Fat Electrician Etat Libre d'Orange 2009

First association with the title: construction debris, metal, and plastic cables. Not necessarily what you would want to have clinging to you. I find that many notes do not reflect what the perfume actually smells like. I must honestly say that I am really positively surprised. To say it upfront, part of the name is really reflected in the scent. At first, I like it the most. I think it smells like milk. But rather fresh, natural, and not vanilla-like. Maybe a bit peppery, but those are really just small accords. It doesn’t take long, and the scent on my skin transforms into an unusual fragrance. Something metallic, balsamic, and indefinable. Now that I think about it, it does have the smell of rubber or plastic. But somehow in a pleasant way. I can hardly describe what it really is; it has a toy-like quality, nostalgic in a way. The name doesn’t seem so badly chosen after all. Metal and rubber somehow create a conduit or a cable. Despite the unusual scent composition, it is a wearable fragrance. The fragrance pyramid only mentions woody-spicy, which for me is not quite the realistic representation. The scent is rather creamy with woody undertones. Frankincense is well discernible in the middle part, but it is not what defines the fragrance. For me, the milky note that hovers permanently in the background is a main aspect. This note also makes the fragrance wearable. Together with the “cable” scent, the combination is interesting and makes the fragrance quite unique. An unusual new discovery, for which I might consider buying a 10ml bottle. Definitely something completely different.