Fièvre Verte

Announced by Now Smell This for September 2021 under the name L’Heure Verte and renamed Fièvre Verte in 2023, the perfume Mathieu Nardin composed for Kilian pays tribute to absinthe: an absinthe essence, a heart of violet leaf and licorice, and a base of patchouli, woody notes, earthy woods, vetiver and sandalwood.

Brand: By Kilian
Perfumer: Mathieu Nardin
Gender: Unisex
Olfactory family: Woody
Secondary family: Aromatic
Concentration: Eau de Parfum

Published November 11, 2026

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In August 2021 Now Smell This announced L’Heure Verte for September, alongside Apple Brandy on the Rocks, in Kilian’s The Liquors collection, which already included Roses on Ice and Angels’ Share. The site adds that in 2023 the perfume became Fièvre Verte.

The absinthe of the cursed poets

Kilian Hennessy signs with Mathieu Nardin their first collaboration, inspired by absinthe, the sulphurous spirit of the cursed poets. The house sees in it a tribute to Paris and to the early-evening ritual in which absinthe, poured over sugar, clouds to a pastel green.

Paris and its illusions

According to the house, Fièvre Verte expresses Paris at its best, indulgent and life-changing in its luxuries and wonderful illusions. For Wikiparfum it is a woody of the aromatic fougère subfamily, and Now Smell This calls it aromatic.