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Fortune 500, Irony 0

I was reading Fortune today because there was a copy in the men's room where I work. It was the Fortune 500 issue, which had a few articles about Wal-Mart (including a feature about the "Saturday Morning Meeting," which somehow simultaneously humanizes the company AND makes it seem even more like an Orwellian surveillance nightmare). But this isn't a Wal-Mart post.

There was a section of "wacky" facts about some of the Fortune 500 companies. Stupid stuff like "Rupert Murdoch considered himself a socialist when he attended Oxford." But this jumped out at me:

Product Launches You May Not Have Heard About
Aramis, a division of Estee Lauder (#346) is proud to announce Donald Trump: The Fragrance. The gold-topped scent has a masculine "blend of select green and aromatic notes."

Yes, that Trump certainly does have problems marketing himself. How would anyone possibly have found out about this product?

Also, would someone please tell me what it means when something smells "green"?