Kingdom (for women)
Designer: Alexander McQueen Olfactive Group: Oriental Spicy
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The poetic fantasy of this perfume is not only captured in its composition, but in the melody that attends it. The song was written by the American poet Jorie Graham and it was published simultaneously with the launch of the Kingdom perfume and EDP: ‘Pierce my heart again’. This call reflects the message of the perfume, the design of the bottle, as well as conviction of Alexander McQueen that we have to live with our eyes and hearts open, and explore the world around, even if that causes us pain.
The poem continues with the subsequent editions of Kingdom.
'I wanted the perfume to start off very light, and then to become more intensive and masculine, suggesting raw sex appeal.' Alexander McQueen.
The composition starts with bright fresh feminine notes of mouthwatering citrus (mandarin, bergamot, lemon and orange), accompanied with warm flowery nuance of neroli and brisk freshness of mint. The fragrance then becomes more dangerous and shows its dark and sensual side: the floral accords of the heart (rose and jasmine) are warmed by erotic spicy notes of cumin and ginger, precious woody notes of sandalwood, and spicy and pepper-like nuance of Copahu wood. The final notes of Bourbon vanilla and Indonesian myrrh give a sensual, warm, and comfortable wrapping to the composition.
The perfume was created by Jacques Cavallier in 2003.
In the following, 2004, McQueen launched eau de toilette version of Kingdom – lighter, less spicy and more floral due to lily of the valley and orange blossom which tender the woody and spicy notes. The Kingdom EDT comes in a renewed beautiful jeweler bottle shaped as a precious red heart.
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On me, the cumin note is very dirty, extremely animalic. It lasts so long and overwhelms the floral notes totally. I like this animalic feeling, very erotic, full of lust.and I understand why people say it has armpit smell or body odour. yes, sometimes. but it doesn't always smell like that. A friend tried the same EDP version another day, and it turns into a very beautiful froral notes on her. There is the cumin note as well, but much lighter and cleaner than on me. the floral notes are still with the dark feeling, very dense.
I also find my cat is crazy for it! When I wear Kingdom, he will keep on licking my wrist. I've tried dozens of perfumes, everytime he just run away, and this is the only one he likes!
I know Kingdom is on the one-star-trash list in Mr.Turin's new book. Well, I'm afraid I couldn't agree with him this time, and nor my cat :P
It is my favorite because it is too powerful!
I bought a bottle a week ago, I just got it in today and immediately tried it... and it smelled beautiful and floral at first, but dried down to that hideous indian-food smell reviewers were talking about on my skin. :( I was so disappointed. I sprayed it at least 5 more times on my neck and wrists just to make sure I didn't like it (because I wanted to like it!). My mom was there, and she spritzed some on her wrists, too. She said she loved it! I grabbed her arm and took a sniff and it smelled completely different on her! Unfair! It smelled like the sexy, headstrong, dark, spicy scent I was expecting from it.
So now the bottle is hers :) If I can't enjoy it on me, at least I can enjoy it on her. It just didn't work on me. I consider this perfume to be kind of a risk. It's such a lovely perfume if you have the right chemistry for it... so buy a sample if you're interested.
Whew, long review.
This is not for everybody though. If you like flowers in bloom, Sunday afternoons and pretty butterflies, forget about it. However, if you read Baudelaire at midnight, are attracted to werewolves and cemeteries do not scare you easily - than you have your match.
Strong, sexy and dangerous!
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