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L’ouevre noire by KILIAN
"When I created L'Oeuvre noire, I had an almost Faustian atmosphere. I wanted to cast a spell, following the example of those spells that darken Rimbaud's mind or conjure up the witches in Macbeth. At the same time, I thought of contemporary R'n'B music, listened to the lyrics of 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, or Pharell Williams, all of whom, despite Baudelaire's lyrical prose, everyone was talking about temptation, despite the ubiquitous urban violence. "
Kilian Hennessy
You can imagine Kilian well in the rooms of Faust's workshop while conjuring the "spirits of the perfumes", in search of a subtle, perfect harmony that will inspire us. Striving for the absolute, the intoxication, the life and the human being in all aspects. The eternal reverberation of the poètes of the Maudits, the embarrassed poets. Also Dorian Gray, another soul-mate, looks down from his portrait while the sound of Snoop Dogg's "Hennessy & Buddha" seems to reach nirvana.
"Some people are guided by music. For me, it's the scents that inspire my soul. "
Petits poèmes en Prose, Baudelaire
L'Oeuvre noire: the Deçà flavors ...
L'Oeuvre noire, the black masterpiece, revolves around the first three themes of these Deca aromas: the innocent, artificial paradises and Parisian orgies. A New Interpretation of Balzac's Great Masterpiece The Human Comedy.
Nine fragrances - divided into three themes - a selection for personal tastes about pleasure, love or pain: Liaisons Dangereuses and Cruel Intentions, Love, Beyond Love and Prelude to Love, A Taste of Heaven and Straight to Heaven.
"There is no reason to fear words as soon as things have been agreed." Alexis or the futile struggle, Marguerite Yourcenar
For the perfumes for women, the innocent are regarded as the new seducers.
Love by Kilian don’t be shy
Beyond love is Kilian prohibited
Prelude to love by Kilian invitation
Love and Fears by Kilian surrender
The woman who wears this perfume embodies tenderness. She tastes of youthful innocence and still knows how to apply female cunning. The sin is only a kiss away.
Love by Kilian don’t be shy
Marshmallows provided the inspiration for this perfume, which is presented itself as a sweet pleasure for connoisseurs of sensual pleasures. Only softly and tenderly, it opens up an intensity that makes a glory honor to the great seduction. Magnificent impressions, from the top notes of aroma in the head, resemble the first, timid kiss of fresh petals. In the heart of the fragrance is a hot Arab jasmine flatters the notes of rose and iris and increases into the ecstatic embrace of vanilla and musk. Perfumeur: Calice Becker
Beyond love is Kilian prohibited
This forbidden elixir is for all those who perceive love as an adventure. The cool, blue-blooded tuberose begins to draw attention in a cunning way. Cold, bluish tuberose begins to attract attention in a cunning way. Their light fire flavors unfold in a preliminary order, but then they are more convincing with their rich, narcotic charm. Salvation brings a breathtaking scent that overcomes all attempts to resist. Perfumeur: Calice Becker
Prelude to love by Kilian invitation
The invitation to love is refined and full of anticipation, sparkling citrus cakes, sweet bergamot and delicious oranges from Seville are the "invitation to love." Intensive ginger and pepper pierce the fragrance, soaked with neroli and orange blossoms, before the irresistible and majestic Florentine Iris is just sweeping away all the inhibitions. Perfumeur: Calice Becker
Love and Fears by Kilian invitation
For the last Love chapter, Kilian chose a particularly exquisite jasmine impression. For only jasmine embodies for him, with all his facets, with all his contrasts the incomparable tension of eroticism and sacredness. Perfumeur: Calice Becker
The artificial paradises
The men's perfumes embody "the artificial paradise" as a black sun, symbolizing the dark side of beauty.
A taste of Heaven by Kilian asinthe verte
Straight to Heaven by Kilian white crystal
Back to Black by Kilian aphrodisiac
To experience paradise, a man has to face magic. For these two perfumes proclaim is a new paradise, the one which a man has chosen for himself.
Back to Black by Kilian aphrodisiac
This composition presents itself as an olfactory aphrodisiac with the narcotic attractiveness of tobacco impressions. The delicate, sophisticated fragrance spectrum reveals fragrances, ranging from honey from Laos to fruity accents from raspberry to sensuous notes of noble sensual woods. Incense from Somalia and powdery chords of vanilla and bitter almond surround the bold perfume. The amber accent, like the labdanum of Spanish cicadas, emphasizes the tobacco stimulus and gives the spirits its expressiveness and long-term reverberation. Perfumeur: Calice Becker
A taste of Heaven by Kilian absinthe verte
Inspired by Absinthe, the bittersweet nectar of the poets, this perfume opens with an almost exploding primary of orange blossoms, which flows into a heart of Turkish rose. Then a whirl of holly notes by Patchouli and Eichenmoos, allied with lascivious Amber. The perfume, a surprisingly olfactory oxymoron made from fresh, southern French lavender and warm bourbon vanilla, seduces everyone into a garden of pleasure. Perfumeur: Calice Becker
Straight to Heaven by Kilian white cristal
The leitmotiv for this perfume is rum, a very sexy-looking chord that, combined with tempting and profound patchouli, captures the sultry heat of Caribbean islands. Muscat, cedar and Brazilian rosewood add depth to this mysterious aura. The life-changing alcohol makes us irresistible, tempting us to taste forbidden fruits. Perfumeur: Sidonie Lancesseur
Temptations
The leitmotiv for this perfume is rum, a very sexy-looking chord that, combined with tempting and profound patchouli, captures the sultry heat of Caribbean islands. Muscat, cedar and Brazilian rosewood add depth to this mysterious aura. The life-changing alcohol makes us irresistible, tempting us to taste forbidden fruits. Perfumeur: Sidonie Lancesseur
Liasisons Dangereuses by Kilian typical me
Cruel Intentions by Kilian tempt me
Sweet Redemption by Kilian the end
An aroma that makes the night too long, too extravagant.
