Risa Mickenberg
Hermette Magazine
Published in
2 min readJan 8, 2020

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The Savory Collection: Lipglosses by Gobsmack.

A version of this story appeared in GRLSQUASH: the biannual journal of food, art, and culture.

THE SAVORY COLLECTION: A PROPOSAL FOR A RAMPED-UP LIPGLOSS FOR MODERN TASTES.

Tired of cloying, fruit-flavored lip gloss, or garden-variety flavors like mint?

While our palettes and our palates have matured, running the gamut from ink to squid ink, why should our lips still taste like artificial cherries and root beer?

For mouths that crave a more tasteful, worldly way to shine, this is epicurean gloss for the well-groomed gourmand.

Introducing The Savory Collection, by Gobsmack:

A collection of flavored lip glosses that are as adventuresome as your mouth is.

We wind up eating 30% of our lipstick anyway, so why not have a tasting menu of appetizing lip glosses that don’t just compliment your eyes, or your frock, but compliment any course of any dinner?

Taste the modern sophistication of adventuresome flavors like:

Radiccio

Bottarga

Quail Egg

Anchovy Butter

Seasonal, regional and foraged favorites like:

Fiddlehead

Ramp

Alpine Sorrel & Stinging Nettle

Purslane & Yarrow

Tempting Oil Flavors:

Olive

Almond

Pistachio

Macadamia

The Salty Sea Collection:

Quahog

Lobster Butter

Mouqueca

Bouillabaisse

Mae Un Tang

Uni

The Lakes:

Duck

Smoked Trout

Eel

The Meat Course:

Carne Asada

Rosemary Lamb

Sweetbreads

Jerk Goat

Grio

Pot Au Feu

For a happy hour epicurean experience on a budget, try lipgloss and wine pairings:

A Salted Trumpet Mushroom Gloss with a full-bodied Chardonnay or a white burgundy.

An Anchovy Butter Gloss with a while Burgundy.

And everything savory goes with Champagne.

What are our lips, but the most tender meats?

Why not compliment your own mouth instead of your clothing?

Think of your lips as crackers or mini crepes.

Your mouth isn’t just a way to communicate; it’s a way to pleasure yourself.

If you love to lick your lips after a Maine lobster dinner, why wouldn’t you love a lipgloss called Drawn Butter?

A menu of worldly gobsmacking kisser compliments with great mouth feel.

Gobsmack® invites you to an everyday tasting event where the most delicious things on the menu are your own lips.

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Risa Mickenberg
Hermette Magazine

This reclusive enigma/enchantress is the Editor of Hermette Magazine, the CEO of Hermette Wireless, the CCO of Djoodie CEO Hermette Productions LLC @thedjoodie