Surrealism in Scent. 

In 1967, the surrealist artist René Magritte gives the world one of his final pieces: The Art Of Living.

Characteristically surprising and whimsical, it depicts a man wearing an unremarkable dark blue suit. But the figure has no head. Instead, floating a short distance above the neck, is a giant orange ball, featuring a face with an unreadable expression. 

Irreverently playing with the idea of ‘blue’ scents – perfumes with decidedly conventional personalities, much like the suit-wearing figure in The Art Of Living – Opus XV opens with a bright, innocent mandarin. Pink pepper adds an attention-grabbing sparkle, while blackcurrant accentuates its sharpness. But soon, a different tune begins to play. 

The sensual tones of amber link to the mandarin. Oak chips introduce woodiness. And before we know where we are, the oud has pounced – and holds us in its mesmerizing spell.

The union of the real and the unreal, the clashing of the impossible and the mundane – the surrealist manifesto that life is never truly what it seems to be. The meeting of fire and nightshade, of juicy mandarin, grandiose amber and somber oud, King Blue is an oneiric wood supreme.

Notes: mandarin, blackcurrant, pink pepper, frankincense, amber, sandalwood, oakwood, patchouli, oud silver, leather