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AvaloN – :
As if you were a giant walking orange blossom (who sunbathed under the warmth of the sun). A warm interpretation of orange blossom.
Aminciavacymn – :
This is a very sweet syrupy perfume. i almost got the feeling of orangey coca cola fizz coming ful blown in the first few secobds. it dries down to a veey syrupy orangey smell with sweetness. it does not smell fresh as orange blossom always smells to.me. great lobngevity
smbanmzuzg – :
Yes! This! I think I’m in love!
Rich and heady orange blossom with a creamy vanilla undertone. As it settles the resins bloom and remind me why myrrh is a favorite of mine. I keep putting my wrist to my nose and sniffing every couple breaths to see how it is progressing. Here’s hoping that they never overtake the floral smell and keep being absolutely breathtaking. . . . Even though I really don’t want to fall in love with a $$$ Killian scent, I could see it being worth it.
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Today I am getting much more cream soda scent, which I do enjoy but the orange blossom isn’t as strong as when I had remembered.
poincopay – :
Wasn’t expecting to like this let alone love it. This is a very unique frag & typically I’m not a floral kind of guy but the orange flower note is off the charts! I love the added incense note mixed with the vanille and myrhh. True masterpiece. Longevity & projection is thru the roof & a definite compliment grabber! LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SCENT!
vixel – :
OMG, this stuff is so beautiful! It stays well with me, and even when I shower the next morning, it is still with me. This juice to me is like being in heaven. This is what I would imagine heaven to be like.
Interestingly enough, I don’t smell any particular note, but it does come off as sweet floral, but not a distinctive one that I can identify. There is a small hint of the incense that I believe offsets the floral just enough that there is almost a reverence to it, but not like church. This scent is a wonderful example of a great mix. This one must have been hard to create. I purchased it as one of the scents in the ‘Sweet Harmony’ sets where you get four bottles of juice to try out in larger sample sizes. As a result, I am going to buy a FULL bottle. Even if no one smells it on me ( no one has said anything, anyhow), I can smell it on myself and have heaven following me all day. Check it out in the Sweet Harmony selection ( along with Back to Black, Taste of Heaven-definitely a man’s scent, and Love). It is well worth the while at least to check it out.
I bought a whole bottle of the juice!…No regrets, here! I put some in a rollon that I have, as well as the spray dispenser that came with it ( I got the refill…best bang for the buck). OK, if you are not sure what somewhat sweet does on you, do invest in a sample. It is definitely worth checking out. I teach college, and I got a big hug from one of my students today ( Dec 4 2017) . She told me I smelled like an angel would smell. Such a treat!
shuumm – :
Everyone says it reminds then if something from the past but they can’t remember what. From the initial blast I know what they’re saying and I think I know what they’re referring to…. To me, the opening sorta smells like those tootsie rolls, but the orange fruity one. That’s exactly what I get in the opening of this. And I love it!!
chiga1795 – :
I’m still waiting for someone to tell me I smell “cloying”. This is an amazing scent with great longevity and performance.
Exceximixkirl – :
Super sweet orange flower scent, but fresh enough not to be cloying
odz066speagoessenda – :
Wheeeeeeeew! I absolutely LOVE this house. I own many of their fragrances. I LOVE crowd crushing sillage. But this one……woof. It is SO sweet that I cannot tolerate it on my skin. It smells almost like rotting orange with my chemistry. So sad. I have a Travel kit of this if anyone might want to trade or something. I will be getting rid of this one way or another!
Stim KoS – :
This house has so far been a source of frustration and relief for me. Frustration because I had built it up in my mind quite a lot, and relief because now I won’t have to concern myself with a ever more absurd wish list. Having tried very many, I am a bit jaded regarding orange blossoms. At first the orange blossom itself was very potent, however I was quite disappointed because it was simply bludgeoned by cheap, tacky, unrelenting resins sweetened with sugary vanilla. It was sweet alright…. The discordant edges took an exceedingly long time to become a cohesive unit as the resins faded away and a tart-and-sweet citrus seemed to join in, sort of a reversal of your usual perfume-pyramid structure, but still evoking nothing remotely related to the name. According to some other reviewers, this irony of tawdriness to innocent (though not overly compelling) treat is an artistry beyond my ken. Nice, but not special.
