Twentysecondofmay Roots of Kente Eau de Parfum

A soft sweetness greets you first, like warm brown sugar melting over a quiet kitchen table at dusk, familiar and comforting yet touched by a subtle sparkle of airy brightness.  

As Roots of Kente settles on your skin, a deeper richness rises: smooth cocoa and creamy coconut milk wrap around you, rounded by almond-like heliotrope and tonka, creating the feeling of woven threads—soft, textured, and close to the body.

There is a gentle spice and ambered warmth beneath it all, cushioned by sandalwood, labdanum, musk, and vanilla, like a patterned cloth passed down through generations—weighty with meaning but easy to wear in everyday life.  

Inspired by Ghanaian heritage and the stories embedded in kente cloth, this warm gourmand-woody blend feels like honoring where you come from while standing confidently in the present.

It suits quiet evenings, intimate gatherings, and reflective days when you want something cozy, textured, and quietly expressive of legacy and connection.

Top: Aldehydes, Brown Sugar
Heart: Coconut Milk, Cocoa, African Tonka Bean, Heliotrope
Base: Vanilla, Musk, Amber, Labdanum, Indian Sandalwood

twentysecondofmay is a European independent niche fragrance house from Stuttgart, Germany, founded in 2023 by Luisa Grassl and Morgan Fassbender to bottle memories as refined perfumes.

Their fragrances are crafted in collaboration with renowned perfumers such as Christian Carbonnel, Alice Le Berre of Robertet in Grasse, and emerging German perfumer Joschka Klee.

Each fragrance—like Bee’s Home, Roots of Kente, Frosted Flame, and Sunbeds & Daydreams—translates intimate moments and relationships into olfactory stories, creating long-lasting, emotive scents that linger on skin like cherished recollections.

Alcohol denat., Parfum (Fragrance), Aqua (Water), Tetramethylacetyloctahydronaphtalenes, Benzyl Salicylate, Coumarin, Cinnamyl Alcohol Benzotriazolyl Dodecyl P-Cresol, Tris (Tetramethylhydroxypiperidinol) Citrate.