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Kismet Olfactive

The Poet

50ML / 1.7FL OZ - EAU DE PARFUM

In our

Fresh & CitrusAmber, Musk & AnimalicWoody

Smells like

GrapefruitAmbroxCasablanca LilyAmbrette MuskFrankincenseSandalwoodTonkaPatchouli

$185

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565 Grand Ave, Carlsbad, CA 92008

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The Story

Soft-spoken, coolly composed, and worldly wise.

The Poet fuses floral Casablanca lily with eastern wood and resin notes including Moroccan Atlas cedar, Omani frankincense, and Indian sandalwood.

A sophisticated amber-wood fragrance, The Poet is rounded out with sensual leather and ambrette musk, warm patchouli, grapefruit, and hints of sweet tonka bean.

**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

Alluring, Grounded, Elegant, Mysterious, Romantic, Warm

It is the imagination pressing back against the pressure of reality.

Wallace Stevens

Top
Grapefruit, Ambrox
Heart
Casablanca Lily, Ambrette Musk, Frankincense
Base
Sandalwood, Tonka Bean, Patchouli

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