Kingdom (for women)

tessture

If you can tolerate cumin, this is fantastic. Silky florals, subtle spice, deftly crafted and complexly layered, Kingdom is a creamy, wonderful adventure as it goes through its stages. But the cumin is persistent and perpetual: It won't fade off, so if you don't like cumin, which I don't much like in my fragrance, then this is not for you. Too bad, because the bottle is just beautiful. If you can tolerate cumin, then this is definitely worth trying. Not light or flirty and definitely not the common fruity-floral water found in department stores(though they too have their place: Sometimes you just want to smell nice and not worry about making a statement.)Worth trying.

kay_li13

Unfortunately the only note I smell from this is cumin. No ginger, no nothing else. I wanted to try this scent, but now I don't think I will even finish the 3ml decant that I have. :( It's rather too... offsetting for me to enjoy.

rebella

I have tried both the EdT and the EdP and I think they are not so similar.

The EdP is much fuller, richer and sexier. Strong amd heady, a real night perfume for intimate occations. Longlasting and kind of velvety character but at the same time abrasive, in a pleasant way.

The EdT is more suitable for daytime wear, and is easier and not as special. Compared to the EdP I think of the EdT as pretty, but a little boring. Longlasting and nice sillage for an EdT tough.

ferrari

Starting with a bergamot bitter and lemon. And later on my skin just carnation. Nothing more, just many many strong carnation. This one can to kill me.

essija

Mostly bergamot & musk on me. This scent is spicy and nice. Could wear this often, but I don't know if I would, I'm just into too many others currently. Glad I tried it, as I have always wanted to. It does get better the longer it's on.

harajukulovers

This perfume is rich and tender to the skin when it blends in after a few hours

allexa27

One of my new favourite!!!!It smells like Dune and By for women D&G together

hollivomitsyou

like it or not, this one is interesting. for the first hour i got a weird BO aroma, (my husband said there was no bo smell) but it didnt ruin the scent. after that, it turned warm and powdery strong but still feminine. i would call it thick instead of heavy. even though its definitely NOT unisex, i think a man with the right style could pull it off.

frangipani

I tried this recently. It is very warm and spicy but too heavy for me. I gave my samples away to my boss who wears it well and ended up buying a whole bottle. I'm still looking though......

dutch mickie

sorry, not so special to me, gave it away. reminds me too much of maroussia, to much wanna-be oriental but with a cheep scent in the middle. but the person I gave it to was very happy with it, wears it about every day and when i see her I always have to notice she smells great

julianne35

KINGDOM prepares you with the fresh notes as bergamot and lemon to the deepness of spices..I usually do not prefer fragrances with spices but kingdom affected me a lot!... It is "dark" and "deep" and not like the mostly known perfumes..It is special..

alina terec

i just got the eau de toilette version. i actually asked for the eau the perfume but now i am glad i got the other one. i ordered it without smelling it first, and i must say that it's amazing! great scent, not heavy but delicious. easy to like. probably the eau de parfum is deeper as the spicy notes are more represented. i am happy with the edt but i must say that i have a slight regret what the bottle is concerned. i would have liked to have the edp bottle. it's fascinating!!!

annehke

The EdP - a previous reviewer in this thread said something about BO - meaning
"body odor" or "sweat". I identify this
in the composition-but-it is Only the cumin coming on strong. The first two sprays the cumin was too heavy, too pronounced. After a few uses the perfume
became more enjoyable, I think it just needed to be sprayed a couple times and "mixed up" maybe. My husband notes
the Jasmine strongly when he wears it.
It is not as long lasting as I would expect from an EDP, maybe my bottle was old...I love the stuff, anyway !
Sultry, Spicey, a tone of Woody and a
mist of Smokey along with floral too!!

annehke

The EDT - The red bottle fits in your open hand and it seems to be a grenade, or, perhaps a giant jewel-something that feels good weighing- and resting in your palm at the same time. The florals bursts forth-a rapturous and fantastic concoction- a tiny touch of citrus on the surface- encouraging the lush florals to mix, mingle, at the same time providing a smart, nuance of contrast!
A light but quizzical sensation of musk and gourmand notes develop with the vanilla , making the fragrance last softly close to the skin. The fragrance is strong of character, wit, and beauty. As a true Eau De Toilette-soft, and light; but for all the fragrance´s strengths- never overpowering. I love this fragrance for the combination of all the differing elements and styles, sultry sexiness and fairy tale femininity- all in one very gorgeous ruby glass bottle.

