BK’s gag gift $3.99 perfume that smells like a “flame broiled burger” is selling out all over NYC. Where did they get perfume that smells like flame-broiling? Hmmm… “What do ya think’s in the burgers?” [MSNBC]
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If only Taco Bell would come out with a cologne I could finally arouse my wife’s passions..
@ScottRose: The cologne would only be good for 3 hours, much like Taco Bell food.
@ScottRose: “Do you like my taco-flavored kisses?”
@Eyebrows McGee:
I am not trying to arouse Ben Afflek (or however you spell his name).
@ScottRose: If your wife is into tacos there’s not much you can do. It might work out well for you to introduce a taco into your marriage.
I used to regularly purchase Morningstar veggie burgers for quick meals at home. They smell like really greasy beef, flame-broiled, complete with grill marks.
@Ash78: I love those!
Unfortunately, I can’t get them here in the UK.
@Ash78: I used to buy the same thing as cologne to attract the cute vegetarians.
From what I hear, BK actually pumps out additional odors into the air, on top of their regular cooking exhaust. They pump what is probably this same smell so those passing by get a wiff of flame broiled burgers.
Next time notice that it smells more like burgers outside most BKs than inside.
@AlteredBeast: The BK near me (which I never go to) is completely out-odored by a P.F. Chang, which makes the entire block smell like stir-fried garlic. Great stuff. And in the morning, when the mexican roach coaches make the rounds, the whole place smells like grilled onions. That can be off-putting first thing in the morning.
What I don’t get about PF Chang is that the outside has the amazing garlic smell, but the few times we’ve been there, our food is always bland and never tastes a thing like that. One of these days, I’m going to drag the server outside and say “Smell that? I want that. I want food that tastes like that.”
@ludwigk: PF Chang’s hot and sour soup seriously smells like horse sh!t.
@AlteredBeast: Yeah, I think they developed that scent from the leftover Left-Handed Whoppers.
I can imagine some great pranks with this stuff.
I gotta say it…
WHERE’S THE BEEF!
Thanks, Barth.
DUhhhhhhI Heard That!
Sigh, I loved YCDTONT!
I bought some of this stuff and IN NO WAY DOES IT SMELL LIKE A HAMBURGER.
I’d say it smells more like a crappy cologne from Wal-mart/K-mart/etc.
Someone didn’t read Fast Food Nation….
Eric Schlosser’s book is a definite must read.
@Parapraxis:
be quite u party pooper!
Nice Barth Burger reference. I used to love “You Can’t Do That On Television”
Meg, I’ve never met you, but I <3 you for the nod to Barth’s Burgers.
I remember an article in The Atlantic about flavor chemistry. The author was shown a vial of clear liquid. What did it taste like? A cheeseburger. With toppings.
dun dun dun?
BTW, who would wear burger perfume?
@HawkWolf: January 2001, “Why McDonald’s Fries Taste So Good”, by Eric Schlosser. Oh, that’s not a surprise. It’s probably from his book