Most of the world has been watching the World Cup FIFA 2014, hosted this year by Brazil, (who lost in the Semi-Finals against Germany today in a crushing defeat 7-1). Americans caught "Football" Fever this year, and that is progress, since we are probaly one of the few countries in the world who thinks football has linebackers.
So was the World Cup logo designer a pyschic? Covering tears of defeat!
In honor of the host Country, who hadn't lost a game at home since 1975 (they had two key players out of the game, hottie Neymar and Thiago Silva) and is spilling tears, not perfume while burning their own flag, we think Brazil still has a lot to be proud of anyway. So we polled our Editors and Contributors on their favorite Brazilians. Your task to claim last month's spilled perfume is to match our staff to our favorite "pessoa brasileira".
Steve Lindquist, Contributor Actress Sonia Braga
Elise Pearlstine, Contributor Writer Jorge Amado
The Silver Fox, Contributor Musician Sergio Mendes
Nancy Knows, Sr. Editor Poet Ana Cristina Cesar
Valerie Lee Vitale, Editor Actress Carmen Miranda
Tama Blough, Managing Editor Artist Hugo Franca
Michelyn Camen, Editor in Chief Soccer hero Pele
WORLDWIDE ALL NATURAL 7 ml of Unter den Linden by a happy Berlin pefumer, Tanja Bochnig of April Aromatics(Germany is in the finals)
EU, USA and Canada 10 ml of Neela Vermeire Creations Mohur Extrait composed by Bertrand Duchaufour
EU, USA AND CANADA Divine Parfums L'Homme Infini composed by Yann Vasnier
UK only From Liz Moores of Papillon Perfumes a sample set of Tobacco Rose, Anubis and Angelique
USA ONLY En Voyage Perfumes Souvenir de Chocolat Coffret containing Café Cacoa, Indigo Vanilla, Captured in Amber parfum extraits (signed by Perfumer Shelley Waddington)
USA ONLY 17 ML Sonoma Scent Studio Jour Ensoleille edp by Laurie Erickson
USA ONLY SIGNED kindle or hardcover of M.J. Rose's The Collector of Dying Breaths
USA Only 1.7 oz O'Hana Ex Animo Hair and Body Perfume in collaboration with Perfumer Darryl Do
courtesy of the New York Daily News : Gratuitous photo of Brazil's SEXY Neymar (who was out of the World Cup after the quarter finals against Colombia due to a fractured vertabra <3 get well soon)
The first reader to match the seven contributors and editors with their favorite Brazilian will win two perfumes of their choice. BE SURE TO INDICATE AT LEAST TWO PERFUMES YOU WOULD LIKE TO WIN, INCLUDING ONE NATURAL PERFUME (COUNTRY RESTRICTIONS) IN YOUR COMMENT, JUST IN CASE YOU DO WIN. If no one guesses correctly, the draw is random and don't complain if you don't get exactly what you want or you might be bitten by Uruguay's striker Luis Suaraz (Football is not for Soccer moms if you haven't figured that out yet). Format of your guess must include the name of the editor and the name of the Brazilian person we chose as our favorite, to be eligible. (For example, Elise Pearlstine, NAME OF BRAZILIAN PERSON. Draw closes July 12, 2014. Bonus Question: Who do you think will win the World Cup in 2014 which will be played July 13. Hint: Germany, Argentina or the Netherlands?
We announce the winners only on site and our Facebook page, so like CaFleureBon and use our RSS option…or your dream prize will just be spilled perfume.