Ella K Ghibli Eau de Parfum

What it smells like

Ghibli rides the hot, sweet desert wind toward the souks of the Maghreb. It opens deliciously soft, with nougat, saffron and neroli — a warm, sugared breeze.

At its heart, imperial jasmine blooms over toasted barley and almond-tinged hawthorn, floral and gourmand at once. Then comes the twist that gives Ghibli its soul: a smooth leather laced with tonka bean and honey, turning the sweetness worn and sensual. It is a leather-gourmand that feels like sunlit spice markets and warm skin.

Who made it

Every Ella K fragrance is composed by Sonia Constant, a senior perfumer trained at ISIPCA and the Givaudan perfumery school who spent more than two decades creating for one of the world’s most prestigious fragrance houses before founding Ella K in 2017. Widely respected in the industry, she has signed acclaimed compositions for major houses while pursuing, through Ella K, a more intimate and personal form of perfumery. Her signature is refined, cinematic storytelling — each scent is built like a travelogue, translating the light, air and materials of a real place into a composition that feels both couture-polished and quietly emotional, favouring beautiful naturals and modern captives over loud, obvious effects.

Who it’s for

For lovers of sweet, leathery orientals who want warmth and a little decadence. Fully unisex and enveloping, it flatters anyone drawn to honeyed, gourmand-leather compositions.

When to wear it

A fall and winter, evening scent — its nougat, honey and leather feel richest in the cold and after dark, making it a cosy yet striking cool-weather choice.

About the house

Ella K Parfums is an independent French niche house founded in 2017 by master perfumer Sonia Constant. Its concept is olfactory travel: every fragrance is a postcard from a specific place on Earth — a bay, a garden, a desert, a wind — rendered in fine materials and named to read like an entry from a traveller’s journal. The line spans a Core Collection of far-flung destinations and a more abstract, luxurious “K” Collection, all presented in collectible, artfully labelled bottles. It is offered here at Redolia Perfumery as a full 100 ml Eau de Parfum.