By Kilian will launch Back to Black: Aphrodisiac, the 8th fragrance in the L’Oeuvre Noire / Black Masterpiece series, in September. The name pays homage to singer Amy Winehouse (her second album was called Back to Black), and also references the “narcotic lure” of tobacco and a return to sensuality. Reportedly, women will find the ambery-woody scent feminine, while men will think it was made for them…
New travel sprays from By Kilian
By Kilian will launch a new travel spray system this coming March:
A travel spray for men and women. A magnetic object, literally.
A monolith engraved with Achilles’ shield, signature of “L’Oeuvre Noire” collection.
As always, the travel spray is refillable…
By Kilian Prelude to Love ~ (slightly cranky) perfume review
I’ve had mixed feelings so far about the By Kilian line. All 6 of the original scents that debuted in 2007 are nicely done, if perhaps no match for the swollen rhetoric of the ad copy, but as I’ve said before, ultra-luxe trappings don’t endear me to a brand. When the prices range from $225 for a refillable 50 ml bottle* nestled in a lacquered box complete with lock and key to $2500 for a 1 liter perfume fountain, I’m prone to roll my eyes. My perfume cabinet is chock-full of masterpieces (and many of them in far handsomer bottles than this one), and I’ve yet to top $200 for a single bottle purchase.
The latest By Kilian fragrance, Prelude to Love, is a unisex, and like the others in the line, is introduced with great fanfare…
Limited editions from By Kilian
Coming in November from niche line By Kilian, limited edition bottles (there will be a total of 50 made) featuring designs by artist Sophie Matisse.
The bottles can be filled with any of the 7 fragrances in the By Kilian line, and run 1000€ each. (via abc-luxe, bykilian)
By Kilian Prelude to Love ~ new fragrance
Kilian Hennessy's By Kilian brand will launch the seventh fragrance in the L’Oeuvre Noire / Black Masterpiece series this coming September. Prelude to Love is a unisex fragrance exploring the theme of “Love and its prohibitions”…
…an olfactory memory of a first encounter…