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"Scentless Apprentice" is a song by Nirvana featured in "Through the Looking Glass, Part 2". It was played in Jack's car on his way to the memorial of the late John Locke.

Lyrics[]

Like most babies smell like butter
His smell smelled like no other
He was born scentless and senseless
He was born a scentless apprentice

Go away - get away, get a-way

Every wet nurse refused to feed him
Electrolytes smell like semen
I promise not to sell your perfumed secrets
There are countless formulas for pressing flowers

Go away - get away, get a-way

I lie in the soil and fertilize mushrooms
Leaking out gas fumes are made into perfume
You can't fire me because I quit!
Throw me in the fire and I won't throw a fit

Go away - get away, get away, get away, get away, get away, get a-way


Episode[]

The lyrics that are audible in "Through the Looking Glass, Part 2" are:

Like most babies smell like butter
His smell smelled like no other
He was born scentless and senseless
He was born a scentless apprentice

Inspiration[]

"Scentless Apprentice" is based on the German novel Perfume, by Patrick Süskind. Published in 1985, the novel tells the story of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, a boy born without body odor but with an extremely heightened sense of smell. Grenouille grows up to be a perfume apprentice, and uses perfume to mask his lack of odor. He also becomes a murderer, hunting pubescent virginal girls and stealing the smells of their bodies in his quest to create a human odor for himself. In 2006, a film adaption was released, entitled, 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.


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