Ignite your senses with perfume and whisky

This winter, Kingdom Scotland has enjoyed a collaboration with the Scotch Malt Whisky Society to ignite, entertain and inspire your senses with an unusual pairing of perfume and whisky.

Kingdom perfumes Metamorphic and Portal were selected to be paired with SMWS’ Peat Fire Tales on Orkney and Summer Garden Curiosity bottlings.respectively.

Our Founder, Imogen Russon-Taylor, has a background in the aromatic world of luxury whisky, so this is a natural partnership, celebrating the parallels of whisky and perfume and stimulating new conversations and comparisons.

The rich, complex Metamorphic scent has been paired with ‘Peat Fire Tales of Orkney’ to bring together the fragrance’s aromas of black pepper, tobacco and incense with the lightly peated profile of the whisky, a 19-year-old Highland bottling aged in a first-fill ex-PX Sherry butt.

Meanwhile, our Portal green and fresh perfume was matched with Summer Garden Curiosity; the fragrance’s herbaceous botanicals and bergamot complement the whisky’s juicy oak and vanilla flavours. The expression is an eight-year-old Speyside whisky matured in a first-fill ex-Bourbon barrel, sitting at 61.9% ABV.

The SMWS has a great membership where you can get exclusive access to limited edition bottlings and can build your understanding and appreciation of fine and rare malts. Our perfumes Portal and Metamorphic are available to sample, explore and buy at the SMWS venues in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leith and London.

Check out the films, found online in the links, where our Founder brings the collaboration to life by explaining the pairings.