Her Majesty

HER Majesty just arrived and I tore into the sample vial ASAP. The thing I've been worried most about has been the "salt/sea" notes because those usually go baby powder on me in an unpleasant way. And for about 10 minutes they do go baby powder but an *expensive* baby powder, and really only on my skin. Around. me is an etherial luminous and harmonius cloud. It's extremely difficult for me to describe this scent but in terms of sakura season it's light like that. Like cherry blossoms the scent flutters by. If you are expecting luscious peach like in Good Girl Gone Bad, you'll be disappointed. This is definitely the lighter white peach, delcious but much less intense. I've only had it on for 20 or so minutes so I expect I'll come back to this review in a bit. For now I'll keep using the 1.5 ml sample and decide if I will return her. BTW: She came in a beautiful black bag. Oh, and this perfume is FEMME - I don't know why "woody" is the first accord on their little stack up there next to the bottle. It's not woody at all. Very much an etherial floral with hints of peach. Sillage is not huge, intimate but farther out than just skin. Maybe a 10 in / 20 cm? Something like that. 24 hours: lasted overnight. Now the sillage died down overnight obviously but in the morning there was still a faint scent of white peach and delicate florals on my skin. Despite the etheriality of this scent it does have long staying power. This is not a "beast mode" scent - you can wear this in an office. Stays on the clothes very well also and with little to no powder on the clothing. I will probably end up keeping this but I am going to take a couple of days to think about it. Have almost used up my 1.5 ml sample though and that's unusual for me.

I love this fragrance. On my skin the combination of white peach and rose is pretty, delicate and elegant. The peach brings its smell with a velvety texture. The rose gives the elegant touch with its softness and presence (I feel like I am smelling a white or soft pink rose). On my skin is not a rose bomb, but balanced with the white peach smell. I don't perceive any moss or earthy notes but a well crafted fragance with no sharp edges. The rose smell is different from Radical Rose, Lady Vengeance or other fragrances with a more pronounced rose note. What I liked the most is the peach note since I find it different from other peach fragrances. On me those tent to have a strong peach smell while this one is subtle and incredible feminine. Won't be for everybody. Try it first. Is completely normal for a chypre fragrance not to be as popular as gourmands, marine, fruty-flowery profiles and that doesn't mean is bad. Remember, it depends on your own taste. I recommend it. Is not a mega incredible or unique fragrance but I found it to be beautiful and elegant. It connected with me and I bought it immediately.

It smells great! A very classy, fresh, ethereal, clean chypre fragrance. The top notes are really enchanting - an unusual combination of peach skin, rum, and rose with a suggestion of watery notes. As it dries down it becomes greener, very mossy. The word "cabbage rose" comes to mind, but I mean it literally... like a rose growing next to a big leafy green savoy cabbage. It's also musky and woody. I was afraid they'd serve this chypre with tons of sugar to please the tik-tok hype machine, but this is really not a sweet fragrance at all. It's unisex, but the name will keep 90% of men away. In the deep drydown, papyrus/cypriol becomes dominant, mimicking that sort of funky scratchy patchouli oakmoss thing from chypres of yore. It has faint echoes of Moonlight in Heaven and Good Girl Gone Bad.

The fragrance is very delicate, feminine, and truly beautiful. From the very first minutes, it opens with a juicy peach touched by a light tartness, which adds elegance to the composition. The peach feels very naturalistic and vibrant. As the fragrance develops, it becomes softer and more rounded, revealing a creamy, enveloping nuance. This creaminess makes the scent incredibly comforting, as if you are wrapped in soft arms, draped in a velvety veil. The floral notes are extremely delicate, enhancing the femininity of the composition, while the woody and musky base adds depth and projection (the sillage is very good) without weighing the fragrance down. Overall, it is a very beautiful, elegant, and soft scent , a fragrance of tenderness, comfort, and beauty.

Papery , jammy rose and unripe peach. Suuuper soft and feminine. It begins as extremely papery but changes ever so slightly on the skin. If really has the ambrette creaminess of Rolling in Love that someone on here mentioned, paired with the almost gourmand papery note of Diptyque Eau Papier. The rose in here is the same rose that you would find in Initio Power Self. This is NOT at all comparable to Flower of Immortality or Peche Mirage. The peach in here is much more realistic and less artificial “peach shampoo”. Also - the sillage is great. I find it strange how reviews on here either describe it as nuclear or terrible. I love this. People saying it smells horrible might have the flu.

