24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
Punk band releases record that ‘smells like Gwyneth Paltrow's vagina'
An Australian punk band that toured with BottleRock headliners Green Day earlier this year has released a limited-edition vinyl record infused with a scent they claim smells like Gwyneth Paltrow 's private parts.
Titled '¯_(ツ)_/¯,' the scratch-and-sniff vinyl for Private Function's latest release is inspired by the Goop candle famously labeled 'This Smells Like My Vagina,' once sold by Paltrow's wellness brand.
The candle, which has since become a high-priced collector's item, now goes for more than $700 online after selling out through Goop.
'This was potentially the greatest thing anyone had ever done, and everyone at Private Function was beyond impressed,' guitarist Lauren Hester said in an Instagram video Wednesday, May 21. 'We immediately tried to buy one, but due to the overwhelming demand, it sold out instantly.'
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Undeterred, the band commissioned a French perfumer to analyze and replicate the candle's scent. The result was infused into a special 'Goopy' edition of the vinyl, which went for $150 AUD (about $96 USD) before quickly selling out.
'$700 USD dollars to smell Gwyneth Paltrow's vagina is quite frankly classist,' Hester said. 'We at Private Function think that every working class person deserves to have access to the smell 24 hours a day.'
This isn't the group's first unconventional vinyl release. Their 2022 album, '370HSSV 0773H,' was pressed with the band members' urine sealed inside. A previous release featured vinyl embedded with bags of white powder.
In March, Private Function joined Green Day and AFI, two Bay Area punk veterans, on the Australian leg of their stadium tour.
Fans still curious about Paltrow's fragrances can visit Goop's Marin County location at 2215 Larkspur Landing Circle. The company's former San Francisco store, located at 2121 Fillmore St., closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