Liasisons Dangereuses by Kilian typical me
This perfume is characterized by plums from Damascus, delicate and supple fruits, reminding the sleepy exhausted lover. An intense and complex scent that exudes the exhilarating charm of alcoholic fumes. In the heart of the perfume unfolds the flowery breath of Egyptian geraniums, while cinnamon from Sri Lanka gives warmth. Indian sandalwood structures the composition, culminating in a bouquet of sensual musk notes. Perfumeur: Calice Becker
Cruel Intentions by Kilian tempt me
Warm, balsamic notes of the eagle wood, a legendary wood (Oud), whose value is valued higher than gold, dominate this perfume. Behind the seemingly pseudo-innocent breath of Bergamotte from Calabria, the trap of seduction quickly engulfs the heart of Centifolia roses and woody notes. Papyrus, Vetiver from Haiti and Guajak-wood give the fragrance subtle mysterious mystery and elegance. The grand finale is made of warm, sensual Storax resin and Castoreum. Perfumeur: Sidonie Lancesseur
Sweet Redemption by Kilian the end
The innocence of orange blossoms and the contrasting almost raw nature of delicate orange leaves combined with the sweetness of Vanilla Abolue is woven by a balsamic, almost sacral chord of myrrh, incense and benzoin. This very special combination of fragrances represents the ultimate temptation in the form of the unavoidable salvation, as a reward, and ends as the last chapter the olfactory Odysee of Killian. Perfumeur: Calice Becker
The Refill Hakon
The case of the perfumes is a true jewel case full of delicious treasures. In order to discover the contents, the treasure chest has to be opened with a decorated key attached to a black tassel. The perfume itself rests on a bed of black satin, an elaborate kind of presentation that recalls the 18th century.
"The black tassel surrounds the perfume with a mystery, a mysterious aura that turns every form of black magic."
Kilian Hennessy
"A lot of sensory impressions come from this bottle. Matt and shiny. Soft and rough. Black and transparent. Hot and cold. It seems as if the side-engraved protective shield put me under the care of a fallen angel. In search of my own identity, I find myself in a name. The monogram, the "K", reminds of his black masterpiece, my secret accomplices. This object is my personal talisman. "The bottle from the point of view of an innocent.
The Greek motif - the shield of the Achilles - provides this fragrance with further divine escort, offering the wearer additional protection.
Flacon and jewelry boxes are reminiscent of offering sacrifices, so that the gods grant the wearer protection and the gift of seduction.
Biographie
As the legacy of a long-standing lineage of cognac manufacturers, pioneers in luxury, Kilian, grandson of the founder of the LVMH Group, decided to continue the family tradition with luxury products. The introduction of its new luxury brand was indisputably a challenge that should honor its ancestors. Only superlative products could be considered for this company!
As a child, Kilian spent a lot of time in the cellars of the family in Cognac. For his degree at CELSA, the College of Information and Communication Science at the Sorbonne, he wrote a work on the semantics of smells, a language familiar to both gods and mortals. In the course of his research on "part des anges", he discovered the world of perfumes. "The percentage of angels" in the Hennessy family is called the percentage which inexplicably escapes from the barrels like a gift to the gods. One can imagine how the angels steal a small moment to taste of these exhilarating, forbidden fragrances! The aroma of alcoholic sugar and the wood of the Cognac barrels are therefore a recurring characteristic of the fragrances of Kilian.
After completing a university education in the field of communication and linguistics, Kilian studied the perfumes of the most prestigious noses in the industry: Alberto Morillas, Jacques Cavallier, Thierry Wasseur and Calice Becker in particular. He decided to continue his marketing career, a choice that naturally linked his diverse interests. He also worked for such prestigious dufthouses as Dior, Paco Rabanne, Alexander McQueen and Giorgio Armani.
However, despite a successful and multi-faceted career in marketing, Kilian's need was stronger to pursue his first love, the creation. His love for fragrances was pure, overbearing, and ardent, and he had to yield to this passion with skin and hair. So he decided to launch his own brand. It should be a mirror of its personality and the perfect connection between elegance and the highest, unrestricted luxury.
This article has been made available by Nobilis Group.