Initio Parfums Prives · Addictive Vibration Collection

LIFT ME UP

Extrait de Parfum · 90ml · Unisex

"Not a suggestion. Not a nudge. An intervention in a bottle — the most concentrated expression of olfactory optimism ever formulated."

✦ The Fragrance That Delivers On Its Name

There are fragrances that comfort you, fragrances that empower you, and fragrances that simply smell good. And then there is Initio Lift Me Up — a fragrance that does exactly what its name declares with a directness that is both disarming and electrifying.

This is not a subtle suggestion or a gentle nudge. This is an intervention in a bottle — a concentrated jolt of olfactory optimism delivered at extrait de parfum strength, the most potent concentration in all of perfumery, formulated to reach the part of your brain that forgot how good it feels to feel good. At 90ml, it's a statement of commitment: not a fleeting crush, but a long-term love affair with your own best self.

✦ Fragrance Pyramid

The Architecture of Elevation

🌿 The Opening — Sunshine, Undiluted

Bergamot arrives like the first ray of morning light breaking through blackout curtains — sudden, warm, and impossible to ignore. This is Calabrian bergamot at its most luminous, the kind that makes you instinctively close your eyes and tilt your face toward it. It's not merely citrus — it's energy, undiluted and immediate, the same revitalizing quality that makes bergamot the most prescribed top note in aromatherapy.

Ylang-ylang enters right beside it, and the combination is alchemical. Where bergamot is sharp and upward, ylang-ylang is broad and enveloping — its exotic, banana-tinged sweetness spreads the sunshine across a wider sky, turning a single beam into a golden hour. This is Comorian ylang-ylang at its creamiest, harvested in the same way for generations on the volcanic islands of the Indian Ocean.

🌸 The Heart — A Rare Floral Courage

The heart is built around a single, commanding flower — and Initio had the courage to let it stand alone. Magnolia is not a common note in perfumery, and that rarity is precisely the point. Where rose and jasmine dominate most floral hearts, magnolia offers something different: a creamy, luminous, lemon-tinged floral that smells like warm generosity bottled. It has the smoothness of gardenia without the waxiness, the brightness of citrus blossom without the sharpness, and a skin-like quality that makes it feel as though the flower is growing directly from you rather than sitting on you. In Kuwait, magnolia resonates with the serene, shaded-garden elegance of the region's most private courtyard sanctuaries — cool, green, and impossibly peaceful.

🌑 The Base — Where Extrait Earns Its Name

The base is where Lift Me Up earns its extrait concentration and reveals why Initio is one of the most respected niche houses working today. An overdose of musk floods the dry-down with a skin-close warmth so intimate and enveloping that it feels like the fragrance has merged with your DNA. This isn't the clean laundry musk of mass-market sprays or the animalic musk of vintage orientals — it's a new breed that sits right at the intersection of clean and sensual, familiar and forbidden.

Roasted tonka bean adds a warm, coumarin-rich sweetness with a slightly toasted, tobacco-like edge — tonka kissed by fire, its natural almond-vanilla complexity amplified into something richer and more provocative. Vanilla closes the composition with a creamy, enveloping sweetness that never reads as dessert — this is the vanilla of comfort, not confection, the vanilla that makes you feel safe and desired simultaneously.

In Kuwait, where emotional resilience is woven into the cultural fabric, Lift Me Up offers something rare: permission to feel elevated without apology. It's unisex because joy has no gender, extrait because the feeling deserves the strongest possible expression, and 90ml because once you experience what it does, you'll never want to run out.

✦ Key Features

✦ Best For

✦ How To Use

Apply sparingly and with intention — this is extrait de parfum, the most concentrated format in perfumery, and it rewards restraint. One spray on the center of the chest and one on the inner wrists create a powerful, enveloping presence that lasts well beyond twelve hours. A third spray at the nape of the neck adds a warmth that activates when you move.

Because the musk overdose is designed to merge with your skin chemistry, always apply to clean, moisturized skin — a thin layer of unscented body lotion on your chest and arms gives the vanilla and tonka something to anchor to and extends the dry-down even further.

Layering tip: Apply a sheer amber or sandalwood body oil to your pulse points first, allow it to absorb for thirty seconds, then spray Lift Me Up over the top — the oil deepens the musk-vanilla base while the bergamot and magnolia float above, creating a two-tiered experience that is simultaneously uplifting and grounding.

Storage: Keep in a cool, dark environment — the extrait concentration preserves beautifully at room temperature and will maintain its potency for years when protected from heat and light. Do not rub application points — magnolia and ylang-ylang need undisturbed skin contact to develop their full, creamy luminosity.

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