By Dane
I was reading something recently on one of the forums about lists of notes. Perfumes rely on their press release to get the public excited about what it's going to smell, and the list of notes, truth be told, can easily sway me one way or the other in terms of what I'm adding to my "to try" list.
Unfortunately, most lists of notes are nothing more than a bunch of guff. I remember Comme des Garcons' press release when their "anti-scent", 53, was coming on the market. They used alluring terms like "taste of licking a battery", "dust on a light bulb", and "printer toner" to draw the crowds. Did it work? Well, years later, I still remember the notes!
More often than not though, there are a few, err, key notes that emphasize the actual smell of the fragrance, and in the case of Teen Spirit, there are two - rhubarb and musk. I could dig deep and go on about the seamless integration of "hazelnut leaf" (whatever that smells like), but frankly, Mark Buxton pulled a lazy one and reused Bertrand Duchaufour's Rhubarb theme (Comme des Garcons) and laid it over a ridiculously heavy laundry musk. It's almost as if White Linen's sparkly aldehydes were removed and replaced with a fruity purple note. Not terribly original, but not terrible smelling either.
Year: 2009
Perfumer: Mark Buxton
Notes: Hazelnut Leaf, Rhubarb, Bergamot, Seashore Accord, Red Pepper, Berry, Rose, Magnolia, Violet Wood, Sandalwood, Musk
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