Friday, June 7, 2013

Kiku by Faberge c1967

Kiku by Faberge: launched in 1967.






"New Exotic Orient inspired. Lavish her with a fantasy of far eastern splendor. An exotic and haunting new fragrance dramatically encased in the Oriental manner. Kiku (answers to kee-koo) is old word with deep taste and tradition. Kiku is name of fragrance, means golden flower. Kiku is like ancient lovely lute playing laughing exuberant music of modern times. Kiku is dreamed to make bath most blissful pleasant, shimmer like gossamer scented rose around body. Follow you every place you go. There are so many formations of Kiku fragrance as petals on golden flower. All with love to keep you happy beauty."

Fragrance Composition:



So what does it smell like? It was a citrus based aldehydic floral oriental perfume.
  • Top notes: aldehydes, bergamot
  • Middle notes: rose, lily, coconut, Tahitian gardenia, orange blossom, ylang ylang
  • Base notes: sandalwood, amber, vanilla, oakmoss, musk


You could get the Kiku fragrance in the following forms:
  • Kiku Bath Powder: in glorious golden globe with magnificent down-soft puff.
  • Kiku After Bath Cologne- feels like sun sparkling on cool waterfall
  • Kiku Bath Soap - scented marbled cake carved like ancient yen. Solitary in covered dish. Soap set of three cakes in box.
  • Kiku Bath Oil - deeply perfumed, many splendoured concentrate with measuring ladle.
  • Kiku Bodysoft Moisture Balm- clingy, caressy lotion-cream for fragrant delectation of skin all over.
  • Kiku vanity tray - 10” circle of a thousand rites, lacquer black or mum yellow.
  • Kiku Bubbling Bath Salts - powder fine, crystalline bath salts to soften water, silken skin.

Fate of the Fragrance:


Kiku seems to have been discontinued around 1976.



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