does anyone know the complete meaning of "smells like teen spirit"???`

@ankush19 (154)
India
December 14, 2009 2:49am CST
Hi guys, you all might have heard the most famous song of nirvana..SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT.. I love that song but i don't exactly understand its full meaning when kurt sings "my libido" n stuff.. Can anyone just enlighten me on what the true meaning of the song is???
2 responses
• Philippines
14 Dec 09
Teen spirit is a brand of deodorant for girls. When he wrote this, Kurt smelled this roll-on deodorant.
• United States
21 Dec 09
cute one, but known Kurt it had its own special meaning.
@SkylerD (85)
• United States
18 Jun 10
As it has ben said, teen spirit is a ladies deodorent, but kurt didnt find this out untill after he wrote the song. If you've listened to any of his interviews or read any of his journals you'd know that kurt for the most part didnt put alot of thinking into his lyric writing. In my opinion thats what made him a genious. A great number of his songs were written in the studio between recording sessions. Im not trying to take away the impact of his songs. Kurts intent was to let the listeners make their own story out of the song, in a way, giving them the power to chose how impactful it is. If you realy want to figure out the meaning try anaizing it for yourself. If some of it seems like nonsence, then maybe that was all it realy was to kurt. If you want a good example listen to the song "tourettes", many people say there are lyrics, others say hes just screaming into a microphone.