Nanna, nanna, boo boo?
So Pope Benedict XVI — the same pope who just last week endorsed the U.S. bishops’ anti-gay bullying — is apparently quite the dandy: MSNBC reports today that il Papa has commissioned his own fragrance.
Woah, hold on there. Resist the inevitable impulse to dash out the door to the nearest parfumerie. Put your car keys away and sit back down in your chair. Even if you want to smell like the Pope — and you know you want to — you can’t. There’ll be no spritzing of papal perfume for you. (I know, I know. Try to compose yourself before reading any further.) That’s because unlike fragrances from other celebrities like Britney, Jean-Paul Gaultier, or Madonna, eau de Pope is for the pontiff’s exclusive use.
Yeah, that’s right. Be jealous. Be very jealous.
The article is reproduced below, in its entirety, without further comment. I’m very interested to see all of your comments, though…
At 84, Pope Benedict XVI has proven to be a spiffy dresser. He wears cherry red loafers that landed him in the pages of Esquire magazine as the “accessorizer of the year,” he’s been spotted wearing sunglasses by Gucci and been outfitted by the Italian fashion house, Belstaff. Now, according to the Guardian, il Papa has commissioned his own brand of eau de cologne, a scent that only he may wear.
The fragrance is a combination of lime tree, verbena and grass and was created by Silvana Casoli, an Italian nose, as perfume makers are called, who has created scents for Sarah Jessica Parker, Katy Perry, Madonna and Sting.
Casoli also made scents for priests who embarked on the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain – the perfumes, named Water of Faith and Water of Hope, were so beloved by the pilgrims that they presented samples to their pope, the Guardian reported.
Casoli made a secret pact with the pope and refused to release further details about the ingredients but she did reveal that as she tried to come up with the perfect concoction, she thought of nature and the pope’s love of the forests.
“I realized that an essence like this had to have at its core something pure and clean, recalling the idea of peace,” Casoli told Il Messagero newspaper. “I thought of the smells the Pope would smell when praying at the Grotto of Lourdes.”
She did not, however, divulge what the cologne would be called.
That is just the gayest thing I have ever heard in my life.
Next thing you know, he’ll come out with his own line of gowns.
Can you really even BOTTLE that much sexual tension?
I can smell the Pope downwind of any malfunctioning septic system. The Scent of the Beast?
How do you get semen from an altar boy to stay fresh in a cologne bottle> Just askin…
El Church is supposed to be against this kind of opulence, even making it one of its new Deadly Sins (TM). But what’s a little hypocrisy between pampered old men?
No amount of perfume will ever cover-up the stench that is the catlick church!
“She did not, however, divulge what the cologne would be called.”
I vote for Papist Smear!
“There’ll be no spritzing of papal perfume for you.”
Wow, I had a very weird reaction… I laughed at the humor and shuddered at the horrid implications – at the same time.
Excuse me while I reboot my nervous system.
Hmm
Head notes: bergamot
Heart notes: Patchouli
Base notes: the rancid redolence of stale guilt conjured by the thought of the thousands of children horribly abused under his observance.
I almost wish there really was a Hell, just so he would have a place to burn.
I’m imagining a papal fragrance named Fantasy, with the active ingredient being santorum.
How nice for him. However, the psychic miasma wafting from his soul reeks of a charnel house and no amount of perfume/cologne, singularly crafted for him will mask it.
Didn’t they have one available to the public before? I can’t remember whether it was John Paul II or Paul VI. Might’ve been Paul VI. They used to advertise it in one of the Catholic papers I used to get…
Pope Pius IX, way back in the mid-nineteenth century, had a cologne of his own. I believe that it is still for sale. This was the same Pope who kidnapped a Jewish boy from his parents, had him baptized as a Catholic and then wouldn’t give him back to the parents because they wouldn’t raise him a Catholic. Strange story. Strange church.
His own cologne.
I can’t even…
I’d say it’s unbelievable, but it isn’t, considering we are talking about Ratzi the Nazi. However it does make me feel less guilty that I used to wear aftershave or cologne in my days as an Orthodox monk…only I had to get mine at Walgreen’s.
Goddess, the more I hear about Ratzinger, the sicker I get.
Good use of Vatican wealth. Meanwhile, in the world of reality, millions are starving to death.
Merlyn….you were an Orthodox monk? Interesting story there, waiting to be shared…if you care to.
As per the Papal waste of money, the staggering vanity, the overall vileness of it all, well…I asked a Roman Catholic (very religious) friend about this story. He was familiar with it, and explained that this only made perfect sense, since, as Gods represenative on earth he should emulate Christ…and Christ had an expensive perfume once poured on his feet. (I am serious folks…thats the excuse given). When I pointed out that Jesus, whether one follows him as a believer or not, was a poor carpenter and itenerate preacher, and asked if the Pope would be copying the rest of the lifestyle, I was told I was being sacreligious (!)
1) Holy s**t…I mean…really?
2) Glad I am not Catholic
3) Evan was right…this is the GAYEST thing, yet somehow not a good thing, I have EVER read
To quote a line from the former singing duo Romanovsky and Phillips;
“The Pontiff makes a stunning statement in a dress.”
@Tone- Wow there is a blast from the past. Saw them twice when they came through Baltimore.
without a hint of irony he’ll call it “Equality”
@ # 5 and 8 — L O L.
of course Josefina Ratzinger is a big ol’ queen, but this really isn’t new. I’m a Medieval history buff, and since the Renaissance, a number of popes have had their own fragrances made. One I know of (for Pius IX – early 1800s) can still be bought through some religious catalogs.
Isn’t it strange that Silvan Casoli says she has “a secret pact” about the pope’s cologne and yet the media worldwide is reporting it.
Is there a mole in the Vatican ?
And she was not the first to make a cologne for him !
See http://www.ExcelsisUSA.com for Benedictus.