Genki Wear will introduce the first three in a projected series of Star Trek fragrances next month in conjunction with the release of the upcoming Star Trek film.
Pon Farr (shown at right) ~ for women, launching under the tag line "Drive him crazy", and referring to the Vulcan mating cycle.
Because having is not alway so pleasing a thing as wanting. Pon Farr perfume for women is a refreshing fragrance that is both invigorating and dramatic with light, clean notes of citrus, blackcurrant, lotus blossom and water lily. And with base notes from sandalwood, peach and mulberry, Pon Farr is perfect for those bright sunny days and warm summer nights spent together at the beach, around the fire or simply watching your favorite affaire d'honneur. Sharp and aggressive, simple yet exotic.
Tiberius ~ for men, launching under the tag line "Boldly go". Tiberius is a an homage to Captain James "Tiberius" Kirk...
...the most famous and highly decorated starship captain in Starfleet history. Tiberius Cologne for men is a casual yet commanding cologne spiked with freshness and sensuality. Citron, black pepper, and cedar create refreshingly clear top notes, layered over warm vanilla, white musk and sandalwood base notes. Tiberius Cologne for men is difficult to define and impossible to refuse in any universe. Take Tiberius on your next mission and be transported to new worlds of sensual discovery.
Red Shirt ~ also for men; the tag line is "Because tomorrow may never come". Red Shirt is...
...for the young, modern man of the galaxy who doesn't hesitate; who revels in being alive today. Red Shirt Cologne instills confidence, showing the universe your strength, your valor, your devotion to living each day as though it could be your last. Bright, clean and direct with top notes of green mandarin, bergamot and a hint of lavender, Red Shirt finishes strong with base notes of leather and grey musk. It's a daring men's fragrance for those brave enough to place no trust in tomorrow.
Genki Wear Star Trek Pon Farr is 50 ml for $29.99; Tiberius and Red Shirt are 100 ml for $29.99. All three can be pre-ordered now at Entertainment Earth. (via press release)
OK. These are too hysterical for words…!!! Star Trek??? Great collectors items. Who cares what they smell like!
Totally agree…the smell is besides the point. But as a long time TNG & Voyager fan, I hope future scents will move on to the later series! Still say a Jean Luc Picard fragrance would sell better than anything else they could possibly come up with. Tag line, obviously, “make it so”.
LOLOL yes! I would definitely buy one of those! Make it so!
Don’t get us started coming up with tag lines for all the possibilities!
Yes on Jean Luc and Scottie! And Janeway would need something like a classic floral with a coffee note for her tagline- “Coffee, Black”. And Q would need something really strong, persistant, and annoying like Angel.
ohmigosh yes….like Q Addict or Poison Q —but it would have to be a fragrance that you couldn’t scrub off no matter how hard you tried and it just keeps reasserting itself…
Captain Picard’s fragrance would have bergamot in the topnotes naturally. And leather in the base….and it’d be slighty herbaceous?
I saw these on a message board a little while ago, they are just too funny. I agree. Where’s the Picard scent!?
Then you could do a women’s perfume called Kamala–the Perfect Mate. The perfume should adapt itself to the chemistry of the wearer. . . ..
You’ve gone past my ST knowledge, LOL…what’s Kamala?
There was a TNG episode where in this race of people a very rare number of women are born whose personality will change entirely to suit her mate. One of these women, named Kamala, is being given as a gift in marriage to a politician to help secure peace, and she was being smuggled on the Enterprise.
When the crew finds her they eventually understand and continue to take her to her arranged marriage with her consent, but she and Jean Luc fall in love and she becomes irrevocably set to suit Jean Luc- a sophisticated and intelligent woman fond of Shakespeare. Out of duty she still marries the politician, who was more fond of his work than her anyway- so she figures he won’t know the difference.
Huge thanks! Do not remember that one at all, wonder if I missed it?
