First off, thanks so much to everyone who came out for NYC's io9 meet up. It was a blast. Second, you people have terrible handwriting, your grade school teacher would be ashamed. It took me days to decipher some of these scribbled notes on the Trek perfumes.

Anyway, on to the smell tests.

Red Shirt (For Him):

"Because tomorrow may never come."

Smells like the death of 1,000 bugs. -Lassus

It's......radi........ation - Charlie Jane

Smells like a lady lady - Matt

More manly than Kirk - Soup?

Smells like axe for nerds.

Because it shares the same bottle as old spice. (I don't know what this means either)

They smell like my college's math department on a special occasion, such as Pi day. - Liz Weinbloom

Pon Farr (For Her):

"Drive Him Crazy"

Smells like Vulcans were driven mad every 7 years by cheap medicine perfume knockoffs? -Lassus

Pon Farr - The smell of sweaty Vulcan in heat, after bathing in cheap cologne, WTF? - Annalee

Pon Farr smells like the bathroom soap at middle school.

Pon Farr smells like what I use to clean off my counter top.

My hands smell like space-whore. (I think this one was for Pon Farr).

Although it brought me to the city on the edge of forever, it still smells like CK1. -Mcs212

Smells like a dragon fart - Annalee

Lilacs bought at Target.

Tiberius (For Him):

"Boldly Go"

I will boldly go where many may have smelled and give Tiberius my vote for best.

The smell of victory...not - Annalee

This smells like my high school prom - Josh B.

It smells like a manly lady. - Matt

A bit too floral for Kirk - Soup

The tears of Elaan of Troilus have poisoned the captain! We've got to risk implosion! All I ask is a tall ship... - Charlie Jane

Not so manly... it's too floral

Something from Yankee Candle

These. Are. Awful.

For more information on the collective smells, and where to purchase the, check out Genki.

Nothing says hot sex like a man who smells like Captain Kirk's middle name - which I assume may actually smell like day old dirty sheets.

I especially enjoy the Red Shirt ad, which asks you to "Put Yourself In The Line Of Fire." While I don't really want to smell like impending messy death, I'm certainly going to pour it all over my loud as hell neighbors, and hope for the best. The cologne is made for, "the young modern man of the galaxy who doesn't hesitate and revels in being alive TODAY."

The smells are manufactured by Genki, Pon Farr seems to be the only perfume for ladies, and it supposedly smells like blackcurrant, lotus blossom and water lily, lovely. Enjoy the clever ads and the new sneak peek at Pon Farr.

First, check out the Diamond Toys Star Trek classic figure bobble heads that we spied at New York's Toy Fair, along with what we believe are GoAnimate versions of Spock and Kirk. They're adorable from the tips of their ears to the accessories.

But we're even more curious about the Star Trek cosmetic developments. Genki Wear is delivering us things we never even knew we wanted: Star Trek perfumes. The three different types of scents are called "Tiberius," "Red Shirt" and "Pon Farr" according to E Online:

"Tiberius," in honor of James Kirk's middle name; "Pon Farr," touted as the Klingon version of "Passion"; and "Red Shirt," named after the poor, red-shirted souls who never survive the episode.

While the idea is creative, I want to meet the poor bastard that thinks wearing "Red Shirt" about town is a good idea. Not to mention the idiot who thinks "Pon Farr" has something to do with Klingon lovin'.

The goal of the game is to fire enough lasers, torpedoes and missiles to damage your opponents' ships. If you do enough damage, you can warp off the map and return with...a bigger ship! With more weapons! It's actually a scaled-up version of the out-of-print game Silent Death by Iron Crown Enterprises (I managed to track down a copy).





Silent Death is usually played as a two-player game, with each player commanding a squadron of small ships. The Red Shirt crew throws down old-school every now and then, but the larger-scale AstroSmash game (Up to 12 can play at one time) is a convention highlight for anyone who plays. ICE offers the large scale ships as resin models for $15 each, just in case you wanted to host your own AstroSmash party.





Red Shirt Games really brings the sci-fi to these events; In addition to all the space combat of AstroSmash, they also run Injurious Games, a 'Mech vs. 'Mech battle game (with a rather odd name, to be honest) that can also involve alien spiders and mutant space marines. One of their most popular events is the "Keep What You Kill" battle: You show up, the Red Shirts show you how to play, you and an opponent duke it out, and any 'Mechs you destroy during the game, you take home with you. That's pretty freakin' awesome.