Unlovevow – :
Holy mother of god, this is potent. A dab from a sample vial creates a huge cloud. Initially it reminds me of those scented markers from grade school. Mr Sketch. Remember those? Everyone wanted to use that dark blue one because it just smelt so good, and this is exactly what it smells like! I feel like I can even smell the little felt tip. So that blue smell is pretty intense, but this one fades pretty nicely and softens up a lot. It becomes minty to me, exactly as the marker does.
Am I crazy? This is BLUE SCENTED MARKER perfume. I really like it, but I don’t think it’s splurge quality.
pismKaspquids – :
Orange flower & neroli come on strong in the opening – very floral but more green than sweet. Vanilla/balsam very subtle in the opening. As it dries down it sweetens and develops a strange, almost medicinal note that other commenters have also mentioned. It reminds me of a Victorian medical hospital, or an apothecary with perfumes as well as after shave and health tonics, with some candy sold by the register. Soap and root beer?? Like other BK perfumes I’ve tried this is a big fragrance. Curiously, it reminds me of old-school drugstore perfumes I’ve been trying; big, sexy, womanly fragrances that weren’t afraid to announce their femininity to the entire world.
alensav – :
Extremely clever name that people just don’t “get”.
Oh how I tried to pass this off as “too sweet”. As
much as I expected it to be cloying is as much as
it redeems itself almost immediately. Yes this is a
sweet one. But never TOO sweet and never girly.
Just like the name suggests (or flat out describes)
this perfume is exactly what it says it is. This line
is clearly a masterpiece at naming their work and
what’s ashamed is most people pass it off as trite
(Aw*w poor souls just don’t get it). It’s not “trite”
it’s that YOUR NOSE don’t recognize great work.
A RICH full sweet perfume. Can’t help but fall. I
usually can’t wear such sweet stuff sO boy was I
delighted when this puppy took to me. …Peace..
grec – :
ahhh another by kilian
if your into smelling great then you know of this house
this opens with such a wonderful smell and projects nicely
but after a hour or two i found it to just go away but eventually it made it way back and started projecting again
im not sure how i feel about this one but if you like love dont be shy then this ones a must try
on to the next
etic – :
Impressive, bright and uplifting fragrance that is vastly different from a lot of stuff out there. Who knew I was going to be a sucker for orange blossom?
One can imagine a lot of things when mentioning orange blossom but probably not how Kilian carefully blended it in their fragrance. There is no denying that this fragrance is sweet but it’s a different kind of sweet, it’s the kind of sweet that you assign to an orange flavored ice lolly. Huh, what?
Let me explain a bit : Imagine the orange flavored ice lolly : you know you’re eating something sweet and that it resembles the orange flavor and smell but the artificial nature, texture and coldness of ice balance out the flavor in such a way that you can not really compare it to a real orange anymore … if that makes any sense. Whatever, in any case Sweet redemption also follows that weird logic. You know it resembles orange but not in the way that a real orange would smell like. The benzoin and vanilla really push it towards the ice lolly philosophy but made with expensive ingredients and with a lot of complexity.
Don’t worry guys/gals, you are not going to smell like a giant carrot top ice lolly! (thank god – who want’s to smell like that apart from an ice cream vendor?) Just somewhere hidden in your brain you will connect to this type of smell if you remember it from your childhood.
Luckily, sweet redemption also provides a slight medicinal vibe thanks to the incense that make this fragrance really really great and unique smelling. Quite mysterious in a way. I’ve not encountered anything similar so far and definitely not in the designer market so in a way it’s niche on all levels. There is also something very uplifting and bright in this smell, it’s the complete opposite from all this dark oudy and woody incense fragrances that are hitting us from all sides. Honestly, this is a fragrance for positive and optimistic people.
Power? It lasts and lasts. Put on in the morning, still projecting in the evening. I would advise to keep your trigger itchy finger at bay though, 2-3 sprays is really enough, more than that and it might become too sweet.
