Basala
Basara
1993 Eau de Toilette

Basala / Basara (Eau de Toilette) by Shiseido / 資生堂
Bottle Design Marc Newton
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8.1 / 10 77 Ratings
Basala is a popular perfume by Shiseido / 資生堂 for men and was released in 1993. The scent is spicy-leathery. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Spicy
Leathery
Woody
Earthy
Green

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
LavenderLavender Citrus notesCitrus notes BlossomsBlossoms
Heart Notes Heart Notes
SpicesSpices TobaccoTobacco Dry notesDry notes
Base Notes Base Notes
LeatherLeather SandalwoodSandalwood AmberAmber

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
8.177 Ratings
Longevity
7.560 Ratings
Sillage
6.956 Ratings
Bottle
6.864 Ratings
Value for money
7.615 Ratings
Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 05.10.2023.

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Longevity
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Scent
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A knighthood to the heart
At the beginning/mid 90's, freshness, cleanliness and aquatics were in demand - "Basala" could hardly have crawled onto the market at a more inappropriate time. But of course this brutal belly landing doesn't take anything away from his excellence and his flowery-merrish style...

A wild classic mishmash like "Basala" is nowadays unthinkable as a new release in the designer field, from back to front. And as its "OoP" existence confirms, it was apparently that almost 30 years ago. What an oversight of the world! "Basala" is a wonderful, strong floral, but at the same time it is a men's fragrance in its own right. A tobacco lavender gentleman, who fully fascinates me, where I really regret that he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. You can imagine him as the lost link between "Relax" (!) and "Insense" (!!) - and I think that speaks for itself. What a hard-to-get triumvirate... "Basala" has a leathery base, very bitter and only minimally ambered, but on top of that there is a dreamy-tart bouquet of ashtray bunches of flowers shortly before their death, where they are just about to give up their last, tastiest drunkards. Simply simply splendid. An actually essential scent for the transitional seasons. Foliage leaves. Meditation. Confidence. Shiseido, brave enough for an authentic, unpolished new edition? ;-)

Flacon: powerful, curvy, beautiful - matches the fragrance
Sillage: dosed exactly right, never not there
Shelf life: 8 hours I easily got to enjoy

Conclusion: what a stylish, relaxed steam hammer... i don't want to say that the current lunar prices for this hired sweetheart justify themselves - but it's close... "Basala" is/was a disarmingly great smell!
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Charilaos77Charilaos77 1 year ago
7
Sillage
8
Longevity
8.5
Scent
I really like it. The smell somehow reminds me of the two years later Xeryus Rouge. Disappointingly discontinued..
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HermeshHermesh 8 years ago
7
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7
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7
Longevity
8
Scent
Multifaceted and unique: wild but pleasant herbal mix meets lavender (as well as other floral notes), fir and some leather.
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