Gay Juice | Perfume Posse

Well I am going to preface this review with the revelation (to absolutely nobody) that I am Gay. I am a middle aged Gay man who has lived through the era of AIDS and outlived Jerry Falwell, Lou Sheldon and even Anita Bryant. I was too young to have lived the first books of “Tales of the City” (but thoroughly enjoyed them), but old enough to have been active in ActUp, Clinic Defense, and protested in the streets when Governor “no rePete” Wilson went back on his word and vetoed AB 101.

Having typed that I, as a gay man, am not going to automatically rubber-stamp something with the Gay Seal of Approval just because it’s marketed as Gay. For every “Brokeback Mountain” there are about six “Broken Hearts Club”s (which was so aggressively mediocre it could have been Gay paint by numbers.)  I may give you points for effort but that doesn’t guarantee a purchase.

Or a good review.

Gay Juice just isn’t my jam. It’s a fruity floral (fruity? get it? wink, wink) which is iffy for me. It’s pineapple, ginger, and coconut, while the flowers are petitgrain, ylang ylang and orange blossom. And (on me at least) it just doesn’t work. It may be unfair to compare this to the works of people like Sarah Horowitz or houses like Patou, but I frankly had more fun with the Tree Hut than I did with this, and there at least a few gay male perfumers out there who have more eclectic wares and less targeted marketing. At $140 for 50ML you really are playing in the big leagues, and frankly I don’t think this is an “A Gay” game..

But I am old and bitter (thought I’d get that out there before anyone else thought to)

Have you tried this? Are you old and bitter too? Let us know in the comments.

The sample I purchased was from the perfumer’s website. 

Photos are mine, Wikimedia Commons and Pexels.

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