Diesel
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The blackcurrant hits with genuine tartness, immediately brightened by green apple's crisp acidity and bergamot's citrus peppermint quality. Within moments, there's a honeyed sweetness creeping at the edges, as though the fruit notes themselves are beginning to caramelise on warm skin.
Hazelnut emerges as the dominant force, creating a roasted, almost buttery tonality that softens the fruit's brightness considerably. Orange blossom weaves through this, lending a delicate floral counterpoint that prevents the composition from becoming purely creamy, whilst apricot adds stone-fruit depth and a subtle nectarous quality that bridges fruit and gourmand accords beautifully.
The base settles into a soft amberwood-vanilla embrace, with cocoa and patchouli creating a skin-like second skin rather than a heavy veil. What remains is quietly comforting—less gourmand confection, more cashmere and warm caramel melting against the nape of the neck.
Loverdose Red Kiss arrives as a calculated collision between fruit-forward vivacity and creamy indulgence—Mathilde Bijaoui's interpretation of a fragrance that wants to flirt but isn't afraid to seduce. The blackcurrant and green apple opening carries a crisp, almost tart energy, but it's the hazelnut and apricot heart that reveals the fragrance's true ambition: this is less about freshness and more about edible comfort, where stone fruit meets roasted nut in an embrace that feels genuinely warm rather than cloying.
What distinguishes Red Kiss from the perfume equivalent of dessert-scent saturation is its restraint in the base. Rather than drowning everything in vanilla excess, the fragrance employs amberwood as a structural anchor—something woody and slightly austere that prevents the composition from collapsing into pure gourmand territory. The cocoa and patchouli add earthiness without resorting to heavy leather or dark musk, creating instead a base that feels grounded, almost creamy without the saccharine heaviness that derails lesser fruity-gourmand fragrances.
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Diesel
3.3/5 (144)