Sunkissed Goddess By Kilian for women and men

Blind bought this perfume and was very sceptical after reading the comments and reviews from others.
However; I was pleasantly surprised on how much I’m loving this perfume!

The description matches the scent entirely! Summer in a bottle! If you’re familiar with Bobby Brown’s Beach perfume. This is something along the same lines, just a a lot more elegant and complex. Much better than Tom Ford’s Soleil Blanc, as others have mentioned.
This is the NICHE version of your typical designer sunscreen, beachy, tiare flower, coconut summer scent.

Killian; please keep this limited edition perfume for us to enjoy for many years to come.

A very flat and uninspired version of TF Soleil Blanc less the pistachio note.Truly lacks depth and quality in my opinion. Not worth the exorbitant AUD385 at David Jones for a perfume which would be lucky to last 2 hours.

Very pretty, but too weak and there is nothing new here compared to alot of other summer/suncream scents.

Smoothly blended coconut/floral. Pretty and stays true to the name. Most certainly not worth the hefty price tag.

A white flower bomb, no depth. Way too expensive for what it is. Sticky sweet tiare flower. I will stick with soleil blanc from Tom ford.

Basically a rather ordinary pastiche of the Tom Ford soleil line, which I’ve never been particularly impressed with in the first place (and I love tropical and beachy scents). It’s kind of a if you have one you have them all situation. I just needed way more of the tiare flower than what came through. The lack of tropical-ness other reviewers have noted is spot on. It’s much more of a trip to the local pool packed with families emanating the smell of sunscreen, than a 5 star resort in Bora Bora vibe, at least to me. I was so sure I’d love Sunkissed Goddess, but let’s be honest the name was probably half the reason why I was convinced of that.

I like this alot. It’s a more refined version of Soleil Blanc to my nose. It’s also thicker and denser. A bit white floral heavy. Soleil Blanc is a beach or lounging by the pool scent whereas this is a tropical vacation scent.

It’s nothing groundbreaking or new. The scent itself is very nice and well done. I just have too many perfumes exactly like it. However, if I didn’t have all the Beach scents I do, I would definitely buy a full bottle.

I’m a massive Kilian fan and it pains me to keep smacking down his new releases - I have no idea what he’s put in this that’s also in Can’t Stop Loving You, but something is triggering a dirty ashtray memory in me. CSLY made me feel sick, and this brought that experience back, and I do have a hard time with Ylang, but I can’t really pick that up, so that isn’t the issue. This is a hard no from me.

imo not worth the price by any means but wheeeeewwww i do love me a strong ylang ylang sunscreen-y scent, i know it's definitely not everyones cup of tea though. It starts as a very in your face summery floral (that kind of stingy bright white floral) but i find it the way it dries down for me to be absolutely wonderful. Maybe its just my skin chemistry but the coconut and vanilla really come out after a bit and leaves you with a creamy tropical beach fragrance for hours and hours

This smells like heaven, best sunscreen perfume ever :)

I love tropical fragrances so I was excited to try this. It was a wash off for me. I don't know what it is, in addition to the tripical notes there's a soapy chemical note that blasts, maybe the neroli. I would recommend Aerin Hibiscus palm instead, it has the same tropical flowers without the weird soapy smell. It continues to linger after I washed it off with soap, so if you like the smell, it has strong longevity.

Ok so I feel like this one isn’t getting any love. I smelled it in Sephora and wasn’t super wowed at first but figured I’d spray it on myself to give it a wear test. This does something really wonderful when it sits on your skin for a bit. My husband recommended we go back and get it so we did.
Killian does an incredible job with florals. The floral notes here stay very true throughout the entire wear. The intention behind this fragrance was island vacation with the warmth of the sun pulling through the florals. There’s some vanilla and coconut in the base of SKG but it’s not what this is about, it’s very much a solar floral. If you are expecting a vanilla or coconut bomb this isn’t what you’re after. Those notes are subtly there and complimentary, not smacking you in the face. This really needs to be on skin to be appreciated. I personally think it’s a beautiful warm weather fragrance. Since I got it, I’ve been reaching for it constantly.
Similar fragrance to Solei Blanc but without any blue or marine notes in SG. I definitely prefer this one to SB since the lasting power is much better than SB and SG has more depth.

