Today's challenge: scent the cast of House, MD. The main characters, in case you need a cheat sheet, are Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), Lisa Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein), James Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard), Eric Foreman (Omar Epps), Allison Cameron (Jennifer Morrison), Robert Chase (Jesse Spencer), Chris Taub (Peter Jacobson), Lawrence Kutner (Kal Penn), Remy “Thirteen” Hadley (Olivia Wilde).
My vote for Gregory House, which I already mentioned a couple years back (see Desperate Housewives Forbidden Fruit) is 10 Corso Como.
If you don't watch House, feel free to scent a character from your favorite TV show. Or just comment on whatever you like, we're not picky.
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I haven't seen House.
my favorite TV character is Gil Grissom , what would he wear?
Ohh, I love that show! For Gregory, I'd say Jo Malone's Dark Amber and Ginger Lily.
Great choice for House, though I think he would balk at the idea of wearing ANY fragrance. Still, I'd tie him to a chair and make him wear 2 by Commes des Garcons. Haven't watched in a while so can't comment on the other characters…will have to catch up on the show!
Don't know that one, sorry!
Nice call, that would work! And good to pick something British, perhaps.
Another good call!
How about Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) from the X-Files? And Scully, too….
Oooh great choice!
LOL – House as a character isn't ever going to wear anything other than Old Spice or maybe Aqua Velva (do you recall his disgust at WIlson's frou-frou grooming habits?). Anything else will end up in the trash.
For everyone else –
Wilson – John Varvatos Vintage
Cuddy – Calyx at work, Vivienne Westwood Boudoir for dates
Cameron – Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue for work, Marc Jacobs or Dior Miss Cherie at home
Chase – Guerlain Vetiver because Rowan wore it European, old school classic)
Foreman -> Sean Combs I AM KING – 'nuff said
13 -> Angel & blots out everything else around her
Taub -> Chanel Egoiste
Kutner -> Burberry Beat or the latest CK flanker
Go ahead, scent them!
I haven't watched House. HOw about the now cancelled Sex and the City?
); possibly Coco Chanel as well. I can imagine she'd be a frag hag like the rest of us
Samantha: Bandit (obviously
Miranda: l'Artisan's Passage d'Enfer, or CdG's 888
Charlotte: Chanel Eau Premiere or No 5 at night
Carrie: SJP Lovely, okay that's cheating; how about Calyx or Datura Noir
I also, dare I say, watch Coronation Street religiously. I could picture Liz in anything Lanvin. Does anybody else under 70 watch that?
What a fun poll, as usual
Great picks! And you're no doubt right about House.
Nice
Only saw it a few times, but even based on that would agree w/ Samantha as a frag hag! Never heard of Coronation Street, will have to google it…
Corrie, as it's known by its fans, is British soap opera that's been on for about 40+ years! It differs from American and Latin soaps as it is about a working-class neighbourhood of real-looking folk, not constantly glamorous ones. It is so witty and funny!
I love the X-Files! But am not yet knowledgeable on the sea of fragrances out there. But just for kicks, how about Mugler's Alien?
Oh, that is GREAT!! Didn't even think of Alien!
Another fun show to “scent”: Grey's Anatomy…? I'm fuzzy-brained with a cold at the moment, so will have to rely on others' opinions! lol
I'd put Mulder in Bvlgari Soir and Scully in Chanel's Cristalle.
Oh, my… House is my favorite show ever:) Let's see…
House himself – something very uncomfortable and non-politically correct, maybe M7 or something. Or L'Artisan Parfumeur Tea for Two.
Wilson – smth classic, a cologne like Dior Eau Sauvage or Chanel Egoist.
Cuddy – smth sultry and seductive, but work-appropriate… am not really knowlegeable on tis kind of scents, but maybe something oriental. Or smth like Feminite de Bois…
Chase – either something boring and sporty, or a try to be original – I used to really like Rochas Aquaman for its peppery first burst, maybe something like that.
Cameron – she's the flowery girl for me, very feminine, so her frangrances would all be flower-based, maybe some white flowers – jasmine, tuberose, gadenia…
Foreman seems like a fashion-conscious guy, so he would probably care about what he wears and actually wear something interesting, maybe Bvlgari Black or one of Montale's Aouds.
Thirteen seems like an edgy kind of girl – Bond no.9 New Haarlem, perhaps, or a CDG from the Inscence series… or Dzing!
Taub wears smth like Fahrenheit, warm, kinda difficult at first, but then really easy to like.
Kutner to me seems like he would try to follow his heritage and wear vetiver fragrances with spices, precious woods, etc.
House? Opium, for sure.
There was an episode this season where House's shower water line broke and he tried to scam the plumber to fix it for free. But he was sans-shower for a few days.
