Elon Musk has many business ventures under his belt, and while he started out with PayPal, he's since branched out into the likes of X, Tesla, SpaceX, and more.
Most recently, he's even stepped into politics as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency.
Even though Elon Musk has stepped back from the White House and vowed to return to his other businesses, there are concerns about what his time in politics has done to his companies.
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Musk is still by far the world's richest man, and with $420 billion in the bank, he's not exactly short of a dollar or two.
Then again, when you make $175.8 million when PayPal was sold to eBay in 2002, that's quite the windfall.
Among Musk's many wild ideas, you might not remember when he briefly went into the perfume business. Away from his short-lived Tesla tequila, Musk released a perfume bottle in 2022.
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Called 'Burnt Hair', the perfume seemed to start as a joke when he posted on X, saying: "Burnt Hair’ - Scent for Men by Singed."
He said it would be coming soon from The Boring Company and reminded us they're "the same people that sold you a flamethrower."
This is a reference to the $500 flamethrowers that The Boring Company sold in 2018.
Burnt hair is apparently 'the essence of repugnant desire', with one unattributed description claiming, "Just like leaning over a candle at the dinner table, but without all the hard work." Another reads, "Stand out in a crowd! Get noticed as you walk through the airport."
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Having sold 10,000 bottles in a matter of hours, a pleased Musk gushed: "With a name like mine, getting into the fragrance business was inevitable - why did I even fight it for so long!?" Burnt Hair was so successful, he changed his X bio to read 'Perfume Salesman'.
While a questionable product release, it seems many of you were lured in by the idea of Burnt Hair. Posting on X, one person said: "Ok so…I may or may not have just bought Elon Musk’s ‘Burnt Hair’ perfume for $100."
Another added: "I can’t believe I bought it🤣 wait a minute yes I can."
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A third said: "If people buy this, you might as well start selling your fingernail clippings. Some of the fans will buy anything."
In total, 30,000 bottles were sold before Musk announced it was sold out. As for what he did with his $3 million, a pre-X Musk joked, "Please buy my perfume, so I can buy Twitter." The timing was convenient as it was just before he made the $44 billion all-cash acquisition.
Whether serious or not, getting your hands on a bottle is pretty hard because it's no longer sold on The Boring Company website. Still, if you want to smell like the musk of Musk, there are a few bottles floating around on the internet.