Is That Jesus I Smell?
NBC10.com
Couple Sells Candles That Smell Like Jesus
Product Flying Off Shelves
POSTED: 4:17 pm EST March 15, 2005
UPDATED: 4:22 pm EST March 15, 2005
A South Dakota couple makes and markets candles they say smell like Jesus.
You can find candles with just about every fragrance imaginable, from blueberry to ocean mist to hot apple pie.
Now there's a candle that lets you experience the scent of Jesus, and they've been selling out by the case.
"We see it as a ministry, " says Bob Tosterud, who together with his wife came up with the idea for the candle.
Light up the candle called "His Essence" and its makers say you'll experience the fragrance of Christ.
Bob Tosterud and wife Karen say the formula is all spelled out in Psalm 45.
"It's a Messianic Psalm referring to when Christ returns and his garments will have the scent of myrrh, aloe and cassia," says Karen Tosterud.
Wondering what that must smell like, Karen Tosterud ordered those oils, a combination that produces sort of a flowery, cinnamon aroma. Then she called on a friend who just happened to be a candle-maker.
"And in October, we got our first batch of 768 candles. We had no idea how it would go," Karen Tosterud says.
But once word got out they went through 10,000 candles.
"It's the only one on the market and everyone tells us it's very unique and nothing like it," says Karen Tosterud.
"We wanted people to be able to experience Christ in new ways and to be able to read a bible and have that scent and that candle as a reminder that he is with us all the time."
"You can't see him and you can't touch him," says Bob Tosterud. "This is a situation where you may be able to sense him by smelling. And it provides a really new dimension to one's experience with Jesus."
The candles never stay on the shelves for long. The Tosteruds say each one that goes out is like a ministry in itself.
The candles sell for about $18. They are sold in about 150 stores around the country. Or you can order them online at [url]www.hisessence.com[/url].
You can also call this phone number: 877-psalm-45.
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I was here. Then I wasn't. Then I was again.
[QUOTE=ireLocus]"Deez nutz"[/QUOTE]
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funny, because i'm having the darndest time trying to get rid of these Essence of Cassun car smeller-gooders.
[QUOTE]Bob Tosterud and wife Karen say the formula is all spelled out in Psalm 45.
"It's a Messianic Psalm referring to when Christ returns and his garments will have the scent of myrrh, aloe and cassia," says Karen Tosterud.
Wondering what that must smell like, Karen Tosterud ordered those oils, a combination that produces sort of a flowery, cinnamon aroma. Then she called on a friend who just happened to be a candle-maker.[/QUOTE]
As silly as it sounds, thats very innovative. Hell, they make their money, we make ours. Thats pretty cool, as unreligious as I am, I still think its pretty [I]god damn[/I] cool. The idea, that is. That they put one and three togther to make millions.....if not monetarilty, through silly brained joys of other people. Fucking things run close to 20 bucks.
I bet [I]they[/I] arent even religious.
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i just assumed it was either a couple ultra conservative religious people in the midwest somewhere, or some commie frat boys in a university somewhere, fucking around between binge drinking at the beer pong table and sending pictures of their poops to their friends with their camera phones.
[QUOTE=alex cassun]i just assumed it was either a couple ultra conservative religious people in the midwest somewhere, or some commie frat boys in a university somewhere, fucking around between binge drinking at the beer pong table and sending pictures of their poops to their friends with their camera phones.[/QUOTE]
Is there a difference, Alex?
Is there a [I]difference[/I]?
I was here. Then I wasn't. Then I was again.
yeah, about twenty-five years...
zing once more! thats 2 today.
anyway, thats a brilliant idea, even if it is PRAYing on religious folks' stupidity, of which many have plenty.
Fuck Bush!
And his hypocrisy
And all the drones
Who gave him his presidency!
- "Lay off the Sauce" by Kill Conan
wait, what was the other time?
the bit with the hellen keller joke. or maybe that was someone else and i just said something stupid. i forget.
Fuck Bush!
And his hypocrisy
And all the drones
Who gave him his presidency!
- "Lay off the Sauce" by Kill Conan
oh yeah, that was me. here's another: why did hellen keller's dog kill itself?
a: you would too if your name was [inaudible retard mumbling]*
(*note: this joke is much funnier in person. feel free to experiment with it and get back to me later.)
actually i think [inaudible retard mumbling] makes a damn funny punch line
Fuck Bush!
And his hypocrisy
And all the drones
Who gave him his presidency!
- "Lay off the Sauce" by Kill Conan
it was jesus's butt.
Smells like Teen Jesus?
[QUOTE=Spike]Smells like Teen Jesus?[/QUOTE]
dude, spike, it was jesus' butt, guy was a hippy, never showered. evah!
[URL=http://www.datejesus.com/bathe/]bathe with jesus![/URL]
we have sex in our loins and wander beneath stars on hard sidewalks, pavement and broken glass can't recieve our gentle thrust, our gentle trust -- desolation 69
Jesus and Cobain had a lot in common:
1. They both lived long, long ago.
2. They're both depicted as blonde white guys with blue eyes.
3. Had Converse All-Stars been available in Bible days, Jesus would've worn those instead of sandals.
4. They were both killed by Courtney Love.
5. They both released a third album consisting mostly of covers where only one song got radio airplay.
the only major difference was that jesus music was more mellowing.
[URL=http://www.defamer.com/hollywood/culture/cumming-all-over-alan-cumming-bottles-his-scent-033463.php]here[/URL] is the first in a line of products from Christopher Brosius bearing the name of actor/comedian Alan Cumming.
This new line of body products will likely include:
Cumming: The Fragrance
Cumming All Over: Body Cream
Cumming In Your Hair: Gel
Cumming In The Air: Incense and Candles
Cumming On Your Face: aftershave
...and a mouthwash that they haven't quite found the right name for yet.
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The people that thought up this idea are really quite clever. I think it's sort of ridiculous, because you aren't smelling Jesus, just the fragrances he supposedly wore on the day, but still... quite an ingenius moneymaking scheme.
now- if Jesus smelled like cinnamon, what is with all the Victorian women and men having to carry around sachets of potpurri just to get over the stench of people next to them?
and they lived in houses and didnt ride donkeys
i think jesus smelled like donkey shit.
Man, people will buy anything. Maybe I should try to market my "Deez nutz" scented candles and body wash.
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