Fat Electrician by Etat Libre d'Orange: I Guess This is Not a Joke
So when I first read this...I thought it was a clever joke on perfumistas.
But this description and scent is for real.
Seriously.
I checked the perfume blogs and no one seems to have actually sniffed it. It is unavailable in the US and appears to be limited edition.
If you have sniffed Fat Electrician...the perfume...please post your thoughts in the comments.
I might be crazy but the notes and mixture sound quite fetching.
His beauty would have been his greatest asset.
One imagines he was raised in the big air of Texas, his soft skin scrubbed by ears of wheat, his eyelashes curled by grappling with grace against a blinding sun. A Midnight Cowboy lost on city asphalt. A fisherman without a line, he was made to be hooked by others, to believe in his fate without knowing it, to wreak havoc and forget it over time. Youth for women-of-a-certain-age, stock for late-night parties, a partner to accompany the wealthy of Palm Peach on nature walks, his splendor is consumed in the service of others. Now, a Fat Electrician in New Jersey, his talent depleted in his sexual decline.
To celebrate this beauty which cannot be recaptured, a splendid vetiver is required -an ode to bygone eroticism. Antoine Maisondieu has willed him white, metallic, silver like the ancestral green of olive leaves. But also sweet, demure, addictive like a chestnut cream – vanilla bean, opoponax and myrrh in the bottom notes. Intensely concentrated, resinous, flawlessly unrefined, it conveys a sensuality of contradiction. Because all beauty carries within itself the knowledge that it will not last.
Fat Electrician, 50ml 59 € only at the boutique 69 rue des Archives - Paris 3ème
Available in March 2009
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Labels: Etat Libre d'Orange
posted by Annieytown @ 4:16 AM
6 Inspired Comments
6 Inspired Comments:
Look at it this way: At least he had the common sense to get a trade.
I have to say, I've been really disappointed with Etat Libre d'Orange. I got a sample pack from Lucky Scent a few months ago, and out of the 20 or so fragrances I tried, the only one I'd order again was the Incense and Bubblegum. With all that clever marketing copy, I expected to be blown away, but the scents were just average, really nothing to write home about.
I really want to try this one too Annie! I'm hanging on to the last few spritzes of my SECOND bottle of Putain!
This is the story of the man behind the amazing art film Pink Narcissus. Apparently someone from Etat was having a conversation about him, and upon questioning 'what ever happened to him?' a reply of 'i heard he's a fat electrician somewhere in New Jersey' was to be had.
You've got to hand it to Etat Libre d'Orange; as quirky as they are, they know how to concoct a great story behind a scent. And we're all hooked by great stories.
Etat Libre d'Orange is now available from Murdock London, either in-store at our Shoreditch branch or online at www.murdocklondon.com.
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