I'm so curious to know what you thought the nin albums smelled like!! that's so cool that they were similar to mine :)
also I dont know the mosssst about actual real life fragrances but I have a sample of a fig based fragrance that I love that I used as partial inspo for the fragile so I feel like it could def be used in combination with something else. Its Philosykos Eau de Parfum by Diptyque :)
Oh my god this is the first time someone's ever asked me something on here!!! Its probably gonna be a pretty long post because I actually kind of catalogue my favorite albums by smell/vibes (color,texture, all the miscellaneous things 😋).
Pretty hate machine has a very strong metallic/motor oil base note with a very strong orchid/almost fruity smelling top note. It also has some animal musk in there somewhere. There's a lot of elements of machinery with most of the lyrics dealing with sexual struggles and struggles in power dynamics, so my brain sort of concentrated on that the most 😅.
Broken smells more animal with musk, ambergris (If you've smelled it you recognize it), and its spicy and florally pungent at the top. Lipstick makes it in there when I concentrate. Tobacco also makes it in there, but it's wet??? Idk my brain is weird 🤕.
Downward spiral is so decadent, but it's so...filthy and nasty. You can feel it prickle your skin, static and ozonic. The smell of latex and cigarettes and sweat/animal notes. Amber, burnt sugar, burnt plastic/metal?? With like a warm spice (cause of the warm place) that fades slowly. It would be off-putting, but I wouldn't mind putting it on at night to ward off strangers 😄
The fragile is somehow the most polished in this shitshow?? It has oud/powdery notes (la mer and ripe with decay). It also has a static/ ozone scent, but it's more subtle than with downward spiral. It has a mineral scent that is subdued by the kind of spicy sweet fruit notes on top. I picture it smelling like this unisex cologne I stole from my mom 😂 (Its my fav scent ever, and im still searching for it)
I have to pause for With Teeth to explain what I feel when I listen to this album. It feels amazing to my ears, like actually scrumptious. It feels like when you're running a fever but your room is like 68 degrees. So you flip off all the blankets and experience total bliss before you go to sleep again. Like a balm on a wound. For that reason, I can't imagine it not smelling like menthol, but not in an unpleasant way. It's fuzzy like radio feedback, so ozone/metallic notes obvi 🙄. It has some musk, but not overpowering, and also woody/sprucy notes. This album literally feels like walking through the forest with fog in the morning. And for that, I also add amber so it cuts through the metallic/ ozone. Also, just a bit of rain smell(?? I dont know how to say that) Yes, I would wear this every day until I used the entire bottle. And I would swap it out with the fragile depending on my mood 🫡.
We're skipping right to The Slip, and for me, this scent is very masculine. It's a cologne, and it has an aromatic and fresh base note. It's smoky, with leather,tobacco, and spicy top notes. This album is so yum yum idc what anyone says 🙂↕️. I would wear it if I was feeling more masculine a certain day, or I would give it as a gift ☺️.
Unfortunately, this is my rotation with NIN, so I need to listen to their newer albums. I also need to listen to the whole of the TRON album and form my scent opinion on it. I'll post my opinion once I'm done 😇. I could talk for hours about the sensory experiences I have with music, and this was such a fun exercise in that. Thank you so much for the perfume recommendations, and if you want to talk more, we certainly can!! I did all this on the fly, but I'm sure I can find some scents that match the vibe of NIN.
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