PIERRE GUILLAUME
KYPHENZE – CITRUS REX

2025

PERFUMER
Pierre Guillaume

citrus notes
spicy notes
clary sage
liatrix
sandarac resin

‘Of citrus and spices… Radiant, regal. An exceptional citrus, balancing aromatic tension and resinous strength. A radiant citrus crowned with spices and resins. Diffusive, tenacious, distinguished. Citrus, in its imperial form. The Inspiration: A dry heat, almost sacred. Scorching stones, the sun at its zenith, and in the air, a vibration of herbs, blazing citrus, and ancient resins. Kyphenzé is born from this tension between raw light and buried mystery: the evocation of a forgotten ritual, between ancient Mediterranean and Oriental reverie. It is not about reconstructing the past, but exhuming its aura to feed a contemporary gesture — imposing, fascinating, luminous. The Fragrance: Citrus Rex. A citrus with authority. The opening grips: an accord of sharp, juicy, bright citrus — almost incandescent. What follows imposes an unexpected verticality: spices, sages, and liatrix sculpt the material. At the base, a rare resin — sandarac — exhales a golden, balsamic, mineral breath. The fragrance anchors, extends, asserts itself. It doesn’t just pass by, it reigns.’- Pierre Guillaume