“The people who gravitate toward my work want to challenge their noses. They aren’t afraid,” [perfumer James Elliot] says. In 2018, his label, Filigree & Shadow, released Sui Generis, which has notes of bubble gum, rose, leather and the drug methamphetamine and is inspired by the ’80s New York nightclub Danceteria and the heavy metal style of the band the Plasmatics.
— Read more in These Perfumes Come With Notes of Blood, Latex and Floorboards: For a growing number of fragrance fans, smelling singular is more important than smelling good at The New York Times.
While I can admire creative people and the folks who support them I’ll admit I really don’t understand the desire to smell bad just to be unique? And let’s be truthful, using a perfume that smells of “used underwear” or “moldy wallpaper” is off-putting. Most people are not going to compliment you for a nasty odor, they’ll probably either go 🤮 to your face or talk about you behind your back.
God help you if you tried this nonsense in a work setting! 😂 I’d have HR on speed dial.
I do keep a few perfumes that I don’t think smell “good” and I don’t wear them in public…but I enjoy smelling them. I don’t think any of them are trying to smell off putting, but say, SL Miel de Bois….I do know many people think it smells like cat piss 🙂
I am afraid, and I’m not afraid to admit it.
LOL!