Sweet Redemption by Kilian- L'Oeuvre Noire Collection

Sweet Redemption by Kilian

The End

This is the last fragrance from the L'Oeuvre Noire (black masterpiece) collection. It's unisex and described as, 'sweet orange blossom leaf intensified with a religious balsamic accord built around myrrh, incense and benzoin. A scent of liberation.' The scent opens with a burst of orange blossom. These floral notes hold for a good while before the opoponax starts to show off. (Opoponax is sweet myrrh which gives off a mature, honey/ burnt sugar sweetness.) The incense matures the scent and give it it's balmy quality whilst the slight bitterness in the orange flower keeps the scent from entering 'gourmand' territory. It's warm, sensual, relaxed and perfectly unisex.
The lasting powder is extremely impressive. The orange blossom stays vivid for about 4 hours before it bows down to the more warm, incense notes. The matured scent then lingers a good 6 further hours before fading to something warm and powdery. It takes about 12 hours before it completely vanishes on my skin.
I think the packaging is beautiful. The bottle is slim and made from glass with a dark core. It looks like it contains some mysterious elixir. The perfume is packaged inside a beautiful black box and sits amongst black satin lining. You are given a little key to keep your scent safely locked away from unwanted attention. At £145 for 50ml I can see why someone may want to do this!
I absolutely adore this perfume. I have liked the last few perfumes I have bought but this is LOVE!! Discovering 'Sweet Redemption' by Kilian was one of those Holy Grail moments for me. It has catapulted into my top 2 scents!

I discovered the brand by chance last Thursday when I was looking for a birthday gift for a friend. I got her the discovery set and spritzed myself with Sweet Redemption whilst I was waiting for her gift to be wrapped. I spent the whole day sniffing my wrists and scarf like a possessed lunatic. Despite swearing I wouldn't buy any new perfumes.. I bought it and another discovery set for myself on my way home. Well, it's not every day you come across a Holy Grail item!

Kilian Collection

The Discovery Set

This set is a fantastic way of trying the Kilian L'Oeuvre Noir collection. You get 10 7.5ml/ 0.25oz vials. I also purchased the black, travel spray case to fit my vial of choice into. (Currently the mini Sweet Redemption for my handbag!)

I have sat down several times and sniffed my way through the vials and I very much like the majority of the scents. Particularly, 'Prelude To Love' and one of the men's scents in the collection, 'Straight To Heaven'(Rum notes which make me think this is what a posh Jack Sparrow would wear!!). There was only one I disliked and that's 'Beyond Love.' I will most definitely be purchasing a few more full sized scents in the future and a few candles. My mum agrees that the collection is beautiful and out of all 10 scents, Sweet Redemption is also her favourite!

Kilian also has an Arabian Nights collection with Oud based scents. Starting this year they will be launching their Asian Tales collection with the last release expected in 2015. Click here to visit the official website to explore the brand and buy online.