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A Love-Hate Relationship
Ok, hear me out..this is a fragrance that you’d love after you hate it for a long time. I mean, no fragrance got me confused the way Kalan did.
To start with, I get why people get so polarized about Kalan, I mean that opening is the absolute worst I have ever smelled but wait for it..
I got a 10 ml sample that I almost used it all trying to understand Kalan’s DNA and I didn’t like it so I gave up on it and threw the sample into the drawer I almost never open.
Months later, on a cold December night, while I was cleaning the same drawer, I decided to empty the sample and I sprayed what’s left of it before going to bed (a weird habit of mine) and man, I was so lucky to understand the DNA with the last sprays I had left. Next morning, I woke up to an amazing smell that I have never ever smelled anything like before.
I was so dazzled by the uniqueness of Kalan’s scent, the blood orange and piercing black pepper are pushed back and are replaced by the beautiful orange blossom and a hint of lavender with some shy notes of wood and oak-moss but somehow it’s more than that, there is this alluring note that I don’t know what it is but it’s breathtaking (some people describe it as solar note but don’t know how accurate that description is)
Of course, I ordered a full bottle on the same day to add to my 30+ full bottle niche fragrances collection but the story doesn’t end here. I decided to wear it in December (even though it stroke me as a summer scent) and man, I got compliments like no other fragrance EVER got me. It radiates off my skin like magic and the sillage is way better than when you try to smell it up close.
To end this very long review, don’t give up on Kalan, give it time and spray it every now and then to test it, and when you get its DNA, start wearing it and you will smell like no other man out there!
To start with, I get why people get so polarized about Kalan, I mean that opening is the absolute worst I have ever smelled but wait for it..
I got a 10 ml sample that I almost used it all trying to understand Kalan’s DNA and I didn’t like it so I gave up on it and threw the sample into the drawer I almost never open.
Months later, on a cold December night, while I was cleaning the same drawer, I decided to empty the sample and I sprayed what’s left of it before going to bed (a weird habit of mine) and man, I was so lucky to understand the DNA with the last sprays I had left. Next morning, I woke up to an amazing smell that I have never ever smelled anything like before.
I was so dazzled by the uniqueness of Kalan’s scent, the blood orange and piercing black pepper are pushed back and are replaced by the beautiful orange blossom and a hint of lavender with some shy notes of wood and oak-moss but somehow it’s more than that, there is this alluring note that I don’t know what it is but it’s breathtaking (some people describe it as solar note but don’t know how accurate that description is)
Of course, I ordered a full bottle on the same day to add to my 30+ full bottle niche fragrances collection but the story doesn’t end here. I decided to wear it in December (even though it stroke me as a summer scent) and man, I got compliments like no other fragrance EVER got me. It radiates off my skin like magic and the sillage is way better than when you try to smell it up close.
To end this very long review, don’t give up on Kalan, give it time and spray it every now and then to test it, and when you get its DNA, start wearing it and you will smell like no other man out there!
Ghassan90
