Favorite fragrance and music?

Strangely I think my fragrance taste matches my music taste.

I've never thought about it before, but I'm into the more flam-
boyant gay iconic and colorfull artists like: Cyndi Lauper; Grace
Jones; Madonna; Boy George; RuPaul and so forth.

At the same time, I love bombastic frags like all kinds of Poison;
Hot Couture de Givenchy; heavy Chanels pour Femme; Égoïste;
Dolce Vita; Dior Addict ... you get the picture!

Funny thought .... but, yeah, my music matches my frags!

I guess that in many ways my frag tastes match my musical taste too:

I love mainly conservative, even Old-School, rather formal and slightly anachronistically antiquated fragrances, in line with the most classic and no-nonsense, yet not generic citrus, chypre, powerhouse, herbal-woody-spicy or leathery frags: I just love, among others, Chanel pour Monsieur, Eau Sauvage, Knize Ten, most Acqua di Parma scents, several Creeds, including BDP, REL and OV, YSL Rive Gauche PH and many more of such timeless treats

in music, I tend to prefer the same conservatism, showing a strong liking towards anything classical, symphonic, even Baroque and Renaissance musical pieces, occasionally complemented by classic rock and oldies in general, some jazz, ambiental, New Age, sythpop and trance rhythms, however, the "deliberately antiquated" part tends to prevail

Ok Doc! I'm convinced that I would make an excellent sort of field study for a graduating psychiatrist, there are layers of mental oddities found in my brain that I'm sure would stump some people (OCD, ADD, NVLD,etc. Not to mention my brother who has a wicked case of Tourette's plus Bipolar Disorder). I really don't think there is any underlying pattern to my fragrance tastes and my musical tastes, perhaps other than that I tend to find my musical sweet spot somewhere between the depths of underground urban music (hip-hop and r&b) and the mainstream. While I enjoy listening to the radio for it's instantly recognizable fluff and catchiness, I spend the vast majority of my time enjoying music that you could say bubbles underneath the mainstream surface. I guess, simply put, I appreciate the complexity and substance that the underground provides me, but tend to gravitate towards underground artists that still have a talent for writing songs. I also used to play trombone for many years, so while I don't spend much time anymore listening to jazz, big band and the like, I still have an ear for traditional symphonic music, and often break down melodies and beats when listening to music, and from time to time still definitely enjoy me some symphonic or jazz music (Chick Corea's Spain is one my absolute most favorite songs of all time). I guess the same applies to my fragrance tastes, in that I appreciate the ability to make likable fragrances but prefer that applied in a more artistic, unique way that niche seems to provide for me.

Even though I am well into middle age, my fragrance tastes run toward the adolescent, in particular with my love of gourmands. That being said I do love me some musks, Orientals, woods, citrus and spices. Less so green and chypre fragrances. Florals are probably my least favorite fragrances. My musical tastes are similarly a little on the young side, with my preferences being for indie and alternative rock, with sprinklings of pop and some classic rock from my youth thrown in for good measure. For instance, I can see pairing my current obsession, Purple Patchouli, with The Secret Machines. Or Pink Sugar with Lady Gaga. I think The Smashing Pumpkins would go well with C16 layered with Montale's Vanille Absolu. Oh I could go on and on with this....

My favorite fragrances are usually rich, heavy soliflores, florals, florientals, orientals, and floral chypres, nearly all of them niche or older designers. Favorite notes include tuberose, jasmine, cardamon, clove, civet, castoreum, civet, and oakmoss. Least favorite genres are citrus, aquatics, and heavily powdery fragrances ( the latter spoils trouble many fragrances I might otherwise enjoy ). Trouble notes are calone, synthetic wood notes, soapy notes, mint, and some renditions of vanilla.

I listed to a lot of modern indie rock and recently, some synthpop too. I also enjoy a number of bands from the '60s and bands from today that sound that way. I'm very into modern classical, particularly 1890-1950 or so in music, Stravinsky, Messiaen, R. Strauss, and Schoenberg rating among my favorite composers.

Hmmm.. well for summer I enjoy light, slightly sweet fragrances and I don't mind much whether they be fruity or green. BUT they have to have a little bit of spice or else they always seem to be too floaty or airy for me. For winter I like rustic, dark, syrupy fragrances. There's a lot of exceptions though, so I guess as long as it's made well I may end up liking it.

As for music.. well I pretty much enjoy anything with emotion or atmosphere. My music to some "normal" person may be boring but to me could either be unbelievably gorgeous or achingly sad. My main genres of choice are Trance, Ambient, World, Reggae, Modern Classical, Black Metal (pretty much all variants except for the exceedingly raw stuff), Post Rock, Shoegaze, Dream Pop, Alternative Rock, Folk, etc. I'm up to 48 genres on my iPhone after I fixed everything.. that way when people look through my stuff they can just go by genre and not have to ask me "What the hell is this?" in response to Uatr Borvuatre Zuerkle Droer or Blood on Concrete.

I would like to dedicate a song here related to all those "unknown" labels:

I like Justin Bieber, and Curve Crush really does it for me.

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This is going to be a hard one to answer. There isn't much rhyme or reason to my musical or fragrance taste. I can say I don't gravitate toward heavy gourmands and sweet fragrances, which to me equate with the robot-voiced pop that record companies endlessly churn out for the top 40 stations. That relationship only exists in my head, though, and I know many Basenoters love sweeter scents but certainly don't appreciate crappy pop.

