Playing with the Devil
A Kilian Paris eau de parfum where blood orange, piment berries, and sandalwood turn tart red fruit into a devilish evening scent.
Perfumer: Calice Becker
Playing with the Devil
About This Fragrance
Playing with the Devil is a 2013 eau de parfum by Kilian Paris, currently presented in The Cellars. Its official key notes are blood orange, piment berries, and sandalwood. Despite the provocative name, it is not a pitch-black devilish scent; it is a red fruity woody fragrance where bright fruit is heated by spice and drawn into a smooth woody drydown.
Scent Profile
The opening combines tart blood orange and black currant with the watery sweetness of lychee and the smooth fleshiness of white peach. The heart brings piment berries, pepper, rose, and jasmine, adding heat and petal polish to the fruit. The base centers on sandalwood, with vanilla, benzoin, tonka bean, patchouli, and cedar contributing sweet resin, shadow, and woody warmth.
Who It's For
It suits people who enjoy sweet-tart fruit but want more spice, wood, and evening tension than a simple fruity floral. It works well in spring, autumn, cool early-summer nights, winter interiors, dinners, bars, and close social settings. In hot daytime weather, the spicy resinous side can feel heavy, so a light application is best.