At the hospital Cuddy walked by him and wrinkled her nose:
CUDDY: When was the last time you had a shower?
HOUSE: Scent of a man. I realize you haven't experienced it sober.
I love House. I agree with those that say that he'd be unlikely to wear anything, but I'd love to hold him down and force Terre d' Hermes on him. The rest of the characters I don't spend enough time thinking about to have an opinion.
Mulder, Opus by Penhaligons, classy, woodsy, discreet.
Scully, she's an MD and no-frills/fus, she wouldn't wear fragrance while at work, but Arpege (vintage) on an evening out.
Samantha: Coco Mademoiselle (for dates) or Dior's Eau Savage for take-no-prisoners business meetings.
Miranda: Annick Goutal's Eau Du Sud-she wouldn't wear scent to work but if she did, it'd be Banana Republic's Classic, a light citrus.
Charlotte: Park Ave. Gal, she'd wear Annick Goutal's Eau de Camille or Antonia's Flowers-Tiempe Passate.
Carrie: Donna Karan Black Cashmere
Yep, googled it! Surprised I've never heard of it. And yes, we don't get those kinds of soaps at all! At least, none I can think of.
Another one I've never seen!
Hey, great calls. They really need to do something w/ Chase, don't they? Because agree entirely he'd be wearing some stupid sport fragrance.
That works.
That was a great episode.
It's true, he's really the whole show, isn't he? Almost everyone else could be replaced & I'd still watch.
I think House would wear stuff he would have fun telling people what he is wearing –
Secretions Magnifiques or Cumming.
Can't think of anything yet for the others.
House has a vain side. Secretly wears Nasomatto Duoro or JAR Diamond Water as he pops a vicadin and tries to figure out the notes .
I totally agree. Great picks. Unfotunately, no way House would wear fragrance.
LOL — could be!
Probably. But I've always thought there were inconsistencies w/ his personality on the show. His apartment, for one thing — at one point (don't pay attention to consistency, so don't know if it's still there) there was a pot rack on the wall in his kitchen, with nice pots hanging off it. Are we to believe he went into Williams & Sonoma to buy a pot rack? I don't think so. And even if a prior tenant left it there, no way would he hang pots off it. Much less clean pots. And the whole apartment looks too calculatingly “modern upscale but comfortable masculine apartment” for House.
HA — yes, he'd wear Cumming for sure. Smell fits, too.
Oh, I love Grissom, but at work he wouldn't wear anything, lest it interfere with sniffing a clue of some sort.
But for going out…dunno, he's not exactly up on fashion, is he? Maybe something old fashioned but practical like Aqua Velva?
Haha I wondered about Sam's fragrance habits, as once I saw Creed Spring Flowers in her bathroom, which didn't seem very 'Samantha' at all, so she MUST be a frag hag and have lots of different ones. IMO she must have both Fracas as well as Bandit in her collection.
Miranda would certainly wear Prada Infusion d'Iris and maybe the odd Jo Malone (Orange Blossom? French Lime Blossom?). Charlotte is definitely a Chanel girl, with Chanel No. 5 and Gardenia in rotation. Carrie, being on the cutting edge of fashion, would sometimes wear Donna Karan Chaos, Diorissimo, Narciso Rodriguez for Her or Mitsouko depending on occasion. Carrie would also love Bond No 9 scents to celebrate her love affair with New York.
Back on topic…I've only watched a couple of episodes of House, so don't know what the characters would wear, but I might put Hugh Laurie in Blenheim Bouquet, as it is English, interesting and refined.
Oh Dear!!!
M7 is MY guilty pleasure…
Is it really uncomfortable and non-politically correct??
Have I missed a memo?
LOL
How about Macassar for it's IN-YOUR-FACE attitude? (my other favorite)
I love House, this is probably the only show we try never to miss… so
House – Égoïste & Dirty English (hehe)
Wilson – Antidote
Cuddy – Mouboussin-Boudoir
Cameron – Marc Jacobs Blush
Chase – Prada pour Homme
Foreman – Ambre Fétiche, Antaeus, Méchant Loup
13 – Voleur de Roses
Taub – Pleasures
Kutner – BLV to match his energetic personality
Interesting, realizing that everyone else sees 13 very differently than I do…
yay, he would wear cacharel pour homme or the new varvatos
I'd say that House doesn't even wear deoderant….along those lines, for sure he'd be wearing Miller Harris L'air de rien in huge doses….Theoretically I think House would have to wear Mitsouko – a great classic that is really hard to love (unless you love it already).
The only other one I can comment on is Cameron – I think she's a Badgley Mischka Fleurs de Nuit gal. The rest I have no clue.
Interesting — everyone else is putting Cameron in light, inoffensive things.
Agree on L'Air de Rien, perfect choice!