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By Kilian

Straight to Heaven

Straight to Heaven, white cristal is a men’s fragrance by Kilian, composed by Sidonie Lancesseur and launched in 2007 in L’Œuvre Noire, a collection of six fragrances. Rum is its common thread: with nutmeg, it opens onto a heart of patchouli, set on a base of vanilla and cedar.

Launch year
2007
Gender
Men
Olfactory family
Woody
Concentration
Eau de Parfum

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Straight to Heaven was released in 2007 in L’Œuvre Noire, a collection of six fragrances that also includes Love, Beyond Love, A Taste of Heaven, Liaisons Dangereuses and Cruel Intentions. Kilian intended it for men, like A Taste of Heaven, and Sidonie Lancesseur composed it.

Rum as a leitmotif

At its launch, Kilian made rum the leitmotif of the fragrance, a note that blends the warmth of the Caribbean islands with that of patchouli. The house then spoke of an invitation to temptation and to taste the forbidden fruit, in the spirit of the collection.

The six fragrances were then sold in refillable 50 ml bottles, and refills were planned from the launch. The full name of the fragrance, Straight to Heaven, white cristal, still appears on the gold plate on the front of the bottle.

Today the house places Straight to Heaven in The Cellars, its woody collection. It offers it in 50 ml and 100 ml, in a 250 ml decanter, in a set of four 7.5 ml travel sprays and in a 100 ml refill.

Olfactory pyramid

  1. Top notesThe first minutes
  2. Heart notesThe heart of the perfume
  3. Base notesWhat lingers

What critics say

Gaia Fishler, writing for The Non-Blonde, loves its spiced rum and cedar base, which take her to the Caribbean; Kafkaesque smells mostly cedar in it and faults its medicinal, synthetic character.

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