[RahulNagaraj]

Elon Musk has launched a new quirky product, a perfume called 'Burnt Hair'.

The new perfume is said to have "the essence of repugnant desire", according to its website description. The perfume will cost US$100, with Musk stating that he has already sold 10,000 bottles amounting to a million dollars within a few hours. Shipping is said to start in the first quarter of 2023.



As part of its sales pitch, Elon Musk even changed his description on Twitter to 'Perfume Salesman'. He even tweeted "Please buy my perfume, so I can buy Twitter". Musk went on to jokingly tweet, "With a name like mine, getting into the fragrance business was inevitable - why did I even fight it for so long?"

Over the years, the Tesla CEO has launched a number of quirky products. This includes Tesla's own-brand Tequila in 2020 and pair of "short shorts". Elon also launched flamethrowers worth US$500 a piece, branded under his tunnelling firm - Boring Company. The flamethrower helped raise $10 million, with the firm now valued at $5.7 billion.

Tesla has also started multiple other companies ranging from SpaceX, which builds rockets, to smaller firms aimed to create a sustainable energy economy.

More recently, Elon Musk proposed to go ahead with his $44 billion bid to take over Twitter Inc., after the social media company filed a lawsuit which could have forced him to pay up.

Source: Reuters

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[omranga98]

Elon Musk is like MG Motors India. They both do anything and everything to stay relevant in the news.

[anshumandun]

You can hate him or you can love him but you can't ignore him!

[BigB]

Originally Posted by RahulNagaraj

Shipping is said to start in the first quarter of 2023.

Hell!!!

And we thought only cars have long waiting periods..

[TDCi4Life]

Elon the Alchemist! I would pay good money to watch Bezos or Gates endorse that perfume

[Turbohead]

So basically he's sitting on cash before even manufacturing the product?

Damn! Brand name does have serious advantages!

[CarNerd]

Whose burnt hair? Maybe Jeff Bezos's It's time Musk comes to India and starts entertaining us! We don't have anyone like him.

[extreme_torque]

He is such a breath of fresh air, pun very much intended. Unlike other big name CEO's, he does not speak from the script specified in the corporate politically correct handbook.

[RedTerrano]

Originally Posted by Turbohead

So basically he's sitting on cash before even manufacturing the product?

How times change.
Preston Tucker was hauled to courts citing the same excuse in 1947.
A must watch movie for all automobile lovers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tZKbk27yXo

On a lighter note, I know where Elon is sourcing all the raw materials for the perfume

[gururajrv]

Looks like it's not only us who get bothered about monotonous work

Mr Musk is busy exploring other ventures with his work at automotive industry getting into a matured phase. Weird, but a true businessman

[Viju]

A fruity fragrance named ‘Musk Melons’ wouldn’t be inappropriate.

[dailydriver]

This man is incorrigible!!!

Interesting how his very name is derived from/refers to an olfactory substance/experience.

Wordnik

1. A greasy secretion with a powerful odor, produced in a glandular sac in the abdomen of a male musk deer and used in traditional medicines and formerly in the manufacture of perfumes.

2. A similar secretion produced by certain other animals, such as an otter or civet.

3. A synthetic chemical resembling natural musk in odor or use.

Wikipedia

Musk is a class of aromatic substances commonly used as base notes in perfumery.

They include glandular secretions from animals such as the musk deer, numerous plants emitting similar fragrances, and artificial substances with similar odors.

Musk was a name originally given to a substance with a strong odor obtained from a gland of the musk deer.

[Latheesh]

Originally Posted by Turbohead

So basically he's sitting on cash before even manufacturing the product?

Bottle design is ready, perfume is not formulated yet.