Just in time for fall, East “Enders” can get the tenth and final scent of Killian Hennessy’s L’Oeuvre Noire Collection named Sweet Redemption-The End.” The End is a gorgeous concoction of balsamic notes,  incense and myrrh intertwined with orange blossom for an ever-so light yet lasting scent.

The Big Box Set is also a new offering for Fall: “During
 the last five years, we could have forgotten that each creation were playing a role in one single project. I wanted to gather this whole olfactory piece in one unique case in order to give everyone the opportunity to wear these perfumes as an olfactory wardrobe,”
 explains
 Kilian.

The “L’Œuvre
 Noire”
 collection has been gesture
d 
into 
an 
elegant 
compact of solid perfume: “Before
 they
 become
 “
burning
 waters“

 by
 the
 addition
 of
 alcohol
 in
 the
 13th
 century,
 perfumes appeared 
as
 a 
solid 
ointments, 
the 
famous 
solid 
perfumes,” shares Kilian.

The End is finally here, but it’s a good thing!! KDH discovered the irresistible fragrances of Kilian Hennessy on a beauty excursion last year at Bergdorf Goodman. I love to choose a new scent each season to experiment with and learn about exciting new players in the perfume world.  Enter Killian Hennessy, heir to a long line of cognac-makers that are pioneers in luxury, Kilian is the grandson of the founder of The LVMH Group, and has decided to take up the torch of family tradition. Let me share his intriguing story with you:

Kilian’s childhood haunts include the family cellars in Cognac! Before graduating from CELSA (School of Higher Studies in the Information and Communication Sciences at the Sorbonne) he wrote a thesis on the semantics of odors, in search of “a language common to gods and mortals.” On his search of the “angels’ share”, he encountered the world of perfumery.  Kilian explains that the “angels’ share” is what the House of Hennessy calls the percentage that – inexplicably – evaporates from cognac cellars, like an offering to the gods. His fragrances are redolent of the sugar in alcohol and the wood of cognac barrels.

After graduating from a university program in communication and language sciences, he trained with the greatest noses in perfumery and worked for the most prestigious perfume houses such as Christian Dior, Paco Rabanne, Alexander McQueen and Giorgio Armani.

Today, Kilian celebrates his own brand with a collection, which has been described as “a reflection of his personality and achieves a perfect alliance between elegance and absolute, uncompromising luxury.” Smells good, no? Check out Kilian’s big news for the season:

Just in time for fall, East Enders can get the tenth and final scent of Killian Hennessy’s L’Oeuvre Noire Collection named Sweet Redemption-The End. The End is a gorgeous concoction of balsamic notes,  incense and myrrh intertwined with orange blossom for an ever-so light yet lasting scent.

The Big Box Set is also a new offering for Fall: “During
 the last five years, we could have forgotten that each creation were playing a role in one single project. I wanted to gather this whole olfactory piece in one unique case in order to give everyone the opportunity to wear these perfumes as an olfactory wardrobe,”
 explains
 Kilian.

The set is contained in an ivory 
box 
outfitted
 with
 a 
black 
tassel, which is the 
fetish 
symbol 
of 
the brand.
 Inside 
are 
the 
10 
travel 
size
 perfumes 
from 
the 

“L’Oeuvre
 Noire”
collection:
 Prelude
 to 
Love, 
Love, 
Beyond 
love,
 Love
 and
 Tears,
 A
 Taste 
of 
Heaven,
Straight 
to 
Heaven,
 Back 
to 
Black, 
Liaisons 
Dangereuses, 
Cruel 
Intentions 
and
 Sweet
 Redemption. KDH usually wears Prelude To Love on a sunny day, and Back to Black in the evenings. A lot of the Kilian fragrances are considered unisex. I bought my husband the Straight to Heaven scent which comes in a great travel size for his dopp kit…sometimes I like to wear it too!

The last bit of scentual news at Kilian is that the “L’Oeuvre
 Noire”
 collection has been gesture
d 
into 
an 
elegant 
compact of solid perfume: “Before
 they
 become
 “
burning
 waters“

 by
 the
 addition
 of
 alcohol
 in
 the
 13th
 century,
 perfumes appeared 
as
 a 
solid 
ointments, 
the 
famous 
solid 
perfumes,” shares Kilian. 

”We now offer
 our
 10 
fragrances
 in 
the
 shape
 of 
solid 
perfumes…which can 
be 
applied 
on
 the 
skin
 with
 the 
fingertips.”

*Kilian fragrances are available at Bergdorf Goodman, or go to www.bykilian.com for more information.