Which product is made up?

HubSpot MarketingAbout 1 min readAug 28, 2025Watch original
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Key Concepts:

  • Novelty marketing
  • Brand extension
  • Product launch
  • IKEA meatball candle
  • Cheetos perfume
  • Colgate lasagna (alleged)

IKEA's Meatball Candle

In 2021, IKEA launched a Swedish meatball-scented candle. This was done to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their loyalty program. The candle was explicitly designed to smell like IKEA's signature Swedish meatballs.

Cheetos' Cheese-Scented Perfume

Cheetos created and distributed a perfume that smelled like cheese puffs. The perfume was named "Cheeto."

The Alleged Colgate Lasagna

In the 1980s, Colgate supposedly released a line of frozen meals, including lasagna. The meals were not mint-flavored. Despite photos circulating online, there is no concrete evidence to confirm the existence of Colgate lasagna.

The Lie Detector Game and Conclusion

The video presents a "lie detector" game, challenging viewers to identify the fake product among the meatball candle, cheese-scented perfume, and frozen lasagna. The frozen lasagna is revealed to be the fake product. The video concludes by questioning the sanity of the CEOs behind the real products (IKEA's candle and Cheetos' perfume).

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