Inspiration: To mark its tenth year anniversary, KILIAN pushes two of its heritage scents to their olfactive extremes.
Fragrance story: Get an overdose of vanilla and rum in Straight to Heaven, white cristal – EXTREME. Addictive personalities, beware. Like any liquor taken straight, it hits fast, hard and leaves you wanting more. Skipping purgatory altogether, it heads straight to heaven as notes of Martinique rum hit climax in high dose. The scent of burning rum gently rounds off into a smouldering sensuality of nutmeg essence. A woody amber trail remains, grounded by dark patchouli and dry cedar wood essence. Inciting the passions comes a lift of vanilla absolute from Madagascar.
Key notes: Rum, Vanilla, Patchouli
Olfactory Family: Cellars – Woods in all their forms – from sandalwood to cedarwood, from patchouli to Vetyver – but always with a Kilian twist: rum, coffee, cacao, cognac, whisky, as a reminder of Kilian Hennessy’s heritage.
Perfumer: Sidonie Lancesseur
DETAILS
Each KILIAN bottle is transformed into a precious object. The black-lacquered flacon is engraved on its various sides with a ceramic fresco representing the Achille’s shield and decorated with a golden plate where the name of the fragrance has been carved manually.
The midnight black flacon can be locked away—like a secret—in a sleek, black lacquered coffret.
Passion Boisée celebrates this long-drawn intimacy. Just as cognac in its cask, the fragrance is embraced by wood: the dry and incisive elegance of cedar and the mossy, almost chocolaty depth of patchouli.
Against this backdrop, some of the most characteristic aromas of cognac conjure an evocative setting. The warm Christmas smell of tangerine spiked with cloves. The burning spices in a glass of rum. The smoothness of a leather armchair or of a jacket worn soft by years of love. A whiff of night-time forest through an open window…
Olfactory pyramid:
Top: Mandarin, Nutmeg
Heart: Rum, Oak moss, Clove bud
Base : Leather, Patchouli, Cedarwood
1889… The Paris World Fair… Created with the vitality of Art nouveau, Paradis Perdu is an ode to the vineyards around the property. The perfumer, Amélie Bourgeois, drew her inspiration from the expanses of land, conjuring effervescence with curved lines, somewhere between gushing and encircling.
It is against this thrilling backdrop that Frapin cognacs were rewarded for their excellence. Pierre Frapin received the gold medal from Gustave Eiffel himself. Mr Eiffel used his genius to create indestructible store houses for Mr Frapin
Inspired by Edgar Poe’s poem “The Raven”, the fragrance is a tribute to the legend of the “Toaster”, whom every 19th of january, on the anniversary of the poet, lays upon his grave three red roses and a flask of Cognac.
As the poet chose scathing words to write a nice punchy poem, perfumer Anne-Sophie Behaghel grabbed violent and bitter materials to tell the mystery. She dares the strength of a tyrannical rose that rout before driving the spell.
Olfactory pyramid:
Top: Black pepper, Floralozone, Aldehydes
Heart: Rose oxide, Damascena and May Rose, Wine-coloured
Base: Ambrox, Saffran, Cedarwood, Amber
“An original woody and spiced take on Layton, even more mysterious and even more intense.”
This striking new take on Layton shakes up its original composition, creating a twist with a hint of cardamom together with sandalwood and guaiac wood essence. A fragrance which asserts its strength and impetuousness.
Inspiration: Moments of ecstasy envelop the senses with Straight to Heaven, white cristal.
Fragrance story: Smoldering with addictive sensuality, a burning splash of rich dark rum defines the opening, its sweet gourmand chord is softened by creamy vanilla and dried fruit. Spicy patchouli pairs with the fresh, woodsy scent of cedarwood to finish, finding animalic harmony at long last.
Key notes: Patchouli, Nutmeg, Cedarwood
Olfactive Family: Cellars – Woods in all their forms – from sandalwood to cedarwood, from patchouli to Vetyver – but always with a Kilian twist: rum, coffee, cacao, cognac, whisky, as a reminder of Kilian Hennessy’s heritage.
Inspiration: The pearl, a precious gemstone valued for its beauty and ancestral to the culture of Doha is given an exquisitely modern interpretation.
Fragrance story: Like the ideal pearl, Pearl Oud is round and smooth–a cocktail of spicy saffron and black pepper glow with iridescent powdery iris at the opening. The pearls’ opulent nature is realized at the heart, with a lush bouquet of jasmine, Turkish rose and ylang ylang. Pearl Oud reveals a rare drydown, with an intense animalic blend of Indian oud, precious patchouli and castoreum.
Key notes: Iris, Oud, Ylang Ylang
Olfactive Family: Smokes – Figurative or abstract, Kilian’s smokes capture the timeless scent of Bakhoor, incense, tobacco.
In an elegant black enamel bottle, with a walnut varnished stopper. The dilution of the essence is designed for a perfect diffusion in the environment in a gradual and natural way. For greater diffusion it is advisable to invert some chopsticks periodically.
NOT TESTED ON ANIMALS
Strawberry, Blueberry and Patchouli
“It is said that being sweet with sweets is an expression of fantasy and creativity. Here are our secret desires, and the sweetest desires we sometimes try to hold back. A triumph that puts the smile.
OLFACTORY PYRAMID:
• HEAD
bergamot, strawberry
• HEART
currant, blueberry, must
• FUND
patchouli, moss
