Kafka on the Shore Folie à Plusieurs 2020

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7.8 / 10 87 Ratings

A popular perfume by Folie à Plusieurs for women and men, released in 2020. The scent is woody-powdery. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Woody

Powdery

Spicy

Leathery

Sweet

Fragrance Notes

Aged paper Iris

Iris

Birch tar

Cedarwood

Lavender

Leather

Oak wood

Vanilla

Amber

Musk

Patchouli

Perfumer

David Chieze

Ratings

Scent

7.887 Ratings

Longevity

7.375 Ratings

Sillage

6.574 Ratings

Bottle

8.255 Ratings

Value for money

6.324 Ratings

Submitted by Mefunx, last update on 06/29/2025.

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Reviews

2 in-depth fragrance descriptions

08/30/2024

Hughster65
1 Review

Hughster65

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A transcendent scent with deep literary roots

Kafka on the Shore, inspired by Murakami's novel of the same name, and crafted by Parisian parfumeur David Chieze, is the only fragrance I have ever finished down to the last drop in the bottle and one of only two I have ever re-ordered, the other being Ormonde Homme. Ormonde Homme is my Winter go-to scent, while Kafka on the Shore is for the rest of the year.

As David messaged me, "I just tried to capture Mr Murakami's work, as you said, in layers, of dreamstates and memories." The core note that brings me back to it again and again is that of a fire on a beach, and it emerges out of the initial notes in the same way memories surge forward in Murakami's excellent novel.

Worth every centime.

05/18/2025

10
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 9
Scent

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Very helpful Review 12

Murakami in molecules

"Silence is something you carry within you.
Not out there, but in here."
- from "Kafka on the Beach" by Haruki Murakami

Sometimes it's the books that lead us to a scent. That was the case with me and Kafka on the Shore. Haruki Murakami (*) has been with me for many years. i read "Kafka on the Shore" in 2006 and it was the inspiration for this fragrance. I am currently reading "South of the Border, West of the Sun" by Haruki Murakami. I stumbled across the following passage:

"The smell of lavender was in the air,
mixed with the light aroma of old paper.
It was as if time itself had a scent."

This reminded me of a small sample that was first sent to me and my friend and was related to Murakami. So off we went to the sample box, searched, found and applied. My God, and I was so happy because I had the feeling that I had found one of the sources of inspiration for Kafka on the Shore.

It smells like old paper. Like the library cards of youth and books that have been read several times. Like cedar wood and oak. Lavender and iris make it creamy, earthy and powdery.
Amber, musk and patchouli blend with the vanilla and envelop you in a gentle, soft reading aura. Really superbly realized.

Kafka on the Shore is not a statement. It is a mood.
(M)A fragrance for reading. (M)A retreat. Murakami in molecules.

In addition to the wonderful fragrance experience and the poetic reference to Haruki Murakami
Kafka on the Shore impresses with a very handcrafted and minimalist bottle. The perfume house Folie à Plusieurs is based in New York and draws inspiration for its fragrances from art, literature and films. Haruki Murakami's work "Kafka on the Beach" was one such inspiration.

So I end my review with a very nice quote about fragrances
from "Kafka on the Beach" by Haruki Murakami:

"Wrapped in the deep scent of the forest
i hear the fluttering of birds' wings, the stirring of ferns.
I am free of gravity and float, just a little,
from the ground and float in the air."

* The Japanese author Haruki Murakami is one of the most famous contemporary authors. Known for his books that hover between reality and the world of dreams. His novels have sold millions of copies and have been translated into over 50 languages.