Kiss Fragrance
June 9, 2006 by Christina Jones
Filed under Beauty News
The talk is heating up again about the fragrance coming out in the fall by Kiss, but mostly because Kiss is opening up a coffee shop in Myrtle Beach at the end of the month. Those guys never cease to amaze me really. About the perfume:
And while the KISS scents do not contain actual band member sweat – as far as we know – they do contain a heady blend of black cumin, white pepper, dark rum, cypress, moss and honeyed amber blend (pour homme) and crushed red peppercorns, wet fig leaves, wild red poppy, musky bare skin accord, shiny patent leather and vintage mahogany (pour femme). And both the men’s and women’s scents and ancillary products – Party Shower Gel, Lovin’ Body Lotion, Rockin’ Bath Splash – also contain pheromones, which are said to increase libido and up one’s sexual attraction factor.
The KISS men’s fragrance will be packaged in shiny black patent-looking box featuring the band’s signature flame red logo (”representing heat and passion,” according to a spokesperson), while the ladies’ scent is housed in a translucent glass bottle with a black KISS logo. Fans can
choose from one of four bottle caps, each depicting a different band member’s likeness.
What the shame is here is that their target audience is not me, which it should be.
We really have two target [buyers]: the nostalgia buyers or collectors, and the younger, 18-to-24 target.
To me, this tells me that no matter how much cumin and pheromones they have mixed together, this fragrance is going to suck because it is more of a collecters item than it is a fragrance. Pity. I do love Gene Simmons.
You can have Gene Simmons…never was a big Kiss fan myself. But looking at the ingredients you listed, it sounds more like a marinade for brisket…lol. I think I’d prefer their actual sweat to what I imagine to be the “mystery ingredient” in the Rockin’ Bath Splash….yikes!
Ooh I wish I could. LOL I don’t know why I love him so, but I have always been a little fascinated with him. But yes, this line sounds a little scary. I was hoping they would go a little more classy with it, but sounds like thats a no go. But you know I will try it anyway.
Why did all of those ingredients sound like something you cook with? OK, except for the patent leather…which reminded me of my pleather days.
The whole black and white thing reminds me of that perfume called “Exclamation.” Do you remember that perfume? It was popular in like 1989. haha! And I am not ashamed to say I wore it proudly!
(I like Paul Stanley more than Gene, for some reason he seems like less of a slut.) Ooh, can I say that?
That figures that Kiss would come up with something like this. They don’t stop with finding new ways to make money!
Thats the truth, Tricia.
LBB- I wore Exclamation! too a little bit – I really liked it.
Paul – less of a slut – LOL Maybe so. Probably so, actually, but if I had to venture a guess, he wasnt much – erm, whats the word – more saintly (?) than Gene in that department.