Orchid KGourmand Floral Eau de Parfum

Orchid K by Ella K is a niche floral, gourmand, and vanilla eau de parfum, unisex, created by Sonia Constant. It belongs to the Collection K.

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 a specialist 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 icon ingredient, a symbol of the destination. Trained at the ISIPCA and then at Givaudan, where she still works, Sonia Constant signed Guerlain L'Abeille, Montblanc Emblem, Balmain Extatic and Burberry Sport. 100 ml bottle.

An opening of petitgrain, oleander, and marshmallow

Petitgrain opens green and bitter, oleander brings a Mediterranean flower and marshmallow a cottony sweetness.

A heart of black vanilla orchid, magnolia, and wild rose

Black vanilla orchid unfolds, floral and vanilla at the same time. Magnolia brings its lemon clarity and wild rose a briar freshness.

A base of sequoia, vanilla, and ambrofix

Sequoia brings a woody verticality, vanilla its roundness and ambrofix a lasting mineral warmth.

The house's signature

The gourmandness comes from the flower itself, not from an addition. Black vanilla orchid — the Vanilla planifolia — IS vanilla: it is the orchid from which the pod is extracted. Building a gourmand floral around it, rather than adding sugar to a bouquet, is what makes the composition credible: the flower and the dessert are the same plant. It is the icon ingredient in its most literal form, since it carries on its own the floral and the gourmand.

For whom, for what occasions?

Floral, gourmand, and vanilla, this eau de parfum is for those who like gourmand florals without excess sugar. It gives its best from autumn to winter, from day to night. It is an excellent gift.

With Orchid K Ella K, Sonia Constant draws the gourmandness from the flower that produces vanilla.