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I Love the Smell of Murderous Thuggery in the Evening

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Legendary high-end Paris candle-maker Cire Trudon introduces “Ernesto,” for those of you who want to fill your home with the scent of a sweaty, murdering, Latin revolutionary:

In a hotel of Havana, sizzling under the stubborn sun of the Revolution, fierce overtones of leather and tobacco meddle with waxy silence of wood. Breaking out of the cool dimness, sly grimaces emerge, framed by the smoke of cigars and the barrels of guns.

Please note, this scent isn’t for the proletariat.  This particular block of paraffin infused with the scent of glorious Marxist uprising will set you back a cool $75 for 9.5 ounces.  ¡Hasta la Victoria Siempre!

Thanks to Jim McCarthy for the link.

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11 Responses to “I Love the Smell of Murderous Thuggery in the Evening”

  1. #1 |  Gonzo |  November 20th, 2008 at 11:58 pm

    This will go great with my Lenin ovenmits and my Fidel Castro bath loofa (it looks like his beard).

  2. #2 |  Mike H |  November 21st, 2008 at 9:11 am

    Can’t wait to find out what China’s Long March smelled like.

  3. #3 |  J.T. |  November 21st, 2008 at 9:23 am

    Holy mother of god – the world is not only more bizarre than I imagine, it is more bizarre than I can imagine (thanks ACC!)

  4. #4 |  paul |  November 21st, 2008 at 9:32 am

    Better than the smell of the Napoleanic campigns no doubt

  5. #5 |  Chuchundra |  November 21st, 2008 at 10:32 am

    75 bucks for a candle?

  6. #6 |  Comrade Dread |  November 21st, 2008 at 12:27 pm

    The rich always love communist revolutionaries, at least until the revolutionaries are lining them up against the wall during the revolution.

  7. #7 |  Michael Chaney |  November 21st, 2008 at 2:25 pm

    I love people making money off Che, so here’s the obligatory link:

    http://www.che-mart.com/

    Of course, they’re a little less serious…

  8. #8 |  Helmut O' Hooligan |  November 21st, 2008 at 4:55 pm

    Look in my eyes

    What do you see

    The cult of personality

    Living Colour

    ‘Nuff said.

  9. #9 |  Li |  November 21st, 2008 at 9:38 pm

    I’m not a big fan of Castro, but it’s worth reminding everyone that futures trading in grains over the last few years drove up the price to such an extent that tens of millions of people starved to death. 50-60 million by some estimates. Now, whether this was the result of a misguided ethanol program or the oil corps malevolently using the futures system to take the shine off the ethanol apple, regardless 50 million people died.

    That’s more than Hitler killed in the camps.

    So, why do you see the piece of sawdust in another’s eye and not notice the wooden beam in your own eye?

  10. #10 |  Li |  November 21st, 2008 at 9:41 pm

    Oh, and that’s entirely besides the irony of some capitalist selling this thing to other bourgeoisie for a price that could feed a dozen starving orphans for a month.

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