Shangri-La: Royal Kynam

Gardenia is one of the most expensive extractions in perfumery, yet gone in minutes. It lacks the depth of jasmine, the tenacity of rose, the brightness of orange blossom. But what if it didn’t?

What if gardenia could be more?

Shangri-La begins where other gardenia perfumes fade. It’s built to last, using Nha Trang oud and Sri Lankan walla patta as fixatives. A mélange of vintage rose and rare Burmese oud bolsters the tenacity and diffusivity even further.

The scent opens lush, drenched in fresh florals: blue lotus, frangipani, honey-lacquered mimosa. Pink pepper and rosemary sharpen the edges, while blue cypress adds a cool lift. Then comes the shift – sandalwood’s creamy embrace, oud’s resinous pull, and a rich, buttery sweetness that clings to the skin.

Royal Tibetan Musk grains rest inside the bottle, steeping into the fragrance itself, amplifying its presence. A single drop hums for hours, evolving, revealing layer upon layer.

All of this would already be a royal olfactory flush, but then there’s a thick added layer of what’s easily in the top 5 rarest ouds on the planet, and the highest caliber wild Hainan ouds available: Royal Kynam.

Royal Kynam enhances the sinensis profile that is already imbued through the Nha Trang oud, which decorates the gardenias to give you a bouquet unlike you could ever wish to smell.

*Vintage Mysore sandalwood cap with 125 solid-silver plaque plated in 18-karat gold,