Cri du KalahariSpicy Woody Eau de Parfum

Cri du Kalahari by Ella K is a niche woody, spicy, and powdery eau de parfum, unisex, created by Sonia Constant. It contains only six ingredients.

An imaginary heroine, a house founded by a female perfumer

Ella K was born in Paris in 2017, created by perfumer Sonia Constant with her husband, himself an expert in raw material sourcing. Very few perfume houses are created by female perfumers: Ella K is an exception. "Ella K" is an imaginary heroine, inspired by three explorers from another century: Ella Maillart — from whom Sonia Constant says she borrowed her first name —, Karen Blixen and Alexandra David-Néel. Each perfume is the olfactory memory of a moment lived somewhere in the world, and rests on an iconic ingredient, a symbol of the destination. Trained at the ISIPCA and then at Givaudan, where she still works, Sonia Constant created Guerlain L'Abeille, Montblanc Emblem, Balmain Extatic and Burberry Sport. 100 ml bottle.

An opening of green pepper and iris

The green pepper opens bright and vegetal, the iris answers it immediately, cold and powdery. Two ingredients, and the contrast is set.

A heart of baobab and cedarwood

The baobab brings a thick bark, almost palpable, and the cedarwood its sharpened pencil dryness. Always two ingredients.

A base of sandalwood and patchouli

The sandalwood rounds off with a creamy, milky finish, the patchouli anchors it in the earth. The trail is calm and lasts a long time.

The house's signature

Six ingredients, two per layer. A cry is vertical and simple: the perfume is too, without detour or ornament. The baobab in the heart is a thick bark that you practically never encounter in perfumery — it is the iconic ingredient, the one that is enough to name the place; the cold iris in the head cuts through the green pepper from the very first second. With so few ingredients, each one must be just right — there is nothing to make up for it.

For whom, for what occasions?

Woody, spicy, and powdery, this eau de parfum is for those who love stripped-back woody fragrances. It gives its best from autumn to winter, from day to night, worn equally well by women as by men.

With Cri du Kalahari Ella K, Sonia Constant composes a desert in six ingredients.