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In an effort to saturate the media with all things Catholic?
"Guaranteed to aid in winning people over to Christ"?
I guess it's better than cologne sold to increase one's sex appeal or other nonsense. :)
Didn't Pope Pius IX revive several of the fountains of Rome? Maybe this is just expensive water?
Why Pius? Just asking.
How is a cologne an deserving of being among the Syllabus of Errors? Sorry, it's just not really funny. Is it that wrong for a Pope to wear a little cologne?
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It's legit. The formula was taken from of a published recipe by the creator who was the court perfume guy to Pius IX before he lost the states.
Smells pretty good, if a little flowery (19th century, so watchagonna do about it?)
I nominate marc for the Wet Blanket of the Day award.
The man who found the recipe and makes it is a doctor. He was featured in a rather lengthy piece on CBS' Sunday Morning Show with Charles Kerault. I saw it and my skepticism faded fast. Making perfumes is his hobby. He's very Catholic and has a beautiful family.
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I saw this cologne on the internet years ago and my impressions were it is totally legit.
"I nominate marc for the Wet Blanket of the Day award."
Now really, Scott, do you honestly have nothing better to do than to write ridiculous things like this?
Folks should remember that when they see the label "humor" at the bottom of a post: *I am not being serious.*
Hope that helps.
Now really, Scott, do you honestly have nothing better to do than to write ridiculous things like this?
If had written a three-page response, your question might have merit. But if someone is determined to make himself look silly, I guess I'll just get out of the way and let him do it.
The Pope's private formula. Ha! That's good stuff....
"Folks should remember that when they see the label "humor" at the bottom of a post: *I am not being serious.*"
But you said, "I'm not kidding."
???
But you said, "I'm not kidding."
Heh. He meant that the product actually exists and...oh alright...I'll shut up now.
"If had written a three-page response, your question might have merit. But if someone is determined to make himself look silly, I guess I'll just get out of the way and let him do it."
Oh, but you are still standing in the same place Scott...
Oh, but you are still standing in the same place Scott...
Ahh! That's the spirit! Wet Blanket Award Nomination retracted.
I make The Pope's Cologne from the private formula of PiuS IX. It is an aristocratic, Old World cologne with surprising freshness. It isn't some joke like "Pope on a Rope". It provides an interesting look into the mid 19th century, a very important time in the history of the Church.
At first I thohgt it strange that a pope would be wearing cologne but in my research, I found that it was very fashionable at the time for aristocrats to have their own perfumers compose colognes for them. And Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti was an aristocrat.
It is really a nice aftershave and my three sons and I all wear it.
I hope some of you readers may be able to enjoy it.
Fred Hass
Excelsis
"Ahh! That's the spirit! Wet Blanket Award Nomination retracted."
Thank you Scott! You'll never know exactly how much your personal retraction means to me! Pax.
Mr. Hass, thanks for the clarification. I've updated the original post with it.
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