Crank it up: Smell Bent RadioDada scents & a Prize Draw
 By TomReaders of this blog know that I'm a fan of Smell Bent, a house that continues to surprise and delight with little numbers that are lovely and inexpensive enough to spritz with abandon. RadioDada is the latest seasonal collection and perfumer Brent Leonesio told me that he feels that it's his most cohesive. I agree. Fuzzy Teacup is a peachy jasmine with a rather disturbing cream and honey accord. After a while it arrives at an interestingly odd milky tea scent. Not sure I'd reach for it, but it's entertaining. Exquisite Corpse is a bergamot scent with a hint of tuberose with discernible green pepper (happily) less discernible mimosa and finally, dirt. I like dirt. A winner. Mots Vert initially made me giggle with its almost smoky hyacinth, carnation and, yes, rhubarb with vanilla and musk. It totally shouldn't work, but it does wonderfully. Disagreeable Object lists cumin, celery and curry amongst the bitter orange and petitgrain. I was slightly disappointed that the former three were so very light. Those of you who aren't skank-monsters will like this a lot better than I. I did enjoy it, I just wanted more disagreeable. However, my slight distress over "Objects" being too agreeable was short-lived, since Lobster Cellphone was my Hands-Down favorite. Opening with sparkly pink grapefruit (a note that I happen to love, if you don't run for your life), it adds in tomato leaf and finishes with a lovely clean musk. These are available on the Smell Bent website, $6.50 for 4ML travel spray, $20 for 8ML oil and $45 for 55ML spray. I received my samples from Smell Bent Smell Bent has generously offered to send a packet of samples of these five to one lucky reader. Please leave a comment to be entered into the draw. Draw will close at 12:01AM on Sunday the 13th. PST Labels: smell bent, Tom |
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61 Comments:
ooh, these sound like fun. I love that Brent has such a great sense of humour.
My experience with Smell Bent has been very hit or miss (unfortunately, more so the latter). I like the informal quirky feel of the brand, and the very agreeable price point. And I actually own 2 full bottles that I like (Debonair and Incensed). But my experience with the subsequent releases and limited editions has been underwhelming to say the least. There is something in the base of these perfumes (you know that signature that tends to connect someone's work and make it identifiable) that simply disagrees with me. (As much as I love animalic musks, their musks tend to be more "L'air de Rien"--which I hate--rather than "Muscs Koublai Khan"--which I love.) After the last couple of batches of samples, I swore "No more Smell Bents; they're just not working for me." But if I do get a set, I certainly won't say no!
I would love to be entered into the draw! Thanks!
please, enter me the draw-I think it could be fun
besides that's a chance to get to know them not only hear about
thanks
Please enter me in the drawing, thanks. Alica - alica@cleis.net
The name, RadioDada, grabs me right away.
Cornlily
I'd love to be entered! I'm listening to freezing rain falling on top of 30" of snow; anything that smells of rhubarb or fun sounds perfect right now.
I really like Smell Bent.They are always interesting. Please sign me up for the draw. Thank you!
Intrigued by Exquisite Corpse and Mots Verts, but I think I'd likely find Lobster Cellphone the most wearable. And think about the fun of answering "What are you wearing?". Please do enter me into the draw.
- Lindaloo (rchawork at yahoo dot com)
sounds fun! i'd love to be entered in the draw. xo (holiday 322 AT hotmail DOT COM)
I've had mixed reactions to Smell Bent, but when I tried them they were doing oil only, and that has never worked well for me. These sound quite interesting, so sign me up... maybe this time I'll discover something I like.
Smell Bent is hit or miss with me, too, but that's why I love the sample sets and the low prices. My favorites of his happen to be the seasonal ones (Felix Navidad, Smooch the Pooch, Violet Tendencies) but I'm big on his Bollywood for a great sandalwood and rose combo and really like his Hippie takes on patchouli. I'd love to get a chance to try the newest additions, please enter me in the draw. Thanks!
I'd love to try these! Please enter me. They sound interesting, to say the least... :-)
Grapefruit and tomato leaves? Sounds like summer to me! I need to try this line- quirky and certainly affordable enough to sample away. :)
Hit or miss with me too..though these sound fun! Celery?!?
I'm a big fan of their Violet Tendencies, so please enter me in the draw.
Jirish
Please enter me in the draw! I still haven't tried this line even through launch after launch that sound intriguing.
Oooh, Please enter me in the draw. They sound like fun.
