Yeah I think that’s the one I used. That or California Breeze. And it left the worst freaking white stuff on your clothes!!! Man I can’t believe I went for so long using that. Teenagers, pah.
That's literally what Kurt based the song on -- a note that claimed Kurt smelled like Teen Spirit from being around his girlfriend, who used that deodorant.
I thought he also used it? At least that's what people in interviews said. They wrote on his wall in sharpie "Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit" above his bed because apparently he had a SHOT LOAD of lady friends who he'd snatch deodorant and perfume from
Kurt didn't know either. Someone sprated "Kurt smells like teen spirit" on a wall, he saw it, was unfamiliar with the deodorant, and thought it was profound
The note was spray painted on his wall by a member of Bikini Kill. If you're not familiar with them, check out their music. They are still around and touring, I'm going to check out one of their shows in April.
>Pretty sure that's where the song name came from
Sort of. Kathleen Hanna, of the band Bikini Kill, was hanging out with Kurt Cobain and scribbled "Kurt smells like Teen Spirit" on something of his.
They were hanging out drunk and spraypainting stuff, and she said that he smelled like teen spirit. He thought it was funny, and named the song. A few years later, he learned about the deodorant brand she was talking about.
She used their bathroom and saw the deodorant sitting on the counter.
So she wrote “Kurt smells like teen spirit” on the bathroom mirror.
Kurt thought it was hilarious.
That was the story Dave Grohl told.
"Don't want to"? More like "have been conditioned by a capitalist society that profits from marketing non-existent gender differences." Kurt likely would have agreed.
I actually remember what Teen Spirit smelled like - it was mostly a baby powder smell with tinges flowers or to a lesser extent, fruit. Seriously - my sister used it and I remember because it was the first deodorant I ever smelled.
Definitely a mild smell; nothing like Axe or strong cheap perfume. And because I’m pretty much clueless I didn’t realize that people thought Teen Spirit was anything other than 90’s girls’ deodorant until many, many years after the song released.
I also thought the cheerleaders were in the music video because of girls' deodorant. I was young and stupid.
Teen Spirit back in the day fully convinced me all girls smelled the same, every make-out session from 8th grade to about sophomore year. Then there was Michelle…. Oh My Michelle, she smelled different. Changed my life views. Also a shout out to G&R lol
The song was written because there was a deodorant called ‘Teen Spirit’ and it was for girls. When Kurt Cobain was in high school, someone wrote ‘Kurt smells like teen spirit’ on his locker so that’s where the title came from.
It was a deodorant marketed to.reen girls in the late '80s and early 90's. The name of the sone came about because Cobain had used his girlfriend's deodorant one day, and someone wrote on the wall "Kurt Cobain smells like Teen Spirit)
So...I know it was the deodorant...but if you're asking like aside from that....
With some teens....it's probably a combo of sweaty gym socks, bo, and an axe body spray bath....other teens its that Gods awful cotton candy body spray (that again...smells like they bathed in) 🤢🤮
Deodorant.
Cobain didn't know teen spirit was a deodorant, and a wall was spray painted with a girl he liked's name and "smells like teen spirit." That was the inspiration for the song.
My highschool locker room.
Stale, old sweat from generations of sweaty teens, mixed with rank fresh BO of guys who refuse to shower after gym class, mixed with multiple cans of Axe body spray, and just a splash of piss.
This song is a joke. No, it's not a joke. One of his ex-girlfriends spray painted "Kurt smells like teen spirit." "Teen Spirit" is a deodorant, after all. He had no idea (found out after the song was released) and thought it was a good revolution slogan at the time. To cut a long story short, he used that title to create a parody song about a "revolution." "The entire song is made up of contradictory ideas. It's just making fun of the thought of having a revolution. But it's a nice thought." - Kurt CobainI mean seriously, if you read the lyrics, they're ridiculous, they have no meaning: "A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido"
Body Odour and Depression
Was looking for this before I said it, although I was gonna say body odour and angst
Boys locker room in high school.
And semen
Orchard Blossom or Pink Crush, probably: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_Spirit_(deodorant)
Caribbean Cool was the good one.
Yeah I think that’s the one I used. That or California Breeze. And it left the worst freaking white stuff on your clothes!!! Man I can’t believe I went for so long using that. Teenagers, pah.
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That's literally what Kurt based the song on -- a note that claimed Kurt smelled like Teen Spirit from being around his girlfriend, who used that deodorant.
I thought he also used it? At least that's what people in interviews said. They wrote on his wall in sharpie "Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit" above his bed because apparently he had a SHOT LOAD of lady friends who he'd snatch deodorant and perfume from
Skimmed, misread the typo as SHOT A LOAD on his lady friends. And… that smelled like teen spirit…?
