Who Knew that "Smells Like Teen Spirit" refers to a deodorant

[MineralMan]

marketed to teens? I did not know that, but here it is:

[rzemanfl]

1. I knew that. Culturally complete. That's me. n/t

[MineralMan]

3. But I'm old, see, so I don't have those references.

I do, however, have Google, which answered the question, "What does teen spirit really smell like?" with the correct information. And there I was with a completely different idea. Back in my day, deodorants were very few. And none, I'm sure, smelled like "Pink Crush."

[rzemanfl]

6. I'm old and remember TRIG, the deodorant Sarah Palin named a kid

after. Roll on deodorant and axillary hair don't play well together, yet it was "especially designed for men."

[MineralMan]

8. I remember Arrid, and one called King's Men.

But, see, I just used Dial soap and called it good.

[rzemanfl]

10. I worked for Kroger when I was young and saw them all. n/t

[MicaelS]

13. I remember James Bond 007 cologne. n/t

[underpants]

2. All I know is that it totally turned around and saved music

We were fans since “Bleach” which they made for about $800. Pre-Dave Grohl.

The first time a friend of mine heard Teen Spirit on the local all powerful ROCK station he actually yelled out “OH THANK GOD!!!”

[snpsmom]

4. I did. n/t

[mr_lebowski]

5. I definitely knew that, got the reference immediately on the songs release ... (nt)

[TwilightZone]

7. Kurt Cobain didn't.

"Cobain came up with the song's title when his friend Kathleen Hanna, at the time the lead singer of the riot grrrl band Bikini Kill, wrote "Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit" on his wall.[5][6] Hanna meant that Cobain smelled like the deodorant Teen Spirit, which his then-girlfriend Tobi Vail wore. Cobain said he was unaware of the deodorant until months after the single was released, and had interpreted it as a revolutionary slogan, as they had been discussing anarchism and punk rock."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smells_Like_Teen_Spirit#Origins_and_recording

[MineralMan]

9. Interesting story.

[happybird]

11. They had horrible commercials that played frequently

Most teenagers and 20-somethings probably got the reference. I was a junior in hs at the time and my friends and I got it right away, thought it was funny.

That song always annoyed me because it sounded like Peace Frog was coming on:
"Ahh! ... Oh. Again. Sigh."

[MineralMan]

12. My high school years were 1959-63. We had none of that stuff.

Somehow, though, we managed to survive our teens. There was even considerable mingling of boys and girls, despite the lack of modern antiperspirants and the like. There weren't that many products targeting teens, either. Clearasil, of course, but for things like deodorants, etc., we all tended to use products for adults, and our choices were limited.

I do remember the introduction of panty hose, though. Before that, girls wore garter belts and nylons. We didn't care. We didn't know any better at the time. Somehow, we managed, though. My steady girlfriend liked Mennen Skin Bracer aftershave on me, which I no doubt overused. She wore White Shoulders, as I remember, and switched to Jungle Gardenia as a senior.

[Harker]

14. That's pretty mundane

compared with what my imagination had come up with.

[MineralMan]

15. Indeed.