Sadly, there’s a Kamala perfume already, by Mark. I’m pretty sure it’s put out by Avon. It’s not very nice but I have a friend who swears by it.
Shoot, there was potential there.
LOLOLOL —Trekkie scents!! Holy Cow, I almost fell out of my chair! At first I thought it might be a joke….especially the Red Shirt!!! I guess this is for real? well, then I wouldn’t expect the Red Shirt to last more than an hour—none of the red shirted fellows did!
Sadly — I understood each reference….latent trekkie-ism exposed!
Sadly, it took me a few minutes to “get” red shirt…and for anyone else who doesn’t, they’re the unnamed security officers who always die on the mission.
I hate to say it, but we still make “red shirt” jokes at our house…maybe we don’t get out nearly enough…
Not a month ago I was explaining to my kids that every time you see a new face atop a red shirt, the character’s not going to make it ten minutes into the program.
“He’s dead, Jim!”
In our house, we call it “Expendable Ensign Syndrome.” That red shirt is the main symptom; other symptoms include extreme enthusiasm, naivieté or sincerity from a previously unfamiliar character.
We still use that expression over here, too.
The Red Shirt fragrance really does show a great sense of humor. It’s up there with Sex Panther and BK Flame.
Although I do wonder whether it’s the best marketing strategy. Nobody wants to be wearing that Red Shirt. . . .
For a life long sci-fi nerd and recent perfumista this is totally awesome. But why no skanky musk in Pon Farr? They all sound a little boring, but still wearable. And although Pon Farr is a fruity floral sans skanky musk I still think I have to have it, so I can tell my friends what I’m wearing. But I’ll have to layer some musk.
Agree, Pon Farr should not be light & clean!
Needs to be skanky!
and Scottie’s tribute should be called “Miracle Worker” and have the metallic tang of a reactor core melt down and dilithium crystals!
Oh my gosh, it is sooo refreshing when perfume doesn’t take itself seriously! These ones and the Burger King scent might well smell god-awful, but I love them just for boldly going where no pretentious ad copy has gone before. (Did anyone here ever smell the BK one, by the way?) And while I wouldn’t call myself a Trekkie by any stretch, I had such a childhood crush on Mr. Spock…
ah, excuse me, but Spock is mine….well, at least that was the plan when I was 10….
can we call his scent “Eyebrow”? 😀
Or whatever the French is for “pointy ears”? Les Oreilles something…
Hands off, you hussy! I never understood what my sister saw in Captain Kirk — give me that cold, cold logic every time.
No way, us hussies get our man, or vulcan as the case may be, every time!
Oh, don’t worry about James T. I’ll take him.
paint yourself green and he’ll be putty in your hands!
Natalie, agree entirely!
Ok, this is one thing I am just not into AT ALL. 😉 Skiiiiippp…
Take it you’re not a Trekkie 😉
Never. Not that I have anything against it.
I read about these a couple of months ago and my inner geek can’t wait to try them.
Ok, my outer geek is pretty excited too. 🙂
The world needs more geek-oriented fragrance!
Amen to that!
Could this finally be a way to interest my soap-loyalist other half in cologne? A West Wing series of scents would be another route to try…
Sounds a lot like my other half- soap, West Wing and all 🙂
I miss the West Wing 🙁
It was pretty interesting.. Hmm, let’s see, how about some scents for The Unit? You know, the series that showcases a super-secret Special Operations unit that only reports to one colonel and no one else-Cordite, Gunpowder, iron-oxide metallic notes, all mixed with some chypre- could get interesting!
Well, I guess it had to happen sometime. And I’m surprised it didn’t happen a lot sooner! If Burger King can have it’s own fragrance, why not Star Trek? I definitely think Kirk, Jean-Luc, and Spock should each have a fragrance showcasing a different aspect of masculines.
“Pon Farr” hardly seems formulated to drive anyone crazy, as it sounds like a typical light fruity-floral. And is “Red Shirt” a joke on their part? I’d be afraid to wear it – like sticking a target on your back during hunting season.
