Xx ± Latex Uermi

Unisex
Eau de Parfum
Year: 2014
Moderate
Sillage
Good
Longevity
Winter
Best Season
Evening
Best For

Fragrance Story

XX ± Latex by UERMI is a Floral Woody Musk fragrance for women and men. XX ± Latex was launched in 2014. The nose behind this fragrance is Antoine Lie.

Composition Profile

vinyl 100%
aldehydic 85%
marine 70%
fresh 60%
aromatic 50%

About the Perfumer

Antoine Lie

Antoine Lie

Antoine Lie is a French perfumer trained at Givaudan and known for his work with brands like Burberry and Avon. His style often blends bold contrasts, pairing fresh or woody accords with unexpected gourmand or metallic touches. He created the earthy, resinous Sequoia for Abbott New York City and the spicy, incense-laced Sword for CZAR, showcasing his skill with complex, atmospheric compositions.

Fragrance Notes

All Notes

Complete scent profile

Vinyl Vinyl
Aldehydes Aldehydes
Sea Notes Sea Notes
Saffron Saffron
Rose Rose
Unique Character

Xx ± Latex Uermi by UERMI offers a distinctive olfactory experience that stands out from other fragrances in its category.

Artisanal Creation

Crafted with the finest ingredients and a blend of traditional and modern perfumery techniques, this fragrance represents the pinnacle of the perfumer's art.

Signature Style

Xx ± Latex Uermi embodies the distinctive style of UERMI while adding a unique chapter to their fragrance portfolio.

Character Profile

The Alchemist Archetype: Portrait of Xx ± Latex Uermi

Essence

The one who is drawn to Xx ± Latex Uermi is not merely a wearer of fragrance but a seeker of transformation. Their essence aligns most closely with The Alchemist-an archetype defined by the relentless pursuit of turning the ordinary into the extraordinary. Like the medieval mystics who sought to transmute base metals into gold, this individual is fascinated by the liminal, the synthetic, and the uncanny. They do not merely exist in the world; they experiment with it, bending reality to their will through aesthetic and intellectual alchemy.

The fragrance itself-cold, metallic, with an undercurrent of something almost biological-mirrors their psyche. It is neither wholly natural nor entirely artificial, existing in a space between human and machine, organic and constructed. This duality defines them.

Style & Aesthetic

Their appearance is a carefully controlled experiment. They favor sleek, futuristic silhouettes-high-shine fabrics, structured leather, or garments that mimic industrial materials. Their wardrobe is not designed for comfort but for statement: a declaration that the body itself is a medium for transformation. They may embrace cyberpunk aesthetics, avant-garde fashion, or a minimalist rigor that borders on the clinical.

Their living space reflects this same precision. It is either a temple of order-sterile, almost surgical-or a controlled chaos of half-finished projects, prototypes, and artifacts of their obsessions. Every object is chosen not for sentiment but for its potential to be rearranged, repurposed, or reinvented.

Their days are structured around projects, not routines. They thrive in environments where innovation is currency-tech startups, underground art scenes, research labs. They may be a designer, a programmer, a biohacker, or an artist working in unconventional mediums. Their work is rarely conventional; it pushes boundaries, often unsettling those who prefer the familiar.

Leisure, for them, is still a form of experimentation. They do not relax-they explore. Their idea of pleasure might involve VR simulations, underground performances, or chemical alterations of consciousness. Even their vices are chosen with intention, not indulgence.

Philosophy & Values

They believe in the power of human ingenuity to transcend limitations. Where others see boundaries, they see raw material. Their philosophy is one of radical self-creation: identity is not fixed but forged, not inherited but engineered. They reject nostalgia, seeing it as a trap that chains the mind to the past. Instead, they are drawn to the speculative-sci-fi, transhumanist thought, and the aesthetics of post-humanity.

Yet, this drive is not without its contradictions. They preach fluidity, yet their own identity can become rigid in its refusal of tradition. They disdain sentimentality, yet their obsession with reinvention can itself become a form of dogma.

Relationships

They do not love carelessly. Relationships are either deep intellectual partnerships or fleeting encounters, both treated with the same detached curiosity. They seek those who can match their intensity, who understand that intimacy is not about warmth but about mutual transformation. Their closest bonds are with fellow experimenters-artists, scientists, hackers-those who see life as a series of hypotheses to be tested.

But here lies their shadow: their relentless pursuit of the new can make them emotionally elusive. They may discard people as easily as outdated ideas, leaving behind a trail of those who felt more like subjects than companions. Their brilliance can be isolating, their detachment mistaken for cruelty.

Shadow

For all their brilliance, their greatest danger is losing touch with the human. Their obsession with control can render them emotionally sterile, mistaking detachment for enlightenment. They may grow impatient with those who cannot keep up, dismissing vulnerability as weakness. In their quest to transcend the flesh, they risk forgetting that even alchemy requires a base material-something raw, imperfect, and alive.

Yet, this is their necessary tension. Without it, they would cease to be the Alchemist and become merely the Machine. Their genius lies in the balance-knowing when to manipulate and when to yield, when to dissect and when to feel.

Conclusion

To wear Xx ± Latex Uermi is to declare oneself a work in progress-an ongoing reaction, never fully resolved. They are neither artist nor scientist but something in between: a philosopher of the synthetic, a sculptor of the self. Their life is not lived but engineered, each moment a deliberate step toward an ever-receding horizon of possibility.

And perhaps that is their true alchemy: not the transformation of lead into gold, but the relentless belief that such a transformation is always just beyond the next experiment.