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Dark Entries or how music is transformed into scent
From the collection of Sixteen92 samples from a great swap with @IceMachine, I deliberately picked Dark Entries Extrait de Parfum for my first test. The reason is my musical preference for Bauhaus, as Dark Entries is the title of one of their songs.
I am very surprised. And contemplative. I wanted to like the scent and at least find it interesting.
It becomes clear to me through my nose that there are apparently people who experience the music of Bauhaus in the same way I experience this scent. That is an uncomfortable feeling.
For me, the scent is also very uncomfortable, sweet-dusty, bitter-nutty-sticky, sweet-stinky-uncanny. And unbearable.
Looking at the notes, I recognize the honey, which brings the sweetness. I associate the night-blooming flowers with the uncanny, the herbs with the bitterness, and the candle wax with the stickiness.
Brutal was 'the second opinion', which sounded something like this:
“What is THAT? Marzipan with sweat? It smells like something people don’t like! It’s in our spinal cord, just like spoiled food, we know that immediately! Get out of here with that sh*t, I don’t want to sh*t in my bed!”
The thought that the music of Bauhaus could be experienced in such a way makes me feel alone. For me, it is wonderful, hypnotic, soothing, or electrifying; I feel at home with it.
I had hoped that the perfume would evoke similar feelings, but they are entirely different.
What I find interesting about the scent are these associative insights and the considerations of why the perfumer turned the song into exactly this scent.
Some people will like Dark Entries Extrait de Parfum, then perhaps listen to the song and feel everything exactly the opposite...
Once again, it becomes clear that music and scents are a matter of individual taste, music AS scent perhaps even more so.
The thought of another skin test sends shivers down my spine.
First, listen to Bauhaus now, but not Dark Entries...
Pardon my French! And thank you for reading.
I am very surprised. And contemplative. I wanted to like the scent and at least find it interesting.
It becomes clear to me through my nose that there are apparently people who experience the music of Bauhaus in the same way I experience this scent. That is an uncomfortable feeling.
For me, the scent is also very uncomfortable, sweet-dusty, bitter-nutty-sticky, sweet-stinky-uncanny. And unbearable.
Looking at the notes, I recognize the honey, which brings the sweetness. I associate the night-blooming flowers with the uncanny, the herbs with the bitterness, and the candle wax with the stickiness.
Brutal was 'the second opinion', which sounded something like this:
“What is THAT? Marzipan with sweat? It smells like something people don’t like! It’s in our spinal cord, just like spoiled food, we know that immediately! Get out of here with that sh*t, I don’t want to sh*t in my bed!”
The thought that the music of Bauhaus could be experienced in such a way makes me feel alone. For me, it is wonderful, hypnotic, soothing, or electrifying; I feel at home with it.
I had hoped that the perfume would evoke similar feelings, but they are entirely different.
What I find interesting about the scent are these associative insights and the considerations of why the perfumer turned the song into exactly this scent.
Some people will like Dark Entries Extrait de Parfum, then perhaps listen to the song and feel everything exactly the opposite...
Once again, it becomes clear that music and scents are a matter of individual taste, music AS scent perhaps even more so.
The thought of another skin test sends shivers down my spine.
First, listen to Bauhaus now, but not Dark Entries...
Pardon my French! And thank you for reading.
Updated on 11/28/2024
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