The Red Shirt seems like an odd choice in any case, since it has to be a somewhat more obscure reference than the others? Oh well.
Red Shirt –scent for the suicidal…
The suicidal, or for men who are in very dangerous occupations, like Explosives Deactivations- those guys in Law Enforcement sections who go out and transport suspected bombs to a safe place then explode them.
Oh, these are brilliant! The ‘Red Shirt’ made me sneeze coffee. I guess it ought to smell so bad it makes every life-form you come into contact with want to kill you? They should make a ‘Uhura’, with the tagline ‘Get onto his hailing frequency…’. But I liked Voyager best of all. I’d snap up a Janeway scent, or even a Kes (was that her name, the girl who was supposed to live only six years?).
Yes, Kes, I’d forgotten about her! My son & I have been watching lots of TNG over the past couple years, and we’re just now getting to the last disc, then we’ll start on Voyager. Can’t wait…I loved that series. Wish ST would come up w/ another good series, I miss them.
Heard a rumor that they are certainly thinking about it- hope they do! I really liked all of them! I always thought of Uhura’s scent as being wonderfully heavy and rich- lots of Rose, Jasmine, Chocolate, Vanilla, Cardomom, with a Lapsang Oolong tea base, along with a nice Benzoin. And Spock- well, being so logical, it is only logical that he have a clear, crisp mint/chypre, with a touch of veviter, fir balsam, cedar, and just a bit of lemon-lime bay rum, for that touch of surprise he could produce, at the most unexpected moments! Capt Kirk? Oh, Brut, of course! And Picard? Well, now, I must say, I always have him mighty attractive, indeed! How about something like Old Spice mixed with Bulgari’s Black? Highly intellectual, with a sardonic twist, and yet, a zestful sense of humor. Janeway? Yes, something with lots of coffee in it, along with some jasmine and lavender. What do you all think?
I hope you’re right! I did not like Enterprise.
These sound inexpensive and fun. Even if they aren’t wearable, they’d be fun to have, just because. 🙂
Surely they should something to represent the Borg. It could be an indistinguishable fruity floral celebrity smell-alike and be called Seven of Nine.
Perfect!!! I’d buy it in an instant.
And the tag line to their ad would be “Resistance is futile”! ::hee::
Actually, I rather liked Seven of Nine- there was something appealing about her character in an almost innocent child-like way. I think she should have her very own scent, called, of course, Seven of Nine, and it would be a curious blend of Rose, Jasmine, Hyacinth, Gardenia, Melissa, Tuberose (yes, lots of floral) along with Anise, Strawberry, Lemon, Amber, Grass, Rosewood, Cedar and Oakmoss.
As for the Borg, let’s call their (it’s?) scent, simply, Cube. Let’s put in it something rather bland and yet attractively menacing; this would be the scent you would wear when you go shopping for a used car and you don’t want a bunch of pressure from the used car salesmen-instead, you want to pressure them into accepting your price! Yes, resistance is futile! Let’s make it smell vaguely like bug repellant mixed with cotton candy, with a bunch of aggressive musk, along with Rose and Pepper. What do you all think?
Absolutely! and I love the name : Cube
perfect!
For Me…. Seven Of Nine would be more Aggressively Sexy, Almost Androgynous, as she was quite Brusque and Forceful… I am smelling…. Tuberose to be sure, but Cypress, Juniper, Blond Cedar, Baby Patchouli Leaves, Pamplemousse Blanc, Haitian Vetiver, Perhpas something more Floral like Fangipani and Red Plumeria… then give it a real Fougere/Chypre finish with Bay Laurel, Sagemoss, Oakmoss and Tunisian Lemon! you like?
Oh…..I forgot. The tagline would, of course, be ‘resistance is futile’
lol
HAHAHA you’re killing me!!!! I was just thinking that!
We’re on the same mental frequency! Vulcan mind-meld!
