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By Kilian Love Don't Be Shy(2007)

By Kilian · Calice Becker

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Created by Calice Becker for By Kilian, Love Don't Be Shy opens on neroli, bergamot, pink pepper, and coriander, moves through an elaborate white-floral heart of orange blossom, honeysuckle, and jasmine, and closes on sugar, vanilla, caramel, and civet. Its marshmallow-sweet orange blossom structure became one of the most recognized and widely imitated niche feminine fragrances of the 2000s, remaining Kilian Hennessy's flagship release.

Did you know? This scent's civet note is a heavily diluted trace of a substance that smells overwhelming and fecal at full strength. Read the full story →
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2007

By Kilian Love Don't Be Shy is a fragrance from By Kilian, released in 2007 and composed by Calice Becker. It opens with Neroli, Bergamot, Pink Pepper, and Coriander, moves into a heart of Orange Blossom, Honeysuckle, Jasmine, Iris, and Rose, and settles into a base of Sugar, Vanilla, Caramel, Musk, Civet, and Labdanum.

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Top notes
NeroliBergamotPink PepperCoriander
Heart notes
Orange BlossomHoneysuckleJasmineIrisRose
Base notes
SugarVanillaCaramelMuskCivetLabdanum
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● drafted · last checked 2026-07-19