Nympheas
Kismet
Nymphéas (Water Lilies) is a series of roughly 250 oil paintings by French Impressionist Claude Monet, depicting the artist’s renowned garden ponds at his home in Giverny. Painted over the last thirty years of Monet’s life—as his vision progressively blurred due to cataracts—‘Water Lilies’ is an extended study on the interplay of light, color, and reflection on water, testifying to nature’s constant transformation and ephemerality.
Inspired by Monet’s great cycle, Nymphéas (Water Lilies) is a floral fragrance exploring ambiguity, impermanence, and blurred perception. Solar water lily notes hover over lily of the valley, jasmine, and aquatic pond water which, in turn, mingle with earthy scents of vetiver, oak moss, and maté. Embracing olfaction’s ever-shifting subtleties, Nymphéas (Water Lilies) evokes the uncanny experience of familiarity with the unfamiliar—it’s like being in love.
“These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession for me. It is beyond my strength as an old man, and yet I want to render what I feel.” - Claude Monet
Class
Floral, Fresh
Feelings
Cheerful, Sunny, Serene, Gentle, Enchanting
Top: Pond water
Heart: Maté, Lily of the Valley, Lotus
Base: Vetiver, Oakmoss
Specifications - 50 ml. Eau de Parfum
Tuberose Tantra
Kismet
An erotic floral fragrance inspired by Eastern sex magic practices, Tuberose Tantra is energized by the ritual of building slowly rather than rushing to the climax. Infused with layers of ancient aphrodisiac oils, its base is composed of a strong bed of sandalwood, its heart contains a plentiful dose of narcotic tuberose, and its top notes burst with spicy ginger. Note: arousal may occur while wearing this fragrance.
“When we repress our desires, they do not disappear but stay beneath the surface and continue to exert their influence.” — The Kama Sutra
Class
Floral, Woody
Feelings
Affectionate, Playful, Confident, Sensual, Passionate
Top: Clove, Ginger Root
Heart: Tuberose, Jasmine
Base: Patchouli, Sandalwood, Cashmeran
Specifications - 50 ml. Eau de Parfum
The Poet
Kismet
Soft-spoken, coolly composed, and worldly wise. The Poet fuses floral Casablanca lily with eastern wood and resin notes including Moroccan Atlas cedar, Omani frankincense, and Indian sandalwood. A sophisticated floriental fragrance, The Poet is rounded out with sensual leather and ambrette musk, warm patchouli, grapefruit, and hints of sweet tonka bean.
Class
Amber
Feelings
Alluring, Grounded, Elegant, Mysterious, Romantic, Warm
Top: Grapefruit, Ambrox
Heart: Casablanca Lily, Ambrette Musk, Frankincense
Base: Sandalwood, Tonka Bean, Patchouli
Specifications - 50 ml. Eau de Parfum
Studio Scent
Kismet
Studio Scent celebrates the mess that makes us us: used books and vintage records piled up around the room; a cup of steeped black tea next to last night’s glass of wine; dusty tchotchkes on the oaken spice shelf; mary jane; palo santo smoke hovering over a vase of wilting lavender; allure coming from the bedroom; two soft figs in a bowl of oranges.
A sensual chypre, Studio Scent is structured around rich Turkish fig while blending bergamot with black tea notes, lavender with amberwood, and palo santo with oak moss. Warm and moody, this is an evocative home fragrance inviting bohemian spirits to the space in which we live and work.
“I guess that this must be the place…” - Talking Heads
Class
Chypre
Feelings
Vibrant, Calming, Nostalgic, Safe, Ambiant
Top: Bergamot
Heart: Turkish Fig, Persian Black Tea, Lavender
Base: Amberwood, Oakmoss, Palo Santo
Specifications - 50 ml. Eau de Toilette
Nostalgia
Kismet
Nostalgia is a love song to the French-Alps village of Grasse, where Kismet-founder Shabnam Tavakol studied perfumery. Structured on poetry’s 14-line sonnet form, the fragrance is composed of 14 raw materials.
Nostalgia’s first stanza is based on seductive suede, saffron, and leather accords, evoking Grasse’s roots as an epicenter of tanning in the Middle Ages. Heart notes include Rose de mai and nagarmotha as a nod to Grasse’s rise as the world’s perfume capital in the 18th century—home to hillside flower fields that meet the Mediterranean Sea. At its volta, Nostalgia turns upwards towards anisic top notes inspired by Pastis—the complex, herbal aperitif with which Shabnam developed an intimate relationship during after-school hours at Grasse’s sole watering hole, Le Crystal.
At once leathery, musky, floral, herbal, smoky, and spicy, Nostalgia is a unisex scent intoxicating to men, women, and everyone in between.
Embrace your solitude and love it. Endure the pain it causes, and try to sing out with it. For those near to you are distant.
—Rainer Maria Rilke
Class
Leather
Feelings
Adventurous, Bold, Rich, Deep, Confident
Top: Anise
Heart: Tonka Bean, Rose de mai
Base: Leather, Suede, Nagarmotha
Specifications - 50 ml. Eau de Parfum
Wedding in Oaxaca
Kismet
Wedding in Oaxaca is the story of two lovers bound together in a mystical Mexican city, surrounded by a parade of local music, dance, and friends in wild celebration. A playful fragrance, Wedding in Oaxaca fuses smooth lactonic notes of coconut milk and tuberose with fresh floral violet leaves and woody undertones of vetiver, musk, and sandalwood. May this scent always remind you of a memorable moment in time.
“. . . Here they come with a big brass band up front
With tubas and trumpets and drums
At the head or the forming columns of men and women
Pouring in from the side streets
Into the Avenida de la Independencia in the center of Oaxaca...”
—Lawrence Ferlinghetti, "High Noon, Oaxaca”
Class
Woody, Fresh
Feelings
Fun, Lively, Compassionate, Present, Encouraging
Top: Pink Pepper, Ginger, Coconut Milk
Heart: Geranium, Gardenia, Violet Leaves
Base: Osmanthus, Musk, Sandalwood
Specifications - 50 ml. Eau de Parfum