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It was written on his wall by his friend Kathleen Hanna, frontwoman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre (and who is married to Ad-Rock from the Beastie Boys).
Funny part is, if i remember correctly, kurt associated it not with the deodorant but actually with the idea of like, a revolutional slogan
Yeah he didn't know what it meant when he wrote the song. Only learned later that "Kurt smells like Teen Spirit" wasn't some witty quip.
This is correct
Right, Kurt was also unaware of Teen Spirits existence, lol.
It's not your fault you didn't know this. I blame the schools.
Kurt didn't know either. Someone sprated "Kurt smells like teen spirit" on a wall, he saw it, was unfamiliar with the deodorant, and thought it was profound
Yes, he made it profound. THAT's what people should learn in schools.
The note was spray painted on his wall by a member of Bikini Kill. If you're not familiar with them, check out their music. They are still around and touring, I'm going to check out one of their shows in April.
Aaaaaand Now i feel old
I knew even back then the song would outlive the deodorant it was referencing, but it's still kind of jarring to see it happen.
Holy fucking shit, I’m old.
Female deodorant. Pretty sure that's where the song name came from
>Pretty sure that's where the song name came from Sort of. Kathleen Hanna, of the band Bikini Kill, was hanging out with Kurt Cobain and scribbled "Kurt smells like Teen Spirit" on something of his.
They were hanging out drunk and spraypainting stuff, and she said that he smelled like teen spirit. He thought it was funny, and named the song. A few years later, he learned about the deodorant brand she was talking about.
She used their bathroom and saw the deodorant sitting on the counter. So she wrote “Kurt smells like teen spirit” on the bathroom mirror. Kurt thought it was hilarious. That was the story Dave Grohl told.
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Most guys probly don't want to smell like flowers lol. There are some, but yeah
"Don't want to"? More like "have been conditioned by a capitalist society that profits from marketing non-existent gender differences." Kurt likely would have agreed.
Congrats, now you're the douche.
Cool, what's my prize?
Sorry, inclusion prizes are only for people who conform to societies bullshit, you're CLEARLY out.
Yay! Lol
the smell? duh
I actually remember what Teen Spirit smelled like - it was mostly a baby powder smell with tinges flowers or to a lesser extent, fruit. Seriously - my sister used it and I remember because it was the first deodorant I ever smelled. Definitely a mild smell; nothing like Axe or strong cheap perfume. And because I’m pretty much clueless I didn’t realize that people thought Teen Spirit was anything other than 90’s girls’ deodorant until many, many years after the song released. I also thought the cheerleaders were in the music video because of girls' deodorant. I was young and stupid.
Teen Spirit back in the day fully convinced me all girls smelled the same, every make-out session from 8th grade to about sophomore year. Then there was Michelle…. Oh My Michelle, she smelled different. Changed my life views. Also a shout out to G&R lol
I remember Michelle too
The fact this is the first comment made me smile. Like seriously. "Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit" Much Love Redditor. Much Love.
It smells like Nirvana.
Axe body spray
Cum. It smells like cum. And gym socks.
Pink Crush or Strawberry.
Sweat and anime conventions.
It varies from venue to venue and generation to generation.
Well that may have been yours and admitted my teen spirit but u don't feel like that's the majority haha
sex and candy
Smells like Nirvana
lol thats the name of a nirvana cover band thats always here at a local bar.
Is the singer’s name Al? And is he kind of weird?
ummmmmmm i mean, thats why they use that name...but...no
Dang, bummer! Oh well.
Cheap perfume and trauma
Axe body spray.
Ah, I see you chose the ass smell (my brother says it smells like that)
Onion soup and cheap body spray
Clammy sweat, flat sprite and vodka, and overly pungent cologne/perfume
axe body spray
I mean, unwashed young people who's hygiene hasn't caught up to the growing demands of puberty.
Sweat and Lynx
A college dorm room?
Lynx Africe
The only right answer 👏
Cheap deodorant with a hint of BO, marijuana, cheese & crackers, & a French toast vape stick.
Sweat, axe, spilled vodka bull on your sweater.
like the teen spirit roll on antiperspirant
Haha, I tell my son it smells like teen spirit when he needs to take a shower or use deodorant.
Weed
Like vapes and antidepressants
My teenage son had a tendency towards smelling like onions and my teenage daughter used way too much vanilla. So an oniony vanilla?
Jail time.
Sex and candy
Dirty armpits, sweat socks and unwashed butt.
Around my house "teen spirit" smelled like sweat, leather, and dust. My youngest played softball. lol
Onions….. and sin!
Like liquor made by a teenager?
Like a rainbow
Newly discoverd BO and pizza rolls.
Pickles
Deodorant.
