Kindlooks Man Real Time 2004

I found "Kindlooks" at the store while browsing through generic fragrances marketed by Real Time and I was immediately reminded of all the good reviews I had read in the past. They were not lying: it's a very straightforward fragrance, good in its own way, mainly mint and vanilla (after a few seconds). Its freshness and pleasant sweetness make it an ideal fragrance for the spring and summer days. The bottle, despite being a knockoff, is stylish and thick: it makes a good impression on the shelf at home. The only drawback is the scent evanescence: at this price point it's pretty predictable, you'll need to respray it about every 2 hours otherwise you will forget that you're wearing it. To conclude, a great find!

I got a 15 ml bottle of this a long time ago and totally forgot about it, but I have found it again recently.
The batch code is 11326, so I assume this is a 2011 batch. (maybe?)
The bottle is a little tacky, but at least it resembles Le Male.
The sprayer has good distribution.

The scent is very linear, it's pretty much mint and vanilla only with a very tiny bit of lavender in the background.
It's sweet, but has just the right amount of sweetness in my opinion.
Not too overwhelming, I think you could wear this all year round, except Winter.
I like this better than Cuba Gold actually, this scent is smoother, more refined, it doesn't want to be really loud.
To an untrained nose like mine, this is going to smell pretty much perfect.

Great longevity, sprayed this on at 10am and I can still detect it 10 hours later.
The sillage is about arm length/half-an-arm length for an hour, so it's really moderate.
I sprayed this on my neck and my arm and actually, this is the only scent so far which wasn't so strong after applying that I went noseblind to it.
(I only went with 1 spray on each area though)
The more you spray, the better performance you'll get, as usual with these clones.

What more can I say?
For 5-10€, this is an amazing clone of Le Male.
You'll get a huge bottle, so you can always spray away and respray whenever you need.
Keep it in your car, your closet, your bag, whatever :)

I'm going to buy a brand new bottle of this and see how it compares to the old one.
This fragrance got me interested in other fragrances marketed by Coscentra, I'm going to try more of them for sure.

EDIT: Bought a 100 ml of this yesterday for 3€/920 Ft (!!) and yep, this is still the same juice

My favorite colleague at work, a Southern type, has been with us for over a year now and wears Le Male every Saturday. I first brought it up on his very first day at work, and he confirmed it. We call him George (Clooney) because of his first gray hairs, which he regularly dyes. Yet he is not even 30. Well, he is ONLY a waiter and has no other job, he also doesn't have that much money, and I've always wondered how he even has this perfume. Since I have to/get to/can smell it almost every Saturday, I've gotten used to it by now. Maybe I would never have thought of it if Ultra Male hadn't just come out. I really wanted to test that one. And while I was at it... I also sprayed Le Male... and immediately realized... that what "George" wears is definitely NOT Le Male.
I knew that there is this dupe at KIk, I've seen it a thousand times, but it never interested me because the original was never one of my favorite men's fragrances. But this time I bought the miniature, 15ml, for 1 Euro, and found out that this is the scent I have to/get to/can smell almost every Saturday. Personally, I find it more pleasant than Le Male. It doesn't seem as spicy to me, not as overpowering, a little softer, a little gentler, and overall much more pleasant. Definitely a good alternative for those who want to smell great for little money. It lasts a long time, I can see that from my colleague. I myself have never sprayed it on my skin, but on a scarf that hangs in the hallway by the coat rack, and this scent lasts there for about 2 days. You can notice it every time you walk by. A very successful dupe.

Ok, I know it: It's just a copy, a very cheap one at that. True! But an astonishingly good one! You don't find that every day. Some dupes vanish after just a few minutes or have such a strange musty smell from the start that you can barely sense the original.

But this copy of Jean Paul Gaultier's "Le Male" is exceptionally well done. Not only is the scent good, but also - for a dupe, as mentioned, very unusually - the sillage and longevity. Caution is advised when dosing.
The bottle? Let's not talk about that. What can you expect for less than 3 euros per 100ml?

For Gaultier, this is a medium image disaster. The price of just 2.99 euros puts the brand in a tough spot. The fact that the original is almost 20 times more expensive is hard to justify rationally. The usual argument about better, more natural ingredients doesn't really convince either.

However, all those whose wallets are particularly small can rejoice. Even with the smallest means, you can smell good. And that's the reason why such cheap perfumes have their place.
But those who are not financially dependent on it will ultimately always do better with the original, that much is clear...

Warm regards from (thankfully) not entirely poor Saxony

Today I picked up the fragrance at KiK for €2.99. Unbelievable. They also had 2 or 3 other scents that I really liked (more on that in the coming days/weeks). According to the packaging, "Made in China," at least filled, assembled, and packaged there. Created in France in the region around "Grasse."

The scent of this particular example is really very similar to JPG Le Male, Lamis Catsuit, or Miro Cabal. The fragrance is quite synthetic, especially in the top note, like with Lamis Catsuit, but that doesn't have to be a bad thing, and in this case, it isn't. I like the scent overall.
It is somehow "softer" and "rounder" than with Catsuit or Miro Cabal and without that musty heart note like in the current Miro Cabal bottle.

The sillage is okay for the first 30 minutes. However, directly compared to Miro Cabal, the longevity is really miserable. After just 2 hours, nothing was perceivable on my skin, while Cabal's base note on the other hand/wrist, at the same dosage, is still clearly noticeable now - about 3 hours later as I write these lines.

I will test it a bit more intensively in the coming days and adjust the text and rating if necessary.

All in all so far: You get what you pay for. :-)