Kiss

• Romantic
• Everyday
• Casual

Kiss opens on a very clear fruity note, with pear and apple bringing a juicy, fresh, immediate feel. Then the fragrance softens into a gourmand heart where marshmallow, vanilla and orange blossom create a sweet, almost ‘cloud-like’ and deeply comforting effect.

Over time, the whole melts down further, with sandalwood and powdery notes smoothing the composition and making it sit very close to the skin. The gourmand side remains, but softer and warmer, with a clean, addictive feel.

Khalil T. is a Parisian perfume house born in 2022 from an unusual path. Khalil, who is self-taught, first built his credibility as a genuine fragrance connoisseur and never hesitated to recommend perfumes on his Snapchat account: he selected, recommended and championed the launches of the boldest creations in niche perfumery, building a community of enthusiasts around him before he had created anything at all. When he moved on to composing, he did so with perfumers Stéphanie de Bruijn and Julie Massé, two noses respected across the industry. The collection is built around a unisex, intense and resolutely modern signature, somewhere between the contemporary Arab world and European sophistication. Kryptonite, the house's first perfume, immediately set out a bolder vision of niche perfumery: luminous aldehydes, tonka bean, iris absolute, jasmine sambac and a base of white sandalwood and almond. A powdery, creamy fragrance that wraps around the skin with a magnetic presence. Kryptonite Absolu takes the formula further still, towards toffee caramel, praline and a more opulent sandalwood. Krypto Night heads in another direction, fresher and more sparkling with pear, ginger, white flowers and ambergris, like the nocturnal, electric version of the same DNA. Santal Cashmere explores a milky aquatic woody, with a surprising red seaweed opening that gives way to a very soft heart of iris and sandalwood. What sets Khalil T. apart is this knack for creating instantly recognisable fragrances, carried by a community that has adopted them as a signature.