Kajal Homme

Although this isn’t a screamer, this is a versatile, elegant and classy fragrance. Some say forgettable or generic and yeah, I mean if you’re looking for something ultra unique this is probably not it, but I don’t think that was the intention, it’s a “Pour Homme” meaning for him. The mold and base fragrance of the line, and the first men’s fragrance within the house. It’s an everyday, versatile, easy reach, men’s fragrance that’s meant to take the thinking out of it. Anytime, anywhere, any season, day or night. This is excellent for the office, date night, or just relaxing around the house reading a book drinking cognac... A staple for any mans collection and could easily be a signature scent, especially if you don’t want or need a massive collection full of somewhat obscure fragrances and other artistic expressions. It can be a replacement for Aventus, Terre D’Hermes, Bleu de Chanel, Chanel Allure Homme, Oud Wood, YSL L’homme, Dior Homme, Sauvage... in fact, I find this VERY similar to Sauvage Parfum and in the the “Bleu” family. However, I don’t get the similarities to Chanel Allure Homme “Sport Eau Extreme”. AHSEE on me is a mentholated cloud of mandarin orange, fluffy tonka bean, smooth sandalwood, slightly peppery, and a lot of white musk. It’s more “sporty” lol. I’ve heard some say that the color of the juice can be misleading, as if it leads you to believe this is a more syrupy, gourmand style fragrance than it is (ie: Roja Enigma, MFK Grand Soir, PDM Carlisle, Armani Stronger With You Intensely, etc.) but I find it to be quite an accurate depiction of what this fragrance is, a dark, semi sweet, resinous, amber, woody fragrance. The opening is damn near perfect, I get the mandarin orange slightly tart with grapefruit and cassis, which adds a slight animalic tinge, I swear I can smell some cat piss in there lol but not much! In fact it’s barely detectable unless you really search for it, but it’s there and does add to the freshness, and helps bring to the forefront the musk and adds some greenness and a vegetable element to the opening. The orange blossom is kneading the compositions heart creating a warm floral component to the now cardamom and guaiac wood lightly blanketed by cashmeran giving it a more fuzzy and delicate nature. To me, this is the fragrance. It stays like this for quite some time until the far dry down where it takes a turn and your left with a fabulous aura of it’s base notes, lots of woods, creamy sandalwood, tonka and patchouli, which have been there since the first spray, poking their head out once in a while, but now truly have their time to shine for a few hours at the end. I get respectable performance from this, 6-8 hours of noticeable projection before it’s time to re-apply, much like the aforementioned fragrances, especially after it’s had time to macerate, it’s quite heady. All in all, I do enjoy this one and happy to have it in my collection. I admit, at first spray I wasn’t terribly impressed with it but I gave it a chance and now I thinks it’s great so don’t write it off immediately if you get it and it doesn’t blow you away. Although, I do believe this is best suited for a more mature audience 25-30+ as this isn’t exactly a playful scent, but can easily be worn out on the town with friends.

I can’t imagine not liking this... good lord this stuff is BEAUTIFUL. Slightly boozy, woodsy, spicy... the mandarin, grapefruit and cassis are placed perfectly. Assuming the alcoholic vibe I get is coming from the cassis. The composition is just so smooth and well balanced. Perfect signature scent. The only fragrances in my collection I find this similar to are Sauvage Parfum and Chanel Allure Homme but I suppose if you like Terre D’Hermes, BDC, Dior Homme Intense or Armani Code you’ll enjoy this. Also, I’ve noticed the performance has improved quite a bit after I’ve had this for a year... I believe it has more depth and it’s longer lasting. I get at least 7-8 hours with only a few sprays and it dries down nicely. Not beast mode, but definitely not weak either. This is a very high quality scent. I don’t understand why there’s some negativity with this frag... yes it’s safe and somewhat generic but that’s not always a bad thing and it just smells so nice. It’s high quality, quite natural and versatile. Unless it’s 90° out I’d pick this over something like Elysium any day... the performance is better, it’s richer, and costs $100 less. However, it reminds me of something Roja would put out. I suppose if ultra uniqueness is what you’re looking for check out something like Beaufort London otherwise enjoy this for what it is... Out of the 180 I own, I find this to be very satisfying. 8.5/10

This is strong stuff. The opening has mouthwatering citruses and specifically mandarin and grapefruit. Very natural smell. It has many layers. After some time it transforms into something different. The citruses fade out and I get mild cardamom, strong tonka beans, intensive cashmeran and cedar wrapped with mild mandarine. After some time orange blossom becomes strong and the blend feels very spicy-orangy-woody, beautiful. It doesn't smell luxurious but it does smell very sharp and pleasant. The cassis is a shortlived note mainly at the opening. Vanilla is somewhere at the background. It doesn't have the usuall strong sweetness. I get no oud. Only woody notes. Musk is mild. The versatility is great. I can wear it with any weather conditions, anytime, anywhere, day mainly and night. As time passes it reminds me Chanel Allure Homme Sport Eau Extreme same vibe BUT IT IS NOT very similar scent. Kajal is very complex, deep and rich scent but in the same team as this Chanel. It is a long lasting scent with heavy sillage/projection for an hour then it becomes moderate. I'll try it again, it may worth a fb. It retails here 335 usd per 100 ml. Update This is one of the most versatile niche I own. Beautiful, strong and safe smell. It's the best offering from this house imo.

This was a funny experience. I ordered this as a blind buy off Kajal's website (headquartered across the world), and I had someone deliver me the bottle in a gorgeous Kajal bag, with extra gifts in the bag being a COVID face mask and bottle of hand sanitizer as a gift, THE VERY NEXT DAY! As the sheer number of votes on this website might suggest, this isn't the most popular fragrance in the world. But I'll be damned if it wasn't one of the nicest. It is quite powerful, definitely not the most powerful I have by any stretch, but sillage and projection and longevity are all above average. It's very versatile, it's super super sexy but can also be worn day or night, or other time of year. But it just smells soooo damn good that frankly I think it only deserves to be warn in formal setting and / or on dates. It would be out of place to smell this while wearing a t-shirt and flip flops. It broods class. It literally smells of success. Overall, 5/5, and on my short list of what I consider fragrance masterpieces and what are just flat out olfactory joy of life in bottle, along with Layton and Portrait of a Lady. Definitely a safe blind buy (like Layton) IMO, and a must buy as well.

Dark woody scent with balsamic and powdery facets to make it more it complex It's not my typical favorite masculine scent category, but actually I liked it a lot.it has a mysterious darkness that I find interesting and has a good balance, so while being heavy,it never enters overwhelming territories.I can't pickup much of spicy citrus notes,but they're for sure there adding freshness to it's heavy patchouli,tonka,woody base.what makes it appealing to me is it's musky,powdery undertone,it's just a touch of it but enought to give another dimention yo dark,bitterish woods.I see kajal as a very high quality scent,sexy and classy the same time.attractive in a formal,full of refinement way.great longevity and sillage make it even better as a night fragrance and it's bottle is indeed a work of art If you're looking for something memorable and unique to your man and you don't have budget limitations you can consider this as an potion I've only tried three fragrances from this brand and I'm totally impressed P.s:oh boy.