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Kismet Olfactive

Nympheas (Water Lilies)

50ML / 1.7FL OZ - EAU DE PARFUM

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Aquatic & RainFloral

Smells like

Pond WaterMaté TeaLily Of The ValleyLotusVetiverOakmoss

$185

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The Story

Nymphéas (Water Lilies) is a series of roughly 250 oil paintings by French Impressionist Claude Monet, depicting the artist’s renowned garden ponds at his home in Giverny. Painted over the last thirty years of Monet’s life—as his vision progressively blurred due to cataracts—‘Water Lilies’ is an extended study on the interplay of light, color, and reflection on water, testifying to nature’s constant transformation and ephemerality.

Inspired by Monet’s great cycle, Nymphéas (Water Lilies) is a floral fragrance exploring ambiguity, impermanence, and blurred perception. Solar water lily notes hover over lily of the valley, jasmine, and aquatic pond water which, in turn, mingle with earthy scents of vetiver, oak moss, and maté. Embracing olfaction’s ever-shifting subtleties, Nymphéas (Water Lilies) evokes the uncanny experience of familiarity with the unfamiliar—it’s like being in love.

**Note: Our fragrances are made by hand in small batches, are unfiltered, and contain a high concentration of natural raw materials—therefore, some cloudiness or sediment may occur.

FEELINGS

Cheerful, Sunny, Serene, Gentle, Enchanting

Top
Pond water
Heart
Maté, Lily of the Valley, Lotus
Base
Vetiver, Oakmoss

The House

Kismet Olfactive is the New York studio of perfumer Shabnam Tavakol, who trained at the Grasse Institute of Perfumery and apprenticed with master perfumers in New York and Paris before founding her own house. The daughter of Iranian immigrants and raised in California, she bridges Persian heritage and Western upbringing in small-batch fragrance. The brand's quiet motto — in feelings we trust — runs through every composition.

The Perfumer

Shabnam Tavakol