Compliments? Well, only a few so far but I can just see that people have a hard time understanding this scent trail, it’s just different but rest assure, they’re intrigued, not offended.
serjglift – :
number 4/5 of the ‘by kilian’ line. so far i’ve not been impressed, and this trend continues in trying this.
i honestly don’t have many words for this one. as per the other perfumes i’ve tried, it has that artificial ‘perfume-y’, fuzzy, hairspray vibe that is as off-putting as it sounds. beneath that, orange blossom and vanilla. that’s literally all i can smell. it’s almost juvenile in its presence; sickly with hints of orange blossom peaking through, like some kind of confection. it further devolves into a murky, dense vanilla mixing with the benzoin sweetness, still with the strange ‘chemical’ note hovering above it. putrid.
it does seem to have rather good sillage and longevity however. still, nowhere near worth the 195 euro asking price if this is how other people smell it. i’m hoping my experience is down to skin chemistry.
ciiuhmvltbs – :
Warm, elegant and not too sweet. I usually do not like orange blossom because I find it intoxicating on my skin, it gives me headache. I’ve been smelling this in perfume shops and I never appreciated the fragrance from the mouillettes. A friend of mine gave me a few samples of my favorite ones because I was leaving on a business trip (usually Good Girl Gone Bad, Playing with the devil, Forbidden Games and Flower of Immortality). I was in a hurry so I sprayed one and it was Sweet Redemption. At first I was disappointed but after half an hour there was just a light trace of Orange blossom and the best resinous Myrhh was the dominant note on my skin. I purchased the refill because the sale price is more affordable than the original bottle and I have few empty bottles at home. Very nice and warm, too resinous, on my opinion, for spring or summer but absolutely nice in a cold day.
okh434bedyWelty – :
Man, I wish I could fall in love with this one! The opening is quite nice, and the brand is so well-loved. I’m afraid I just wasn’t wowed by this particular offering.
Sweet Redemptions opens with a blast of orange blossom and vanilla, given slight depth and smokiness via the opopanax and benzoin. Those latter two notes are very, very faint–the orange blossom and vanilla are very dominant–but I can smell them. As the day progresses, I get even less of the other notes and more of the orange blossom/vanilla combination; it’s like the concotion becomes lighter and sweeter on my skin. Overall, the scent is sweet, creamy, and vaguely powdery.
Oddly enough, there isn’t much of a dry down on my skin. I was expecting the myrhh and incense to develop throughout the day, but instead, Sweet Redemption just…fades away. It lasts about 5-6 hours on my skin, even when sprayed in my hair, and has a moderate projection: people will smell it if they’re close to you, but it won’t fill up the room. (Bear in mind, though, that I am not a “heavy sprayer.”)
While Sweet Redemption is relatively linear on my skin, I don’t think that’s inherently BAD. In fact, I’d consider purchasing a bottle if the longevity was there and the price was more reasonable. But at $4.90/mL, Sweet Redemption is astronomically expensive for a fragrance that doesn’t last and doesn’t take me on much of a journey. I’ll give it a “like” because I enjoy it while it’s on my skin, but overall, I found this much-hyped fragrance disappointing, and I won’t plonk down the money on a full bottle.
ritta9974 – :
Opens with orange flower, and a whiff of incense. The incense is quite dark and soon mixes with other resin notes. It becomes sweeter and lighter and slightly vanillic, still with lots of sweet orange blossom. The resins are rough and they balance the sweetness of the orange blossom quite well. The drydown is a nice resinous base with an edge of incense, and a sweet orange blossom on top.
Sillage is heavy, longevity moderate to long.
A very nice scent, I have to say I like this more in winter than in summertime. In summertime the orange blossom sweetness is too much for me, too sugary and candy-like. In winter the resins are far more prominent, they give the scent more depth and truly complement the scent. I do like this one a lot. Perhaps a travel set, one day!
prisoner-valet – :
This is my second review of this scent. My first review was written in the hot and humid summer of Florida. This review was written in the cooler and drier winter.
