"Trapping the icky smell of your devil's doughnuts."

March 7, 2017 3:29 AM

This product is both absurd and reprehensible. But the ads aren't bad: V. I. Poo; PooPourri.
posted by Paul Slade (16 comments total)

It may be reprehensible, but were it not for PooPourri I'm sure my family would have fled me long ago.
posted by a snickering nuthatch at 3:54 AM on March 7, 2017 [2 favorites]

I don't use them, but the technique of spraying air freshener into the bowl before discharge and then once again before flushing has reduced my poo shame massively.
posted by ambrosen at 4:49 AM on March 7, 2017 [1 favorite]

Apparently my relatives think that I think that my shit doesn't stink.

Please stop giving me this for Christmas. I get it. You're so funny. Ha ha.
posted by Sphinx at 5:24 AM on March 7, 2017

OH MY GOD... "ITS GOT SOME FRUIT NOTES, IS THAT SHITRUS?"

CONTROL THE SHITUATION!
posted by Nanukthedog at 5:52 AM on March 7, 2017 [5 favorites]

Can we talk about how she doesn't wash her hands?
posted by Nelson at 6:43 AM on March 7, 2017 [1 favorite]

I have experienced PooPourri and it is magic.
posted by Hairy Lobster at 9:25 AM on March 7, 2017 [1 favorite]

This product is both absurd and reprehensible. Uh, you've clearly never been on a message board for people with Crohn's disease or other gastrointestinal/bowel disorder. Three cheers for Poo Pourri, whose corporate responsibility activities include recognizing and supporting those of us for whom this sort of thing has been legit helpful:

We have found, that not only is Poo~Pourri helpful for a good laugh or even a gag gift now and then, but it has helped change the lives of those living with this crippling disease. A few spritz before you go can cover the odor, and make living with Crohn's less of a stink.
posted by late afternoon dreaming hotel at 9:37 AM on March 7, 2017 [3 favorites]

Space Kitten calls it a reverse shit, because the bathroom smells better after you leave then when you got there.
posted by Space Kitty at 9:55 AM on March 7, 2017 [2 favorites]

I didn't know that about Crohn's disease - though that's only one tiny subset of the market these products hope to sell to, of course.

The vast majority of the buyers their profits rely on will have no digestive problem beyond a neurotic refusal to accept that their shit - just like everyone else's - smells bad. Worrying so much about this fact that you carry a special little aerosol with you everywhere you go does strike me as being rather ridiculous. Open a window and move on.

What I had in mind when I said "reprehensible" was that this product seems to be designed to give women one more body issue to feel worried and ashamed about. For all the jocular tone of the TV ads, their underlying message to the market at large remains the same: "Buy our product or you're disgusting". That can't be helpful, surely?
posted by Paul Slade at 10:25 AM on March 7, 2017 [3 favorites]

I first saw that on desks at my job.

(I have also been known to say "It's true love when you can walk in the bathroom as your SO is grunting away, lean over, and kiss them on the forehead, and say 'Good morning, sexy!'")
posted by Samizdata at 10:52 AM on March 7, 2017

Poo-Pourri is awesome. I pick it up on Groupon Goods. We also have Squatty Potties in our home. With a family history of colorectal cancer, we take bathroom usage very seriously. The right toilet paper, wipes, an iPad stand toilet paper dispenser... whatever comfort we can find there.
posted by candyland at 12:31 PM on March 7, 2017

A big box of Cook's Wooden Safety Matches costs me something like 40p down at the local Sainsbury's. Strike one of those after dropping a deuce at home - two if it's a festering stool - and yer done. Bonus points for smelling like a cabin in the woods.

I don't bring them to work.
posted by Ten Cold Hot Dogs at 2:54 PM on March 7, 2017

I'm not allowed to not use PooPourri at home.
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 6:11 PM on March 7, 2017 [1 favorite]

Most fragrant essential oils will work the same as PooPourri and other expensive products. A few drops from a bottle with a mixture of lavender and eucalyptus will accomplish the same thing, cheaper. The oil forms a thin layer atop the bowl water, effectively trapping bad smells. It's not magic, nor does it need to cost $10/bottle. If this is your thing I recommend making your own.
posted by kinnakeet at 2:09 AM on March 8, 2017 [1 favorite]

This product comes from the same dystopian future as the seashells.
posted by ryanrs at 3:22 AM on March 8, 2017 [2 favorites]

What I had in mind when I said "reprehensible" was that this product seems to be designed to give women one more body issue to feel worried and ashamed about.

Shit stink is an equal opportunity shamer.
posted by MexicanYenta at 4:58 PM on March 8, 2017 [1 favorite]