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This post was published on 21/12/10 in Science.

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  1. Comment by noah, 27/12/10, 09:07:

    hilarious, thank you

    for a favorite i would have to go with the archly simple:

    You call the sample fresh water, this is confusing as it is saline water.

    and, on perfume, for the best pithy reviews check out the Duftnote column in Nzz folio by Luca Turin. Something about describing smell is darkly humorous no matter what, maybe it has to do with the fact that even the best of smells can sour easily. Turin is good at drawing this out and a chemist to boot.
    http://www.nzzfolio.ch/www/b019178d-f646-4d0d-a657-023857c7b978/showpages/Suche%20Ergebnis.aspx?q=Duftnote&v=True&f=1991&t=2009&a=all&st=all&bt=%20alle%20Hefttitel&ct=true&sr=all&ru=all&cc=true&rl=False&ge=False&en=True&ot=False&al=False

  2. Comment by Anna FDD, 02/03/11, 02:45:

    Thank you for giving me another little push towards buying this book – I finally did it yesterday and I have been laughing so much that my ribs hurt ever since. The praise is lyrical, often witty (“Reviewing Poison is like road-testing an Abrams M1 tank: people tend to get out of your way”) but it’s the one star reviews that are priceless. “Gardenia (Elizabeth Taylor) * not gardenia. Most gardenias fail to replicate the flower. Some don’t even try. This is one.” The two-words descriptions alone are hilarious: sad shampoo, horrid floral. ROTFL.

    Thank you.

    Unfortunately I do use the stuff and I see some major shopping incidents in my future…

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