SOTD: Demeter Dirt

Demeter is a fragrance company originally founded by Christopher Brosius, who now runs the fascinating CB I Hate Perfume. The Demeter Fragrance Library is an enormous collection of scents. Banana Flambee, Play Doh, Funeral Home, Holy Smoke and Holy Water - they've got everything. And, of course, they've got Dirt.

I like Dirt. I like the CB I Hate Perfume dirt note, the one I've smelled in Black March, even better. But I like Demeter Dirt just fine. It smells like... dirt. Nice, healthy, slightly dampened but not muddy, freshly dug dirt. I imagine some decaying leaves from last year's herb garden in a newly turned garden bed - there's something herbal, but not enough to make me question the name.

Dirt has had its fifteen minutes of fame - celebrities from Clint Eastwood to Kate Moss were (are?) reputed to wear it. I generally don't care who's also using my fragrance, but it is rather entertaining to be able to buy a "celebrity perfume" for less than ten dollars an ounce.

And, of course, you can also try Funeral Home and Waffle Cone and Cinnamon Toast and Clean Windows and Junior Mints and This Is Not A Pipe and Laundromat and Paperback and... well, you get the idea.

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