Muscs Koublaï Khän (1998)
by Serge Lutens Les Salons du Palais Royal Shiseido

Wow, now this is what a musc should smell like.

Off the top: Dark, earthy, spicy... wet fur? yes... fecal? hmm, maybe. Very animalic. Drydown is truly beautiful. Rose, civet, soap musk, and a bit of honey. The smell of sun-warmed skin. As another reviewer said, truly effortless to enjoy. I find this the sexiest smell I could smell on a woman. Truly, this is beautiful, give this a chance beyond the first hour.

25th December, 2011.

Horrible and nauseating fragrance. Smells like animal urine, sewage and infection. This may be the most repugnant perfume that I'm ever smelled. Please do not blind buy this. Try before you buy. It is as expensive as it is disgusting.

18th December, 2011.

Very Dirty, animalic, I can't say sexy. why would someone want to spray this on themselves I wonder.

1st December, 2011.

At First sniff I was nauseated by this fragrance. "It smells like fecal and urine" I said.
At The second sniff (after 1 months) my though was "meh".
Now I bought a full bottle of this GREAT fragrance!! I really love it, especially in the cold days. It opens very dirty and change in a sort of "sweet" musc!! Fall in love!!
It stays very close to the skin!

28th November, 2011.

Muscs Koublai Khan is, above everything that I have smelt (and I have sampled well over 350 fragrances at this point in time), the closest that I have ever experienced in terms of olfactory perfection when applied correctly. It is like nothing I have ever smelt. It is thick, creamy, utterly sexy, and does everything exactly right. It took me a long time to come to this conclusion, but perseverance paid off. It is effortless to enjoy. Sillage is decent, and the longevity is remarkable.

However... my girlfriend and best friend tell me that whenever I wear this, I smell like a homeless guy. Clearly they do not know what they are talking about, and I remind them of this frequently.

Furthermore, it layers beautifully with Molinard - Vanille. Three sprays of the Khan, One spray of the vanilla.

22nd November, 2011.

I will keep this brief because so much has already been written about this fragrance. I agree with zztops review of this potion in many ways. Do not know what I was expecting but overall, MKK just left me feeling very blank and well...neutral.

Fortunately, I sensed none of the animalic, fecal, dirrrrty, unclean nether-region notes with this scent, as others have cited. MKK went on as an overall basic, rather pleasant, floral oriental musk that remained quite linear. In short time, the fragrance minimally waned into a rather basic, non-descript, uhhh woody musk scent but that's about it. Sorta like Jovan Musk squared (to the third degree).

Not appealing nor repugnant. Not much of anything on me. Generally, I like many of the Serge Lutens fragrances but this one left me simply feeling blank.

8th November, 2011.