A Royal Perfumer Shares 5 Fragrances With Haute Hollywood History

For those unfamiliar, Krigler is one of the world’s most luxurious—and elite—fragrance houses. Conceived in 1904, the New York-Monte Carlo namesake house was born of founder Albert Krigler’s desire to create unique luxury fragrances made with the finest ingredients from around the world. Though the brand was first housed domestically in New York City’s Plaza Hotel, its heavy Hollywood fan base make its second American location, at the Four Seasons Los Angeles in Beverly Hills, a perfect fit. High-profile old Hollywood fans of the brand included Ernest Hemingway, Marlene Dietrich, John F. Kennedy, Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly, all of whom were inspired by high profile locales such as Monte Carlo, the Italian Riviera and the Mediterranean. Nowadays, the British Royal family of Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, and Queen Elizabeth II count themselves among the haute perfumery’s fans. Here, as the brand launches its latest fragrance, Kabarett Krigler 216, a warm and spicy scent that pays tribute to the halcyon days of 1920s Berlin with notes of lilies, bergamot, mandarin, iris, patchouli, ylang ylang, saffron and cedarwood, the company’s heir, Ben Krigler, shares which of his fine fragrances have the strongest Hollywood ties.