"Perfume" was released 10 years ago....

[jordeezy river red]

Last night, I was sitting in the bar and "Perfume" started playing. The video was on the TV. I realized it had been TEN WHOLE YEARS since this song was released. Literally, 10 years ago I was driving across country with "work bytch", "perfume" and "passenger" on repeat in my little car with my cat. I cried and cried because it was my first time moving away from home and I was moving over 1,000 miles away. "Perfume" aged so well IMO. It's Britney's last solo single while being an active artist. It has a slight 80s feel for me. Do you think this song aged well??? Does it have any nostalgic meaning for you? 

Edited November 27, 2023 by Y2Gay jordeezy

[Kiss my]

Arguably her worst ever single

[Sia]

I think the song itself is actually really pretty but it just didn't belong to Britney. I think Sia would've given it the real treatment it needed.

[Fita]

It has a nostalgic feeling and to be honest the entire Britney Jean does. But some songs like Perfume... I guess I listened way too much to this song when it came out and years later too... So I kinda can't now, I always end up skipping it. I try to listen to the dreaming mix version but still... It gives me a bad taste in my mouth because I remember how they, the label, handled kinda badly the whole era. They just stopped at Perfume. They forgot the album and just focused on the residency (which is okay but I expected more singles). But I remember when it came out it was a big thing for us that Britney was singing again in her deep tone and really using it, that part is beautiful. And that was one the first songs she would talk about in the interviews before BJ was released. Lyrically, it's really sad and... just sad. Sadly desperate. Desperately sad.

from tumblr @poisonparadise

Edited November 27, 2023 by Fita

[Ehju0901]

What bar were you in that this song would be playing lol?

Anyway, I’m not a fan of this song.  It’s too signature Sia, and has 0% Britney.

[kevin.]

i often still think of the scrapped version we never got to see. i hope one day we get these rarities.

[kevin.]

3 minutes ago, Ehju0901 said:

What bar were you in that this song would be playing lol?

Anyway, I’m not a fan of this song.  It’s too signature Sia, and has 0% Britney.

i think its by far the best on BJ imo. but thats a low bar. The dreaming mix is slightly better. 

Edited November 27, 2023 by Kevney

[TwiggyStardust]

BJ is by far the worst piece of discography to ever be associated with the Britney brand. 

[Gaydar]

I think it's a beautiful song from her vocally, it's pretty but also a bit sad and I think that's reflected in the video.

It's easily the best her vocals sound on the album across the production is really a stand out on the album.

I think she looks incredible in the video too, something about the white blonde hair on her at the time was really working.

 

I was in a transitional point in my life too when BJ came out, I had just started college and was trying to find my way.

So in a similar way I have memories and nostalgia tied to the album as a whole too.

[jordeezy river red]

32 minutes ago, Ehju0901 said:

What bar were you in that this song would be playing lol?

Anyway, I’m not a fan of this song.  It’s too signature Sia, and has 0% Britney.

A ghey bar in Phoenix AZ. They always show Britney love. They even play the scrapped Make Me video

Edited November 27, 2023 by Y2Gay jordeezy

[jordeezy river red]

We all loved it after Femme Fatale tho....yall forget we all craved a ballad at the time. 

[setlimitations]

I wish we could have Britney’s version of what BJ was suppose to be.  I think this song would have been included and I’d love to hear it as prime Britney singing it. 

[princessmimi]

Man it’s been 10 years since her LAST solo song?? 

I think this song was honestly the start of her music flopping hard.

It was a sweet ballad but not single worthy.

Also based on what I’ve observed with the music industry, it is NEVER a good idea to release a ballad as the second single because it usually ends the momentum of the lead single and flops hard.

Very rare do ballads as a second single chart high or succeed.

Usually ballads are either the 3rd or last single released, not the second one.

I just wonder whose idea was it to be a second single cause releasing that song killed the ongoing success and hype she had from the Circus and Femme Fatale era.

Her music career was never the same after that.

[Sia]

 

[SJK]

It’s a cute song, forgot about it but it’s actually the only song on BJ that I like. 

[Barmy86]

One of the only if not the best track on BJ. Maybe her best ballad after Everytime. I've had this on repeat she's so soothing in this.

[Emil87]

It’s ******* bloody awful. 
Happy birthday you old s.lut

[Oprah Winfrey.]

2 hours ago, Fita said:

It has a nostalgic feeling and to be honest the entire Britney Jean does. But some songs like Perfume... I guess I listened way too much to this song when it came out and years later too... So I kinda can't now, I always end up skipping it. I try to listen to the dreaming mix version but still... It gives me a bad taste in my mouth because I remember how they, the label, handled kinda badly the whole era. They just stopped at Perfume. They forgot the album and just focused on the residency (which is okay but I expected more singles). But I remember when it came out it was a big thing for us that Britney was singing again in her deep tone and really using it, that part is beautiful. And that was one the first songs she would talk about in the interviews before BJ was released. Lyrically, it's really sad and... just sad. Sadly desperate. Desperately sad.

from tumblr @poisonparadise

I honestly think this was one of her most gorgeous mv so sad it’s underrated

[Alleyesonus_]

Making me feel old 

[Nickey]

Time flies 

I still remember the stench pretty much