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Venenum Kiss

Concentration not recorded

Amber · Warm spicy · Fresh spicy.

3.92 / 5Rating · 754 votes
Sizes offeredNot yet verified
Brand originFrance ↗
Made inNot yet verified
About these origins

Brand origin means the country where the house was founded. Made in refers to fragrance manufacturing, not the origin of every ingredient or the brand’s current headquarters.

Brand origin: Ex Nihilo — La Maison · Checked 2026-09-21
The official house history describes Ex Nihilo as a French perfume house founded in 2013 by a trio based in Paris.

Manufacturing may vary by edition, market or batch. Check the label on your bottle.

Year2015
Marketed forUnisex
PerfumerQuentin Bisch
The short answer

A scent, in focus.

Venenum Kiss by Ex Nihilo has a listed amber, warm spicy, fresh spicy profile, with notes of Saffron, Nutmeg, Neroli, Rose, Amber.

Based on listed notes and accords.

Catalog snapshot · 2026-05-29. Ratings and votes come from the source dataset, not Parfum Bible users or live measurements. This entry has not yet received an individual editorial review.

The bottle / Formats

Sizes offered

Bottle sizes for this exact fragrance have not yet been verified.

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01 / The scent profile

Understand what you smell.

01

Top notes

Saffron ↗Nutmeg ↗Neroli ↗
02

Heart notes

Rose ↗Amber ↗Artemisia ↗
03

Base notes

Vanilla ↗Sandalwood ↗Styrax ↗

These are the listed scent notes, not a complete ingredient formula. Note placement does not establish how long a fragrance lasts.

The label / Ingredients

Inside the bottle.

Eau de parfum · US listing

Alcohol denat, Parfum (fragrance), Aqua (water), Benzyl salicylate, Limonene, Citronellol, Linalool, Coumarin, Farnesol, Geraniol, Citral, Eugenol, Isoeugenol, Benzyl alcohol

Source: Ex Nihilo official US product ingredient panel · Checked 2026-09-22

These are published ingredient declarations, separate from scent notes. “Parfum” or “fragrance” can represent a mixture without listing every component. Formulations can change by market and batch; check the packaging on your bottle. A matching or missing entry does not establish suitability for an allergy.

Performance / Community impressions

How it wears.

Longevity

3.48 / 5

300 votes

See vote breakdown

category average, not hours

1
19
2
20
3
97
4
127
5
37

Projection

2.62 / 4

436 votes

See vote breakdown

1 = intimate; higher = stronger

1
48
2
151
3
157
4
80

Value perception

2.21 / 5

189 votes

See vote breakdown

1 = overpriced; 5 = great value

1
48
2
73
3
53
4
10
5
5

These are subjective reports, not controlled measurements.

888Own it
443Previously owned
922Want it
View overall rating distribution
1
11
2
100
3
97
4
278
5
268

Different measures can have different numbers of votes.

Explore a combination

Layering ideas to try.

Starting points from listed profiles, not community-tested pairings or compatibility scores.

Suggested experiment
Ex Nihilo Venenum Kiss bottleVenenum KissEx NihiloBitter Peach bottleBitter PeachTom Ford

Both list Sandalwood and Styrax. Explore Venenum Kiss’s amber direction alongside Bitter Peach’s woody profile. Shared notes offer a starting point for an experiment; the combination has not been wear-tested.

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Suggested experiment
Gypsy Water bottleGypsy WaterByredoEx Nihilo Venenum Kiss bottleVenenum KissEx Nihilo

Both list Amber and Sandalwood. Explore Venenum Kiss’s amber direction alongside Gypsy Water’s woody profile. Shared notes offer a starting point for an experiment; the combination has not been wear-tested.

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Before you try
What does Venenum Kiss smell like?

Venenum Kiss by Ex Nihilo has a listed amber, warm spicy, fresh spicy profile, with notes of Saffron, Nutmeg, Neroli, Rose, Amber.

Who created it?

The listed perfumer is Quentin Bisch.

How long does it last?

The longevity rating is 3.48 out of 5, from 300 category votes. This is not a measurement in hours. A wear test is the best way to assess it for you.

Which notes define Venenum Kiss?

Its listed notes include saffron, nutmeg, neroli, rose, amber, artemisia, vanilla, sandalwood, styrax. These describe the scent rather than its full ingredient formula.

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Venenum Kiss

Ex Nihilo

Ex Nihilo Venenum Kiss bottle
Leading accords
amber
warm spicy
fresh spicy
rose
woody
Relative prominence, not ingredient percentages.
Listed notes · a selection

Saffron · Nutmeg · Neroli · Rose · Amber · Artemisia

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