Angels

Angels is Scentleys' interpretation of Kilian's Angels' Share, the boozy cognac-and-praline gourmand named for the whisky lost to evaporation during barrel ageing. The original opens on cognac and cinnamon essence, moves through a praline-vanilla heart, and closes on oak and tonka bean for a warm, dessert-like finish. Scentleys' version keeps the same structure - cognac and cinnamon on top, praline and vanilla in the heart, tonka and oak underneath - but pushes the praline sweetness further forward while the cognac's boozy realism reads thinner and less complex than Kilian's oak-aged accord. It is a straightforward apple-pie, boozy-pastry gourmand rather than the layered dessert Kilian built. Expect four to six hours of close-wearing sillage against the original's genuinely long-lasting drydown. This is a fair way to sample the cognac-praline gourmand niche without the Kilian price tag, best suited to cold-weather evenings, dates, and cosy casual wear where the sweetness reads comforting rather than cloying.