French Master of Scent Kilian Hennessy will be joining the line up for the Pentawards Festival, an exclusive opportunity to hear from the visionary behind one of today’s most influential fragrance houses. Taking place on 5-6 February at Paris Packaging Week, the Festival will dive into the theme ‘Fuelled by Ideas’. Register and join us for free here .

About Kilian

Born into one of France’s most illustrious dynasties in fine liquors, Kilian Hennessy translates the sensibility and vision inherited from his ancestors into the realm of perfume. A culture of pursuing ultimate luxury, and his audacious rule-breaking approach, define his name’s sake brand, KILIAN PARIS.

While the name Hennessy implies pedigree, the name Kilian is the personalization of passion. The unique experiences of Kilian Hennessy’s life define his creative pursuits, and his scents are inspired by his personal memories. Heritage, world travel, encounters with artists, exotic tastes, delicious addictions, and a flirtatious self-confidence all inform Kilian Hennessy’s dazzling creative spirit and his approach to fragrance. Kilian Hennessy believes perfume is not only a weapon of seduction but also symbolic armor, a shield of protection from the outside world.

Twisting traditional French luxury with his own audacious take, Kilian Hennessy has created his contemporary vision of French perfumery with a nod to artisans of the past. A true Master of Scent, working closely with renowned noses as he directs the creation of each fragrance. Known for his long-lasting accords that recall luxury French fragrances of former eras, Kilian Hennessy is uncompromising on the quality of ingredients, privileging the raw and rare and harkening to a rich legacy that stretches from centuries past.

Growing up among his family’s centuries old cognac cellars in the southwest of France, Kilian Hennessy would find influence and inspiration in the oak barrels that line the ancient vaults of the Hennessy dynasty. Steeped in sugar, alcohol and wood, the evaporation of scents emanating from these casks, known as the “angel’s share”, created the childhood sense memory that would one day influence Kilian Hennessy’s life’s work. “ Very often I have the feeling, that the smell of these cellars lives in almost all of my scents ”.

Kilian Hennessy established a practice in tune with our times: a favourite perfume is bought only once and refilled for life. “ To me, a true luxury product must have, in its DNA, the capacity to be transmitted from generation to generation. True luxury should last forever !”

With sustainability in mind, insisting on well-crafted design with timeless style, a KILIAN PARIS flacon is perpetually refillable, making it an everlasting collector’s piece. Styled after elegant, sophisticated barware they are beautiful, scented objects of desire to last a lifetime.

Find out more about Kilian  Paris  here . He'll be joining other inspiring keynote speakers on the Pentawards Festival x Paris Packaging Week 5-6 February. To attend, simply register for Paris Packaging Week here and join us for free.