While I make soap and am entrenched in the world of soap making enthusiasts, many of whom use this scent… I’ve never been swayed. Even when using my actual monkey soap mold.
Actually, “Monkey Farts” is a blend of banana/vanilla. Got some wool wash from Luxe when they were going for my son’s wool soakers. It’s not so bad. name sucks, but the smell is pretty nice
I’ve smelled it and it is lovely, I just can’t bring myself to put it on a label. Caramelised banana just sounds less… juvenile and OH MY GOD I’ve just realised I’m old-fashioned!
Don’t feel alone Orange…we on the “Big Island” across the creek have an aversion to the letter ‘z’…but then, like you Kiwis, we’ve retained the proper use of the Mother Tongue…>.<
Yeah the scent is nice but I’ve never been a fan of the name either. That and bunny farts/poop, because the best way to entice people to buy a scented candle is to give the impression it smells like animal shit:-p
Yeah, I’ve seen this sent in every candle maker’s shop. I tried “monkey burps” just based off the description and… eh. Not a fan of the fake banana thing anyway.
I’m thinking about trying the Rotting Rhinoceros candle in my youngest son’s room, because few things, if any, would smell worse than his sweaty gym socks and.. whatever the fuck those other odors are.
Have you checked under his bed? If he’s anything like my sons were, there’s probably at least a months worth of unwashed shirts and gym shorts under there.
You’d be surprised by how popular this scent is. It’s the only one I sold out of at a craft fair recently, selling bath bombs. Repeatedly people were all, “Monkey Farts? That, I have to smell”. It’s a tropical kind of scent that gets sold as a fragrance oil.
What’s depressing is the fact that, I immediately thought when seeing that, “That name is familiar, but I think it was a lip balm. I wonder if she did that one.” I was kind of excited because I would have in fact seen crap before it was on Regresty. But no, the seller doesn’t, so I did an search for it. There is eight pages of banana scented crap on etsy. Eight pages.
I understand your excitement… Monkey Farts is one of the fragrance oils I have that I use for bath bombs & bath salts. At a craft fair recently, I found myself thinking to call it something else, something classier. It was lucky I didn’t, as it was my big seller. Dragon’s Breath, something which sounds far more exciting as well as having a much more complex scent? Nope, failed to attract interest.
My 8 year old begged me for a “Monkey Fart” flavored lip balm at a craft fair recently. As we walked away, without purchasing it, I thought it seemed like the kind of thing that would grace the pages of Regretsy if some Etsy “craftsman” (that’s a loose term), thought about it hard enough.
I thought it was “Curious George Discovers the Wonders of Methane” followed by “The Man in the Crispy Black Hat Goes to Court-Ordered Anger Management Classes”.
The flea market we went to when I was kid had a booth that sold “pussy” scented incense that my younger brother was fascinated by. It just smelled kinda cinnamon-y, but marketing is everything I guess, and they had a corner on 10-year-old males.
I have a lovely jar full of tomato jam, which is delicious. Unfortunately, the manufacturer (a friend of mine) chose to label it “Toe Jam” as a joke. It is red. I cannot touch it, even though I know how yummy it is.
Egads! When I saw the picture I thought monkey farts must be some sort of wacky “Chinglish” style mistranslation, but now I learn it is in fact a real scent that people actually sell. The world is a stranger place than I thought it was.
September 16, 2012 at 5:31 pm
That explains the pineapple chunks…
September 16, 2012 at 5:33 pm
While I make soap and am entrenched in the world of soap making enthusiasts, many of whom use this scent… I’ve never been swayed. Even when using my actual monkey soap mold.
September 16, 2012 at 5:37 pm
Actually, “Monkey Farts” is a blend of banana/vanilla. Got some wool wash from Luxe when they were going for my son’s wool soakers. It’s not so bad. name sucks, but the smell is pretty nice
September 16, 2012 at 5:40 pm
I’ve smelled it and it is lovely, I just can’t bring myself to put it on a label. Caramelised banana just sounds less… juvenile and OH MY GOD I’ve just realised I’m old-fashioned!
September 16, 2012 at 5:44 pm
Any day now you’ll be waving your cane in the air and yelling at the neighborhood kids to get the hell off your lawn.
Welcome to the club. Hope you like playing bridge.
September 16, 2012 at 5:48 pm
I already do that. Those neighbour kids, being happy. Not on my watch!
I do love sherry. That possibly should have been a good indication…
September 17, 2012 at 2:47 pm
I don’t play bridge, but I do play canasta. Does that mean I can’t join?
Note: I have a history of shaking my cane at college students if it’s any help.
September 16, 2012 at 6:11 pm
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September 16, 2012 at 6:16 pm
I did. We New Zealanders don’t spell things the same way you do. We have an aversion to the letter ‘z’. It makes us extra special.
