With its distinctive blend of music, nostalgia, and olfactory sophistication, niche fragrance house Room 1015 has long since achieved cult status. Behind the brand is Dr. Mike Partouche, a pharmacist with a doctorate, musician, and founder of the label—a boundary-breaker who translates the language of rock ‘n’ roll into fragrance form. Each of his fragrances is an electrifying combination of sound, emotion, and a pinch of rebellion.
Just last June, I presented Room 1015’s experimental side to you on this blog with Love-O-Matic (read it here), which blends laundromat aesthetics, pop culture, and ambrette into a modern molecular composition. I also conducted an interview with Dr. Mike at the time. Now, on the brand’s 10th anniversary, we return to its origins – to the fragrance that started it all: Electric Wood, to which Room 1015 has given a worthy, more intense successor in the form of Electric Wood Extrait.
Electric Wood Extrait is a reinterpretation of Room 1015’s very first fragrance and also pays homage to the brand’s beginnings. The composition celebrates the Eau de Parfum Electric Wood and gives the original more depth, warmth and intensity. Both fragrances share the same olfactory core, but interpret it in different ways.
Electric Wood – Eau de Parfum
Perfumer Anne-Sophie Behaghel was responsible for the creative realization of the Eau de Parfum Electric Wood, which was launched in 2015. The inspiration goes back to a moment that left a deep impression on Dr. Mike Partouche in the 1990s: opening a guitar case for the first time – the unmistakable scent of a Gibson, the mixture of guitar varnish, wood, and metallic facets.
Nutmeg, lemon, sage, cedarwood, oak, ambroxan, iris, and musk—these scents reflect this moment in an abstract way. They combine the warmth of organic material with a synthetic-like shine, symbolizing the electric guitar that had such a lasting influence on Dr. Mike’s life.
The Eau de Parfum Electric Wood opens with cool, dry, and powdery notes. Iris provides mineral and earthy facets that combine with the tart freshness of lemon and green, aromatic sage. Cedarwood underscores the light, powdery nuances and brings clean aspects into play, which are picked up and reinforced by ambroxan and musk. I also perceive subtle metallic accents that combine with the dry, dusty, talcum-like notes. Oakwood brings a certain depth and warmth to the fragrance, with delicate dark undertones that provide balance and comfort as the fragrance develops, harmoniously rounding off the composition. The Eau de Parfum Electric Wood is a transparent and rather quiet creation that combines greenish-tart, powdery-earthy, and woody-warm moments—modern, pleasant, and extremely wearable. A gentle companion for any occasion, ideal for those who appreciate aromatic-woody and powdery-dry fragrances.
Electric Wood – Extrait de Parfum
Ten years have passed since Room 1015 was founded and Electric Wood Eau de Parfum was launched – ten years in which Dr. Mike Partouche has surprised and delighted us with many fragrance compositions. I am thinking in particular of Cherry Punk, which can certainly be considered a pioneer of today’s cherry fragrance era in niche perfumery. With this extract, the brand not only gives us a more intense version of the eau de parfum, but also an insight into its own development: “It started with a spark. Now it’s burning. Electric Wood Extrait is here: louder, darker, and more electrifying than ever. The fragrance that started it all. Electric Wood was our first riff. Now, ten years later, we’re turning up the volume.”
Perfumer Jérôme Di Marino was responsible for the olfactory realization of this anniversary creation, combining an impressive selection of ingredients: cardamom, saffron, nutmeg, iris, myrrh, oakmoss, cedarwood, nagarmotha, vetiver, and vanilla form the foundation of the recently launched extrait, which we will now take a closer look at.
Warm, boozy, and wonderfully spicy, Room 1015 Electric Wood Extrait reveals itself from the very first spray. An aromatic, seductive blend of fine spices meets balsamic-sweet myrrh and powdery iris, while dry, woody facets come to the fore. Oakmoss and nagarmotha lend the composition a woody, earthy depth and a subtle coolness that pervades it like a fresh breeze. Vetiver underscores these nuances with creamy accents, accompanied by light, clean cedarwood. A gentle pinch of vanilla rounds off the fragrance softly and comfortably. The Electric Wood extract is a spicy, woody-sweet and profound fragrance with a subtle animalic note – powerful, present and expressive, yet at the same time restrained, elegant and sophisticated. Not loud, noisy music, but a finely composed melody that, for me, is perfect for fall and winter. A reinterpretation that preserves the original spirit of Electric Wood while showing how far Room 1015 has grown over the past ten years.
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