The Ghost in the Shell Etat Libre d'Orange 2021

The uncanny valley as a scent. Clean and skinlike at first sniff with an offputting accord which makes it smell artificial, like something imitating the scent of a human. The combination of yuzu and lactonic notes smells exactly like curdled milk on my skin, which eventually gives way to a soapier drydown. Deeply disturbing throughout- I want to say that I hate it, but it's more like the feeling of chills running down your spine when you see something utterly wrong and barely comprehensible. The scent isn't hard to describe, yet it's impossible to convey just how unsettling it is without smelling it; whatever it is, it's not human, and it definitely isn't alive.