Not gourmand. Very perfumy. Not very sweet or really tropical. This is like a bad scented wanna be tropical but missed the mark soap.

On paper it smells pretty like summer, coconut milk, and tiare flowers. On skin, it turned into a cloying coconut floral conditioner bomb. It’s a scrubber. Not worth $300.

It’s like Kilian tried to push out a summer fragrance at the last minute and went with “OK this’ll do, let’s make it limited edition and hope we make some revenue” version.

Just another white floral/sunscreen summer scent! I do prefer it from Beach Walk and Soleil Blanc but not a unique DNA. Still its nicely blended, not sweet, yet coconutty and white floral forward.

If these types of scents are your vibe, this is a rather safe blind buy!

I love listed notes, I love Kilian and went for a blind by. Huge disappointment:( Heavy and synthetic smell. Even sunscreen is better. However in a half on hour its going better and I can catch some of the notes. In general big disappointment.

The first 2 hours are a bad smut, indolic and synthetic, with unpleasant coconut. It didn't feel like summer at all, I just smell an annoying, old man smell. Than turn around. I like the dry down, it reminds me of a shampoo I used a long time ago. I really smell ylang-ylang, not my favorite flower, but if you like it, try it, because it's nicely developed. I also didn't buy Voulez-Vous Coucher Avec Moi in a large bottle because of the ylang-ylang. I have almost every perfume from The Narcotics series, but I won't buy this one. I don't feel any identity with Tom Ford, this Sunkissed Goddess is much more and more interesting than TF.
However, if it matters to anyone, this perfume caused me heavy allergic itch as many pre-IFRA perfumes from decades ago due to the natural ingredients. The longevity is perfect, I can still feel it on the hair on my neck after 18 hours.

Same direction as TF Soleil Blanc and equally appropriate to wear when you want to kick back and relax by the beach.

Sunkissed is a pleasant wear and natural smelling. The Pistachio in SB makes it different, but if you like one, you’d probably like the other.

I should have known better, but decided to blind buy. So disappointed with this fragrance. I can barely detect it on my skin after half an hour or so. A bit cheap smelling. Way too expensive for just an ordinary skin scent. This sucker is going back. Killian, you can do so much better than this... Ugh!

Unfortunately I really didn't like this despite usually enjoying the notes listed. Yes, it's a white & yellow floral with coconut. But I don't find this particularly well done & all together it really reminds me of sunscreen. Also kinda cloying but still sitting closer to the skin. Imo there better fragrances in the same lane for a fraction of the price.

Like a mix of Nuxe and the Monoi oil from Yves Rocher.
Heavy ylang ylang, white floral - the opening is very sharp and heady. The drydown is more lotion-like, but the coconut is almost non-existent.
It smells like a luxury resort fragrance for an older woman

I don’t like it. It is smelling like Nivea deodorant….Nothing new, nothing exciting. I’m very disappointed from Killian this time.

This is Nuxe Fragrant Water and Gierlain’s terracotta on steroids. Very unoriginal.

Very very disappointed !
I wanted to own a new coconut perfume , and ever since i saw the soon-to-be-released article in fragrantica , i made myself wait and not buy any coconut fragrance so i can get this as coconut can be a tricky note and easily smell cheap or cloying if not done right .. i trusted a house like kilian would get it done perfectly classy like they did in other masterpieces (woman in gold/gggb) .. but oh no ,,, this seriously smells like a cheaaaap chemical-ey sunscreen with no real creaminess or sophistication as i hoped .. and its so faint too ..

If u r interested in finding a coconut perfume then better test mugler - goddess and estee lauder - bronze goddess .. i dont know what has goddesses have to do with coconut anyway 🤣 !!!!

Such an enticing perfume name and with notes like Tiare Flower and Ylang-Ylang I thought for sure I would love this! But I never blind by a $300 Killian so I've gone to Sephora several times now to test on my skin. I'm so disappointed at how "perfumy" and cheap this smells. I guess it smells a little fruity with the essence of monoi and cheap coconut, but it's straight up a designer fragrance that "belongs" on the shelf at Sephora. This is not tropical vacation in a bottle. It is not sexy like the name would suggest. Some people compare it to Soleil Blanc, but they are nothing alike.

