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When my partner, who is an avid follower of Elon Musk told me that he was releasing a fragrance I genuinely thought it was a joke. It turns out, there really is a fragrance for sale on Elon Musk’s The Boring Company website, and it’s called Burnt Hair.

Elon Musk Burnt Hair

The website shows a graphic design of a perfume bottle, which looks like somethings from Aladdin’s Cave. The fact that it isn’t a real picture of a bottle makes me think this could be one of Elon’s experiments; how many people will pay $100 for a perfume that doesn’t exist. Well, I’m one of those suckers.

The tagline for the fragrance is, ‘The Essence of Repugnant Desire’ and includes an anonymous quote, “Just like leaning over a candle at the dinner table, but without all the hard work”. This all adds to my suspicion about whether this is really just a joke and yet still I click ‘add to cart’.

I’m quite familiar with the smell of Burnt Hair; being a millennial I would religiously straighten my hair with GHDs throughout my teens (it really was life changing!). Afterwards, my bedroom would always have a ‘Burnt Hair’ scent, but I can’t say it was a fragrance I was hoping to smell again, or pay $100 for either.

At checkout it says that the fragrance will be out in ‘Q1 2023’ which means January to March next year. Shipping to the UK was £32 which seemed very high but nevertheless, I went ahead and clicked buy.

Of course, if the perfume really does exist and I receive it in Q1 2023 I will of course be doing a video review on my YouTube Chanel. Watch this space…

Soki London

Sophie is the perfume enthusiast behind Soki London. She reviews the latest perfumes and entire perfume ranges on her YouTube channel and website.