For the first time ever I got the rootbeer note others have mentioned. It surprised me. Besides the rootbeer note it opens with a Honeyed Orange Blossom full of Opoponax and Vanilla (which probably adds to the rootbeer). There is a menthol/ medicinal quality here, sitting behind the Orange Blossom, that reminds me of fresh, crushed orange leaves. Could it be from the Myrhh? Orange leaf isn’t listed but I swear it’s in there. The opening also has a hint of incense in the background. It’s a very sweet opening. Not candy sweet but that sweet scent you know will taste bitter, like vanilla extract. It’s a really interesting dynamic.
As it warms up, the Orange Blossoms comes forward more and the rootbeer edge lessens. It’s also a little more dessert sweet than vanilla extract-like bitter sweet (for lack of a better way to explain it). It’s a lovely change and very different from the opening. There is also more… Orange… pulp? I don’t know what it is, but it has a nice Zing and I am still getting a hint of that menthol/ medicinal quality that I think of as fresh crushed orange leaves. The Zing and the medicinal really balance out the dessert sweetness. It’s truly lovely.
The drydown is still mostly Incense with Vanilla and a hint of Myrhh. The Vanilla isn’t very sweet and it is a nice break from the sweetness of the other two stages. It’s warm and comforting. I’m not sure which is my favorite stage but the drydown is very beautiful.
It’s actually that menthol / medicinal edge, that I perceive as crushed orange leaves, that really makes this a work of art. The composition walks the line between overly sweet and overly medicinal like a tightrope walker who’s perfected their skills and can run across the tightrope, blindfolded with no net. It’s mastery of an art and beautiful to experience.
How this composition wears is greatly impacted by the temperature and humidity (at least for me it is). More so than any other scent I’ve worn (except maybe Seville). The longevity is amazing and lasts forever. The Sillage is NUCLEAR and you will kill people if you are not careful and use a light hand.
bashkir2 – :
interpretazione autunnale delle classiche note estive di neroli. la parte volatile di fiori d’arancio sembra infatti adatta a temperature calde, ma rapidamente vira verso un cuore di vaniglia più caldo. le note finali si assestano invece su sentori caldi e aromatici di benzoino e incenso, meravigliosi. un preludio alla stagione fredda: il profumo dell’addio all’estate.
nion88 – :
Quand j’ai senti le bouchon de la bouteille que j’ai détecté tortilla de maïs. J’étais très excité de le mettre sur, mais ça sentait très différent de celui du haut de la bouteille. Malheureusement, aucune taco. Le parfum change beaucoup. Je suis chèvrefeuille clair que transforme bientôt en cannelle.
murik26r – :
Sweet Redemption smells quite strange to me. Maybe it’s because I’m more used to sweet, bright, or even soapy interpretation of orange blossoms, as in the first 6 hours of Sweet Redemption, the orange blossom seems to be struggling in a cloud of opoponax and incense, and the whole scent smells dry, a bit animalic and the sweetness is quite restrained. Thus, when the orange blossom and the resins and incense finally melt together into a powdery fluffy cloud in the late drydown, I almost feel it’s the redemption, although still not that sweet especially compared to other orange blossom + vanilla combination, such as Réminiscence Guimauve or Mi Fa.
The sillage is relatively soft and the longevity is at least 9 hours. Although I personally find it a bit weird, especially when compared with other offerings from ‘L’oeuvre noire’ series, I still find it quite intriguing. I think it’s worth sampling if you like resins and white flowers, but blind buying is probably not a good idea with this one.
oleg_kov – :
One of my favorite Orange Blossoms!
This is a honeyed and sweet orange blossom. very edible. The orange blossom and opoponax are the dominant notes in the opening but I get a hint of incense and vanilla too.
The heart is more benzoin than opoponax and I loose the incense but the oranges blossom is still dominant.
The incense comes back in the drydown and becomes the dominant note with the orange blossom. There’s also a hint of vanilla and myrhh. this is the least sweet stage of the scent which is good because by the time you get to the drydown you need a break from the sweetness. Or at least I do.
The longevity is great, about 11 hours. I catch snatches of it up to a day later though. The sillage is nuclear, so use a light hand or you’ll suffocate.
