Krigler
Founded 1904
Krigler is a family perfume house that traces its start to Albert Krigler, who opened a perfume boudoir in St. Petersburg in 1904 and moved the business to Berlin in 1905. Today it has boutiques in Berlin's Hotel Adlon Kempinski and Munich's Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski.
Hours and prices change, so check with the shop before you go.
A Berlin perfume house that began in St. Petersburg
Krigler is a family perfume house that traces its start to Albert Krigler, who was born in Berlin. In 1904 he moved his family to St. Petersburg and opened a boudoir that made custom scents for high society. In 1905 the family returned to Berlin to escape the revolution, and Albert was offered a space for a new boudoir at the Hotel Viktoria on Unter den Linden. From then on, hotels became the centre of the house. His great-grandson Ben Krigler revived it in 2005.
The house says the number in each perfume's name marks the year it was created, a code it still keeps. Its first Berlin perfume, Schöne Linden 05, is named after Unter den Linden. Each boutique holds an atelier, and the house also composes bespoke perfumes for private clients.
In Berlin the Krigler boutique is in the Hotel Adlon Kempinski at Unter den Linden 77, on the same street as Albert's first Berlin boudoir. Its other German boutiques are in the Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski in Munich, open Tuesday to Saturday 11:00 to 19:30, and in the Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten in Hamburg. Try Pleasure Gardenia 79 first: it was the first perfume of the St. Petersburg years, and the family still calls it the engagement perfume.
- Pleasure Gardenia 79The first perfume from Albert Krigler's St. Petersburg boudoir, known in the family as the engagement perfume.
- Chateau Krigler 12Named for a house in Champagne that Albert jokingly called Chateau Krigler, a light floral of rose, mimosa and lily of the valley that sold poorly at first.
- Lovely Patchouli 55 ClassicThe house says it was the last perfume Albert Krigler completed, a patchouli with amber, red fruits and vanilla.
- Extraordinaire Camelia 209Made for the house's 105th anniversary, two kinds of camellia with tea, spice and woods.
- America One 31A new take on an older Krigler perfume, made to mark 250 years of the United States, fresh, spicy and woody.
Where to buy
- Krigler boutique, Hotel Adlon Kempinski, Unter den Linden 77, Berlin
- Krigler boutique, Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski, Maximilianstraße 17, Munich (Tue to Sat 11:00 to 19:30)
- Krigler boutique, Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten, Neuer Jungfernstieg 9-14, Hamburg