Classy Condoms or Fancy Mints?

One would think there are only so many variations of condoms out there, right? Wrong. Every week we are inundated with messages from companies touting their new, “special” condoms.

The latest rubber to grace our inbox is a luxury model from French company The Original Condom, so named by His Royal Highness the Prince Charles Emmanuel de Bourbon Parme and the Count Gil de Bizemont after research revealed that latex condoms and rubber sex related products had a vast origination and history in France. (Leave it to the French to get all snooty and superior—even when it comes to rubbers.)

The Original Condom comes in a velvet-lined black box with gold lettering, and a box of six will run you $20. According to the makers of The Original Condom, the box is designed to be displayed with pride on your nightstand. Um, okay. Because nothing turns a girl on like a pretentious box of rubbers right next to the bed? Sorry, but regardless of their packaging, we think condoms should stay tucked away and remain discreetly out of sight until the appropriate moment. Everything else is just creepy.

Besides, other than the fancy box, we’re not really sure what is so “luxury” about these particular dick wrappers. They are purportedly put through a litany of tests (pin hole tests, air burst tests, electronic water tests, aging tests and water leakage tests), but we can’t help but think that your standard Trojan is just as safe. So your condoms look like a box of After Eight mints…. is that really worth all the extra cash?