Башуров – :
I was gifted with a Killian sample set, and this was my first test drive, and all I can think is “root beer” . I trip through some fairly standard orange blossom, a curl of smoking vanilla and something that is almost, but not quite soapy orange flower water. At the end of the day, nice, but certainly nothing earth shattering. Luckily, I like root beer.
o.repin – :
Autumn. Haven’t noticed anyone getting autumn with Sweet Redemption, but there it is. The last flush of summer heat, carried on a smoky wind, blowing the first dried leaves around in little gusts at your feet. There is a fruity sweetness, which reminds me of soft, ripe plums, dorset apple cake, heavy with sultanas, orange peel and demerera sugar. I smell the deep resinous scent of the warm earth, tucking the warmth deep down for the coming winter, and the harsh bitterness of oak and yew bark, fallen acorns and berries. I was so convinced, I toddled off to our local churchyard, which is laden with Oak and Yew to spend a couple of hours watching the light change and sniffing the air, and yes, I got Sweet Redemption. It’s the wind of change. It’s very nice indeed, for he or she, quite seductive and dangerous in the right hands. If you go to youtube and look for “Slideshow inspired by Sweet Redemption By Kilian” by Windymiller7, You’ll hear the sound of it. Or at least, what I heard. Gracias amigas. 🙂
Viktormelkovskovd – :
Pleasant but nothing special. Considering the price, you always expect something totally unique. This scent is not.
TkO_O – :
Fusafungine…childhood trauma is back!
pozarny – :
I think I’ve been through the whole gamut of emotions with Sweet Redemption: love, hate, indifference, ambivalence, and everything in between. In the end, though, I’ll have to settle for ‘intriguing’.
There’s something contrarian going on here. Take the opening, which will appeal to the kid in you especially if you grew up loving orange cream popsicles, Tang or Fanta Orange Soda. What you get, in other words, is orange ‘flavour’ rather than than anything resembling the actual fruit. And yet the whole concoction somehow smells decidedly natural.
As the fragrance develops, it does, thankfully, become more grown-up. Myrrh and opponax add warmth, tempering – but still respecting – the freshness of the orange blossom (that contrarian thing again). Also, I detect a mentholated and possibly fizzy note, though I have no idea what could be responsible for it if the composition, as listed, is accurate and complete. Nonetheless, it’s my favourite aspect of the fragrance, giving some identity and character to an otherwise two-dimensional offering. Incense is there, politely in the background. Too politely, really – you’ll have to sniff up close to catch it. As for the vanilla, it’s perfectly serviceable, even if I’m convinced significantly reduced quantities of it would’ve have made for a far more enticing fragrance.
Not full bottle worthy, but the travel spray strikes me as a fair compromise.
Graviti – :
I bought this earlier at Harvey Nichols. To my nose, it is a “tamer” version of Angelique Noire by Guerlain, at least in the first few minutes. After some time, it becomes a little powdery, but again, a faint similarity with the Guerlain can be detected. I agree with Masters of Style’s review on YouTube when he said it is not an uplifting orange blossom, probably because of the opoponax or benzoin? Hours later, this stayed on my skin as a faint version of Angelique Noire until it disappeared. I was waiting for incense to come, but none, no incense.
I must admit I was a little disappointed after buying this given the price but will be using it everyday for this week until I finally learn to appreciate it more. I should have just bought instead Back to Black or Guerlain’s Shalimar Parfum Initial. Oh well…
Brovko – :
For some reason on my skin this smells like old fashioned rootbeer (???) mixed with a little orange blossom. I like the smell, I’m just not sure I want to pay that much to smell like rootbeer. Good thing it was just a sample!
sharp_lad – :
I never thought I’d like this, as vanilla isn’t one of my favorite main notes. I keep finding myself coming back to my sample, and I think I’m addicted to it! It’s a smooth linear balsamic vanilla orange blossom. I’ll probably get the smaller (and cheaper) travel size since it’s so long lasting. It lasts over a day.