I love the quirkiness of Smell Bent. Please enter me in the drawing :)
as Duchamp once famously said 'please enter me in the draw'...
I have never tried Smell Bent perfumes and I'm very intrigued by them.
Please, enter me in the draw :)
Worth trying for the sheer joy of the names alone. So many scents turn out to be Disagreeable Objects after the event, that it is refreshing to find one that dares to call itself that going in...
Yes... please !!! Enter me in the draw. Thank you
I'm with Ashraf up there: I really don't get on all that well with the Smell Bent musk, and the ones I've tried (maybe nine scents now?) have been more misses than hits. But they're FUN scents, and even the ones I didn't like were adventures for the nose.
The only one out of this batch that appealed to me was Mots Verts (hyacinth? carnation? yum, although the musk gives me pause), but I just want to answer the question, "What perfume are you wearing?" with "Lobster Cellphone!"
Please don't enter me in the draw. (Please DO keep reviewing Smell Bents.)
I love the names of these. So much fun. I would love to try them. Thanks.
Sounds like a hoot. Please enter me in the draw.
Oh please, please, please! I want to win to try a fuzzy teacup and exquisite corps! And I promise to share anything I don't like :))))))
Internet is not always great for expressing emotions, so just to make it clear: I am not whining, I am bubbling with excitement!
Smell Bent has one (is it "debonair?") which smells almost exactly like de Nicolai's New York. Brussels Sprouted is terrific as well. Mostly I see his scents as really clever one-liners, much in the way the Demeter smells really show mastery of one particular accord. I'd love a sample to show me one with some time development! Thanks.
please enter me into the drawing!!!!
would love to find a lower-priced house to play with and enjoy... i've been disappointed by others. these sound like fun, though, so please enter me in the draw. thanks! cheers, minette
Would love too try these. I've ordered a few samples adn travel sprays and enjoy them quite a lot.
Please enter me in the draw!
No need to enter me, but these do sound like all kinds of fun! Lobster Cellphone would be my pick too. I would wear it a B-52s concert. :-D
Boy, I'd love to try Lobster Cellphone out on my tomato-leaf-loving friend April. :)
I've always wanted to try the Smell Bent offerings! Thank you for this giveaway. Please enter me in the draw.
Please enter me in the drawing! Gotta try Lobster Cellphone!
And I dont't know any of Smell Bent's scents :(
These sound like so much fun. Please enter me in the draw -- I would love to try them!
WooHoo!!!! I want to try these just because the names are so awesome.
These scents sound so wonderfully odd, I can't even imagine what they smell like from your description of the notes..
I can't believe I haven't tried anything from this line yet. The names are fabulous.
Have been lurking here for a bit... no better time for a first comment than today. I would love to try some samples - the Lobster Cellophane sounds fabulous. Please enter me in the drawing. Thanks!
I haven't had a chance to try any of the Smell Bent line and I'd like to, so I'm totally in.
Yes please, I would very much like to win these :)
Lobster Cellphone sounds like a Duchamp readymade sculpture. They all sound whimsical and lovely.
yes, please!
I found your blog when I was looking for a review of L de Lolita Lempicka - which I like very much, and stayed to visit and get acquainted. :")
I enjoyed reading about the Smell Bent Scents - amusing names, intriguing component combinations...
I would like to be in the draw. Any one who wants to work at this price point is a hero! I've never smelled any of them.
Cheryl
These scents always sound like so much fun - and a good antidote to taking ourselves too seriously! Thanks for the fun review.
Please enter me in the draw! They sound great.
Overall, I've had pretty decent experiences with Smell Bent. They execute much better than all of the other small start ups. Can't wait to test these new ones out.
I would love to be a lucky reader! Please enter me in the draw...
These sound fun!
I've always wanted to try their frags and never have. Please enter me!
I'd love to give these a try - please enter me in the draw!
SMY
smyspam at yahoo dot com
I've only tried 2 of these so far. I really like Lobster Cellphone. It reminds me of a Guerlain AA.
The Teacup one wore as a boring peach musk that went sour on me. I'm sure it will work for someone.
I´d love to enter! Thank you so much.
Perfume and dada, what's not to love? Pleas include me!
Im intrigued, would def put me outside of my normal range of scents, would love to try. Thanks. -Audrey
Hi, please enter me in the draw. I would love to try these - they sound rather unusual :)
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I am new to the perfume world. I have really enjoyed discovering new scents. Perfume has become my new passion. Please enter me in the draw these scents sound very interesting. THNX!!!
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