Smells Like Aged Spirits

Madonna has been making many headlines these days—for her new album, her tour, her graceful morph into a sinewy Gollum creature—but the most recent one to catch my eye was related to her newest fragrance, “Truth or Dare.” Specifically, one brief aside in an interview with Women’s Wear Daily, in which she speculates that her next scented endeavor should smell of “a really good old whiskey.” As that particular beverage is one of my major food groups, I perked up quick—and as I read the surrounding article text, some questions began to arise, which led to indignation, then to ire, then to thi

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