Kulfi

If you love cardamom, saffron, kulfi, rasmalai, kheer, and just about any other Indian dessert, and you long to smother it all over your body and walk out the door wearing it, you need to try this. It's creamy, sweetened just right, and loaded with cardamom. There are no fruits, florals, woods, or anything else to distract you from the very literal smell of kulfi. There is no citrus, no abstract interpretations of kulfi, nor must you wait patiently for the perfume to develop before you detect kulfi. It is kulfi the moment it hits your skin. It contains a note of coconut, which seems odd because personally I have never heard of kulfi with coconut (does it exist?), but in any case, it actually works really nicely to provide creaminess and nuttiness. The scent of kulfi is so realistic that coconut does not stand out...until the drydown, 60 minutes later, when the kulfi evaporates and only coconut + vanilla remain. The drydown is Pepperidge Farm coconut cake. I wanted kulfi from start to finish. But the quality of the kulfi scent is so incredibly perfect and real that I highly recommend this perfume anyway. And if a coconut cake drydown still sounds delicious to you, then you will absolutely fall for this. It is only at the end of the perfume, at the point where it is almost gone, that I smell sandalwood. Hands-down the most delicious, most literal gourmand I have ever smelled in my entire life. Keep the bottle away from your kids, as they may drink it. Kulfi is not cloying, yet sillage is fairly strong for the first hour or two until it becomes quieter, so I would not recommend spraying liberally. Longevity is a solid 8+ hours on my skin. I love Indian deserts possibly more than any other sweet. With this perfume, you can truly indulge. It's like being in Delhi, but you don't have to worry you will get the "Delhi Belly". (review is for the spray, not the oil)

137 I’m not into gourmands, but this is one I LOVE. It does smell like an Indian dessert. The cardamom is strong and beautiful while balanced with a creamy milky deliciously sweet vanilla with a tiny touch of coconut. I sprayed generously on my shirt and it lasted about 1.5-2 hours. It is very well executed, blended and worthwhile even with a shorter longevity. If you love cardamom, this one sings beautifully. As a bonus, it has no musk that I can smell and based on notes, which IMHO is overused in perfume. This has been the most realistic Indian dessert I have found in sampling among other gourmands similar in theme. Although initially I thought of this as a cold weather scent due to the sweet vanilla, it may last longer and project better in warmer weather and also the cardamom’s lemony side would shine through in warm weather. I have half a bottle left and enjoying it. Also excellent for sweet cravings. 9/10

This perfume makes me feral and hungry. The spices greet you right off the bat but hang around throughout the coconut and vanilla body. There is something slightly floral in there, which I would imagine is the saffron. I may be hallucinating this because it seems like a perfume fitting for these notes, but the coconut/saffron reads like pistachios and roses to me at times. It's a very realistic coconut; milky-fruity-slightly-woody goodness. The sillage grows stronger the longer it stays on your skin but the scent itself doesn't change much between bottle, paper, and skin. I only have a shitty little sample sprayer so I can imagine it's even better when properly atomized. When the time comes, this will be the first full size bottle I buy!!!

Whenever I try a fragrance that lists cardamom as a note I am disappointed. I want to smell real cardamom pods, that unmistakable spicy sharpness with the creamy, meditative fizz of making chai from scratch. This perfume has that realism and it is utterly beautiful. It opens with 100% cardamom pods but soon after the coconut cream shows up along with a smidge of vanilla and a barely-there tinge of saffron threads. This is is a masterpiece. I only wish I had discovered it sooner.

Amazing fragrance and a spectacular shopping experience - the bottle is simplistic but the packaging was very creative; u can tell they take pride in their product from the actual fragrance to the end perception of the product. The experience was above expectations- even the handwritten thank u was top notch. The fragrance is a gourmand lovers treat- like a creamy vanilla yum yum with spice- nice addition to my frags. Yummmmmy.