Basala (for men)
Designer: Shiseido Olfactive Group: ChypreBasala Fragrance Reviews:
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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.

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.



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