Tabonga | 2,363 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) While I realize this thread has the potential for a, lot of crude jokes, I would prefer it to be a place for commentary on the changing nature of the products (and perhaps, more importantly, the advertising) that companies try to foist off on us. https://pagesix.com/2020/01/11/gwyneth-paltrow-selling-75-candle-that-smells-like-my-vagina/ Let's hope Yankee Candle doesn't start a new celebrity line of such candles.............. (At first I thought this was an Onion effort - no such luck.) Edited January 13, 2020 by Wandering Tellurian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8-bit guerilla | 82 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Wait.. so it doesn’t actually smell like her vajay, right? It’s a joke she made and the title stuck from what the article says. So our topic is bizarre marketing? And I assume in the US? Censorship is totally different here. I feel like weird marketing, (which is a relative concept), happens in most countries, and the US is just hopping onboard more these days. in this new sort of nothing sacred-everythings offensive mentality and how crazy products are, we’ve probably reached a “ where do we go from here?” Issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,889 Administrator · Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Yeah Gwyneth Paltrow is in the business of selling expensive snake oil because it's easy and she has a big name now. Really shitty person. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,363 Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) The candle apparently started out as a joke but it was marketed at the goop website and sold out. Some of the toilet paper ads have gotten pretty odd (such as bears arguing about who should pick up the cubs underwear - which it turns out are (mostly?) clean because the cub uses chamin). Complete with obnoxious song. I also find it interesting that I now need a spray to put on the surface of the toilet water so when I take a dump it supposedly won't smell. I have not verified the truth of the claims of these products. I just keep a book of matches on the top of the tank. Edited January 13, 2020 by Wandering Tellurian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,363 Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 13 minutes ago, 8-bit guerilla said: Wait.. so it doesn’t actually smell like her vajay, right? One wonders how the average consumer would know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8-bit guerilla | 82 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 4 minutes ago, Wandering Tellurian said: One wonders how the average consumer would know. On the shelf without reading about it, you may wonder. But I suppose you could do what you do with all candles, and pardon the pun but.... smell the box????? Aaaaahh thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,363 Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, 8-bit guerilla said: On the shelf without reading about it, you may wonder. But I suppose you could do what you do with all candles, and pardon the pun but.... smell the box????? Aaaaahh thank you But does the candle smell like a generic whatever you want to call it or uniquely like Gwyneth's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8-bit guerilla | 82 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 also find it interesting that I now need a spray to put on the surface of the toilet water so when I take a dump it supposedly won't smell. Poopourri? You don’t need it but it works awesome. Better than matches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8-bit guerilla | 82 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Just now, Wandering Tellurian said: But does the candle smell like a generic whatever you want to call it or uniquely like Gwyneth's? Read the article it smells like different flowers. She smelled the candle and said “that smells like my box “ as a joke and thats what they named it. If it was a candle done by Fubuki we could assume it might smell like vagina. But we’re talking Gwyneth Paltrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,363 Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 1 minute ago, 8-bit guerilla said: Read the article it smells like different flowers. She smelled the candle and said “that smells like my box “ as a joke and thats what they named it. If it was a candle done by Fubuki we could assume it might smell like vagina. But we’re talking Gwyneth Paltrow I suspect people will think of the product name more than anything else. Maybe I can market a corpse flower scented candle - could be a hit with the necrophiliac crowd........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8-bit guerilla | 82 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, Wandering Tellurian said: I suspect people will think of the product name more than anything else. Maybe I can market a corpse flower scented candle - could be a hit with the necrophiliac crowd........ Probably. I don’t know if there’s a vagina candle crowd but... they sold Harry Potter barf and booger flavored jelly beans... stranger things have happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,363 Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, 8-bit guerilla said: Probably. I don’t know if there’s a vagina candle crowd but... they sold Harry Potter barf and booger flavored jelly beans... stranger things have happened They used to sell candy that looked like pebbles - they were very realistic looking (and tasty). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 5,012 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, Wandering Tellurian said: They used to sell candy that looked like pebbles - they were very realistic looking (and tasty). They still do. My wife bought some for my kids as part of a kid. My son just said thanks and tossed them down because he thought they were legit rocks and it took him a bit to understand “those are candy!” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,363 Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 1 minute ago, RH said: They still do. My wife bought some for my kids as part of a kid. My son just said thanks and tossed them down because he thought they were legit rocks and it took him a bit to understand “those are candy!” I remember getting them by the pound at the downtown Denver Woolworths way back when. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8-bit guerilla | 82 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Just now, Wandering Tellurian said: I remember getting them by the pound at the downtown Denver Woolworths way back when. Brox rocks?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bogomil | 816 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Another POS celeb using their name to sell crap to people who will buy anything. Sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,569 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Look up some of the products her company, Goop, markets. This is pretty tame, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,637 Editorials Team · Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Yeah she's nuts and/or really good at exploiting people 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 I wonder if they still sell a jade egg you put in your vijayjay. To purify it or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,506 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 It's amazing how much press Goop manages to get considering it's well known pseudo-medicine. It's kind of crazy how big it is. Is it like the Church of Scientology for essential oil snorting housewives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arch_8ngel | 1,597 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 8 minutes ago, DefaultGen said: Is it like the Church of Scientology for essential oil snorting housewives? I thought the essential oil MLM market was cornered by the LDS church... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfestus | 3,921 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Isn’t she the broad that’s trying to get women to stick rocks in their vaginas? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trj22487 | 350 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 I remember when nobody was more insufferable than Julia Roberts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhleo | 2,198 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 She's just leveraging her fame to enrich herself using the same deceitful tactics that all "magic healers" have been using since the beginning of civilization. It boils down to "Give me your money because I can solve your problems" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,035 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Pussy Candles would be a good name for a band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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