Kinam Rouge: Pailin

The limited edition comes with the KR full-grain Italian calf hide jacket made by the late Habib Dingle (may he rest in peace) and carries the original Kinam Rouge juice – which means it actually contains the actual, sold-out Kinam Rouge Oud neat.

On top of the to the actual Kinam Rouge OG oud, this edition also contains 6 full grams of Pailin, an unreleased Oriscent oud.

Alongside Kamboche, Pailin was one of the most labor- & time-intensive ouds we ever produced. From sourcing, gathering, sorting, and grinding the super dust in Cambodia, and then flying it, in person, to one of my Sifus’ distilleries where it was crafted Oriscent style, this is no ordinary Cambodi.

It’s red and medicinal rouge is even more refined than Kinam Rouge iteself! And a full bottle’s worth doesn’t just give you a whisper, but imbues the OG juice with more red than your nose can probably handle!

Vietnamese oud stained by the deep red of Rose 1978 and the rouge of red champaca, myrrh and musk-infused patchouli. Kinam Rouge smells like a rich resinous cherry oud, velvet smooth with a liqueur-like olfactory texture.

Saffron oleoresin imbibed by grapefruit and red mandarin drunk on carnation come together to bedazzle you with boozy top notes you haven’t encountered before. 

Add henna’s herbaceous rouge to juhi and red cedar and the heart melts with a rich sweetness. This decadent crimson heart pulsates off frangi’s fusion with red champa to lend an exquisite floral tone to the zesty top.

Where frankincense is fresh and citrusy, red myrrh is soulful, earthy, and adds a darker syrupy sweet tone that works like magic with the rich creamy tang of the highest quality frangipani.

I wanted the scent to be dense and layered, overflowing almost – but not dark. Lush red, yes! But not too noir…

Enter a dash of pink pepper at the top and pink lotus (it took us ages to find a harvest worth using, which makes its maiden appearance here) alongside the henna-decorated frangi-champa fusion. The lily’s buttery pink is morphed by the pasty plumeria and red champaca’s narcotic fondant to create a spicy burgundy finish.

The sensual top notes that lead you to a luxury floral theater where the notes all play in unison is backed by a base ensemble composed of the quintessential red oud – Vietnamese oud – oozing out pristine crassna-sinensis resin right into a gush of the reddest Vietnamese and Cambodian oud in our collection with grapefruit and carnation inside the frangi inside the magnolia inside the vintage red rose inside the red jasmine all painted with henna dried with red cedar that makes this Kinam Rouge.

The KR leather jacket handmade by Habib carries the brew and comes steeped in Black Ambergris SQ, while our in-house infusion of full-spectrum patchouli with Tibetan musk (by itself a feast!) adds lift and projection to the perfume and the reddened musked-up patchouli’s earthen verve to the otherwise super oudy drydown. This is not only the first raw-musk-infused patchouli I know of, but these ancient musk pods’ truffle-like flavor imbues the amber-earthy aroma of fine patchouli with a priceless edge.

TOP
Red Cedar
Red Mandarin
Grapefruit

HEART
Henna
Saffron
Frangipani
Red Champaca
Juhi (Jasmine)
Rose 1978
Carnation

BASE
Bourbon Vanilla
Wild Vietnamese Oud
Vintage Malaysian Oud
Musk-Infused Patchouli
Black Ambergris SQ
Myrrh

Kinam Rouge smells regal. Dense and sultry. At the same time, there’s a playful, teasing brightness to the opening that makes it not only highly wearable anywhere, but enticingly so. Addictive. A brightness that beautifully reflects all red olfactory wonders, the oud and musk and the henna-laced precious petals that surge in by the half-hour with their more auspicious tenor. (That’s when the thought hits you again: “Time for another spritz!”)

But all the red wonders are in truth accessory chords built around the main theme of this perfume: smooth, red, and luscious Vietnamese oud. And now, jacked up further with Pailin’s Oriscent red…

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