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Xerjoff 40 Knots
Sailboat mood, notes kept secret
40 Knots takes the exclusive yacht-club lifestyle as its starting point: a sailboat gliding across the Mediterranean, salt spray in the air, sunlight glittering on turquoise water and the sense of freedom of the open sea. It is an Eau de Parfum from the Join The Club collection and, as with the rest of that collection, the house keeps its notes undisclosed.
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On the skin
How it unfolds
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Out of the harbour
The brand paints a picture rather than a recipe: a sailboat gliding across the Mediterranean, salt spray in the air, sunlight glittering on turquoise water. What the house wants to convey is above all that feeling of freedom on the open sea.
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The brand's own label
The scent profile the brand itself gives is Woody, Oriental. That sits next to the sea story, and the house does not explain how the two meet. Which notes lie behind it we cannot say: they are unpublished, so we do not invent them.
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A collection of secrets
40 Knots belongs to Join The Club, the collection in which Xerjoff keeps the notes to itself. The yacht-club story has to do the work. Anyone who wants to know more will find out on skin; there is no official note pyramid to read.
Wearing it
When, who and why
How to wear it
The picture of sunlit sea suits daytime and warm weather, but the brand's woody, oriental profile leaves room for the evening as well. With a scent you have no note list for, a light hand is a sensible start; add sprays only if you want more presence.
Who it is for
For people drawn to the sea, to sailing or simply to the idea of a free, sunlit day, and happy to choose a perfume by mood and profile rather than by a note pyramid. It is unisex. The brand itself calls the profile woody and oriental.
Why choose Xerjoff 40 Knots
If a perfume's story matters more to you than its ingredient list, 40 Knots is built for that. The house gives one scene, a boat on the Mediterranean in bright light, and keeps everything else, the notes included, to itself. It sits in the Join The Club collection.
At a glance
- House
- Xerjoff
- Year
- 2012
- Concentration
- Eau de Parfum
- Size
- 100 ml
- For
- Unisex
- Intensity
- Moderate
Questions
Frequently asked
What are the notes of 40 Knots?
None are published. Xerjoff treats the notes of the Join The Club collection as a secret, and no official pyramid exists for 40 Knots, so we describe the mood and the brand's own profile instead.
Is it a fresh marine scent?
The brand's story is nautical, but its own scent profile reads Woody, Oriental, and no notes are published. We therefore describe the mood and do not promise a marine accord.
Is 40 Knots only a summer scent?
The brand's image is a sunlit sea, but its stated profile is woody and oriental, so we would not lock it to one season. It comes as an Eau de Parfum in a 100 ml bottle.
The house
About Xerjoff
Xerjoff is a Turin house founded in 2007 by Sergio Momo and Dominique Salvo, with a signature cap modelled on the Egyptian Red Crown. It calls its approach artistic and maximalist, using materials such as Tuscan iris butter, tarakan oud and Kannauj roses, in flacons of Murano glass.
- Founded in Turin, Italy, in 2007 by Sergio Momo and Dominique Salvo
- Signature cap modelled on the Deshret, the Egyptian Red Crown
- Materials named by the brand include Tuscan iris butter, tarakan oud and Kannauj roses
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