What Makes This Song Great? "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Nirvana
Hanna was mocking Cobain because his then-girlfriend, Tobi Vail (Bikini Kill’s drummer), wore Teen Spirit , a popular deodorant marketed to teenage girls. She meant he literally smelled like her deodorant. Nirvana Smells Like
Cobain, who didn't know the brand existed, thought the phrase was a poetic, revolutionary slogan about the anarchist spirit of youth. He loved it so much he called Hanna six months later to ask if he could use it as a lyric. The Sound of Revolution What Makes This Song Great
Later that night, while Cobain slept, Hanna scrawled across his apartment wall with a Sharpie. Tobi Vail (Bikini Kill’s drummer)