Poor Detroit! First an economic catastrophe, now an olfactory one: After a woman sued the city because her coworker's perfume gave her breathing problems, Detroit is warning city workers not to wear "any scented products." [Detroit News]
Brigham Young researchers have found that clean, fresh smells make people act "fairer and more generous." Makes sense—New York City is essentially a noxious, rat-infested garbage barge full of venal, corrupt hustlers. Fuck you, Utah. [Science Daily]
The unending cavalacade of bad news is not the only reason people are feeling nauseous in magazineland these days. Earlier today a stench was making people feel sick at ESPN and they had to evacuate. Happily everyone's back to work.
Is it possible that a perfume that costs $865 for 10ml could make someone smell expensive? You'd think that New York magazine's Daily Intel bloggers would conclude "yes," but actually they polled some Midtown shoppers who concluded that you'd be better off using that cash to conspicuously consume in some slightly less…
From the mailbag: "The lobby of the new New York Times building smells of sulfur and ass. It's seriously disgusting. Just thought you should know." Did Pinch have burritos for lunch AGAIN? Ah, our source reports: "It was really more of a David Brooks ate curry for breakfast thing." Oh... God.
The marketing geniuses at Calvin Klein think they can replicate the success of "generation-defining" CKOne by marketing their new smell, CKIn2U, to today's hip young "technosexuals," with lines like "She likes how he blogs, her texts turn him on. It's intense. For right now." But are the technosexuals buying it? Huh!…
