Kir Royal

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Kir Royal is a fantasy note named after the cocktail: crème de cassis topped with champagne. It reads as jammy, slightly catty blackcurrant lifted by a dry aldehydic fizz.

Scent Profile

Kir Royal smells jammy and fruity, a dark blackcurrant note closer to raspberry than strawberry. A sharp, aldehydic fizz sits over it, giving the accord a bubbly rather than syrupy feel. Underneath is a boozy weight of liqueur and wine rather than plain fruit juice. A faintly sulphurous, catty edge comes from the blackcurrant bud itself, and a green, crushed-leaf note runs through the fruit. A chalky, mineral dryness stands in for the champagne, and a sugared sweet vanillic note ties the whole thing together.

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EnvelopeHeart · ~4h lasting

Family Fruity, Fresh & Citrus, Sweet & Gourmand

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Origin

Not a raw material. No house sells a captive called Kir Royal and no extract of the drink exists. The recipe is nine parts champagne to one part crème de cassis. The note is assembled from two established perfumery elements. The blackcurrant side comes from blackcurrant bud absolute or its synthetic thiols, which Givaudan's own datasheet describes as a duality of sulphurous green and fruity. The champagne side is a constructed effervescence accord, not wine: aldehydes for the sparkle, a yeasty brioche heart, a chalky mineral base.

Usage in Perfumery

An opening accord for celebratory and fruity-floral compositions. It sits where a plain blackcurrant note would sit but adds a dry, sparkling lift, so it can head a composition without the flat sweetness of a berry note alone.