Exactly what you'd expect, a sun tan lotion fragrance made with reasonable quality. Lots of tiare and coconut immediately jump out on my skin. Neroli is there but blended in pretty well giving it a clean feeling. No guaiac to me, but the drydown adds a creamy vanilla Not hyper realistic but doesn't smell overly synthetic either. It doesn't really bring anything new to the table and this has been done many times over. A solid choice if you're looking for something in this genre, but otherwise a ho hum release. Longevity around 6 hours or so, with moderate projection.
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Scent 65/100
Performance 65/100

I just picked this up during the Sephora sale, and absolutely love it. I have a travel size of TF Soleil Blanc, and it is definitely similar. You don’t need both if you have one. TF is more floral IMO whereas Sunkissed Goddess is warmer. I like both but prefer SKG. It has nice lasting power and projection. Not a beast, but will do well in summer.

I tried a sample and it was just okay. The dry down was more tropical sugary candy, and she didnt last very long for me. This one comes off more as a kayali or something to me. I like a more sunscreeny tropical white floral so it’s not quite my thing anyways, but if this is your deal, you can definitely get it cheaper.

This profile is nothing new. Has been done by Estée Lauder and other brands. The coconut in this is very artificial, so are the florals. A hard pass.

Oh WOW this is just so very gorgeous!😍 A beautifully beachy, luxurious, softly sweet, sensual floral, sunny, warm, elegant, and uniquely sexy tropical fragrance! This is everything I had hoped it would be and more! I honestly couldn’t be more impressed with this stunning gem! Sunkissed Goddess is truly incredible and so perfectly named! A luxurious tropical beach vacation bottled!☀️🌴🥥

The Tiare Flower, Coconut, and Vanilla are the real stars here! They really give the impression of a stunning and luxurious monoi oil! The Tiare flower gives a softly sweet and delicately powdery unique white floral scent… it’s a very lovely note that I personally adore and definitely don’t see as often as I’d like especially in beachy/coconut fragrances! I'm extremely impressed with how prominent it is! The coconut is sweet and tropical, but not overwhelming. It blends so perfectly with the Tiare Flower to give it that exquisite and uniquely luxurious monoi oil scent! The delicately sweet, warm, and creamy Vanilla adds to the elegance of the monoi oil scent and overall beauty of this incredible fragrance! The bergamot, neroli, ylang-ylang, Labdanum, and Guaiac Wood add a really lovely and subtle freshness to the overall scent! I also notice a beautiful scent of the most luxurious and high end suntan lotion!

Sunkissed Goddess reminds me a lot of NARS Monoi Body Glow and an old B&BW fragrance called Tiare Flower, both of which I have adored for years! I was never able to find anything similar until now, and this tops them both! This has already moved up into my all time top favorite fragrances! For reference, some of my favorite beachy fragrances include Tom Ford Soleil Blanc, Nest Sunkissed Hibiscus, Replica Beach Walk, Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess, JHAG Lust For Sun, and JHAG Vanilla Vibes! The performance of Sunkissed Goddess is absolutely exceptional! The longevity is crazy good, I can still easily smell this on myself the next day (I could probably even wear it that 2nd day without applying more if I skipped my shower!)! The projection is fantastic, it can be smelled from a few feet away! I only need 2 - 3 sprays to get this incredible performance! All of this amazing performance as well as the stunning scent itself make me feel that it's worth its price in my humble opinion (I feel that I should add that I don't often spend this kind of money on a single fragrance, but I just knew she would be THAT GIRL and I absolutely had to have her!)! I honestly could not recommend this more for lovers of beachy/coconut scents like myself! I'm already working on getting myself a second bottle of this because I'm already super hooked on it!

Comments below are on spot, I do get Nivea cream vibes too:) It is nice summer vacation fragrance, longevity seems to be around 3-4 hours max which is insane for the 50 ml price tag.. Way too overpriced.

