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player ready...Your neighbor breezes by you as she walks her Doberman. As they pass, you sniff an unfamiliar cologne.
“Hey, Susan, are you wearing a new perfume?”
“Not me — Heathcliff.”
Yes, the well-groomed pet this fall could be sporting a spritz of his or her own fragrance. We are not making this up.
Philosophy, a Phoenix-based skin care and cosmetics company, has introduced canine and feline spray colognes.
“I don’t find this to be an indulgence at all,” says Cristina Carlino, founder and co-owner of Philosophy. “People like grooming their animals.”
Besides, she notes, “I wanted them to smell like me.”
Puppy Love comes in a clear glass bottle inside a package informing that dog “ironically is god spelled backwards.” The aroma is a blend of orange, lilac, rose and odor-busting citronella and pine. Paws and Effect, for cats, contains geranium, sweet basil and citrus.
Both are sold at the people fragrance bar at some Barneys New York, Nordstrom and Marshall Field’s stores for $25 for 2 ounces. Or call 888-263-9243.
This may be the start of a (shudder) trend. Come holiday time, you’ll also be able to stuff Rover’s stocking with Origins’ new Silky Coat Dog Shampoo scented with lavender and citronella.
How does this all set with our four-legged friends? To find out, we asked Seiko, a handsome 100-pound black Labrador retriever, to review the pooch perfume. He seemed the perfect candidate.
“He stinks,” said owner Terri Mathes, noting he had recently won a blue ribbon for “dirtiest dog” in a Northfield park district contest.
Mathes sprayed the scent on her hands (as directed) then rubbed it on her pet. “It smells like the stuff you put on your horse to keep the flies away,” she observed, unimpressed.
Seiko had no comment. He was too busy chasing after a ball.