September 16, 2012 at 6:26 pm
Don’t feel alone Orange…we on the “Big Island” across the creek have an aversion to the letter ‘z’…but then, like you Kiwis, we’ve retained the proper use of the Mother Tongue…>.<
September 16, 2012 at 6:30 pm
I will accept all the teasing you can throw at me, when I utter that phrase… you know the one, ‘fush and chups’… and I will deserve it, in that case.
September 16, 2012 at 6:33 pm
But, I love it when New Zealanders say “Fush and Chups”! I love our Kiwi cousins! >.<
September 17, 2012 at 11:56 pm
I prefer boyfriend’s tongue but to each their own.
September 17, 2012 at 11:50 pm
Must be tough to dislike “Z” in New Zealander; must be a lot of self-loathing.
September 24, 2012 at 12:57 am
Xd Touche, bro!
September 16, 2012 at 6:19 pm
Are you new?
September 16, 2012 at 6:34 pm
It would “looke” better?
God, I love seeing Muphry’s Law in action.
September 16, 2012 at 8:53 pm
I’m sure Murphy loves seeing Muphry’s law in action too.
September 17, 2012 at 9:38 am
Muphry’s law
September 16, 2012 at 8:14 pm
Yeah the scent is nice but I’ve never been a fan of the name either. That and bunny farts/poop, because the best way to entice people to buy a scented candle is to give the impression it smells like animal shit:-p
September 16, 2012 at 9:06 pm
I was looking for a wet scrotum scented candle but this could do…
September 17, 2012 at 3:57 am
I’ve used it in kid’s soaps, bath fizzies & lotion and called it Tutti Fruitti. There is an actual thriving market for the original name.
September 17, 2012 at 5:57 pm
Yeah, I’ve seen this sent in every candle maker’s shop. I tried “monkey burps” just based off the description and… eh. Not a fan of the fake banana thing anyway.
September 16, 2012 at 5:33 pm
If I squint at this photo and then back away from the screen, and shut off the computer, it looks like $8.00 is too much for a stupidly named candle.
September 16, 2012 at 5:35 pm
These are great in the kitchen–in the bath I use the Lioness Dysentery scent and for the bedroom, Disemboweled Kangaroo.
September 16, 2012 at 5:46 pm
I’m thinking about trying the Rotting Rhinoceros candle in my youngest son’s room, because few things, if any, would smell worse than his sweaty gym socks and.. whatever the fuck those other odors are.
September 16, 2012 at 7:21 pm
Have you checked under his bed? If he’s anything like my sons were, there’s probably at least a months worth of unwashed shirts and gym shorts under there.
September 17, 2012 at 9:14 am
As a former teenage boy, my guess is sticky and crusty sweat socks
September 17, 2012 at 1:03 pm
When my son’s room was at its worst in terms of deadly funk, I found an “odor absorber” thingy (that looked kind of like a papier-maché pie plate) to hang in his closet. He was not amused, but it did make going into his room slightly more bearable.
September 16, 2012 at 5:37 pm
I know you like to think your shit don’t stink…
September 16, 2012 at 5:39 pm
You’d be surprised by how popular this scent is. It’s the only one I sold out of at a craft fair recently, selling bath bombs. Repeatedly people were all, “Monkey Farts? That, I have to smell”. It’s a tropical kind of scent that gets sold as a fragrance oil.
September 16, 2012 at 5:44 pm
Same thing happens with scents like wasabi and pizza and bacon… I still can’t bring myself to go there… I am a wimp.
September 16, 2012 at 5:40 pm
This shit is bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S.
September 16, 2012 at 6:00 pm
No doubt!
September 16, 2012 at 5:46 pm
What’s depressing is the fact that, I immediately thought when seeing that, “That name is familiar, but I think it was a lip balm. I wonder if she did that one.” I was kind of excited because I would have in fact seen crap before it was on Regresty. But no, the seller doesn’t, so I did an search for it. There is eight pages of banana scented crap on etsy. Eight pages.
September 16, 2012 at 6:08 pm
I understand your excitement… Monkey Farts is one of the fragrance oils I have that I use for bath bombs & bath salts. At a craft fair recently, I found myself thinking to call it something else, something classier. It was lucky I didn’t, as it was my big seller. Dragon’s Breath, something which sounds far more exciting as well as having a much more complex scent? Nope, failed to attract interest.
September 16, 2012 at 10:39 pm
My 8 year old begged me for a “Monkey Fart” flavored lip balm at a craft fair recently. As we walked away, without purchasing it, I thought it seemed like the kind of thing that would grace the pages of Regretsy if some Etsy “craftsman” (that’s a loose term), thought about it hard enough.
September 16, 2012 at 5:52 pm
What’s invisible and smells like bananas?
Monkey Farts
September 16, 2012 at 5:59 pm
Monkey See, Monkey Fart.
September 16, 2012 at 7:55 pm
Still better than monkey doo.
September 16, 2012 at 9:08 pm
So there is the monkey covering eyes, one covering mouth and one covering ears. Now there is a fourth pinching his nose closed.
