAT the ingredients are??
Whale? Whale? I was seeing giant moray eel. Which seemed pretty darned nasty in conjunction with circumcision.