FEMALE CHRIST by 19-69 (2020)

Well this is certainly a provocatively named perfume to come across on a Shinjuku afternoon – especially at this time of the year.

At first I assumed the name was pure sensationalism – and nothing wrong with that when there is so much extortionate ennui piled up on the shelves you have to get your pretentious customers’ attention somehow – but it turns out that the genesis for this what in many quarters would be considered completely blasphemous perfume – musty, dusty – and definitely somewhat lusty (but also, it must be said, a a little bit fusty) was a Danish performance piece from the patchouli-drenched unwashed musked decades during which the artist paraded stark naked in anti capitalist protest through the Copenhagen stock exchange) and cheers to that: Christ himself would hate our current systems which are inherently anti-Christian – just think about it for a moment: possibly the actual Anti-Christ has just been elected the next President Of America).

Does the perfume itself live up to the Sex Pistols level shockery of the title ? (I can still remember my puce-faced apoplectic grandfather when the group appeared on Top Of The Pops singing Anarchy In The UK : I was a terrified and very confused seven or eight year old cowering in the backdrop (but slightly excited)).

I agree with the brand, though – who might consider a grammatical editor – that the scent has integrity. It feels warm, whole.

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9 responses to “FEMALE CHRIST by 19-69 (2020)

  1. jilliecat

    Interesting …… I love to read about the inspiration for perfumes, the more exotic the better. Haven’t come across one before that is “worthy”!

    I think there are two contenders for the Anti-Christ title in the USA – orange moron, of course, and Musk, who is Damien of The Omen come to life; he is a billionaire owner of a giant corporation and is using his power to obtain global domination for evil ends. Shudder.

    Oh dear, I had better have a cup of lotus tea to calm me down!

  2. Loving that the artist had a full bush. Why pubic topiary or Hollywood completely naked pubic areas are a thing is beyond me.
    Anyway, now I’ve got that off my chest, those notes sound right up my alley.
    Back soon I’m off to find a sample

  3. Lo Cro

    This is one of a long list of fragrances that I purchased solely for the name; and like a majority of the others, it fell short. I actually like this house — I just think they stay in the safe zone. For example, when I bought Eau the Audacity, I was fully prepared to deliver UNHINGED THEATRICS the first time someone asked what I was wearing. Upon first sniff, I knew that day would never come. It wasn’t audacious at all, rather, wasting a perfectly spectacular perfume name like that was.

    I don’t really know what I expected this one to smell like, to be honest. Maybe my expectations were too high. I’m glad I got it at a TJ Maxx price when they got booted from Sephora. 😁

    • TJ Maxx?! I wish such shops existed here.

      I agree though : I think this perfume is pleasing, meant for the body, and perfect for soft incense patchouli lovers but there is nothing iconoclastic about it – just the name.

      And their marketing ploy obviously worked !

  4. Filomena

    I still have my bottle of Female Christ, although we will never truly have a Female Christ as in this country, as they obviously won’t ever vote for a female.

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