Venenum Kiss Eau de Parfum Ex Nihilo

It’s a huge LOVE from the first sniff to me! I expected for it to be more spicy with the top notes of saffron and nutmeg. It’s not. It’s very balanced, no one thing is too loud, everything sounds so harmonious. Perfection.

"Ex Nihilo" is currently my favorite brand; he is able to personalize each creation in an original way. "Venenum Kiss" is fantastic, a concentrate of regal freshness. Sandalwood, saffron and nutmeg are perfectly caressed by almost imperceptible floral notes. For this reason sublime. Great sillage.

Very nice. My chemistry sometimes dislikes the saffron note but not here. It is the dominant note but it's closely followed by the sandalwood and nutmeg. It's way better than the Aramis Calligraphy! It only smells lia bit like Calligraphy saffron when it's starting to wain.
I think the rose and artemisia add an interesting twist along with the often used amber and vanilla. The result makes me think of red wine. A sort of warm, perfumey wine. Ironic since I don't drink alcohol.
It surrounds me in this warm room. Good sillage.
The styrax remains far in the background.

Wow! I thought I loved Venenum kiss for one reason and it turns out I actually love it for another. When I tried it in store I was treated to what I perceived as quite a kitsch, pastiche of a fluffy, pink fragrance echoed by the colour of the perfume itself. It still is this hot pink Cadillac of a scent with an extremely fruity, Jammy rose accord in the opening clearly backed with vanilla, it’s crystal clear and almost too cloying and too much to bare after about 30 minutes. I’m not one for labelling a fragrance too feminine for being sweet and rosy but VK nearly had me beat. However it’s when the Base notes of creamy sweet sandalwood and vanilla and a heart of leathery and opulent saffron take over this fragrance transforms (and not even in smell because all this is there from the get go) with the rose dying back and everything else chiming in, exuding quality.
There’s something modern about it that I love, it has an almost pop art attitude, technicolour and unabashed.
I really like it, I must say.

one of my top 2 from the ex nihilo line. i dont know why a previous reviewer called this scent 'faint'--- it's definitely one of the louder smells in the collection. it definitely stays on the skin for a long time.