dantistr – :
I also agree that Sweet Redemption’s blast of orange flower reminds me of some scented product from my childhood…perhaps some sort of bath product? I’m not a fan of the smell- too bitter and harsh, like only being able to eat the rind and white pith of the orange and not being able to experience the juicy sweetness of the fruit. I feel the same way about neroli though- and I do think Sweet Redemption bears striking similarity to Tom Ford’s Neroli Portofino. I only had the Kilian scent on for about an hour before I had to scrub it off, but in that hour, the fragrance remained pretty much the same as when I first sprayed it- strong, bitter orange. It did start to sweeten a little, but I still could not detect any incense/resins/balsams and I think life is too short to wear stinky perfume just to see what it will do next. It does smell expensive and well-made though…I have smelled much worse offerings at Victoria’s Secret and discount stores. I can’t really say if it is more masculine or feminine, as I don’t know which gender is usually associated with unripe, out-of-season citrus. I find Sweet Redemption to be both lacking in sweetness and desperately needing to be redeemed.
nikitaonline – :
Like the reviewer below I also found this to be reminiscent of something from the distant past, but I can’t put my finger on it. Maybe something in my parents garden growing up that resembled the orange flower, or was is that orange oil cleaning spray? It’s very familiar anyway.
Mostly white floral, pretty soapy and a tiny bit of resin. Nothing outstanding here.
vphr – :
Very nice orange blossom with a hint of incense. It is as simple as it sounds but done right. Orange blossom is not my flower at all due to unpleasant associations, but I can understand the love ‘Sweet Redemption’ is getting from all of you! I found it purely feminine and ethereal, maybe a tad soapy, and could not imagine it easily on a man.
gang307 – :
la entrada no es muy buena , pero a medida que pasa el tiempo se siente la flor de naranjo y vainilla ,una combinación muy buena me gusto mucho lastima que el frasco sea de solo 50 mil , me gustaría uno de 100 mil
vyioueamfhk – :
170) Rendez-vous manqué
Sweet Redemption is based on the myth of Faust by Kilian: an encounter with the devil.
And to do that, the major chord of the perfume is the orange blossom. Kilian said that orange was the main theme of the perfume: the essence of bitter orange tree leaves and bergamot for the head, orange blossom, and resins for the heart and the background. The gamble is a kind of inversion among orange blossom and myrrh for a lagged effect between innocence and magnificence, to symbolize a kiss with the devil in disguise.
On skin the head is not so green or so bitter as he claims. In fact, we feel the sour orange tree leaf side, and that blends so well with the orange blossom, we can only say “Oh my God!” This is beautiful but really fast feeling as soon as the orange blossom takes over. The composition becomes heavier, but not sweet either.
Gently myrrh arises.
The heart Kilian announced as total orange blossom with balsamic notes (with resins), mainly remained on the floral note. Its use in this fragrance is too second part!
It’s the side that I find the worst that has been used: the “plastic” myrrh.
And here we arrive at the heart of what I feel to be the “problem”, it smells like déje vu, as a visit to the Salons du Palais Royal.
Thus, as usual, Kilian offers a technically perfect perfume but this whole lacks what makes the soul of creation: spontaneity. The desire to put oneself in the bottle.
The speech, again, further accentuates my dismay. Poetry in Bottle is perfect, but Kilian already eyeing a lot to Lutens, so when you want to exceed the splendor of our dear Serge you must have the guts behind. This “end” is very nice, but lacks a bit of inspiration.
Scholar Orange flower for niche brand cliché. Everything is coherent, perfectly mastered. For emotion I have nothing to add, I remain cold as stone (exept for the price).
pascali75 – :
An orange blossom fragrance that teeters on the edge of being soapy but does not.
ALIK20468 – :
Sweet Redemption is one beast of a fragrance. I have never gotten soo many compliments as I received when wearing Sweet Redemption to the office earlier this week. This stuff is potent and lasts really really really long. I could literally smell this stuff in my next day morning shower before the office, so that’s 24 hrs on longevity. No fragrance has ever lasted this long on me, and I have a beast of a collection. As for the scent itself, very nicely done; oozes quality and boasts confidence. a definite hit IMHO, will be buying myself a full 50ML bottle over the weekend.
idexe – :
This one starts out a tad medicinal? or sort of herbal/tangy, maybe it’s bitter-orange leaf?
