Warm Bulb Clue Perfumery 2023

Electric caramelisation. Imagine sprinkling raw sugar atop an antique Edison bulb. It’s got a vintage sort of buzz to it; there’s a lovely “dusty” accord, very reminiscent of an old museum archive. (I also get a similar dustiness in my beloved Bibliotheque by Byredo). This is hot librarian Evie in the 1999 cinematic masterpiece, The Mummy, starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. Wry, curious, endearingly prim. Absolutely insane to engineer such a singular, unique scent as that of a crackling light bulb – then ever-so-measuredly candy it with amber and vanilla – into something you’d crave to waft all day. It’s a bit too atmospheric for me to want to wear regularly, but the tester kit is worth it for this experience alone.

Mental Snapshot: An eccentric archivist. Tweed, pin-curls, tortoiseshell cat-eyes. Smart as a whip, strange as the moon. They oversee the Belle Epoque exhibit. The one with all the ruffled silks and crystal chandeliers. You swear they daub pure vanilla extract on before work.

tl;dr: …warm bulb?