What use is a redundant cologne?

You can now buy scents on the web that are inspired by HP Lovecraft. For instance, you could get Cthulhu: "A creeping, wet, slithering scent, dripping with seaweed, oceanic plants and dark, unfathomable waters."

But what if you already smell like that all the time?

(via io9)

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