Cambouis [masculine noun.]: In French, dirty engine grease, oil blackened by rubbing against the mechanisms of a machine.
Mécanique du Désir has the warmth of amber and animalic musks, tinged with the strange blackness of a guaiac wood and violet leaf accord.The sulfurous notes of cassis bud mixed with aldehydes will trace metallic outlines, while mandarin essential oil will add the gleam of chrome.