September 16, 2012 at 6:04 pm
Since when did smell start being part of the hear/see/speak no evil group?
September 16, 2012 at 6:13 pm
What did you think the evil thing was that all 3 monkeys refused to acknowledged?
September 16, 2012 at 6:07 pm
Where’s the unicorn fart candle in rainbows and glitter?
September 16, 2012 at 7:14 pm
I bet they smell AMAZING.
September 16, 2012 at 8:15 pm
It smells like peppermint and bubblegum.
September 16, 2012 at 8:23 pm
And children’s dreams.
September 16, 2012 at 9:17 pm
Sold out. Etsy bought them all for the office.
September 17, 2012 at 4:01 am
I feel compelled to create this immediately. No lie.
September 16, 2012 at 6:07 pm
I will love you forever for that BEP reference, HK.
September 16, 2012 at 6:10 pm
I am sorry, but there is no way I am going to light a monkey fart.
September 16, 2012 at 6:16 pm
“Curious George and the Candle and the Loud Noise” is the book right before “Curious George Goes to the Hospital” in the series.
September 17, 2012 at 8:11 am
I thought it was “Curious George Discovers the Wonders of Methane” followed by “The Man in the Crispy Black Hat Goes to Court-Ordered Anger Management Classes”.
September 16, 2012 at 6:23 pm
Sounds like something Doctor Zaius would keep in his lavatory.
September 16, 2012 at 6:39 pm
AAAAAND now I have that Simpsons Planet of the Apes musical song in my head.
September 16, 2012 at 9:29 pm
Can I play the piano anymore?
Of course you can!
Well I couldn’t before…
September 16, 2012 at 6:39 pm
I don’t care how many degrees he has. He’s still a damn dirty ape! Put a wick in that and light it!
September 16, 2012 at 6:29 pm
it’s just a typo, you guys. it should read:
Monkey farts? Scented candle!
September 16, 2012 at 6:48 pm
I can think of a few people that this would make a FANTASTIC gift for…
September 16, 2012 at 6:54 pm
WHO IS EDITH PEEDOFF?
Helen, do you really have 2 interns now?
September 16, 2012 at 7:13 pm
Monkey Farts isn’t bad, but do they have one in Kitty Farts?
September 16, 2012 at 8:16 pm
My cats butt smells like roses…
September 17, 2012 at 7:45 am
I would buy that just to drive my husband crazy. I’d light it 5 minutes before he got home and watch him tear up the house.
September 17, 2012 at 7:59 am
They have “Kitty Queef” scented candles. I’m not sure if that’s more or less appealing.
September 17, 2012 at 8:30 am
Dog Farts would clear out a room, at least my dog’s does, and she’s the size of a cat.
September 17, 2012 at 5:55 pm
Hmm, I’m detecting notes of egg, broccoli, and… what is that? Ah, sewage.
September 16, 2012 at 7:59 pm
The flea market we went to when I was kid had a booth that sold “pussy” scented incense that my younger brother was fascinated by. It just smelled kinda cinnamon-y, but marketing is everything I guess, and they had a corner on 10-year-old males.
September 16, 2012 at 8:17 pm
Sadly, I’m old enough to remember “pussy” scented incense…
September 16, 2012 at 8:24 pm
OMG you guys I’m sitting on a goldmine. I thought of it after eating red beans and rice.
ELF FARTS.
September 16, 2012 at 9:14 pm
I can’t really blame the seller. Monkey Farts sounds much more charming than the actual description of all simian gas, “Eye Searing Ass Weapon”.
September 16, 2012 at 10:38 pm
I find this entire discussion tiresome. And insulting.
September 17, 2012 at 7:49 am
Sheesh… it was a joke, son. Because I’m a monkey. (See my avatar?)
September 17, 2012 at 7:56 am
I thought it was funny.
September 17, 2012 at 1:53 pm
They don’t understand me either.
September 17, 2012 at 2:01 am
Hmmm there is a saying in Finland.
“Shit sold”
September 17, 2012 at 8:54 am
So what does it mean?
In Germany, we have a type of pastry called nun’s farts, which sells really well around carnival. I guess I prefer the monkeys …
September 17, 2012 at 8:56 am
Oops, I was trying to reply to Petja – “shit sold”, does that mean “stupid stuff sells well”?
September 17, 2012 at 1:55 pm
I have a lovely jar full of tomato jam, which is delicious. Unfortunately, the manufacturer (a friend of mine) chose to label it “Toe Jam” as a joke. It is red. I cannot touch it, even though I know how yummy it is.
September 17, 2012 at 7:59 pm
Egads! When I saw the picture I thought monkey farts must be some sort of wacky “Chinglish” style mistranslation, but now I learn it is in fact a real scent that people actually sell. The world is a stranger place than I thought it was.
September 17, 2012 at 11:57 pm
Imagine the incredible gift set you could make if you combined this with the “clam” scented pillow!!