Scentless Apprentice
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"Scentless Apprentice" is a song by Nirvana featured in "Through the Looking Glass". It was played in Jack's car on his way to the memorial of the late John Locke.
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Lyrics
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Like most babies smell like butter | ” |
Episode
The lyrics that are actually audible in "Through the Looking Glass" are:
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Like most babies smell like butter | ” |
Cultural References
"Scentless Apprentice" is based on the German novel The Perfume, by Patrick Süskind. Published in 1985, the novel tells the story of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, a boy born without body odour but with a heightened sense of smell. Grenouille grows up to be a perfume apprentice, and uses perfume to mask his lack of odour. He also becomes a murderer, stealing the smells of his female victims in his quest to create a human odour for himself. More recently, the source material was filmed as Perfume: The Story of a Murderer.
In a 1993 MuchMusic interview, Cobain claimed that his copy of Perfume almost never left his pocket. Cobain said he related to Grenouille's alienation and lack of humanity.
External links
- Wikipedia - "Scentless Apprentice"
