Everything begins with a moment on the Serengeti. Voice From the Sky founder and perfumer Tianle takes a personal journey through Africa and, for the first time, watches a lion wake from its afternoon rest. The slow yawn, the jaws opening wide, blood still visible from the hunt before. No threat, no display: pure instinct, in its purest form. Something in the perfumer stirs. A feeling that cannot be put into words, only into scent.
This is how Gentle King by Voice From the Sky was born: a soft hinoki-leather fragrance in which strength and stillness hold each other in balance. The Gentle side of this scent unfolds in the opening, with hinoki, violet leaf and iris, while the King side is carried by the depth and power of leather, guaiac wood and oudh.
Where the lion pays no mind to the herd, man — according to Tianle — all too often lets himself be swept along by the crowd: believing himself a king, while barely seeing his own surroundings anymore. Gentle King is a tribute to the true kings of the plains. To independence, to stillness rooted in one's own strength, to the courage to be different from the herd.
Black pepper, Sichuan pepper, Blackcurrant, Aldehydes, Hinoki, Cedarwood, Oakmoss, Violet leaf, Orris, Incense, Cistus labdanum, Peru Balsam, Tonka beans, Leather, Guaiac wood, Oudh, Amber
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Tianle Fing
Tianle Feng, the founder and in-house perfumer, was born into a family of perfumers in China. Spending much of his childhood in his father’s fragrance lab, Tianle was immersed in the olfactory world, which shaped his unique perspective on the industry.
After graduating from ISIPCA, Tianle returned to China to inherit the fragrance house founded by his father and launch his personal brand. Through scent, he documents his life: “Perfumery brings joy to both my work and my life. I use scents to capture life's ups and downs, and I hope to bring you a little comfort along the way.”