A list of celebrities and what they smell like
August 23, 2012Because I think you should know.
Justin Timberlake: Vetiver, anise, llama tears
Glenn Close: Gummy bears and woodsmoke
Eric Bana: Dragonfruit smashed with a hand-rubbed mahogany desk clock
Anne Heche: Driftwood and ambergris, with notes of alligator
Tom Skerritt: Peach blossom, shrapnel, gooseberry bitters
Edie Falco: Madagascar vanilla muddled by porcelain doll feet
Peabo Bryson: The silk lining of a 19th century leather valise
Will Smith: Surprised bergamot
Selena Gomez: Leviticus 2:16
Craig T. Nelson: Juicy Fruit, civet musk, houseboats
Dianne Wiest: Peppermint-infused beard gloss
Michael Caine: A geodesic dome wrapped in handwoven butter muslin
Angelica Huston: Hematite, starfruit, irony
Jay-Z: Absinthe diffused in a particle accelerator
Bryan Cranston: Turkish wildflowers picked during a sunshower
Emmylou Harris: Artisanal, locally sourced gyro meat
Clive Owen: Clouds
Reader Comments (43)
This is most definitely my favorite thing that you've written.
I wish I smelled like a houseboat.
I think.
Emmylou, perhaps, a field of daisies lightly sprinkled with bitter tears and locally-sourced gyro meat drippings?
May I just say that, while I'm happily married to a dude and all, you are my total dream girl? Thank you.
Oh this is the best, how did I know that Anne would have a touch of alligator on her?
I was reading "Edie Falco" and picturing someone using porcelain doll legs (it would be too hard with just the feet) to muddle vanilla beans in a glass. There's something about the words "porcelain" and "feet" together that thrills me.
Kevin Spacey: Amber Gris, Pepper and Eyeglass Cleaner.
Wow! It's like a fragrance poem.
I met Emmy Lou Harris! I swear to God she smells like Clouds with an Argentinian silver lining. No joke. But Clive probably smells like Clouds too. Tweedy, post-hunt English Clouds of never-ending pleasure and delight. But I digress.
This information should strictly be on a need to know basis. But we need to know! This is like an ear worm for the mind - I won't stop thinking about it all day - sadly.
Alice, Thanks for making me crack up again.....
..... i didn't know what half those things were. hello google, my old friend.
I am so not surprised over Eric Bana.
Well, I just have to say that I think you deliberately fooled us with the one about Emmylou, Alice, didn't you. You just had to put one in there that wasn't real. It was a test for us really, wasn't it. I vote for Teresa's 'field of daisies lightly sprinkled with bitter tears' and have no opinion whatsoever on the gyro meat. Brilliant.
A copy of you? http://www.theawl.com/2012/09/what-famous-people-smell-like
Apropos of nothing in this post ... I just want to declare my disappointment at seeing you join in the twitter prodding of a clearly distressed woman last week. I've always enjoyed reading you, Alice, and seeing you weigh in made me sad and felt like a cheap laugh. BTW, I have no connection to anyone involved and I'm not a blogger.
Maybe I'm misreading the situation, but that's the danger of twitter and it's immediacy and brevity - intention can fall through the cracks.
Hi, Kath! I didn't intend to prod anyone and I'm surprised it looked that way, and unhappy with myself that it did. Thanks for letting me know. I agree: there are many problems with Twitter. It's hard to decipher what's going on, a lot of the time, and that's gotten me into trouble more than once...
Freakin' hilarious.
Dear God, Alice Bradley, I love you. You are an angel.