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Queen’s Brian May Launches Badger-Scented Perfume

LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 12: Former Queen guitarist and campaigner Brian May poses with people dressed as Badgers during a photocall on July 12, 2016 in London, England. The event was organised to ‘urge’ the government to abandon their planned Badger Cull which is to be rolled out in the Autumn. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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Brian May has launched a perfume that smells like, among other things, a badger. The Queen guitarist recently revealed a new scent called Save Me (named after the Queen song). A sniffer told The Sun it smells like this: "The scent has deliberately earthy overtones -- a hint of clean badger fur, some sandalwood and something a bit limey."

Actual ingredients include pink pepper, jasmine, cyclamen, camomile, tuberose, mimosa, ylang ylang, gardenia, sandalwood, and musk. In an Instagram post, May said it is good "if you want to smell like the British countryside."

The Save Me perfume, which was made in collaboration with Xerjoff, is at least for a good cause. Proceeds from the perfume will go to the Save Me Trust, May's charity for wildlife preservation. The plight of the badger has been a cause close to May's heart for many years.

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