Opus XV King Blue

Composed by Alexis Grugeon and Hamid Merati-Kashani, Opus XV King Blue joined Amouage’s Library Collection in 2023. Conceived as a surrealist work, it opens on a luminous mandarin, pink pepper and blackcurrant, moves to olibanum and amber, and reveals an animalic base of Oud Silver, sandalwood, oak wood, patchouli and leather.

Brand: Amouage
Launch year: 2023
Perfumers: Alexis Grugeon
Hamid Merati-Kashani
Gender: Unisex
Olfactory family: Woody
Secondary families: Fruity Oriental
Concentration: Eau de Parfum

Published November 10, 2026

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In 2023, Opus XV King Blue joined Amouage’s Library Collection, founded in 2010. Renaud Salmon, the creative director, entrusted its composition to Alexis Grugeon and Hamid Merati-Kashani with one instruction: an opening that reveals nothing of the conclusion, so that the scent unfolds as a surprise.

The Salon de Mayo

Renaud Salmon drew the idea from the Salon de Mayo, a gathering of artists held in Havana in 1967 that showed works by Magritte and Picasso. Surrealism and its taste for subverted expectations guide the fragrance, which Now Smell This links to The Art of Living, a painting by Magritte.

An oud from Ajmal

The oud comes from an oil of exceptional quality, Ajmal’s Oud Silver, chosen for its contrast between animalic authority and suave elegance. Concentrated at 35 percent perfume oils, the eau de parfum matures for ten weeks, five of maceration and five of maturation; the bottle holds 100 ml.