The Week contest: Fatberg fragrance

This week's question: Scientists in Scotland have devised a method to turn "fatbergs" — foul masses of congealed fat and grease that clog up sewer systems — into pleasingly aromatic perfumes. If a parfumier were to start selling bottles of this fatberg-derived scent, what sweet-smelling name should it give the fragrance?
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RESULTS:
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THE WINNER: "Chanel No. 2"
Jesse Rifkin, Arlington, Virginia
SECOND PLACE: "J'Odor"
Julio Suarez, Plano, Texas
THIRD PLACE: "Eau Hell Neaux"
Scott Ludwig, Senoia, Georgia
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Eau de Clogged Toilette"
Mike Meredith, Bainbridge Island, Washington
"Flabergé"
Roger Lewis, Essex Junction, Vermont
"Gucci Goo"
Jeff Jerome, Northampton, Massachusetts
"Eau, de Humanity!"
Rebecca Burgan, Grass Valley, California
"inFATuation"
Ken Liebman, Williston, Vermont
"Tub Eau Lard"
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, California
"Eau de Barfum"
Steven A. Gentry, Rockford, Illinois
"Pipe Dream"
Janine Witte, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
"L'eau de Loo"
Fayne Pearson, Newport News, Virginia
"Fatchouli"
Joanne Harrington, Bloomville, New York
"Oui, Oui, Mon Sewer"
Gary Allen, Shawnee, Kansas
"L'Ard"
Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Massachusetts
"Yves Suet Laurant"
Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pennsylvania
"LipoSeduction"
Nick Jackson, Berkeley, California
"Globsession"
Barry Heller, Rolling Hills Estates, California
"Brown Diamonds"
Bill Muse, Seattle, Washington
"Eau de You Don't Wanna Know"
Dave Judelson, Winchester, Massachusetts
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