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.
Sidonie Lancesseur built Straight to Heaven around rum, nutmeg and patchouli, the three notes the house highlights. Rum and nutmeg hold the top, patchouli fills the heart, and vanilla and cedar make up the base.
Rum and nutmeg
The house describes an opening of dark rum, rich and burning, whose sweet gourmand accord melts into the softness of creamy vanilla and dried fruit. Nutmeg brings its spices and leads to the patchouli, itself spicy.
A more detailed list specifies the origin of the materials: a Martinique rum absolute, a Javanese nutmeg oil and an Indonesian patchouli oil, with a dried fruit accord, hedione, ambergris and white musk.
Patchouli and cedar
In the base, patchouli pairs with the woody freshness of cedar, and the house evokes, to finish, an animalic harmony. At the launch, the list of notes also named Brazilian rosewood, alongside rum, patchouli, nutmeg and cedar.
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