The other day, I suddenly recalled an article I read in 2000 about a perfume called Sperm that had a really nice bottle design—screen-printed sperm, frosted vials. A whole lot of (mostly fruitless) searching later, I’ve discovered that the scent is called S-Perfume.

From Basenotes:

This fragrance was created for surfers. Shaping Room’s Nobi Shioya wanted a fragrance that reminded him of polyester resin, neoprene rubber and the sweet smell of Sex Wax® (a board wax). These smells, mixed together with the scent of the ocean, are the essence of Shioya’s olfactory memory and inspiration. Each package contains 5x 2ml vials, so is ideal for traveling. Each vial contains a sperm motif.

Unfortunately, this version has been discontinued. I’ve not had the pleasure of smelling either scent, but the bottle design of S-Perfume V1.0’s replacement is somewhat disappointing. There’s nothing really wrong with it, but it’s a common bottle with a sticker on it. Meh.

(The above is the original S-Perfume packaging.)