![]() ![]() No one comments on my suffocating scent.ġ0.30am I go to make a coffee and notice my closest desk neighbour is now working from a table in the office kitchen area.ġ2.00pm A busy morning means I haven’t had the opportunity to circulate in the office as much as I planned. I enter the office and walk straight to my desk. ![]() I imagine him at the Chemist Warehouse fragrance testing facility, sampling scent after scent after scent and feeling nothing at all, before finally sniffing this one and feeling a profound sense of inner peace. ![]() There is no other way to say this: it smells a lot like Lynx body spray.ĩ.05am What did I expect it to smell like? Dan Carter may have cultivated an interest in the finer things in life in recent years, wearing leather jackets and drinking wine, but you can tell that at heart he is still an uncomplicated, Lynx-wearing teenage boy. It transports me back to the changing rooms at my high school gym, to a world of satin boxer shorts and extreme self-consciousness. I apply a full spray to my throat, then another to my wrist, then several more in the air to ensure full body coverage. It was not designed to be unboxed in an office toilet cubicle, but here we are. I suspect I may be the first person in the world to buy Dan Carter’s signature scent in store.ĩ.00am DC10 Sport comes in a serious-looking matte black box with shiny embossed print, projecting a luxury beyond its $49.99 price tag. Chemist Warehouse opens at 8am and today is the first day DC10 Sport has been on sale. “Wow, new product,” remarks the young man at the counter. Deeper into the fragrance section, the former All Black shares the men’s sports shelf with the likes of David Beckham, Cristiano Ronaldo and the late Shane Warne. A small but prominent DC10 Sport display is on the left as I enter the store, next to a larger display with fragrances from Kylie Minogue, Sarah Jessica Parker and Michael Bublé. 8.45am I visit Chemist Warehouse on my way to work. ![]()
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