LiLascents

I read some reviews of this fragrance and was so intriged, I purchased a bottle (3,4 oz/100ml) without ever smelling it, and furtunitly on my skin it works great!! I love this one.

woogyjones50

Hmmm...certainly one of the most reaction-provoking perfumes I have ever sampled. I can't get past the 'BO' smell. I sampled this on a paperstrip first and thought perhaps the strip itself had an offensive odor to it. So I tried it on my skin and unfortunately still detected the same dirty smell. It just wouldn't work for me which is too bad because the perfume, without that odd 'dirty' smell, is really beautiful and exactly to my taste. Deep, very much dark...but the unpleasant smell is so distinct on my skin that it just isn't a way I want to walk around smelling. I think it is worth trying, however, because these reviews indicate that for some people, this is a beautiful perfume. Try it before you buy it to be sure though!

Malegria

I find it incredibly sexy,in a very bold, unveiled kind of way.There is nothing floral about it. It comes to mind that it is some weird cross between Dune, Spark, Venice...and a plastic bag of blood for IVs.There is this metallic smell to it - like you cut a finger and put it in your mouth. I feel ginger root very strongly, and cumin too (more in a body lotion then in a perfume though), and it gives it a certain bite, almost a gourmand note.I use it rarely and only in cold weather, when the bloody note is not quite so obvious.BUT...I gladly lend it to my husband, it smells marvelous on him!

solocha

I am not so sure about this one, I'll give it a try, maybe twice more, to be fair on it. But... I even think I would put up with bodily odour smell. I was very intrigued to try it ever since I read so many contradictory reviews, and that many people percieve it completely differently. But I could not stand the spicy- cumin/caraway note. It smelled unapt for a perfume and if I wore it it would make me sick.

Mitsouko

I do not know if I would like Kingdom, because it smell me as if framer of this composition connect Dune by Dior with Guerlain's Mitsouko. I very like Mitsouko, but I do not very like Dune. Other part, Kingdom intrigues me - it wild, very bodily, spicy smell. I don't know..

Natalia78

This is the most bipolar fragrance i ever came across at.At times sharp and intense like a gasoline, at times fresh and flirty. Definitely a masterpiece.

sophywt

Kingdom is notoriously famous too, but I love the mood it presents, gothic and dark in a powerful way. Kingdom is amazing. It developes so differently on different people(and on animals too!).

On me, the cumin note is very dirty, extremely animalic. It lasts so long and overwhelms the floral notes totally. I like this animalic feeling, very erotic, full of lust.and I understand why people say it has armpit smell or body odour. yes, sometimes. but it doesn't always smell like that. A friend tried the same EDP version another day, and it turns into a very beautiful froral notes on her. There is the cumin note as well, but much lighter and cleaner than on me. the floral notes are still with the dark feeling, very dense.

I also find my cat is crazy for it! When I wear Kingdom, he will keep on licking my wrist. I've tried dozens of perfumes, everytime he just run away, and this is the only one he likes!

I know Kingdom is on the one-star-trash list in Mr.Turin's new book. Well, I'm afraid I couldn't agree with him this time, and nor my cat :P

benzippo

It somehow reminds me of the notoriously famous "Basala" by Shiseido...

Nuppu

Warm and wearable even with funny pepperlike smell.

Vanessa Olivatti

I have the Kingdom and love, because it is erotico and mysterious at the same time.
It is my favorite because it is too powerful!

Marianne

I'm very surprised...I didn't expect anything like that when I tried the body lotion today. At the beginning, it was so woody, musky and even smoky that I thought "Well, I don't know if I can force myself to like it..." but after some minutes, the "base" of the lotion appeared and it was just what I like - warm, sensual and only a bit woody.

sophywt

dark, gothic and beautiful! I just can't resist it~

Aeternitas

I've read both horrible and amazing reviews on this perfume, and the beauty of this perfume depends SO MUCH on body chemistry. I've read reviews that it is a deep, sexy, musky fragrance for some, and a nasty indian-food-smelling beast to others. Several even said it wreaks of human body odor.

I bought a bottle a week ago, I just got it in today and immediately tried it... and it smelled beautiful and floral at first, but dried down to that hideous indian-food smell reviewers were talking about on my skin. :( I was so disappointed. I sprayed it at least 5 more times on my neck and wrists just to make sure I didn't like it (because I wanted to like it!). My mom was there, and she spritzed some on her wrists, too. She said she loved it! I grabbed her arm and took a sniff and it smelled completely different on her! Unfair! It smelled like the sexy, headstrong, dark, spicy scent I was expecting from it.

So now the bottle is hers :) If I can't enjoy it on me, at least I can enjoy it on her. It just didn't work on me. I consider this perfume to be kind of a risk. It's such a lovely perfume if you have the right chemistry for it... so buy a sample if you're interested.

Whew, long review.

elgab89

WOW! Two thumbs up for Alexander McQueen!
This is not for everybody though. If you like flowers in bloom, Sunday afternoons and pretty butterflies, forget about it. However, if you read Baudelaire at midnight, are attracted to werewolves and cemeteries do not scare you easily - than you have your match.
Strong, sexy and dangerous!