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Fat Electrician
The Story
Based on the true story of a once beautiful man who ended up a Fat Electrician. Because while beauty fades, a good fragrance is forever. And contrary to the name, this is an ever attractive and wearable vetiver-based scent modernized by woody Vanilla Bean and balsamic Myrrh.
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 Beach 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. This is the curse of beauty - it doesn’t last.
Vetiver from Haiti, chestnut cream, olive leaves, myrrh, vanilla, opoponax
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565 Grand Ave, Carlsbad, CA 92008
Tue–Sat 11am–6pm · Sun 11am–4pm
The House
Founded by Etienne de Swardt in 2006, it was only fitting to give the house the name of his birthplace and what it represents. In South Africa Etat Libre d'Orange, the Orange Free State, was an autonomous sovereign republic which declared independence from British rule in 1854. The name was derived from the royal family of the Netherlands, the homeland of the region's pioneers. Unity, beauty, contrast, and freedom are the hallmarks of ELDO. Though the Free State ended in 1902, its attitude lives on in ELDO. Through the works at ELDO, Etienne aims to challenge the simple, sterile, and crowd-pleasing perfumes of the past by creating challenging perfumery. ELDO perfumes are liberated, endearing, flamboyant, excessive, and perfect.
The Perfumer
Antoine Maisondieu