Kilian Amber Oud Refillable Spray

What it is: Amber Oud is a soft, warm and sensual composition built on the fusion between these two ancestral raw materials—amber and oud.

Fragrance story: The objective was to deconstruct/reconstruct amber by taking the animalistic qualities of a dark oud and adding richness through an overdose of vanilla from Madagascar and benzoin from Laos. Cedarwood from Atlas then brings structure to this creation by keeping the balsamic notes in balance. Finally, a touch of spice from pimenta racemosa (bay leaf) essence brings light to this oriental composition by perfumer Calice Becker, similar to the light that one often finds in a Vermeer painting.

“I want to put perfumery back on its pedestal by going back to the truth about perfume, back to the way perfume was made in the late 19th and the early 20th century, but adding a contemporary twist at the same time.” —Kilian Hennessy

Style: Oriental.

Notes:

- Top: dark oud, Madagascar vanilla.

- Middle: balsamic.

- Base: spice from pimento.