01/25/07 By SexHerald Staff
Unlike the efforts of a Ukrainian scientist who developed a musical condom with a speaker and motion sensor embedded into the condom, a Hong Kong company that manufactures designer condoms are selling their flavored condoms with an 18-minute music CD to help couples “get in the mood.”
Though the concept of making the usage of prophylactics more interesting by adding a little extra into the package is not novel—Trojan™ has been putting cockrings and other adult novelties together with their rubbers—Ondo Creation’s prettily packaged and mint, strawberry, chocolate banana-flavored condoms, with a CD mix of acid jazz, “chill out” and dance music, are selling like hotcakes.
Victor Tsang, founder of the 18-month Ondo Creation, created Idom condoms in hopes to encourage the more conservative Asians to have safe sex, who are apparently turned off by plain packaging and multi-packs. Tsang has also targeted trendier and hip stores that cater to the modern lifestyle, like bookstores, music shops and nightclubs in Hong Kong, London, Paris, Singapore, Tokyo, Stockholm and Amsterdam, instead of pharmacies and convenient stores.
With names like Exotica, Loveberry and Chocostasy gracing the Idom packages, Tsang has certainly given old rubbers a makeover—and, with an expected 30 percent increase in sales by Valentine’s Day—it seems to be more than a marketing gimmick.
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