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10 perfumes and the songs that inspired them… (or were inspired by them)

1. CHANEL GARDENIA

Chanel‘s fragrance was inspiration for a song composed by Eddie Barclay entitled ‘Gardenia de Chanel’… and it’s almost as dreamlike as the fragrance.

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2. GORILLA PERFUMES

This ‘creamy, layered scent’ by Lush Cosmetics was inspired by the songs of Clem Snide, Massive Attack and Radiohead.

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3. DS & DURGA DEBASER

This perfume was inspired by the song of the same name by alternative rock group, The Pixies. Said to encapsulate ‘the wild shrill of Black Francis coming through the radio in the August heat’.

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 4. GEZA SCHOEN BASS

For a project called Ephemera by Unsound, the nose Geza Schoen created three fragrances, all olfactory interpretations of the electronic audio material supplied by three EDM artists. Bass was inspired by a Kode-9 track.

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ephemera.probe.03 from MFO on Vimeo.

 5. ODE BY GUERLAIN

Eddie Barclay got his instruments out for this beautiful vintage fragrance by Guerlain and produced an ‘Ode de Guerlain’.

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 6. GORILLA PERFUMES THE BUG

For The Bug, Simon Constantine of Gorilla, was inspired by surveillance culture and the dubstep song of the same name by Magnetic Man.

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7. TAYLOR SWIFT WONDERSTRUCK

Taylor was inspired by her song ‘Enchanted’ when creating Wonderstruck, she wrote the lyric ’I’m wonderstruck, blushing all the way home’ for the song, about the first time you meet someone.

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 8. GEZA SCHOEN DRONE

Another that Geza produced for the Ephemera project was interpreted from a Tim Hecker track.

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ephemera.probe.02 from MFO on Vimeo.

9. SCENTLESS APPRENTICE BY NIRVANA

Now, although this isn’t actually a perfume, it was inspired by the book Perfume by Patrick Süskind. Kurt Cobain wrote ‘He was born scentless and senseless, He was born a scentless apprentice’ referring to the main character in the book.

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10.  QUEEN BY PERFUME GENIUS

Ok so, you got us: this one isn’t actually a perfume either. But… It is our favourite track by Perfume Genius. And it’s an awesome video (and plus he’s a genius!) so we’re letting this one slip…

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 Happy listening perfumistas!

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