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Kriss(1942)

At a glance

A spiced floral composition from Jacques Guerlain, opening on bergamot and spices, moving through a rose-and-jasmine heart, and closing on amber, musk, and vanilla.

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Brand

Guerlain

Perfumer

Jacques Guerlain

Launched

1942

Family

Amber

A spiced floral composition from Jacques Guerlain, opening on bergamot and spices, moving through a rose-and-jasmine heart, and closing on amber, musk, and vanilla. Released during the Second World War, a period of severe material shortages across the French perfumery industry, it represents one of the relatively few new Guerlain compositions launched under wartime conditions.

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