Recently I was sent some super-duper posh and shmancy soaps by Venezuelan artist/ filmmaker David Foote. Foote, who directed A.R.E. Weapons' "Weakest Ones" video and also lives under the immense burden of having been named one of the 50 most stylish people in the WORLD (In the WORLD!) by Fashion Week Daily, recently collaborated with a handful of lifestyle brands to launch a pop-up shop where you can buy all sorts of luxury products, all of which benefit St. Jude Children's Hospital.
Anyway, as I said, I get the Jaboneria Marianella soaps (he and his mother own the small boutique company) in the mail, and they're an intoxicating all-natural combination of almond, coconut, sandalwood, and fig, the latter two give it an extra sexy zing. Seriously, the ish smells like sweet, sweet sexy time. I keep one at my desk at work. Not because I'm a pre-vert, but because they smell like some kind of naughty-and-nice heaven. Like Madonna's "Human Nature" video, but not as raunch. Anyway, they're $20 each (the soap, not the sexy time or Madonna's "Human Nature" video), and they're totally NOT your dad's soap. Unless your dad's really effing hot.
So I open the box, and after nearly having a SENSUAL SEDUCTION moment on account of the sexy-time smell, my TOKIO HOTEL RADAR starts blipping and bleeping off the charts, because I immedes notice the packaging they're wrapped in -- David Foote's "New Girls" black ink and white paint series (warning: don't click if you can't handle a few boobies) -- looks like it's covered in countless little Tim Burton-esque Bill Kaulitzes! (!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!)
Now, I doubt that David Foote was inspired by Bill Kaulitz or Tokio Hotel when he crafted his astoundingly intricate "New Girls" series or his soaps. But you can't help but notice the similarities: The ringed cat eyes, heavy brows, the intense jet-black hair, the razor-sharp cheekbones! IT'S SO BK! AND, the soap is striated into beautiful black-and-cream lines. (Think old-fashioned ribbon candy... old-fashioned ribbon candy INSPIRED BY Bill Kaulitz?) Also, I don't really recall Bill Kaulitz smelling like much of anything -- no nasty cologne, and I don't remember him smelling like candy or anything, but if I could attribute a scent to Bill, I'd have to say that the earthy-sexy, gender-bending (you reading this, Travis McCoy?) combination of sandalwood and fig do the job.
If you're busy living every moment until the new Tokio album finally comes out, you've got $20 to spare, and you're in the market to take a shower and make a charitable donation, check out David Foote's "sehr" Bill Kaulitz soap. Stay clean, Tokio fans!
