Basala Shiseido for men

Sexy, sexy, sexy.
This scent is very cool.
The smell is really attractive.
I also love the fact that it is extremely unique.
Not the best pefume that I've smelled, but it is a very good scent.

I love this perfume for long time. This is the best perfume for me.
It is discontinued. I am going to miss it.

I'm not sure if it's just the suggestion of the color, but this has a similar fruity opening to Xeryus Rouge. It continues on with pepper and herbs also like Xeryus Rouge, but this is more balmy. In short, I would liken this to a balmy Xeryus Rouge. Not really my cup of tea. It does have less vanilla than the XR, and that's a good thing, but not enough to save it. I will give it a few more wears to see if it grows on me, but at this point, I don't think I would purchase this again.
UPDATE: I did a side by side with Xeryus Rouge, and the opening is VERY similar, but after 15-30 minutes, they start to differ, and after 1 hour the difference is stark. Basara takes a nice dry cedary mossy turn, where XR starts to really sweeten up and even turn sour on my skin. I find the drydown of Basara somewhat flat though. I would have loved a little more artemisia and sage. The cedar is a very nice cedar, and I swear I sense vetiver in the base as well. There is a healthy dose of labdanum, but somehow all this falls flat. Still loads better than Xeryus Rouge.

Here we are talking about a perfume that has left his incredible trail over the years Basara, Basala or if you prefer opens with an austere tone of forest and undergrowth of grasses, the idea is to explore the enchanted forests of fairy tales with risks attached, but this fragrance by a sense of daring and courage, rustic touches to keep us anchored to reality with herbs that blend with the sweetness of the flower arrangements entrancing, the fund has a very masculine patchouli and a valuable leather fabulous. the fund Basala reminds Spirit by Hugo Boss, are indeed those scents that I call the witches' cauldron where they come potions and enchanting, it is precisely this ...
The bottle is very pretty reminiscent of the samurai, people who do not have to ask ....
never ......

I wish I could find this someplace...

Mirar que he probado perfumes de todas las marcas en casi 30 años; pero como este ninguno, el mejor de todos.
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Tried this in a store back in 1993 - I remember it being a striking fragrance but really gorgeous and complex - a fine cologne ! And, what a great flacon !

Complex and bold; not in an overstated way but certainly not understated either. It balances on that fine line of being overtly masculine while maintaining an air of refinement. I am not skilled enough to pick up on the individual notes but I get a wonderful opening of herbs with a drydown of very spicy fir and musk. This is a truly wonderful scent, one I will treasure for as long as I can get my hands on it!

Earlier I categorically ignored Basala, without having allowed to reveal completely to it on my skin I at once ran in a shower:-)And in vain! If then I thought that it is suitable only for old men now I understand that was an absolute donkey:-) It is tremendous and very individual scent for those who has got tired of monotonous modern perfumery. Basala is the thoroughbred japanese, but not the samurai or a ninjia,it the peace quiet artist who sees the world eyes of the child and all time learns it anew:-)

However I remember many years ago when this was launched, it was called BasaRa. Am i going mad?

There is something very manly about this fragrance that makes people turn when you pass by.

I first smelt this fragrance in a GQ magazine ad in 1997. Since then I was hooked on it and I kept asking people to help get one oversea. They thought I made up the name. Eventually a friend went shopping and she stumbled upon it. She bought two bottles for me. I just finished the first bottle and the second bottle is tucked away somewhere.

It is truly a classic fragrance and I wonder why they stopped making it!

The best perfume from Shiseido!!!Very peppery and unique scent.Maybe come back in future!!!I'm waiting!!!!!

This is an extremely powerful and masculine fragrance. It has a very strong personality. Too bad it's SO hard to find. HIghly recommendable for evenings.

Somehow similar to Xeryus Rouge,which means, fantastic, spicy... I just wish it could be easily found... and with reasonable price!

Delicioso, muy masculino. Pero aquí en Argentina está discontinuado!! Una lástima...

Certainly a complex fragrance, actually too complex, as if it wants to be all fragrances to all people. The main thing I liked about Basala was it's deep base note of oakmoss. However, all of the intense synthetic spiciness added to it just flattens the oakmoss, pushing it way into the background. Smells like it wants to be Egoiste, Polo, Eau de Monsieur, Eau d'Issey and JOOP all at once, and not really good at being any of those. An average fragrance at best. I bought this about ten years ago, got so sick of wearing it, I threw it in the trash after a month. I've heard it's been discontinued, and I don't miss it.

I found it in the local department store, under a major layer of dust. After long trying to hunt it on eBay, where the prices are mad.
When my heart rate got back to passable 200, I tried it. In ten seconds, I fell in love. Lavender, mint, pepper, whoknowswhat, unidentifiable herbs - the memory last week's trip to botanical garden was kicking my shin all the time - rosemary, I suppose.
Ten minutes later, I fell in love again. Some dry spicy notes that vaguely reminded me of Asja surfaced, with a bit of lemon and something sweet. Asja and mojito would be a decent equivalent of heaven.
The drydown is warm and spicy and cooling and vetivery at the same time.

The fragrance changes at least three times, I've never smelled anything like that - there are notes that are almost contradictory - pungent and smooth and soothing, spicy hot and sweet... Tomorrow I'm going to buy it because I just cannot live without it.

Now, judging from the other reviews, I gotta be a big tough guy.

Chypre-spicy.

Japanese word 'basala' stands for a sanskrit word meaning 'gem', a talisman which daunted the chaos and bad spirits, held by Buddha .
In XIV century, when Japan was in a bad condition, the name 'basala' was given to men of a great spiritual strenght, able to nix the chaos and renew the world.

The originators of the fragrance felt that the last decade of the XX century, with its rush and mess, resmebled the Japanese middle ages. They wanted to create a scent that would help a contemporary man in spiritual rebirth and assert his strenght, intelligence and sensibility.

A man using Basala is not afraid to look at himself critically, he is intelligent, free and sensitive, respects beauty and art.

The red bottle may resemble the silhouette of a samurai.

This one was a dissapointment for me. After a really great and one of a kind begining it changed in the direction I didn't like. It was going weaker and weaker. It lasted - that's true. But I don't like the way it smelled after 2 hours. So I sold it...

Very sensual and very masculine.

Warm, friendly, sound, rather oriental smell. I like when men wear it. Smelled of Basala is a truthworthy and very attractive.

Magnifiscent... The top notes are trully scary. And I mean it. Don't let that put you off though. The drydown is sweet, leathery, warm and it lasts...