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Putting on sunscreen this morning, and thinking about goth/sunscreen jokes, and why isn't coconut a goth scent by now? Is somebody out there actually marketing a sunscreen that smells gothy? What would that even be?

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@erinbee whatever incense is popular and a hint of grenadine.

@erinbee uhhh, red roses and black leather? actually i might own that made by BPAL...

@Yaarnvark Haha, yeah, I was kind of half picturing someone emptying BPAL samples into a SPF 50 bottle

@rotatingskull Ah, yes. For the "I don't care if it's Halloween, sun protection is year round!" crowd.

@erinbee Absinthe? Clove cigarettes? Or perhaps they’d allude at gothiness by making it exceedingly floral, with slight musty and chemical notes, hinting at a Victorian funeral parlour ambience?

@acb On the floral note: Southern Gothic - magnolias, moss, and tobacco.

@karobit There's a sulfur works across the inlet from downtown Vancouver, and as a kid I was so disappointed to find out that brimstone was sulfur. Wow, much Satan, very eternal suffering.

@erinbee no one has to teach the devil to suck eggs, he smells like he's sucked a lot of 'em

@erinbee patchouli maybe? Musk or amber? Can’t see why sunscreen never got branched out for scents.

@Boudicca Yeah, it seems like a missed market

@sexybenfranklin Whatever aftershave The Crypt-Keeper wears

@erinbee frankly, I'm suspicious of your goth cred for not instantly jumping to it.

@sexybenfranklin I have no goth cred, and live in an area with nary a crypt to be found

@JulieSqveakaroo That seems to be the number one answer.