If Cleanliness Is Next to Godliness, Where Does Perfume Fit In?

BellaSugar — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:00:11 PDT

Last month I told you about Virtue, a Christian fragrance. This weekend I came across Holyland Perfume and Cologne, which makes such olfactorily ambiguous scents as King David Cologne and Essence of Jerusalem Purse Spray. According to the company, the bottles were crafted to resemble ancient perfume bottles dug up by archaeologists in Israel, and the scents were inspired by flowers and plant essences mentioned in the Bible. I will concede that Rose of Sharon smelled delicious, but how do you feel about smelling Biblical?

Heaven Scent: A Fragrance for the Faithful

BellaSugar — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:00:49 PDT

Have you ever smelled your perfume and thought, "This just isn't godly enough?" You're in luck, because Virtue is a an absolutely divine fragrance. No, really. The perfume is "scent from the Bible" and is, as far as I know, the world's only Christian fragrance.

Virtue's notes come from plants and oils mentioned in the Bible; some of the things you'll smell are fig, pomegranate, cinnamon, frankincense, and myrrh. And as Virtue's creators put it, you'll smell just heavenly:

"In practically all religions and Spiritual practices, persons of high spiritual attainment are known to give off a fragrance, attributed to their Virtue. Christ, many of the Saints, and numerous others with highly developed spirituality, are, historically, known to have given off such a fragrance."

Lord knows how Virtue smells, because at $80 a bottle, it's a little too expensive for me to try out on blind faith alone. Think you'd give it a sniff, or do you think the idea reeks of sacrilege?