Would you wear a perfume with a name that was against your religion? Or inspired by the mythos of your faith?

I've lately become addicted to the yummy perfumes of the Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, but something one of my friends said, made me wonder.





They represent many religions in their perfume oils, things and places or deities serving as inspiration.





Examples being: The seven deadly sins, The Scales of Deprivation (Famine), Sacred Whore of Babylon, Cathedral, Eris, Nyx, Persephone, Odin, Yggdrasil, Bringasmen, Oya, Baron Samedi (if I spelled that wrong, apologies).





Not all the scents are religiously inspired, there are also ones from Good Omens, Stardust and others that go to charity, as well as some from HP Lovecraft fiction.





So, would you wear a perfume, if you liked the scent if it was inspired by something from a different religion, or something evil from your own?





Or, conversely, would you be offended by scents inspired by your religion, and refuse to wear them?





So you can look at the site, in case I accidentally enable anyone:


The main site: http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com/we鈥?/a>





The Sin and Salvation section: http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com/si鈥?/a>





Lovecraft: http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com/ar鈥?/a>





Most of the deity inspired ones: http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com/ex鈥?/a>





Good Omens: http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com/go鈥?/a>





Et ceteraWould you wear a perfume with a name that was against your religion? Or inspired by the mythos of your faith?
The name doesn't matter to me, it's the fragrance that I care about.


I used to wear an essential ritual oil called, ';Dragon's Blood'; because it was a mixture of Patchouli and Musk, my mood has changed a bit, I now wear, ';Samsara';.


Back in the 60s, I wore a special perfumed oil called ';Blood of Christ';, it was an exotic blend of myrrh, sandalwood and bergemot and very unusual. It was made by a specialty shop in Point Richmond, CA. They went out of business in the 70s, but they had some awesome fragrances and many were special blends.


My best friend wears a new exotic fragrance called, ';Spawn of Avarice';, on her it smells great; however, it smells like wet dog on me. It is one of those new fragrances that is designed to smell different because of your body chemistry.Would you wear a perfume with a name that was against your religion? Or inspired by the mythos of your faith?
That is a good question as one of my favourite scents is by Christian Dior - and I am wiccan!


But it is a nice sophiticated perfume that seems to go with my body chemistry.





If I liked the smell of a certain perfume/cologne it would make no difference to me if it was called Holy Trinity Lemon Splot!
Being a man I do not wear perfume but I do not see how it it wrong if you are not doing anything wrong. Its just a label. Sure if the proceeds are going to something bad, but if not then I say why not if you like it.
I wear Heavenly, from the Angels line, and Love Spell, from the Secret Garden line, both by Victoria's Secret. Either way, they both smell very nice, and I love the soaps, (expensive though they are.)





-Pagan
I dont wear purfume, deoderant is enough. BUT if I did, I would wear whatever smelled good on me. A name is just a name. It would not change my beliefs or future by wearing something called by a name I didnt believe.
I think you worry too much about things that don't matter.
Of course I would...in fact I think it is rather neat and would be sure to advertise the name.
I love their scents! I can get around a label on a bottle of perfume. I do think twice about those little fish symbols in adverts. Given the choice between two plumbers - one with the fish, one without. I'll call the one without first.





My feeling is that anyone who has to advertise their religion through their business or using their religion to imply that they're honest just because of the religion, I'm not buying.
Answer: I have worn scents before that were inspired by the Egyptian Goddess Sekhmet and the Voodoo Lwa Maman Brigitte. I would not be offended at either purfumes inspired by other religions.





And just to clear things up Eris can inspire creativity as well as confusion, Nyx and you should be old friends as She is Lady Night in Greek Mythology. Persephone is hardly a ';dark'; Goddess as she is the merciful Queen of the Underworld. Oya is a being associated with the oceans and Baron Samedi is VERY involved in issues of justice.





I am very dedicated to my Gods, but Maman Brigitte and Persephone get along as well as Sekhmet and Hera -- so my Gods have never objected.
I've never heard of this brand before, but I would be more inclined to check out a perfume because of its name.





I only wish we could get them downunder :( I'd enjoy telling people that my perfume is the sacred whore of babylon, just for the shock value.
Oh my goodness, I have a Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab addiction that probably really screams for an intervention.





Since we are talking about them, they could name a scent ';dirty nasty whore'; (they may have one called that) and I would buy it, wear it, and tell everyone what the name is if it smelled good.





I'm not offended by anything they do except when they discontinue good stuff. I have a stash of one called Midnight Kiss because it was a limited edition. I've tried some just on name alone (like Kali). I like what they do, and their scents are magnificent... for some reason all my favorites come out of Diabolus and Carnaval Diabolique.





Edit - I just caught your additional detail.. see, that's a reason to wear a scent in my opinion. I wear some of the ones from the deadly sin line... those perfumes wouldn't be nearly as much fun without the names.