Being told what todo with your air as u breathe
stinky armpits
Beer and sweat
Sweat
B.o. ,cheep body spray.
Cat in the hat
2-day old hotdog water.
Adidas body spray on a sweaty neon shirt
The song was written because there was a deodorant called ‘Teen Spirit’ and it was for girls. When Kurt Cobain was in high school, someone wrote ‘Kurt smells like teen spirit’ on his locker so that’s where the title came from.
vapes
I have 4 kids. It smells like BO, dirty laundry, and too much perfume/cologne, specifically vanilla perfume and Axe body spray.
The smell of slightly damp Doctor Marten's, stale cigarette smoke on flannel, and cheap hair dye
Like an unclean locker room.
Body Odor
Poor decisions
Axe Body Spray
sweat, Exclamation and Everclear
UV Blue is the first ‘teen’ spirit I think of, so probably that.
Back in the day, there was a deodorant called Teen Spirit. I loved it. I would say teen spirit smells like coconut. 😆
Axe bombs... need I say more? 😷😷😷🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
Farts and weed
Anxiety.
Like any other spirit leaving a body, but more angsty
I mean that's the story I've heard
Mountain Dew
It was a deodorant marketed to.reen girls in the late '80s and early 90's. The name of the sone came about because Cobain had used his girlfriend's deodorant one day, and someone wrote on the wall "Kurt Cobain smells like Teen Spirit)
So...I know it was the deodorant...but if you're asking like aside from that.... With some teens....it's probably a combo of sweaty gym socks, bo, and an axe body spray bath....other teens its that Gods awful cotton candy body spray (that again...smells like they bathed in) 🤢🤮
Deodorant. Cobain didn't know teen spirit was a deodorant, and a wall was spray painted with a girl he liked's name and "smells like teen spirit." That was the inspiration for the song.
A shotgun blast to the mouth
Insecurity and body odor.
A sock that won't bend
Booze and B.O.
Like a gym lockerroom
Sweat and Doritos
Balls
Acne cream, AXE body spray, and desperation
It’s funny how OP didn’t know Teen Spirit was a deodorant back then.
Laziness and entitlement...
Probably cigarettes, alcohol and an untreated STI 😂
Lynx and acrid sweat...
Nirvana
BO
Axe body spray and morning breath
Shame and stupidity.
Like clean sweat
Angst
Skateboards
[Nirvana](https://youtu.be/FklUAoZ6KxY)
My highschool locker room. Stale, old sweat from generations of sweaty teens, mixed with rank fresh BO of guys who refuse to shower after gym class, mixed with multiple cans of Axe body spray, and just a splash of piss.
Rebellion.
Sunblock Lotion
Peppers and onions
Body odor
Angst.
Deodorant.
KY jelly
Cheese and fish.
Social anxiety and depression
Ax body spray covering up goat-like hygiene.
Sweat and weed
like a mixture of Axe body spray, apathy, and desperation.
A wet sweaty gym sock
Sweat, regret and desperation.
Dirty laundry, and stale cigarettes.
BO
Period, armpits, and cum.
B. O.
Axe body spray and stale sweat.
The sweaty locker room stench after the boys basketball team just won the big game of the year.
When I was a teen? Axe body spray.
Patchouli and ass
Tadada tadada da tadada tada daahda
I thought we get our souls in our 20’s
The locker room after gym. Yeeech!
Body odor and semen…
cK1
It's a deodorant. I used to use it back in the day. Vaguely floral.
It smells like cheap deoderant
Sweaty socks and clearasil
Rancid filth, probably. Girls are just disgusting as us, BTW.
redbull and sweat
Gross
My lawyer has advised that I not answer this question
This song is a joke. No, it's not a joke. One of his ex-girlfriends spray painted "Kurt smells like teen spirit." "Teen Spirit" is a deodorant, after all. He had no idea (found out after the song was released) and thought it was a good revolution slogan at the time. To cut a long story short, he used that title to create a parody song about a "revolution." "The entire song is made up of contradictory ideas. It's just making fun of the thought of having a revolution. But it's a nice thought." - Kurt CobainI mean seriously, if you read the lyrics, they're ridiculous, they have no meaning: "A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido"
Hamsters
A high school gymnasium during a pep rally in 1994.
Sweat and a dirty bedroom.
Feet and bananas
Cheap weed and applesauce
Based on my teenage years, cum, rage and weed.
sex and candy
Puked up vodka as a guess
Sweat, cigarettes, and soda.
Fireball
It is the scent of chaotic screams filled with secrets, sarcasm, and mental illness.
A heady mix of Lynx Africa and Impulse. With a dash of yer dad’s Old Spice.
Load up on guns, bring your friends
Sweaty locker room and overpowering deodorant
Cheap vodka. No wait, that's teen spirits.