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Kill Your Darlings by Richard Rochon – luxury rose and pepper perfume available in 20 mL, 50 mL, and 100 mL sizes

Kill Your Darlings by Richard Rochon – luxury artisan perfume bottle featuring rose, pepper, and woody musk fragrance, 50 mL and 100 mL bottles

Kill Your Darlings niche perfume – Bulgarian rose and black pepper fragrance with vetiver and woods, 20 mL

Richard Rochon Kill Your Darlings luxury perfume – Bulgarian rose, pepper, and musk fragrance in glass bottle

Kill Your Darlings by Richard Rochon – sharp unisex rose perfume with citrus, pepper, and dry woods

Kill Your Darlings by Richard Rochon – sharp unisex rose perfume with citrus, pepper, and dry woods, 100 mL bottle

Kill Your Darlings by Richard Rochon – sharp unisex rose perfume with citrus, pepper, and dry woods, 100 mL side bottle

Richard Rochon Kill Your Darlings – bold rose fragrance with pepper spice and vetiver, built for discipline and desire

Kill Your Darlings niche fragrance – sharp rose and pepper artisan perfume with musky, woody base, notes inside drawer box

Florals

Kill Your Darlings

Bulgarian rose, vetiver, cedar, and pepper. Precise, sensual, impossible to define.

Fragrance Notes / Description: Bulgarian rose, citrus, black pepper + vetiver, dry woods.

Kill Your Darlings is a rose sharpened into precision. At its heart, the finest Bulgarian rose blooms vivid and alive, immediately cut through with the green bite of vetiver and the spice of black pepper. Cedarwood and musk anchor the structure, adding warmth and depth that keep the rose from drifting into softness.

This is not a gentle floral. It is rose with intention, defined by clean edges and bold contrasts. Masculine, feminine, and everything in between, it rejects categories and embraces tension. The result is a fragrance that feels disciplined yet sensual, precise yet magnetic, as though every note has been pared back to only what matters.
Kill Your Darlings carries a quiet intensity. It is alluring without sweetness, focused without being cold. A scent of control and release, of holding on and letting go. Built for those who understand that refinement is not about compromise, but about knowing exactly what to keep.

Bulgarian rose, vetiver, cedar, and pepper. Precise, sensual, impossible to define.

Parfum · 20%

The highest concentration we make. Dense, slow to open, and built to keep changing for eight to ten hours on skin.

2 ml Sample0.07 fl oz Try it first · credited back $7.00 .7 oz / 20ml $3.25 / ml $65.00 1.7 oz / 50ml $2.90 / ml $145.00 3.4 oz / 100mlBest value $2.10 / ml $210.00

Or buy it another way

Custom discovery set Pick any five samples across the collection $30 Duet II: September Nine + Kill Your Darlings Two 50 ml bottles chosen to be worn layered $115

Not sure? and we credit it back.Ships in 2 days

One noseEvery formula written and blended by Richard. No outside house.

Small batchMade by hand in San Francisco. Batch ID stamped on every base.

Free samplePick another scent to try, in every order.

Try before you openEvery full size bottle ships with a sample.

Details

How to wear it

Two sprays at the base of the throat, one on each wrist. Don't rub. It shears the top notes off.

Parfum builds over the first twenty minutes. Give it that long before you decide.

Ingredients

Alcohol denat., parfum (fragrance), aqua.

Shipping

Ships within two business days. Free U.S. shipping over $34.

Batch & provenance

Every bottle carries a batch ID on the base. A 2 ml retention sample from each batch is archived in the studio.

Samples and returns

Every full size bottle ships with a sample so you can try the scent before opening the bottle.

Full size bottles can be returned within 30 days of delivery if they are unopened, unused, and in resellable condition.

Samples and discovery sets are not returnable. Instead you get its price back as credit toward a full size bottle, one credit per order. A code is issued with your order. It never expires and applies only to full size bottles, not to samples or discovery sets. One credit per customer, and codes are not transferable.

“a dark rose steeped in oud, leather, and black pepper”

MSN (Nov 2025 winter perfume roundup)

Kill Your Darlings

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On skin

What you'll smell, and when

First spray

Bright citrus and green leaf, with rose right behind.

20 minutes

Rose takes the lead, sharpened by vetiver and pepper.

2 hours

Oud and vetiver pull the rose darker.

6 hours +

Dry oud and vetiver with a trace of leather.

Bergamotmandarinjuniperblack peppergreen leafBulgarian roselavenderoudvetivercedarwoodoakleatherambersandalwoodmusk

The composition

Top

Bergamot, mandarin, juniper, black pepper, green leaf

Heart

Bulgarian rose, lavender

Base

Oud, vetiver, cedarwood, oak, leather, amber, sandalwood, musk

How it performs

IntensityMedium to high

Longevity8 hours plus

ProjectionModerate

SeasonYear-round, best in fall and winter

Parfum concentration builds on skin over the first twenty minutes. Give it that long before you decide.

From the perfumer

Why this one exists

This is a rose with the sweetness taken out. Bergamot and green leaf keep it fresh at first, then oud and vetiver pull it somewhere darker. By the end it's dry woods and a little leather.

Richard RochonFounder & perfumer

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