Marquis de Sade perfume (and Eau de Poe, Serum of Orwell)

Oh, if only this design concept treatment were real! I'm imagining earthy fragrances, something Tom Ford-y. But maybe they'd just smell like blood, sweat, and writers' angst. The Ah&Oh Studio Portfolio, on Behance Network (via William Gibson)

• [mati]

  I love the font! Can anyone graphic designy tell me what it is?

  • [Niklas]

    All I can think of is a hand-modified Gothic Special.

• [Anonymous]

  I immediately thought of Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, too! In fact, they had a scent called “De Sade” until it was discontinued late last year. Smelled like leather, I believe.

• [Anonymous]

  “Oh if only this design concept were real!”

  It is!

  Visit the Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab(.com), and you will find dozens of scents, literary-inspired and otherwise carnally-cerebrally tinged.

  While the site design may be lacking, and the products themselves not as visually stunning as the bottles depicted above, these people know their craft and their lore.

  I’ve been a customer of theirs for years, and can attest to the complexity of their work and the accuracy of their olfactory portraits (if one can use a correspondence theory of truth in speaking of what a scent reveals).

  And–as if they’re not already a perfect fit for BB readers–they even have a special steampunk scent section!

• [Facetious]

  I too am a big fan of BPAL…have been for a couple years now. With a series based on Neil Gaiman, Boom! Studios, Lewis Carroll, etc. What’s not to love?!

• [Anonymous]

  I’m just waiting for the William S. Burroughs scent. Hints of roses, carbolic soap, gardenias, jasmine, oil of cloves, ambergris and rectal mucus.

  • [Antinous / Moderator]

    You forgot mugwump jism and Interzone boy.

• [ZoneWombat]

  I second that. In fact, I’m going to send this to BPAL and maybe they can work with the designer to make these real.

  Although I’m a little worried about what the bottles for any of their Lovecraft scents will look like…

• [Art]

  The graphics, bottle design and finish (cap design) are OUTSTANDING.

  Thanks for the post

• [Anonymous]

  “Imagine the alluring scent of a boot stamping on a human face — forever.”

• [Niklas]

  want want want!

• [UncaScrooge]

  I hate to be a killjoy, but there’s only one thing an accurate De Sade perfume could smell like: Excrement. Preferably from a well-aged bowel.

  • [Niklas]

    Some of Orwell’s writing isn’t flowers and unicorns either. :) Retaliation is a good and funny read and not at all what most people think of when they hear the name De Sade.

  • [Sekino]

    That’s the first thing that popped in my mind as well (Good ol’ Marquis. *shudder*).

    The bottles are amazing, though.

  • [querent]

    He was a choc-aholic…so there’s that.

  • [efergus3]

    Ahhhhh, like a sweaty George W..

  • [Gloria]

    I was going to say. More than blood and sweat for that man.