Notescivetcoffeecreamheliotropejungle foliage accordoudpatchoulitonka beansvanilla
Tags
#animalic
#sexy
#smoky
Style
unisex
The lush Indonesian rainforest is home to the palm civet, a small mammal that eats coffee beans which, once excreted, are harvested for their malty flavour. Kopi Luwak is inspired by this connoisseur’s beverage, with rich coffee notes mingling with animalic civet. Incense and oud underscore the fermented darkness, with dark amber and aged vanilla adding a sweaty sweetness.
Stone Cap: 100% Picasso quartz
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
This is a close-range fragrance for after-dark spaces where the air is warm and the setting feels intimate rather than polished. It suits a wearer who wants a dense, textured presence: coffee rising first, then a smoky animalic trail that feels almost tactile, like heat held under fabric.
How to wear
Best in cool to mild weather, where its darker materials can unfold without becoming heavy. Apply sparingly at first; the extrait concentration and civet-oud structure give it real depth, and a few sprays are enough to create a smoky, creamy aura that lingers on skin and softens slowly in the air.
Who it’s for
For lovers of dark gourmands, animalic perfumes and incense-tinged woods. It will appeal to anyone who enjoys coffee scents with bite, creamy sweetness tempered by smoke, and compositions that feel sensual, daring and slightly untamed.
Release year
2023
The nose
DL Jenkins. An independent perfumer known for bold, narrative compositions that lean into unusual materials and strong thematic contrasts, Jenkins works in a style that favors texture, atmosphere and surprise over polite minimalism. In Kopi Luwak, that approach is especially clear: the coffee accord is pushed into animalic territory with civet, oud and jungle greenery, turning a gourmand idea into something darker and more cinematic.
Pictura Fragrans’s story
Pictura Fragrans treats perfume as an art form first: a scented image rather than a conventional product. The house leans into independent, concept-led perfumery, using unusual materials, strong storytelling and emotionally charged compositions that feel more like olfactory paintings than safe crowd-pleasers.
Kopi Luwak’s concept
Kopi Luwak takes its cue from the Indonesian civet coffee of the same name and builds that idea into a lush, sensual composition. The brand frames it as a journey into a humid rainforest world, where coffee, civet, incense-like darkness and oud evoke both the rarity of the beverage and the mythic atmosphere around it.
Extra info
It is an extrait de parfum with a 21% concentration, and the bottle is finished with a stone cap made from 100% Picasso quartz. The fragrance was part of Pictura Fragrans’ early 2023 launch set and is one of the house’s most distinctive coffee-animalic compositions.
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Notescivetcoffeecreamheliotropejungle foliage accordoudpatchoulitonka beansvanilla
Tags
#animalic
#sexy
#smoky
Style
unisex
The lush Indonesian rainforest is home to the palm civet, a small mammal that eats coffee beans which, once excreted, are harvested for their malty flavour. Kopi Luwak is inspired by this connoisseur’s beverage, with rich coffee notes mingling with animalic civet. Incense and oud underscore the fermented darkness, with dark amber and aged vanilla adding a sweaty sweetness.
Stone Cap: 100% Picasso quartz
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
This is a close-range fragrance for after-dark spaces where the air is warm and the setting feels intimate rather than polished. It suits a wearer who wants a dense, textured presence: coffee rising first, then a smoky animalic trail that feels almost tactile, like heat held under fabric.
How to wear
Best in cool to mild weather, where its darker materials can unfold without becoming heavy. Apply sparingly at first; the extrait concentration and civet-oud structure give it real depth, and a few sprays are enough to create a smoky, creamy aura that lingers on skin and softens slowly in the air.
Who it’s for
For lovers of dark gourmands, animalic perfumes and incense-tinged woods. It will appeal to anyone who enjoys coffee scents with bite, creamy sweetness tempered by smoke, and compositions that feel sensual, daring and slightly untamed.
Release year
2023
The nose
DL Jenkins. An independent perfumer known for bold, narrative compositions that lean into unusual materials and strong thematic contrasts, Jenkins works in a style that favors texture, atmosphere and surprise over polite minimalism. In Kopi Luwak, that approach is especially clear: the coffee accord is pushed into animalic territory with civet, oud and jungle greenery, turning a gourmand idea into something darker and more cinematic.
Pictura Fragrans’s story
Pictura Fragrans treats perfume as an art form first: a scented image rather than a conventional product. The house leans into independent, concept-led perfumery, using unusual materials, strong storytelling and emotionally charged compositions that feel more like olfactory paintings than safe crowd-pleasers.
Kopi Luwak’s concept
Kopi Luwak takes its cue from the Indonesian civet coffee of the same name and builds that idea into a lush, sensual composition. The brand frames it as a journey into a humid rainforest world, where coffee, civet, incense-like darkness and oud evoke both the rarity of the beverage and the mythic atmosphere around it.
Extra info
It is an extrait de parfum with a 21% concentration, and the bottle is finished with a stone cap made from 100% Picasso quartz. The fragrance was part of Pictura Fragrans’ early 2023 launch set and is one of the house’s most distinctive coffee-animalic compositions.
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