She is a beaut! Too similar to Monoi Eau des Vahines Yves Rocher which I already own to justify a purchase, but a lovely monoi inspired summer fragrance. The downside is that I wasn't blown away by the longevity. When compared to Monoi Eau des Vahines Yves Rocher, which is a sillage monster, the longevity is quite poor. It will linger for at least 3 hours, but I did not smell it after that.

First impressions: rich and creamy, but I don't smell coconut. It's creamy woody and spicey flower scent. Reminds me of nivea cream that would be lightly fragranced. Expected anything but this. It is definitely not gourmand.

Update: After 2 days of wearing this perfume, I can say - you have to let it dry down. It's beautiful creamy, soft coconut-floral fragrance.

Nice, summery, well rounded fruity smell. Yes, I do get some rich yet refreshing, warm and ripe fruits, like mango, pear. Ar the same time it is floral with added coconut. Amount of coconut is minimal, but I kept getting whiffs of it because this note I don't always enjoy and in here it reminds me of Holiday by Mancera and I'm not a fan. It is a nice summary scent though, just on the perfectly balanced line of being too generic and too unique. Good performance, only not my type.

as soon as i smelled it i fell under a spell, its so perfectly and aptly named!!!! rip aphrodite you would’ve loved it too.

This is my first impressions and like always I only spray one sprits for testing so here we go… I mean I can’t complain it’s a soft coconut scent it kind of reminds me of the pink bottle, baby lotion mixed with coconut it’s basic to be me although it’s a nice fresh clean out the shower scent but I love it. Now was it worth the full retail price absolutely Not! I must say out of all of my kilian fragrances Which is a good 30 bottles this one is different after sniffing my wrist again it does remind me of Tom ford SOLEIL BLANC which I learned to love maybe this one will grow on me too! So the notes I got was coconut, a tiny bit of a woody note and the tiniest Bergamont so this so all coconut on me I wish vanilla was more prominent I can’t wait to mix it with Tom Ford vanilla Sax for bedtime 🥰 but I think it’s a safe blind buy for coconut lovers.

I imagine a beautiful women, at luxury restaurant on the beach. She is wearing gorgeous maxi dress and Smells Sunkissed Goddess.

Monoi oil again, no twist here. Go for Sun Goddess by Musicology instead.

It’s definitely April Fool’s Day because this smells like mosquito repellent…yep, I spent $404.25 on bug spray. Joke’s on me! 🙃 Where is the coconut? Where is the beach?? Where is the tropical sunshine? This is sharp and cold. The amount of ylang ylang used is almost abusive. It’s not sweet, not creamy, not sexy, not relaxing, and not luxe at all. That being said, it DOES smell bougie and high quality.

Love the way you feel AGAIN

🥥🌺🌞This is beautiful!

If you like....

...bright white floral, summer, tropical, vacation in a bottle types of fragrances, this is for you! It's in the same realm of Aerin Hibiscus Palm but totally different. NOT the same. But in that family.
Right away, I get the bergamot, neroli, and something sweet, yet woody in the opening. It could be the Guaiac wood I'm smelling but I don't know what that smells like exactly.) It's like...the brown hairy cracked coconut shells..... and then flowers. To my nose I smell substantial tiare flower .... But what it actually reminds me of is Hawaii (Oahu). I went there years ago and I remember smelling Hawaiian Gardenia & Plumeria *Everywhere*...this perfume just reminds me of those pretty flowers with the biggest fragrance throw...... that and Pina Colodas.....and sunsets....and Waikiki Beach. This is more floral than coconut. This is more floral than vanilla. It's definitely got that Monoi de Tahiti vibe but in an upscale luxurious way! I can't wait to wear this on a sunny 😎 summer day!

If you love coconut scents then this is for you.
I like this fragrance but unfortunately it does not last.

Strange washed-out Monoï like if you have take a bath after a long day on the beach and you decided to sell the water of your bath. Smells like a cheap shampoo residue on the surface of the tub. Very poor technically, absolutly zero performance.
As often with this brand, a bad joke with a crazy price.

Reminds me of Tubereuse Nue but less plastic-y and more solar. I get nothing else from this except maybe a bit of ylang-ylang. Not at all what I was hoping for.

