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New Cologne Answers the Question: "What Does a Bitcoin Smell Like?"

Posted by samzenpus on from the because-we-can dept.

samzenpus (5) writes "You may not be Satoshi Nakamoto, but thanks to Virginia-based eco-products company Eruditium, you can now smell like him, her, or them. The company claims Bitcologne is "made for peer-to-peer interaction" adding, "It's an aromatic blend of spicy, floral, oak and citrus notes your 'partner' may find it hard to resist initiating a more private transaction.'" A bottle costs about $26 or 0.0608 Bitcoin."

61 comments

  1. "What Does a Bitcoin Smell Like?" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    no ... I can't ... way too easy ...

    1. Re:"What Does a Bitcoin Smell Like?" by bobthesungeek76036 · · Score: 1

      Smells like Beta... :P

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    2. Re:"What Does a Bitcoin Smell Like?" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      By the looks of that bottle, I would say it smells like that really, really cheap Jovan Musk cologne that was popular with the poor kids back in the 70s.

    3. Re:"What Does a Bitcoin Smell Like?" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It smells like a Ponzi scheme.

  2. Va? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Virginia based fishsticks...

    1. Re:Va? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I like fishsticks...

    2. Re:Va? by Talderas · · Score: 1

      So you're a gay fish?

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  3. "made for peer-to-peer interaction" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    TIL: All you need to do to get a /. plug is to take a completely ordinary and cheap product, slap on a name of a trending tech related word or brand, and presto!
    Now you are no better then the people who go Hot Topic and find the "Buzzinga!" shirts absolutely hilarious!

  4. Smells like... by Kuroji · · Score: 0

    ...a ripoff.

    1. Re:Smells like... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Technically, it's a pump and dump.

    2. Re:Smells like... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      ...Geek Spirit.

    3. Re:Smells like... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The title of the article makes me think it was ripped from of Pulp Fiction.

      I have a mental imagine of Jules asking Bret:

      What does a bit coin smell like?
      What does Marcellus Wallace look like?

    4. Re:smells like... by jellomizer · · Score: 1

      As if there are any legitimate ways to earn bitcoins.

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    5. Re:Smells like... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      So, by that logic, Bitcoins smell like a bitch?

    6. Re:Smells like... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Then why haven't the 'scammers' dumped and moved on to another scam?

      Answer: It's not a scam.

    7. Re:Smells like... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Whoosh.

      You aren't the sharpest knife in the drawer, are you?

  5. In The Library by I Hate Perfume by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    I don't wear cologne or perfume, but if I did, it would be this one:

    http://cbihateperfume.com/shop/perfumes-a-to-z/306

    It's a cologne based on the smell of a library. Brilliant!

  6. Too easy... by dugancent · · Score: 4, Funny

    Desperation.

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    1. Re:Too easy... by Mashiki · · Score: 2

      I thought it was "burning" with a side of "getting screwed over." Though not quite as strong in the flavor and smell as government based colognes.

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    2. Re:Too easy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I thought it smelled like making 25-50x your money in under a year, or losing half of it in a couple of months.

      I know I'm certainly not desperate. People have lost a lot more than half their money on stocks alone.

    3. Re:Too easy... by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 1

      Smells like bacon, tastes like chicken, served with a side order of refried Beanie Babies.

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  7. So this is the stuff... by fleabay · · Score: 3, Insightful

    that matters?!?

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    1. Re:So this is the stuff... by Killjoy_NL · · Score: 1

      Lighten up, it's funny :)
      Not everything has to be all serious.

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  8. Metric Dollars by 31415926535897 · · Score: 1

    A bottle costs about $26 or 0.0608 Bitcoin.

    This makes it sound like bitcoins are metric dollars. I prefer the Imperial measurement.

  9. Thanks Betteridge by complete+loony · · Score: 4, Funny

    "What does bitcoin smell like?"

    No. Just no.

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  10. Smells like hash. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "Hey, this just smells like hash!"
    "No mom, that's Bitcoin."

  11. Slashdot Beta? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Like shit?

    1. Re:Slashdot Beta? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "Smells Like Scam Spirit"

  12. The question no one was asking by rebelwarlock · · Score: 4, Informative

    Because digital goods don't carry physical properties, you fucking tool.

  13. Dust by maxwells_deamon · · Score: 1

    It is created by computers. Thus it smells link the dust that comes out when I use a can of air to clean my computer

  14. smells like... by able1234au · · Score: 0

    a scam

  15. pfft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Call me when it smells like sex.

