Showing posts with label Cary Grant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cary Grant. Show all posts

Friday, May 7, 2010

Unscented (or one-scented)

When it comes to household items, there are many options for scent.

Take a shower using scented soap, shampoo and conditioner. Brush your teeth with a scented toothpaste and floss with scented floss. Use scented deodorant, lotion and wash hands with scented hand soap. Put on clothes washed in scented laundry detergent. Style your hair with scented hair care product.

Maybe even use scented toilet paper (seriously, scented toilet paper was commonly available until the 1980's, but fell out of favor when people thought better of putting chemical-drenched paper in their most intimate of areas. However, with some Googling, I see it is still available).

All of these scents combined can lead to a cacophony of odors.

Additionally, when Procter and Gamble give their products a scent, do you think they're using some centuries-old recipe handed down from Cleopatra involving rose water and anise seed (for example) or do you think maybe it is potentially-harmful chemicals designed by Dow? My guess would be the latter.

Between the olfactory assault and the chemical implications, maybe we need to take a hint from the scented toilet paper example.

It takes an additional minute to find them in the store, but all of the above items can be bought unscented.

Still want to have some scent? That's reasonable. Buy one scented item. Buy a scented lotion, or better yet a cologne or perfume as they are designed to last. My current favorite cologne is Acqui di Parma. (cough, cough, Cary Grant used it).


And why are you all of those scented items anyhow? If you have an odor problem look at your diet, limit your coffee intake and drink more water. If this does not clear it up, go to your doctor. Seriously.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Cool Car, Cooler Man

Like most men who think about classic style, I am obsessed with Cary Grant. And like a few men, including Steve Urkel, I am obsessed with the BMW Isetta. So, for me, finding this picture this picture is like finding the Rosetta Stone.

I first noticed the Isetta in the Peter Sellers film "The Naked Truth" and was immediately in love.

With the success of the new MINI, there are rumors BMW is creating a new Isetta. But, looking at the concept cars online, the new versions aren't the same. Most obviously, they are much larger and the door is not on the front side of the car.


I regularly check Ebay Motors and other sites and old Isetta are just too expensive, so I guess I will never be an Isetta owner. But, then again, I'll never be Cary Grant. And as Cary Grant said, "Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant."