Kiton Black (2007)
by Kiton

Kiton Black is in my top 5 fav fragrances. The aftershave is marvelous! It just works wonders on my skin. lasts very long for me, extremely pleasant, fruity WithOut being sugary-sweet at all. It is like Abercrombie Fierce without the metal note to it. I do pickup the suede note, and overall, the fragrance is very comfortable. A night outside, combined with a light breeze to bring the scent towards others= wonderful.

A little goes a long way-- 2 sprays Max. the aftershave is so calming, my skin is instantly cooled and i usually do not need moisturizer after. Some aftershaves make me feel like I just shaved with an old nicked razer, while this one leaves my skin (gummy? baby skin?)-- however you want to say it, it is my favorite aftershave. It seems a bit out of place for everyday use, unless your wearing a suit day to day. i do not pickup the dirty or wood notes, and I would have never guessed lemon was in it. Read Bingos review, it describes it well.

Wow, Buzzlepuff AND Sir Slarty have nailed the head here. This is a high quality fruity suede. It's business casual. I could imagine a lot of suits wearing this and thinking that they are the coolest guy in the office, and yet the reality would have them looking more like Ricky Gervais.

This is good, yes, but it won't make you a maverick, it'll just make you smell good.

kinda smooth and fruity but not an aquatic or marine mess.kinda like the original but not as green. a definate gq scent that should be sparingly used. a masterpiece for sure that should be in every guy's wardrobe!!!

I find that Kiton Black is rather similar to the original Kiton Man. It’s more casual and it’s an easier wear than the first Kiton. To my nose, the top citrus notes are overwhelmed by the violet leaves – I don’t get any berries or anything else very sweet… and I think that a little more sweet is definitely needed. The middle accord – cyclamen, cardamom, and cedar – comes across as rather too neutral; to my nose it lacks anything that would make the accord special. The base is very similar to the base of the original except that the moss has been replaced by leather and the result is a smoother accord. Even though Kiton Black has less longevity than the original, I think it is the better fragrance: It has a competent construction and quite good quality ingredients, but I don’t care for several of the particular notes - especially the violet leaf. Just as in the original Kiton, I can’t find the love.

Pretty dull fresh woody fragrance with thin and shaky balance. It has a tendency to have that typical nostril burning metallic citrus edge; the quality I have found unfortunately in so many fragrances.

There is a very subdued suede/chemical leather accord in the distant, but it is very much overwhelmed by that sharp spicy cedarwood – citrus combo with notable violet tone.

No pun intended of course, but comparing this to Bvlgari Black (read the reviews) is one of the strangest comparisons I have heard in my life as in my opinion these two have absolutely nothing in common.
Even stranger it sounds when somebody is saying this is an amazing fragrance.


Find out yourself. To me this is just as pointless as Vera Wang for Men which I find somewhat similar in character wise.

Yep, "fruited suede" (Sir Slarty's review) fits Kiton Black like a glove. Very pleasant warm citrus, then cardamon and violet for a bit of soft zing, supported by powder soft tonka suede basenote. A Fruited Suede. There is a bit of leather in there too, but not enough to earn a leather designation and definitely not dark enough to earn "black" status. But a very nice, easy to wear, smoothe refined scent. Would be a good boardroom fragrance to wear with a Kiton suit. Or not.