Alright, that may not be the best opening line, but I'll tell you one thing; if I would have met a lovely lady wearing the "tomato" perfume in this picture when I was look'n for a woman, it would have been love at first wiff. Correction, she didn't even have to be lovely. I don't know about you but the fragrance of a tomato seedling is just about as good as it gets. But wait; it gets even better.
Demeter is the company that makes this line of heavenly…urrr, earthly fragrances and now I learn that in addition to tomato, they have many other tempting choices. Some of the ones on my short list: cucumber, cypress, dandelion, giant sequoia, grass (a best seller), mildew, poison ivy, privet, pruning sheers, earthworm, greenhouse and another best seller–dirt.
Now for you females out there, this may be old news but for the guys in
the house, we're a little clueless about some of the finer things in
life. My next dilemma; will my wife see this as a thoughtful gift because you
can bet I'm going online and buying some of these as soon as I finish this post. She may not see the value in smelling like dirt, but if it drives me crazy, maybe she'll start to apprcciate my gardening addiction just a little bit more.
JL
Special thanks to Naomi Sachs for responding to my twitter request for ways to know you're a gardening addict. Her favorite is Tomato too.
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A couple of truck loads of compost and green plants is the most romantic gift I can think of. But if that isn’t a possibility Scentsy has a few fragrances like Tomato Vine, Basil Rosemary Mint, Zen Garden will fill in the gap.
Hi Elizabeth and nice to see you here. Yeah, I’m not known for my romantic gift giving according to my wife. But, this valentines day I have a big surprise. I’ve purchased her her very own bottle of Demeter’s “Dirt”. Oh, the sparks are gonna fly on Valentines Night!
These have been around for years; I have the dirt, tomato, and green bean. They make great gifts; even if they are not a scent the recipient would wear often, they’re simply fun to have around.
It cracked me up too Theresa. As soon as I heard about this from our friend Naomi Sachs, I had to blog about it. I’ve always loved the smell of healthy garden soil. I’m looking into seeing if they have a line for men as well. But I doubt there would be much of a difference even if they did. After all, dirt is dirt, right?
Oh man…This cracked me up! Has anyone actually smelled these fragrances?
The earthworm one has me curious. Honestly, I never noticed that the earthworms in my composter had a fragrance…just the compost they made. I’m dying to know how these smell!!
Oh Shirley, you crack me up. You know, I too realized the coincidental closeness in timing of these two “sex appealing” topics, albeit after the fact. Hey, I’m just the messenger. I just report what I see mam. “Just the facts” as Joe Friday would say. These posts are not intended as a subliminal message into my personal life, but hey, if it gets a laugh at my expense, that’s alright by me. Thanks for the great laugh and I hope you’ll check back often.
JL
Okay Joe- I see you are truly into “garden as a love life stimulant” mode with this and the other post on “viagra gardening!”
Your poor wife.
For this to “work” for MY husband, I will need to apply the tomato fragrance and then roll around in a garlic field. Tomato alone will not work for my man!
shirley
Naomi, actually I’ve heard that a Japanese company has invested billions to produce fragrance that can be literally delivered online. I’m not talking online shopping here. I’m talking, pay your money and smell it! Don’t ask me how it works, but I have a feeling the folks at Demeter already know about this and are in on it somehow.
Now’s when you wish we had scratch and sniff websites, huh? Speaking of which: Poison Ivy?! Wow, that’s pretty wacky.