Kalimantan

Unexpectedly with Kalimantan I almost had an out of body experience. When I just sprayed it on the test card and smelled I have realized First: I have never smelled anything like this before in the perfume store. Second: I knew exactly what I was smelling and where I was. As Alice in Wonderland, I was transported inside of the fury rose hip. There are several types of rose species that are known to have larger hips, such as Rosa Canina, Rosa Rugosa Rubra, Rosa Rugosa Alba, and some others. In my childhood I used to open the ripe hips of these roses, clean them out from the fury inedible part inside and eat the skins that would be rich in Vitamin C, and the taste of them is very pleasant and unique. Kalimantan is sweet without sugar. For me, it's mouthwatering. When I smell it, I feel that my mouth fills with the rose hip syrup. Another sensation I have with Kalimantan is that I am breathing in freshly brewd rose hip tea. I would attribute it to the very special quality of cistus labdanum resin that was used here. It's so so wonderful, that all ingredients of this fragrance put together amount to a precise olfactory drawing of something altogether different. Update: Today is a cold, but not freezing day, 1st of December. Couple spritzes of Kalimantan layered with Rose 4 Reines cream make the lipsticky vanillic rose jam with addition of vodka or gin with oily wood swirl in the air around my face. This is a very subtle lipsticky Rose I was craving all this time and finally found. This is extremely polite fragrance in the sense that I easily see people working in the highest offices and top positions wearing this fragrance at work. Long lasting too. My favorite lightly alcoholic drink I make sometimes for Holidays. It includes water, cranberries, freshly grated citrus pill(orange), some vodka, sugar, vanilla. It gives an aroma somewhat similar to Kalimantan. It does not work for warm weather, unfortunately.

Hey guys and gals. So, i walk by the counter at Nordstroms. I take a sniff of few of these scents, thinking which one my wife would like. I narrowed it down to kalamantian, and vetyver. I then spray a bit of each on my left n right hand. At first, meh, jus ok. But still i asked the sales lady for a sample of each. She gave me 2 empty vials, she told me to prepare my own sample, as she was bizzy with a customer. Ok, no prob with me. I started to make my sample of kalamantian, and being a goof ball, i got that stuff dripping all over my hands, down my forearms, dripping onto my shoes, and into my bag of clothes that i had set on the floor. Basically i made a mess. But,...after i made i made my samples and walked away, this scent was just AMAZING!!! Kalamantian is quite the scent. Who cares if its for women, a guy could easily rock this too!!! I mean, this is very very sexxy, dark, very gourmand!!! Definitely for cooler evening wear. As i walked around the beach, i got 3 compliments. I sprayed it at 4pm, and lasted till next morning!!! This stuff is hands down awesome awesome! Reminds me of coromandel! Although i dont like coromandel. But this has a bit more sweeter floral, just devine. Previous people said this had some church like incense feeling, i agree. Like old wood, incense inside a very old cathedral. Reminds me of christmas time and going to late mass on a saturday evening, and the priest had the incense burning. Very cozy feeling.

Your mileage may vary, but this is the best and most unique new fragrance of 2010 that I've tried! It's not just a travel-themed fragrance for Westerners (not that there's anything wrong with that) or olfactory "impression" that evokes images of Borneo; it uses all-native ingredients. I do love the concept, and it's all the more exciting that Kalimantan's could have been close to the actual scents permeating the jungle air when explorers trekked through the "island of the clouds," visiting Dayak longhouses and sampling their exotic wood fragrances. It also has a hint of a very unique woody undertone, which fits the theme of exploring and "discovering" an island that holds wonders previously unknown to one's countrymen - possibly an unusual agarwood or an unusual combination of notes? It's perfect on me; the incense and patchouli are balanced and it doesn't get too heavy and dark for everyday wear, or too sweet (which I can't stand). I picked up a sample that I'm still eking drops from and want to buy it as well. But I don't want to get tired of it - every time I put on a drop, I can't stop sniffing it on myself.

How dare anyone of this world tries & smell this way. No person deserves to smell like this. This belongs in a temple or castle. Be humble enough to forego this, yet dignified enough to scent certain things with it. I use this to scent Kleenex, the inside of my bag, lampshades. Humans - unworthy. ...Peace... UPDATE: It's the middle of a bone chilling winter and I couldn't resist wearing this just to keep warm - to sleep of course & alone! And the dry down is something that every- perfumista HAS to experience. It's totally unexpected, unrecognizable, and insanely supernal. I even thought that I was smell- ing things I wasn't smelling i. e. I literally couldn't believe mY nose. WOW would be an understatement. I stand by when I had said that humans beings (humanity in general) = unworthy to smell this way, but there's nO harm in sneaking once in a willy when the weather's sO chilly is there? This right now is mY confession ;-). ...Peace... Update June 29th, 2022, layered w/SDV I wore to a friend’s as well as The grocer’s Layered with SDV as suggested by some one in this forum. Yes, I concur, exquisite.

This is a hidden gem! Perhaps it smells similar to other gourmand-ish ambers, but it's incredibly pleasing nonetheless. The rosemary and thyme top notes are refreshing and attention-grabbing, but they don't remind me of cooking as a previous reviewer mentioned. There is a bit of oud reminiscent of By Kilian's Pure Oud in the middle notes, but it's definitely a sweetened woodsy oud with no trace of Band-Aid (which, for me, is a bit of a relief). The dry down is definitely a vanillic labdanum/patchouli/benzoin mix, but it bears nothing in resemblance to cotton candy "nillachoulis" like Estee Lauder Pleasures Delight or Angel. It makes me want to eat my wrist, quite frankly. Kalimantan is definitely an unexpected and most welcome find, and perfect for fancy dates and cooler evenings out. It's not scandalous or skanky, but it manages to be romantic and comforting at the same time.