Other than that, I like rock (not too heavy or dark), jazz (particularly bop and latin), blues, classical (post-baroque, please), some indie (but not the stuff that goes too far off the deep end), ambient-ish stuff, and to as lesser extent, jam bands and bluegrass. The overarching quality is...quality, I guess. I need to be able to discern some sort of songwriting or musical talent, and the music needs to be pleasant to hear on some level. You know what I mean: limited hollering, limited random noises or other grating qualities. Some musicians try so hard to be cutting edge that their output is groan-worthy. That's what I try to avoid.

Along the same lines, when thinking about fragrances, my tastes don't follow much of a discernible pattern. The main criteria are: 1) Do I want to wear this? 2) Will I get sick of it? 3) How's the quality? 4) Does it express some creativity on the part of the perfumer, without being a novelty trick? Result: I like greens, citrus, woods, leather, spices, cyphres, and synthetics if done very well, all with very limited amounts of sweetness.

I used to think about this quite a bit.
I prefer orientals, certain gourmands, and florals enriched with animalics or aldehydes. My faves are either reforms or no older than late 1990's.

I love classic rock, like Led Zeppelin, The Who, Rush, Steely Dan. I love the blues, Johnny Lang, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, SRV, and grunge-era Mother Love Bone, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam. I also love the Baroque period.

Maybe the connection is stuff that has withstood the test of time, and stuff that is modern but not trendy.

I'm not huge into vintage, many straight florals are hard for me to wear (and uninteresting to me, anyway), not overly interested in chypres, and def not into fruits or greens. There are of course exceptions to everything.
I don't care for much of any mainstream music offered currently (not chomping at the bit to try new fume releases), and not interested in seeking out indie artists (or trying niche lines.)

I guess Led Zeppelin is my Hypnotic Poison, the one who has been with me the longest, through thick and thin.
No. 22 and Tabac Blond are my blues, they just feel so good every time.
Kelly Caleche is Soundgarden's Slaves and Bulldozers, a song I heard for the first time just last week! Why am I just now finding out about this?

Fragrances: all things OAKMOSS

Music: Everything interesting excluding heavy metal.

My favourite perfumes are mainly citrus based, or the aromatic citrus mixes.
As for music I love the 80's synth based bands, I also listen to loads of rock groups that are not too heavy (Bon Jovi, Heart, Def Leppard, Queen, Journey type) and can stomache most musical offerings from classical to modern. As long as it's not jazz, rapping, or the bang bang stuff you hear in night clubs, anything goes with me.

Old school frags and old school tunes - crooners, soul, disco, rock
Modern orientals/ woods - mainstream music, reggae, surface level electro, dubstep

I know there's a pattern in my fragrance choices. I like vanilla. Sandalwood and amber as well.

I am pretty sure there's not a reliable pattern in my music choices. Except I detest Schoenberg.

Very interesting thread. I am one of those people who enjoys knowing a little about a lot of things. And I like it that way. So as you might guess, my taste in both music and fragrance is very eclectic. A couple of patterns:

I often gravitate toward music and fragrance that engages my curiosity – more cerebral than sensual stuff, perhaps (think Dave Brubeck and Mozart; CdG Stephen Jones and Lutens Douce Amere). This is not to say that I don't sometimes enjoy the sensual stuff, too!

I also tend to avoid extremes, or what I would call heaviness, in music and fragrance. I don't care for the louder orientals (Opium, Youth Dew) or the big bold oudhs. And I don't enjoy listening heavy metal, ultra-twangy country music, or heavily dramatic or atonal music (some Wagner and Schoenberg, for example).

I like strong and dark fragrances more. And sometime Old-school. This is my taste: Safari For Men, Must De Cartier, Opium PH, Drakkar Noir,... But it doesn't mean that i don't wear anything else, a few fresh fragrances are that i like.
Music: Everything

My tastes are scattered all over the place, both in fragrance and music, but I'm specific about both. I like loud, obnoxious orientals like Youth Dew, Borneo 1834, Habanita and Angel, ones with something that jars a little; foul-mouthed leathers like Bandit, Cabochard, Azurée and Aramis; incense, wood and spice like Ouarzazate, Chaos and Feminité du Bois, and ones with a slightly dirty side to them, like Rochas Femme, Bal á Versailles, M/Mink, Dzing! and Le Temps d'Une Fête.

As for music, I love opera - preferably Wagner or baroque opera, especially Rameau and Lully, but I enjoy practically everything on stage. I love opera as a performance art.
I like Bach and other baroque composers, too, also as played by Wendy Carlos, which brings us to another major part of my taste; electronic music, old school EBM, synthpop and experimental, bands like Laibach, DAF, Nitzer Ebb, Front 242, The Klinik, Die Form, Clock DVA, Twice A Man and Telex.
I also listen to a very mixed lot of older jazz, chansons, exotica and schlager, Ella Fitzgerald, Josephine Baker, Edith Piaf, Ulla Billquist, Zarah Leander and Yma Sumac are favourites. Some post-punk, goth and vaguely related - Danielle Dax, The Associates, Fields of the Nephilim, Death In June, Deadbolt.
There's a huge weak spot for kitschy euro disco, too - I adore The KLF and Army Of Lovers, especially.

Hard to find correlations apart from the variety. Much of it is slightly to extremely camp and has elements of pastiche, possibly that.