    1. Re:pfft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Because if you bought one for $1000, you got screwed.

  16. Free advertisement by enriquevagu · · Score: 2

    Invent anything you want to sell, name it after bitcoin and you receive free advertisement in Slashdot front page!

    1. Re:Free advertisement by pla · · Score: 2

      The problem here comes from having two groups of people in the world - People who like dousing themselves in mostly-alcohol every morning, and people who hate the first group for making the office reek like a French whorehouse. Thankfully, perfume (and cologne - Males don't get a pass on this one) wearers fall into a small minority, but it only takes one or two to ruin it for everybody.

      As for Bitcoin specifically... Can you say "jumped the shark"? And make no mistake, I quite like Bitcoin and use it, well, if not "regularly", a few times a year (and yes, for entirely legal purchases - My weed dealer only takes USD, haters!). But the "scent" of a virtual currency? Pathetic.

      / like a slightly-too-warm video card baking off the nauseating aroma of cigarette tar clogging the heat sink.

  17. Go ahead and knock it by GeekWithAKnife · · Score: 2


    You see, diamonds are not really worth anything, neither are black pearls...but once people started marketing those with other goods that had an established perceived value guess what happened?

    Sure, cryptocurrency is not physical so cannot have a smell but if this fragrance is any good it ADDS to the perceived value of bitcoin.

    I've seen and heard a lot of criticism of bitcoin for all sorts of reasons but at the end of the day we did once move from bartering apples for goat to coins to the gold standard to currency (Which IS virtual money) & we will move to an all digital economy. Maybe that will be bitcoin.

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    1. Re:Go ahead and knock it by Yunzil · · Score: 1

      but once people started marketing those with other goods that had an established perceived value guess what happened?

      A few people hoarded them and drove the price artificially high?

  18. My suggestion would be... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Name of the cologne should have been "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" and it should smell like 16th century person's breath.

  19. It should smell like your mother's basement by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The official habitat of the young naive Libertarians or anarchists.

  20. 60% of the time... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    It works every time.

  21. 0.0608 BTC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    or 0.06 BTC....or 0.1 BTC or 0.00001 BTC, or .....

  22. Money doesn't smell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    So it's not money after all? As we all know, money doesn't smell...

  23. really... by Lumpy · · Score: 0

    I figured that Bitcoin smelled like black tar heroin and a box of saved roaches with a little bit of human trafficking rolled in.

    Honestly Bitcoin is the currency of the drug trade, so it should smell pretty gross.

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  24. diamonds have real value by pr100 · · Score: 1

    Most diamonds mined are used in for practical industrial purposes and have value for that reason.

  25. Do by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    I detect a whiff of fedora?

  26. Mountain Dew and Doritos by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    nc

  27. Wait someone actually asked this question? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Really who would ask what a virtual currency smells like? Somehow I don;t think this is either news or something that matters...

  28. Frosty piss by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    If the title was ever appropriate, that time is now.

    1. Re:Frosty piss by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Also a good answer for the sequel question: "What does a Bitcoin taste like?"

  29. at 26$ by WormholeFiend · · Score: 1

    it does not smell enough like money, so you will definitely stay single if you wear it.

  30. It smells like.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Urine and body odor. That's right. Smell like the bums in the subway once all your Bitcoins have a) been stolen, or b) lost all value. Order now while *your* supply of Bitcoins can still purchase something. Now I can't do this all day, but if you order in the next ten minutes you get an extra bottle for free.

  31. No, the cate does not "got my tongue". by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 3, Funny

    > "New Cologne Answers the Question: What Does a Bitcoin Smell Like?"

    Well, I sure as hell don't want to know what a Doge Coin smells like.

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    1. Re:No, the cate does not "got my tongue". by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Better than the blockchain!

  32. dank by ThatsDrDangerToYou · · Score: 1

    All the good smells were taken.

  33. The Whole Time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I was like, this post is definitely samzenpus. Clicked expand, yup samzenpus. What the fuck's up with the spy culture obsessing over Magic the Gathering and xCoin. I get it NSA can control the BitCoin market with abusing selfish mining etc. and no smart person is going to invest in an abusable currency other than the one we already invested in called money. Now go pray to Cthulhu.

  34. Richard Stallman by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    It smells just like Richard Stallman. The honey badger of money doesn't care how it smells!

  35. Questions no one asked by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I hope that company loses money on this stupid attempt to glom on to a fad for a quick buck

  36. [citation needed] by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Most of the drug dealers and slavers I know accept dollars but not bitcoins.

    "Honestly" to you must mean "as far as I can guess because I don't know what facts are".