We sure all wear perfume when going out right? One of my all time favorite brand of perfume is from CK specifically "Eternity". But you would believe that you can use your own shi* as your perfume? Well, check this out, as Jammie Nicholas, a British artist who used his own feces as the raw material for a perfume he calls “Surplus“. Believe it or nor, he has already sold 25 bottles of it, for $65 a pop.
In an interview with Viceland.com, Nicholas says he got the idea of producing his special perfume after reading “The History of Shit”, by Dominique Laporte, which “which analyses the theoretical and social implications of faeces, and its role as a building material for cosmetics. It suggested that pleasant smells were used to cover bad smells, so it could be suggested that a bad smell could be used to cover pleasant smells”. After doing some research and talking to a bunch of perfumers and scientists, he learned there are molecules that are common to both good and bad smells, just in different concentrations. For example, both faeces and white flowers like juniper or orange blossoms are made from the molecule Skatol. He also found out that many food companies use stuff like civet, an emulation of the anal secretions of the civet cat, and ambergis, which mimics a sperm whale’s gallstone.
I'm totally curious on how this thing smell. Guys, will purchase one of it?
Source: Artist Makes Perfume Out of His Own Excrements
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