Kajal Homme

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Kajal Homme opens with Blackcurrant, Grapefruit and Mandarin; a heart of Guaiac Wood, Cardamom, Orange Blossom and Cashmeran; drying down to Oud, Musk, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Tonka Bean and Vanilla, from notes Kajal Perfumes Paris (official; product renamed Kajal I) publishes. Those notes read as citrus, woody, sweet, musky, the coarse families Kajal Perfumes Paris (official; product renamed Kajal I) cites. How it wears depends on your skin and the concentration. We only publish notes and accords we can trace to a source.

The genuine Kajal Homme runs $125.99 at FragranceNet.com as of this page's last update, though retailers set their own prices and change them.

We rank the "smells-like" alternatives to Homme by how closely their cited accords match the original, cheapest first. A dupe is meant to evoke Homme, not match its formula, and we say as much. If we can't verify a genuine match yet, we leave it off.

Kajal Homme is listed as a men's fragrance by the retailer. That's a marketing label, not a rule: fragrance has no gender, and plenty of "men's" scents are worn by anyone. We show how it's sold and leave the wearing to you.

Al Haramain Hayati Gold (shares Guaiac Wood, Cardamom, Mandarin); Viktor & Rolf Spicebomb Night Vision (shares Grapefruit, Cardamom, Tonka Bean); Amouage Epic (shares Guaiac Wood, Oud, Sandalwood). These share specific notes with Homme, a closer match than a shared accord family. We rank them by how many of Homme's cited notes they actually share, weighting rarer notes heavier than ubiquitous ones. Each is its own fragrance with real, sourced notes, not a copy of Homme, and has its own page.

Homme reads as citrus, woody, sweet, musky. If that's the corner you like, you'll find Afnan 9 Pm Rebel, Tiziana Terenzi Abbrivio and Tiziana Terenzi Afrodite nearby. We rank them by how many of Homme's cited accords they actually share, weighting rarer families heavier. They're their own fragrances, not copies of Homme, and each has its own page.