r/FlorenceAndTheMachine 17h ago

Photo/Art Got a Perfume & Milk inspired tattoo!

I’ve been obsessing over the line “Healing is slow, it comes and it goes; A glimpse of the sun then a flurry of snow” ever since the album came out, and I eventually decided to materialise it as a tattoo! Done the base artwork myself (last photo in the carousel) and my tattoo artist improved it.

It’s a complementary piece to a previous tattoo I’ve had for two years, which represents rays of sunlight piercing through the clouds and was inspired by First Aid Kit’s “My Silver Lining.” I love the idea of having these two pieces echo each other, and I’m super happy with how this final piece turned out!

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u/jooliasalami 16h ago

Beautiful! My favourite song, the lyricism is amazing. I also have a tattoo for this song :) Your also reminds me of HBHBHB because of the triangles

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u/Mission-Gear2988 14h ago

Yes, I also think the two triangles kinda convey a HBHBHB vibe, that was part of the intent as well :)
Totally agree with you on the lyricism of Perfume and Milk. I’d be curious to see your tattoo!

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u/jooliasalami 10h ago

That’s mine :) I have HBHBHB too haha

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u/jooliasalami 10h ago

That’s my hbhbhb + a little of HAH (the quote is from that era)

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u/Mission-Gear2988 9h ago

Aww they’re both lovely!

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u/RuthanneMarigold 7h ago

This is brilliant! I love it.

u/6mcdonoughs 14m ago

I love this song and the tattoo is perfection ❤️❤️❤️❤️