Real talk. How many times have you been planning out a room for a new house, or just redecorating/sprucing up an old one, and thought to yourself: “you know what would really pull all this together? The pungent aroma of a forest-dwelling mammal which lives in dirty holes in the ground and rubs its own faeces on itself to hide from predators!” What’s that? Zero? Tough, because the ever-reliable folks at SEGA have come out with just the product to fill that niche, whether you wanted it or not.
Said forest-dwelling mammal is, of course, a hedgehog; the blue, velocity-obsessed variety. Those are quite hard to find in the wild. As TheGamer reports, a line of scented candles starring a host of characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise are now available on the SEGA Shop. I want you all to take a moment and really think about this. A person, possibly a handful of people even, had to sit down in a professional capacity and decide on what Sonic the Hedgehog, as well as his assorted technicolour buddies, canonically smells like.
What do these candles smell like?
For the curious, the whiff they’ve decided on for the Blue Blur himself is a combination of notes of “sage, lemongrass, grass, citrus, green leaves, and moss.” It’s presumably intended to mimic the lush environment of Green Hill Zone. Now fans will have a smell to associate with their displeasure when that area inevitably crops up for the umpteenth time come the next game.
As for Tails, Mr. Prower gets a scent reminiscent of Seaside Hill “that is replicated using fresh ocean air, pink sea salt, citus, and musk.” Musk. Really. That’s the word you want to go with to market this. The only way to make that worse would be if they somehow incorporated the adjective ‘moist’.
Also available is the pong of everyone’s favourite stalker, Amy Rose. Amy’s represented by “cherry blossom, warm sandalwood, rose, and magnolia.” It must have been one of the easier ones to conceive given that she has a flower right in her name. The official description notes that Amy’s candle will supposedly make you feel as if you are watching “Wisps frolic through fields.” I’m not really sure how much ‘frolicking’ Wisps are known to get up to between powering weapons and being shut in capsules, but whatever floats your Hyper-go-on.
Where can I buy these Sonic candles?
All joking aside, these candles will no doubt smell lovely and would make a gorgeous gift for the Sonic fan in your life, especially with Turkey and Booze Day rapidly approaching. For someone who’s followed the zippy hedgehog’s adventures since he was a kid, I sure am awful slow with my present shopping. A dirty last-minuter, I am.
If you want to brighten up your room with one of these candles, get them right here.
Are you intrigued by these candles? Will you be buying one? Let us know!
Via, TheGamer.
