Black Phantom

Black Phantom "Memento Mori" is a tribute to the pirates' motto "remember you're going to die" as well as their favorite drink: black coffee drizzled with rum. This fragrance is revealed on notes of rum and cyanide. Strong notes of coffee in heart, balance with the essence of vetiver, then blend into the essence of sandalwood and cane sugar in the background.What a fitting description of that ghostly pirate treasure-ship which forever silently cruises the Seven Seas : without wind or air, but with her empty sable sails drenched in perfume - and of spectral cutlasses still resounding from her decks. Kilian weaves in, too, the dark and ancient concept of the Memento Mori : the death sits unseen beside us in this life. The flower-wreathed skeleton at the feast which grins as it bids us enjoy the present; to seize the day; to gather rosebuds while we may. To enjoy life fully and wholly, just as we love perfume : reveling in a sensual but inescapably transient moment which can be remembered and treasured - but never preserved.