Fièvre Verte

L'Heure Verte

Kilian 2021

You all know Vincent van Gogh right? He went a bit mad and cut off his ear after drinking too much absinth. Well back in the days there was load of absinth balm in the booze, probably provoking dilutions. Nowadays it’s just a strong liquor based mostly on anise.

Which is a very nice smell indeed. I do, however, associate it with childhood. Not being able to sleep my mom always made me a cup of milk with some anise. Worked like a charm.

This fragrance has an incredible smell, the drydown is a bit woody, really nice. Kilian knows its woods. It takes forever to get to that drydown though. First 6 - 8 hours is really spicy anise with moderate projection in the first hour or two.

On my first wear I immediately put this on my wishlist but I’m not sure if I want to smell like anise all day. Probably scared to doze off, or that I want to cut off organs.

Very good sillage and quite potent, particularly on the anise front.
I would say lasting-power is about 4-5 hours on me. I wish this could have been better, but alas.

Initally, I picked this one up primarily for it's Absinthe note, for I've always been very fond of Absinthe and it's scent. And I'm very pleased to inform you that it indeed smells of a true Absinthe!

From what I've read from others - the anise, violet and liquorice root mellows down and settles into a smooth, cool and woodsy scent after a few hours. This doesn't seem to be the case for me. I get to keep the notes - as they are on first spray - throughout my wear. Albeit a bit warmer.
I presume it depends on your skin chemistry.

Overall, this is a wonderful scent for those who love fresh, cool and unisex fragrances.

The bottle is lovely to look at too, though the cap could have been made of glass rather than plastic.

A good absinth, very green, very pleasant. I thought that paired with liquorice absolute it would be a hit. For some reason, the liquorice is very light on my skin here, compared to other perfumes... I like it, but not as much as I thought I would. The pyramid is immaculate, but there must be an issue with my PH or something because I get just a hint of liquorice and patchouli. It stays still, not evolving a lot... It could have been the perfect scent if all the notes were working on me. People compared it to Hexensalbe, I wish it was as strong as Hexensalbe. Duh.

This opens with ANISE. Anise and absinthe are at the front, with a green patchouli. There is a strong bitter green woody note, it smells like the inside of a still-green twig.There is a subtle smokiness as well... As it dries the bitterness settles a bit and it gets a sweeter and smoother. A bit like herbs steeped in sugar syrup.
It is not inviting, but there is something very powerful about it. A poisoned dagger of a scent.

This won’t be for everyone and that’s fine as I don’t want to always smell like everyone. The name of this fragrance is inspired by the city of Paris and expresses the traditional French ‘Happy Hour', that early evening window of time when absinthe was served upon sugar into a glass and swirled with a spoon in a slow-paced ritual in which the liquid turns pastel green. Kilian’s made this to represent the period when artists would drink absinthe and get into the artistic mood. The main notes are simple Absinthe, Violet Leaf, Licorice, Patchouli, and some Woods. I get a nice blast of licorice off the first sprays. Then it slower transitions to violet, patchouli and woods. It has a nice bit of sweetness and the licorice never really goes away which I like. This is a difficult Fragrence to describe but I really like it and it has pulled some compliments only wearing it a few times so far.