Initial drydown smells VERY SIMILAR to LOVE, just a touch less sweet. As it dries down more, it starts to have a citrusy (orange blossom?) smell, overlaid with sugar/incense, and becomes pretty similar to Jo Malone Orange Blossom—sweeter though. JM OB is a little fresher/brighter/tangier. Still sweet but in a different way. Not as sugary-sweet.
M.D.W. – :
I am a sucker for sweet fragrances, but this is just too much for me. I get the bitter orange flower to start – and this is the main note of the fragrance – and the strongest. The strength and power of these notes are reinforced by the headiness of the benzoin, myrrh & incense, but they don’t ever overtake the orange flower. They just seem to make it stronger. I wanted to like this scent – I thought that it would be right up my alley, but this is scent is just way too much. It’s much too cloying for me to be able to enjoy. This is only compounded by the fact that it’s very linear.
tridognaid – :
My dears, Monsieur Hennessy has ‘redeemed’ himself with “Sweet Redemption.” Not a jasmine bud to be found. Lovely spice, adore the myrrh, opponax and incense. Very well done scent. I am happpy I have a number of samples of this because I really love it. And I never thought I would say that about a Kilian scent! The orange flower is so light and uplifting.
Snakelive – :
An extension, a beautiful one, of Lutens’ Fleurs d’Oranger. Or is it the other way around..?
I love the addition of Oppoponax, Myrrhe and Vanille.
It makes this wonderful perfume more rounded and passionate.
Gorgeous Benzoin in the drydown.
A new yet familiar Treasure in my wardrobe.
Edit: in my top five for a while now!
pg220283 – :
Probably one of the purest orange blossom scents I have ever smelled. This sits very close to the skin. After about an hour it was almost a whisper. This was a little to light for my liking. It also smelled a lot like honey. Very pretty indeed!!!
VREJ.V – :
This is a soft, long lasting scent, that is very linear on my skin. The orange blossom, mixed with benzoin, and fresh incense does not seem to change over time. Though, this blend of notes is so pleasing that you do not ever want the fragrance to change. It just is, and that’s wonderful.
dvdtorrent – :
I LOVE this perfume so much!! It is a true orange blossom scent, like straight from the blooming tree! A smell I have been searching and obsessing over for years.
Well I have now found it thanks to my sister, for finding me a sample. I smell the buttery opoponax too, but most of all the fresh sweet honeyed orange blossom. FB worthy, it will be perfect in Spring! oh and summer too. ***Swoon***
jokermenx – :
My favorite from Kilian, the only one I’m going to buy a full bottle. Great neroli fragrance, with a fruity vibe. On the base, I love the mix of resins, benzoin,oppoponax, myrhh are my favorite notes in fragrances. jul/2012
Revisiting: it’s not my favorite anymore, but it’s a good neroli fragrance, very sweet but still natural, I’d not buy a bottle, but it’s worth a try. The only Kilian that I really want to buy a full bottle is Amber Oud.
Bebylymn – :
Beautiful scent! I think this would have been great for say the bride of frankenstein. Smells dark,mysterious, and bewitching, in a good way 🙂
SimonDeathcore – :
the best in bitter orange fragrances, this perfume rules; i’m so addicted to it that i want to smell it everywhere not just on my skin.
alexver9 – :
This is my favourite from Kilian. I am in LOVE with it. Gorgeous, gorgeous sweet orange blossom and vanilla perfume. Very longlasting lasted from 8.00 PM last night to this morning at 8 Am when I woke up. I went for the travel refills this time and I am very satisfied. The price is acceptable with the refills and I can put them in another refill bottle which will cost me way less than the original travel atomiser.
The main reason is they remind of soaps when I used to be little and my grandmother would make a bath in the garden for me and my cousin, they smell like these memories, the smell of soap combined with flowers from the garden. This is not a simple orange blossom/neroli scent but it is a delightful combination containing these notes plus vanilla. Resembles also with Love but that one is way sweeter, like a marshmallow.
vl91 – :
Woah…. There are a couple of other By Kilian fragrances which I have described as sweet but this one goes waaaaaaaay beyond sweet. I find this overwhelming, too heady, too many resins and balms battling with the vanilla for supremacy. Stifling. It’s just too much.
On my skin, i