On me I get Tuberose. This fragrance reminds me of Bond Saks for Her and Robert Piguet Fracas.

By Kilian LOVE THE WAY YOU FEEL

if you missed the original, this is the re-released version right here. nearly IDENTICAL. (the difference is the bit of bright citrus..bergamot? in the opening, but it’s not significant enough to not claim them identical).

Fabulous Monoi with Ylang Yang: Tropical, Coconut, TIare with sweet Ylang Ylang.

Looking for a beachy coconut hit for 2024. This.



** Kilian only lists these notes:
Ylang-Ylang essence, Tiare Flower, Coconut
but the official description does cite a base of cistus labdanum and guaiac wood.

Kilian is known to have an proprietary ambery cistus labdanum base in many fagrances.



From the website:

Kilian Hennessy's Inspiration: KILIAN PARIS introduces the new summer limited-edition fragrance inspired by Monoi Oil: Sunkissed Goddess. Our founder reinterpreted this traditional Polynesian elixir with a luxurious halo of warm sunlight and fresh narcotic florals to heighten his multi-sensorial memories of summer. Sunkissed Goddess is an invitation to live summer’s scent and sensations all year long- summer in scent, oil on body, sun kissing skin.

The Perfume: The fragrance opens with its main, opulent accord of creamy white Tiara Flowers and sensual Ylang-Ylang essence. It leads into the accord’s heart, a full and warm body of Coconut and Vanilla, finishing with notes of Guaiac Wood and Cistus Labdanum - both olfactive signatures of KILIAN PARIS for their resinous, deeply vibrant, and long-lasting appeal.

Perfume notes: Ylang-Ylang essence, Tiare Flower, Coconut.

Olfative Family: The Narcotics.

Perfumer: Calice Becker.

Received a sample before launch from the Kilian boutique in NYC. One spray lasted on my skin for 14+ hours until I showed. It smells like sunscreen in the best way possible. Will purchase a full bottle when it hits the shelve. Sweet, coconut, neroli.. this smells like u just got home from the beach.

Ratings for new fragrances are always all over the place. I’ll come back when all of the extreme views are gone to get a decent temperature on the more thought out opinions on the fragrance.

This was...not for me. You have to really like ylang ylang to appreciate this. I got more ylang than tiare sadly. Smelled like ylang heavy sunscreen. Not that sweet. Idk I scrubbed it off pretty quick tbh. I never smelled Love The Way You Feel back when that was out so I'm not sure if this is a dupe, the notes are almost identical, but yeah I can't speak to that.

I'm sure many people will love this if you love this scent profile, but it wasn't for me.

The Notes look typical of the White Floral,Sunscreen tropical style fragrance but the perfumer does sweet and lactonic well let's see what's Killian's spin on the genre..

Some people should be banned from fragrantica...
Have you tried it already and you hated it? Really? You're comparing it to 3 different versions of EL Bronze Goddess because it has the word "goddess" in the name and coconut & tiare flower in the notes? Maybe instead of down-voting it, share your review with other users!
Pathetic behaviour!

p.s. I think this is one person with 2 accounts and it's not the first new perfume she/he hates 🙄

Yes!! I've been asking for this. Hopefully it is a real coconut tropical fragrance from Kilian. Keeping my eye out to try it. If I do like it, I would probably wait to get it as a present since it releases in the US in April which is perfect timing.

Update: after being released in the US, it seems like it's less of a coconut-vanilla fragrance and more a beachy sweet tropical-floral, coconut-vanilla suntan oil. The florals are a pinch carnal and dense. I said l'd stick with Beach Walk but I'm debating. They both have their slight differences even with the florals. I sprayed Sunkissed Goddess on my skin in Sephora and it does have longevity, at least 6 hours, which it should for the price. I can see how it can be cloying in the heat for some. Since this is not a sweet coconut fruit scent and is more of a sun product scent, it will be hard to use outside the associated hotter weather. I think it's perfect for a tropical setting. It seems a lot of houses and people conflate coconut with sunscreen always, instead of the different ways the fruit can be done which is interesting.