Kiton Black

Decent, but nothing amazing. Kiton Black is basically a tart raspberry scent driven by a suede/violet combo that fades into a sort of nondescript woody base. It's linear for the most part and while it feels like the ingredients are of a good quality, it's not really composed in a way that's dynamic or layered. There's little interplay among the notes and instead it's just kind of there, a little blob-like, albeit pleasant and inoffensive. I wore it several times and each time I found it got annoying after an hour or so. I think the original Kiton is very good, so Black was disappointing to some degree, although not really a bad scent, it just didn't live up to my expectations. Performance was fine. It has good silage and projection. It's worth checking out, but don't get your hopes up too much. I would rate Black a slightly above average 6 out of 10.

I wore this bad boy in high school. EVERYONE loved it one me. It has a nice pepper-y kick to it. Very interesting scent. I eventually got sick of it and (at that time) it's expensive price tag. It was once 100 smack-a-roos and when you're in high school, you settle for that 5 dollar bottle of Bod Blue Musk... yowza.

It reminds me of Fahrenheit but better. That leather note and red berry note just says masculine. a must buy

Let me explain why such a big difference here in opinions about longevity, projection and sillage of this perfume. As I found out hard way, it is manufactured in UK, Italy, Spain, France, and Ukraine. I had it in the past, and recently bought new bottle from the trusted online retailer. To my disappointment, it lasted 1/4 if not less than one from old bottle, and same poor was projection/sillage. I assumed it being usual victim of reformulation, and discarded it from my buy in the future list. Short time later I'm receiving sample of it with order from Nordstrom - and it has same performance as old. When I look at package of bottle I received I saw it states Made in Ukraine. I went to Nordstrom store and their Kiton is made in UK, and macy's in Italy. For a moment I thought that for the first time my trusted online source sold me fake product, but after some investigation I found out Estee Lauder in fact has manufacturing facility in Ukraine. I placed new order with another trusted online store, and guess what? Their Kiton was made in Ukraine too! I sent it right back without opening. I went through my collection and sure found few more made in Ukraine (Aramis line) underperforming Estee Lauder perfumes that I previously was blaming on reformulation. Being myself from ex-USSR, I know how much everyone is stealing from work to supplement their low salaries, and how bad is quality control, so for me it doesn't come as surprise at all. So, final verdict: Scent 7/10 both versions are smell about the same on opening and drydown. Longevity 8-9 hours for non Ukrainian manufactured version, and 1-2 hours for made in Ukraine bottle. Same goes to projection and sillage: moderate on borderline with heavy for one, and soft to non existing for another.

(UK batch code, B98): I was lucky enough to blind buy a bottle of Kiton Black, as I was hunting for similar scents to GPH II. Although it never did hit the spot, I do appreciate this interpretation of a modern fougere. A bright zesty opening that is supported by violet flower which then morphs into cardamom found in the DNA of YSL LNDL, oddly enough, closest to Eau Electrique. Violet and tea notes stays pleasant on skin, which somehow reminded me of Rochas Moustache EDP. Leather stealthily emerges during the drydown, which surprised me as it resembled PHI. Leathery drydown on Kiton felt clean, smart like the PHI, but without the powdery iris and projection. It somehow feels methodical in its progression, like well-planned chapters in a tale : starting fresh with citrus, invigorating florals, reminiscent of serene tea time and finally resting in the comfort of a leather seat with a bouquet.