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Though they do have that nice spicy scent, akin to incense you'd smell at a Catholic Church, there is defo a hint of dry rot.

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[–] seven_phone@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Well and good but how is Kasparov and his lilac marigolds anything to do with it.

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 67 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

The British urge to eat mummies still going strong

[–] conc@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 hours ago

Described by William Dampier, a 17th-century British pirate as "extraordinary large and fat, and so sweet, that no pullet eats more pleasantly".

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 13 points 13 hours ago

My god this is an outrage, I was going to eat that mummy! Fry has got to go!

[–] ObstreperousCanadian@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 hours ago

Oh good, I was worried.

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

I don't mind the sun sometimes, the hieroglyphs it shows,

I can taste you on my lips and smell you in my gauze,

Cinnamon and sugary and softly mummified,

You never know just how to look through the all-seeing Horus eye.

[–] nieceandtows@lemmy.world 14 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

How do they feel when you roll them under your tongue?

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 12 points 13 hours ago
[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 13 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Do not leave archeologists or geologists alone with a mummy.

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 12 points 14 hours ago

Or any kind of Englishman.

[–] finickydesert@lemmy.ml 4 points 13 hours ago

when I die I better be buried with some awesome cologne like these mummies!

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Can I get this as a perfume? Maybe Axe could do a thing?

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 3 points 11 hours ago

Axe: Spicy Pharaoh

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Relevant Smithsonian article.

I’d probably skip on the animal fat and bitumen, but cedar, juniper, and cypress all smell pretty good.

Apparently the scent could also vary slightly depending on who was being embalmed.

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 1 points 3 hours ago

i dunno, musky scents like that do have their place in the perfume world, in moderation.