Kiki (2008)
by Vero Profumo

I finally tore my nose away from Vero Profumo's "Onda" long enough to experience "Kiki".On me Kiki opens with a fruity/citrus-y blast of Lavender, but very soon after, a sexy, dark cocoa note emerges, a raucous opening that literally makes me smile. The scent eventualy the smooths out to a soft, powdery lavender soliflore (or so I thought) until the chocolate/cocoa note that I thought had disappeared comes sneaking back in. At some points I think I can even smell notes of a rich coffee roasting. Then suddenly Kiki is back to being a the subtle whiff of lavender on a softl breeze that I experience standing in my garden in the summer. To me Kiki is a playfully mischievous study of "light" and "dark".

This is pure perfume and it is to me ,mainly a lavender soliflore. The caramel ,musks and fruits are side players in this, on my skin.
The Luckyscent sample is not very much as you know and it makes me want to order a decant or another 2 samples to further test.
It's unisex, fresh ,smoothly blended, refreshing . If you like lavender ,Jicky ,fougeres, then you will probably like this. The price tag for even 7.5 mls is pretty hefty at $ 185 and $305 for 15 mls - this costs more than Jicky extrait. So I am very hesiitant about a full bottle. If I had to chose between Jicky and this, I would still remain faithful to Jicky I am afraid.

take out chocolate and patchouli from A*men and and adda liberal dose of lavender and sticky fruity accord, what you get is Kiki. is very tenacious thruout and opens with rock solid lavender and caramel with "Montale mukhallat" like fruity accords. i just cant shake the A*Men association, very clearly it's a take on it and it does it nicely without getting too cloying in the fruity dept.. not for me, but for those who like those accords, why not? would last 24+ hours with a lovely trail.

Kiki starts out as a dry, chilly lavender with a curious camphoraceous – almost mentholated – medicinal quality. In style it is reminiscent of Serge Lutens’s equally herbaceous Gris Clair, and worlds away from the warm, comfortable, vanilla-seasoned lavender of Caron Pour un Homme or Jicky. The fragrance pyramid for Kiki lists caramel, but I do not perceive this as a particularly sweet scent. Brisk, tart fruit and crisp green notes brighten Kiki as it wears, so while it retains its initial astringent character it becomes a sunny and uplifting fragrance, rather than the craggy monument to lavender that Gris Clair represents.

Kiki only begins to sweeten well into its development, and even then the pronounced fruit accord keeps it from both the soporific languor and the barbershop associations that attach to so many lavender perfumes. It’s only when the fruit and green herbaceous notes subside – which they inevitably do after three or four hours – that Kiki drifts into more traditional lavender territory. As with many scents based on lavender, Kiki offers conspicuous sillage and powerful projection, so that more than a moderate application can make the scent oppressive, especially in hot weather. On the whole I’d rate Kiki as one of the better lavenders I’ve tried, though I wish it would retain its distinctive crispy edge for longer.

Yummy lavender.
This is my favourite lavender scent - both warm and refreshing, strong but not cloying. At first blast, it's almost Angel without the fruit, but it mellows nicely.
I'd call it fairly linear, but there's nothing wrong with that. And it lasts all day.