From elaborating on the notes in the perfume to the method of artistic a perfume throughout a pandemic, Mona Kattan shares all of the ins and outs of growing KAYALI’s latest perfume Sweet Diamond Pink Pepper with Bazaar…
Harper’s Bazaar Arabia (HBA): Can you inform us extra in regards to the inspiration behind the perfume?
Mona Kattan (MK): Sweet Diamond was actually about capturing the great thing about pink pepper. 2018 was after I first began to study pink pepper, whereas I used to be filming for Huda Boss. They had defined to me that whenever you odor pink pepper, it provides you a similar emotion of whenever you first fall in love. So, for me, I assumed “Oh my gosh, I must bottle this and determine a method to have fun this ingredient.”
It additionally consists of different wonderful components like bergamot and saffron, which is absolutely impressed by my roots. Also, issues like magnolia, lily, vanilla, musk, amber, and patchouli – so, numerous stunning components in this perfume. It’s spicy, woody, floral, very attractive, and really daring; I made a decision to name the perfume Sweet Diamond as a result of I actually really feel prefer it celebrates our female vitality. We’re sturdy, however we’re candy on the similar time.
HBA: How does this perfume match in with your entire KAYALI household?
MK: Well, she is certainly a unicorn! She is exclusive for certain in phrases of the scent. This can be our first intense perfume fragrance, which implies it has an excellent excessive focus of components. It’s very sturdy, very top quality and really lengthy lasting. And for the primary time ever, we have now it launching in three sizes: 100ml, 50 ml, and the 10ml bottle too.
HBA: How lengthy does it take to develop a perfume like Sweet Diamond?
MK: It does take fairly a very long time. Usually, to develop most of our fragrances, it is taken two to a few years. But I feel now that I’m getting higher on the means of it, I’m capable of work on items lots quicker. For Sweet Diamond, we needed to do numerous forwards and backwards; to be sincere, the perfume wasn’t confirmed till mid-pandemic. It took a very long time as a result of, once more, I simply actually needed to seize romance in a bottle. I’m a hopeless romantic, so this one was actually particular for me.
HBA: Have you discovered in any respect that your style in fragrances, or what you resolve to put on has modified in any respect all through the years?
MK: I like gourmand fragrances. So even when I put on a brand new perfume, I’ll add in some vanilla if it isn’t there, or I’ll add in one thing that’s fairly gourmand and heavy as a result of I like heavier fragrances. But I strive new issues on a regular basis, I feel my style has develop into a little bit bit extra subtle.
HBA: And what is the largest life lesson you have realized on this journey?
MK: I might say that basically getting in contact with your feelings is so essential. I feel being a founder and chief of a model by creation could be very emotional. And I needed to swap that off for such a very long time as a result of with Huda Beauty, I used to be all the time doing extra of the much less artistic, backend facet of issues. But with KAYALI, I actually needed to push myself to get emotional, since you actually cannot create with out turning in your feelings.
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