I couldn’t resist this trio of Trekkie scents. I called my husband and read him this blog entry and he laughed but his inner trekkie told me to order the trio. So I did! ;0
I’ll probably never wear them, but just fun to collect and have. But I would love to answer PON FARR if someone asked me what scent I was wearing!
Have a great day everyone!
Live long and prosper!
Dawn
Cool! I had to call the CEO first thing when I read this post as well: we were laughing like crazy and making up more fragrances/tag lines. Now my daughter has read it and all the responses and she’s still cackling….todays blog has been a family event!
Thanks Robin for all the chuckles today.
Dawn, cool — good for you! Let us know how they are.
I only liked the original series (okay, so I’m a sucker for campy), so I probably won’t buy these. But boy, did I need a laugh on Tax Day! Thanks so much!
Agree, Pon Farr should be something like the lovechild of Fracas and MKK. Tiberius actually sounds kind of nice, though.
when The Next Generation first came out—we refused to watch it in protest….after a couple seasons we broke down and started watching. Then had to play catch up with the first seasons in syndication. Ended up actually liking TNG more as a whole….but you can’t beat the original for camp, great one liner tag phrases and general snickering/head shaking. When things gets confusing I’ve been known to mutter: ” I’m just a simple country doctor…..” or in situations to stupid to believe “beam me up Scottie” and the list goes on…
Fracas and MKK—that’s perfect….but now I’m scared…
But these are for the original series?
The characters are from the original series but there is a new movie out with everybody as they were just starting out. I have seen some screening reviews from hard-core Trekkies (they thought they were going to see The Wrath of Kahn) and they were all pretty glowing.
I loved “Wrath of Khan.” (blush)
In fact, there’s a line from WoK that I like to quote in connection with my youngest kid: Kirk is explaining how he beat the no-win training scenario by reprogramming the test so that it was possible to win (he cheated). “I don’t like to lose.” That’s my boy all over.
OMG YES! A fragrant collision of two nerdy activities: Star Trek and perfume. Sign me, er… beam me up for that one! (Har, har)
Totally agree with the Picard, Janeway and Borg suggestions. I foresee a wide range of smellies, and possible dispelling of the old archetype of the unwashed, reeking geek.
Keep the ideas flowing-this is a blast!
Forget about coming up with a Borg scent, I want to design the BOTTLE!!
Not a problem- it would be a slightly out-of-proportion–Cube! In a metallic-grey color, of course.
That would be fun!
Oh no, not a ubiquitous fruity floral Borg scent named Seven. Voyager was always my favorite, and Seven my favorite character. Seven of Nine should be heavenly white florals tinged with metallic violets. Like A La Nuit or Amoureuse with a touch of Dans tes Bras.
Yes mals, Pon Farr should be the lovechild of Fracas and MKK! Skanky usually scares me but that stuff needs skank.
Agree, but skank probably would not sell to the audience they’re after 🙂
Wow, a lot of closet Trekkies here! I never expected this kind of reaction.
Set fragrances to STUNNING! *shine*
Star Trek merch has traveled to odd frontiers before like energy drinks. About 10 years ago I was in Germany and I saw something called “Warp 4”. Also Heineken had Spock in its ads in the late 60’s after the show was off the air.
Hey, I never saw the energy drinks here, shame! But yes, lots of Trekkies on NST.
Picard! OH YES! it could be called “Make It So!” for Riker… of course…. “Number 1!” LOL!
Picard would have to, HAVE TO, H-A-V-E T-O Have Earl Grey Tea as one it’s notes… as he was always telling the replicator.. “Earl Grey Tea, HOT!” i can smell it now! LOL!
Would Spock get a fragrance? Data? WORF? the mind Wobbles! LOL!
Go Data! Although it would have to smell like machine parts, I guess.
Has anyone actually sniffed these??
I did. They were not masterpieces, so unless you wanted them for the names/bottles I don’t think they are worth looking for.