It's really really good! At first I was like thank god i only bought a travel spray but as I was getting wafts of it, it became full bottle worthy. I get a stronger rose than peach, with a backing of oak moss and ambrette. The peach is not the sweet synthetic kind, thank god. But this is a light and airy fragrance that is easy to wear all year round, anywhere and everywhere. I purchased a travel size from Killian and received a complimentary full travel size of Love DBS. Update: Ok I was trying to figure out why it smelled familiar then it hit me that this smells a bit similar to Atomic rose, minus all the harshness.

This was love at first sniff for me and I purchased a full bottle on the spot! When I sprayed this on my skin, I could detect immediately the peach which gives a very “fresh feeling” and then as it dries down, the rose and rum come out and it turns into a slight gourmand scent. It lasts around 2-3 hours ( 4 sprays) but I don’t mind carrying the full bottle with me and re-applying throughout the day. This is definitely a fragrance which leans more feminine and it’s suitable for all seasons however I think this is nicer to wear in the day time compared to the evening.

This is my 2nd review of this scent. I bought it right when it came out. I adore it, but for most of the time I've disliked this powdery edge on it and I was worried it was going to get more powdery as time went on. It may be the change in season (I. got it february and now it's june) or a little time in the bottle, but with the warmth I find the powder has died down considerably and turned into a more crisp/fresh/dewy edge to the scent. Love it for this warm weather. I definitely feel like it's great for summer and spring days.

I felt like a GODDESS when I wore this to the pool today. 10/10 instantly in Love with Her Majesy. Two of my fav summer Kilian fragrances: 💖Sunkissed Goddess - Divine Princess, rich classy girl on vacation, soft delicate & lovely 💖Her Majesty - Divine Queen, she owns the vacation beach house, femininely bold, men drop to their knees before this beautifully mysterious Goddess They are both great summer perfumes, both are feminine but they are nothing alike & yes you do need both if you want to have an amazing summer! 👙🏝️⛱️☀️

Her Majesty, is beautiful. Right off the hop I was greeted with a peach soaked in rum; followed by some rose. The rose is not too floral but just the right amount. There is something about this to me that smells like Moonlight In Heaven mixed with Imperial Tea. Overall it is a great scent that I’ll keep testing to get a better understanding of it! I would love to smell the woody notes in this one. 9/10 EDIT: The dry down is this beautiful musk that is very polarizing!

This is just beautiful, don’t really understand the hate for this masterpiece. This is like if Hacivat and Aventus had a baby, a very fruity (peachy) chypre with a touch of rose and aquatic notes, the mossy dry down feels so good in combination of all the other notes. Longevity is atrocious for this scent profile, a 10/10 but it’s worth noting that tends to be a little bit feminine, so guys that like that heavy masculine scents won’t be happy with this

this is a beautiful fragrance this is my second day wearing it and it wears so beautiful and elegant. the rose is jammy, sweet, and perfectly compliments the peach in the opening. I love the rum that runs a soft ribbon of depth in this compisition. The woodiness is very soft and slight, I would say it gives more sandalwood vibes than cedarwood in the dry down but overall a pretty spring scent.

I had been looking forward to a perfume inspired by Kyoto and cherry blossoms. This fragrance gives me a sense of purity, elegance, nobility, and beauty. Strong scents are often disliked in Japan, but this smells just right, so I really like it.”

I received this fragrance as an early Valentine's Day gift and I'm completely in love! It's definitely giving beautiful, classy and elegant. It's such a beautiful long-lasting fragrance. 10/10

Gorgeous! So beautiful and elegant! one of the most feminine fragrances I’ve smelled. I’m obsessed sunscreen the day I try !!! Can’t wait to have it!

I just adore this... for me, its Osmanthus and Rose.... Pure delight and classy♥️

I think it is very feminine, loved it.

