When you look at the niche artisanal perfume industry 15 years ago, it was really not a big thing yet. What made me want to jump on my own was an evening at the Baccarat restaurant, where they were exhibiting a century of perfume Baccarat bottles. When I realised the level of luxury, the beauty and attention to detail that had gone into them, I felt that it was such a shame that we have lost such a craftsmanship when it comes to perfume. My ambition was to really create a collection of scents that would have this feeling of luxury and attention to detail, but translated into the 21st century.
— From Meet Kilian Hennessy, the perfumer extraordinaire who will make you smell sexier at GQ UK.
Yet his own bottles are surprisingly generic and boring (along with most of his fragrances).
LOL! I do like the bottles, but I agree that if it weren’t for his privileged background he would probably be 1 among 100s of small-batch indie perfumers making “cozy but sexy!” blends that all seem to contain a marshmallow note, a saturated market with a lot of talent and stand-out perfumers already (and all selling for less than $30/bottle).
I think it’s the boxes & keys & stuff that he find luxurious? I don’t know.
Kilian made some of my most loved scents..however..several were discontinued.
Sorry!