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New York perfumer Harvey Prince just released Ageless Fantasy, a grapefruit-scented fragrance promoted as "the world's first anti-age perfume."

The claim is nothing to (bad pun ahead!) sniff at, either: According to the manufacturer, spritzing the perfume on will make you smell eight years younger.

The formula is based on actual research by the Smell and Taste Treatment & Research Foundation. Its researchers smeared middle-aged women with scents like banana, broccoli, spearmint and lavender, then asked male volunteers to sniff them and guess their ages. Grapefruit-scented women were guessed to be considerably younger than they really were -- about six years, on average.

The idea to turn this insight into a perfume was simple, says the flack at Harvey Prince. "Just like 'rose' scents read 'old lady,' there had to be a fragrance that reads 'young lady.'"

Weirdest Celebrity Perfumes
Speaking of suspect fragrances, click below to see some surprising celebrity perfumes and our best guesses as to what they smell like. Are there really people out there who want to evoke the aroma of Paris Hilton?

Celeb Scents We Would Rather Not Smell Like

    Britney Spears -- Curious

    Smells like:     Hair extensions, Cheetos

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    Celine Dion -- The Fragrance

    Smells like:     Pantsuits, Botox, French Canadians

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    Desperate Housewives -- Forbidden Fruit

    Smells like:     Seething hatred, fakery, competing egos

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    Hillary Duff -- With Love

    Smells like:     Vacuous teens, Disney

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    Jessica Simpson -- Dessert

    Smells like:     Self-tanner, canned tuna fish, Ken Paves

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    Sean Combs -- Unforgivable Woman

    Smells like:     Cashing in

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    Kim Kardashian -- fragrance name TBD

    Smells like:     Being famous for nothing, failure

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    Jordan -- Besotted

    Smells like:     Breast implants, sequins

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    Mariah Carey -- M

    Smells like:     Crazy diva behavior, butterflies

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    Naomi Campbell -- Mystery

    Smells like:     Thrown cell phones, anger issues, slippery runways

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And speaking of weird, check out these strange spa treatments:

Bizarre Spa Treatments

    10. Arctic Ice Room
    The Qua Spa at Caesar's Palace Las Vegas offers an "Arctic Ice" treatment room, where "snow" falls from a domed ceiling through mint-infused air chilled to 55 degrees Fahrenheit.

    Jae C. Hong, AP

    9. Golf Ball Massage
    After hitting the links at Scottsdale's Four Seasons Resort at Troon North, you can have a "therapist" warm up some golf balls, and roll them along the large muscles of your spine and neck.

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    8. Doctor Fish Pedicure
    A type of carp called garra rufa, or "doctor fish," are used during a pedicure treatment at Yvonne Hair and Nails salon in Alexandria, Va. Doctor fish have been used for years in Turkey to treat skin diseases like psoriasis, eating dead areas of the skin and leaving the healthy skin to grow.

    Jacquelyn Martin, AP

    7. Doctor Fish Pool
    In case you want more than your toes nibbled, you can bail to Chongqing Municipality, China and hop in a Doctor Fish therapy spa.

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    6. Gold Facial Treatment
    Japan's Umo Inc. claims that covering the face with sheets of 24-carat gold is an effective (if not cost effective) method of fighting off wrinkles.

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    5. Snake Massage
    Stop in the Israeli village of Talmey El'Azar, where reptile farmer/aesthetician Ada Barak uses tangles of king, corn and milk snakes in her massage treatments. Barak claims once guests get over any initial misgivings, they find physical contact with the creatures to be soothing.

    Yonathan Weitzman, Reuters

    4. Nightengale Droppings
    If gold and snakes just aren't cuttin' it, you can always rely on good ol' fashioned bird poo to get that natural glow. Spas such as Shizuku of New York City use Nightengale droppings, which contain an enzyme called guanine which brightens and heals the skin.

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    3. Leeches
    Demi Moore may be using these bloodsuckers for detox treatments, but in the Himalayan region of Jammu And Kashmir, leeches are used to treat a variety of ailments including blood disorders and immunity problems.

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    2. Bull Semen Hair Conditioning
    Bull semen conditioner is one of the new offerings of Hari's Salon in London. Hari's claims that the substance, when combined with a protein rich plant root, Katera, strengthens and adds shine to hair.

    Morry Gash, AP

    1. Knife Therapy
    A man cringes as he receives a "knife therapy" massage during a free procedure in Taipei. Local practitioners in this ancient form of massage claim it can cure sinus infections and headaches.

    Steven Wang, AP