I’ve enjoyed wearing my sample of Her Majesty today, yet it smells very familiar, with a vintage vibe. I don’t mean familiar or vintage in a nostalgic/romantic way. It is familiar because as soon as I smelled Her Majesty, I recognised it as an almost perfect dupe of Cabotine Floralie Grès by Parfums Gres which I’ve owned for many years. I think very highly of that inexpensive and under-appreciated gem. If you are not familiar with the fragrance or brand, please check them out. The plastic lidded pink and aqua spotted bottle design may not be to your taste (I love it to bits myself), but decant the liquid into a travel atomiser and no one will be the wiser. You will save hundreds. Oddly, neither By Kilian or Gres describe the fragrances as being primarily marine, but that is the accord I associate with both. Fresh seaspray dominates, and is delicious. Christine Nagle was the nose for Cabotine Floralie, and for Cabotine Eau Vivide Grès which Is similar, with an even saltier rose. Nagel also created Wood Sage and Sea Salt for Jo Malone. Caroline Dumer was the nose for Her Majesty, and created Fortuitous Finley for Penhaligons. Both women have a talent for aquatics. Dumer can’t be held responsible I’m sure, for the brand proclaiming that Kilian “reinvents the chypre accord .....infusing it with a luminous and sensual modernity”. I own, or am old enough to remember, numerous floral/fruity/chypre fragrances, as well as some from the late 1980’s onwards and the 2000’s when marine notes were trending. The Kilian website cites different notes to those in Fragrantica, these being Damascus rose, peach, rum, ambrette seeds, papyrus and cedar wood, whilst the published ingredients (as opposed to the notes) mention bergamot peel oil, vanillin, patchouli and pelargonium oil amongst others. Unsurprisingly, Cabotine Floralie shares quite a few notes with Her Majesty. During my wearing of Her Majesty throughout today, initially I smelled strident fresh marine notes, which were also very metallic. The rose is vaguely lingering in the background, as well as a fully ripe peach. At no time did I detect rum, but after about 30 minutes the fragrance softened and lightly sweetened when the ambrette came into play. Her Majesty never became very earthy, despite the inclusion of papyrus, Cypriol, cedar and ambrette. I do think that adding the patchouli (as a substitute for oakmoss) makes this a more interesting fragrance than it would have been. It isn’t a stinging chypre of yore though. More a Chypre Floral Lite if you will. Having damned it with faint praise though, Her Majesty isn’t a bad creation. I wrote this review based on a sample I received, sprayed on skin, and worn for a day in high, dry heat. Silage was arms length from 3 sprays and the fragrance lasted into the night. The extreme dry down was salty and sweetly earthen. Very lovely, and my favourite part. Whilst I’ve enjoyed wearing it today, I don’t think the ingredients in Her Majesty smell of terribly good quality. Certainly not to justify the price. The quality of Cabotine Floralie is equal to HM, and sells for a song. I’m not saying that HM is a bad fragrance by any means. It is enjoyable, just not unique.

Was lucky to try this and get a sample alongside my Imperial Tea purchase at the flagship store in Paris yesterday. Seems like Kilian are very quick with launching the sales of their new releases (at least in France). I liked this, which was a bit surprising given I'm usually not the biggest fan of rose fragrances. This, at first sniff, is quite strong, and the profile is very unique. The peach/rum/rose combo is what stands out here. It is an extremely interesting blend which, to my nose, is structured in a way that would make this scent suitable for year-long wear, though I probably wouldn't recommend reaching for this in the super hot summer days, as there are better options for such weather. While it is versatile and extremely luxurious, it must be said that I do not recommend blind buying this, as it won't appeal to everyone and is certainly more feminine-oriented to my nose (I don't see myself wearing this and will most probably give the sample to my mother, who actually chose to purchase 'Musk Butterfly' over this due to also thinking that it's a little too heavy in the opening. She did like the eventual dry down, though). It's been already noted by someone that this is similar to Aventus and Good Girl Gone Bad eau Fraîche. Disregard that. This is nothing like Aventus and doesn't resemble any other Kilian fragrances. The price is what you'd expect with Kilian, and I'm not deducting points for what they charge because this is certainly niche-quality stuff. Suitable for all age groups in my opinion. Solid 8/10, far from my favourite fragrance to smell on a woman, but objectively a great and high quality release.

Her Majesty definitely subverts expectations; with a name like that, you might expect something heavy or intimidating, but on the skin, it’s a beautifully soft and intimate story. The opening peach is so natural and vibrant that you can almost feel the velvety texture of the fruit itself. As it settles, that fruitiness evolves into this gorgeous, high-end creaminess—think of it like the scent of an expensive silk scarf or a luxury body cream that just envelops you. The florals stay delicate and never become cloying, while the woody musk base gives it a surprising amount of lift and sillage despite its softness. It’s a 'quiet luxury' scent that doesn't need to scream to be noticed. Sophisticated, comforting, and smells like pure quality