Kobe Xerjoff for men

I feel this gets lost in the shuffle when it comes to the Shooting Stars collection from Xerjoff. I know Nio and Uden get most of the love, but I feel Kobe should get more love as well.

This starts on my skin with a blast of citrus from the Bergamot and Orange then it transitions into the Neroli and it takes over through the life of the fragrance. The Orange Blossom also joins the party with the Neroli creating a clean, beautiful, yet classy vibe.

This screams a boss scent whether you're wearing a suit and tie or either a white tee, a polo shirt, and a button-up with some shorts and AF One's

A masterpiece of a fragrance from Xerjoff IMO This needs to be talked about more and this always be in my collection.

A clockwork orange - I own both Xerjoff Nio and ADP's Arancia Di Capri and this is a different kind of citrus. It's way sweeter than sour and bitter Nio, but also more substantial than effervescent Arancia di Capri.

In a weird way, it reminds me of an orange creamsicle. But mostly, it reminds me of that orange Wunderbaum tree air freshener my parents used to have in their early 90s BMW. It has that citrusy - sweet - plastic - petrol quality. Performance is great for a citrus.

This is kind of disappointing. I am a neroli lover and i really wanted a high quality long lasting neroli fragrances and I hopped this was the one. However the opening is kind of awful. To me, on my skin, smells like marinated green olives, which is kind of disgusting for a smell of a fragrance. But afte the opening we get to the mid and drydown and it smells really nice.

A nice tonka neroli. It smells like MFK APOM, but more sweet, much less of the animalics here. Enjoyable wear, and this can work at night also, this is not just for hot weather.

This one doesn’t work for me either. It has too much petigrain and neroli and it’s rather dirty and harsh smelling.

Definitely not a good fragrance. It's bearable, but it’s harsh, has bitter smell that I don’t like. Even if you love neroli at the end of the day it’s a neroli fragrance, and it don’t worth the money. There are many other neroli fragrances that are much better and costs less than half of the price of this.

The opening was so promising, a great neroli/orange blossom fragrance with a lot of depth. But then….. a mushroom or dirt note comes out on my skin and ruins it. I’m seeing other people are experiencing this as well. Unfortunate. This could use a reformulation

I got a bit of a 4711 vibe to it up top and as a while I feel I’ve smelt the dna around, but it doesn’t demolish the quality of this juice. In the dry down, the rosewood and benzon blends well with the citrus. Doesn’t have the bitterness of nio, but is still fresh.

At its heart, this is a wonderful citrus scent, without any major issues.
It is, however, incredibly generic and I feel like I've smelt this kind of scent a dozen times.
I don't get what an established niche company gets out of making a scent like this.
It's so safe, so predictable and NOT at all unique, well, I dunno...

Atelier Cologne called...

Kobe is a fragrance constructed in the Kolnischwasser/Eau de Cologne style that has been popular for centuries.

Inspite of whatever notes are listed in the marketing materials or on this web page, *functionally*, what you will see in practice, is that this is an Eau de Cologne style (again, EdC is not referring to the concentration!!) fragrance built around citruses and orange blossoms with a soft base.

In Xerjoff fashion, some unique touches are added - a heavy musky cloud, a low indole long lasting orange flower heart, and hints of amber. Kobe ends up somehow being a long lasting fragrance for this genre.

Ulltimately, for this fragrance style which has inspired thousands of other fragranced products over many centuries, a price tag of $200+ for 50mL (at discounters!) does not justify the small differences between Kobe and its competitors. Twice the volume of Acqua di Parma Essenza could be had for half the price at discounters, which shares the same general DNA in my opinion.

Smells like the most luxurious neroli ..it's happy and simple ..could work in office ...but I always think of sunny days when I smell this one , mostly picnics as I still get some nice green grassy feeling

Problem is IT STILL SMELLS LIKE NEROLI. So from time to time it'll give you the boring Colonia , wet wipes vibe could come from time to time

Nonetheless still one of the best neroli blends ...it just still limited in terms of occasions like most Neroli blends

it's sorta gross

Ever want to like something so bad that you convince yourself that it's good until someone bursts your bubble with negative feedback? Yeah, this one did that. I convinced myself that the bitter and somewhat urinous note did not exist in the opening with the neroli. "Nah, it must be something interacting with what I wore yesterday." I also convinced myself that the petitgrain and orange blossom combo was refreshing and masculine. I believed all of this until my wife asked: "What do you have on? You sell like an old lady!" Sigh....she was right.

Has a very bitter citrus opening, kinda like orange peel, but less zesty. I see the comparisons to Nio, but Nio is almost like squeezing lemon juice on yourself for the first hour of opening before it dries down really sweet. Kobe dry down is more subtle, almost a skin scent after 2 hours, or so I thought initially until I started kicking a ball around a bit. Then the neroli & oud came bursting out again, which makes me think perhaps this is not the best cold weather wear. Will put my decant away & test again in the Australian spring/summer, as I'm not really active enough to keep my body temperature high, probably like Kobe Bryant did... =P

Edit: Wearing in Australia's 40⁰C summertime & this fragrance is in full bloom! A beautiful bouquet of bitter citrus that projects nicely creating a lovely scent bubble. Still not quite too my taste though, but I think it's just personal preference. This is an old fashioned green fragrance, a job that my cheap Moschino Uomo would do at a fraction of the cost. I generally prefer my Xerjoff a bit sweeter & more unique, like Torino 21 or Renaissance, Iommi or Decas, Ivory Route or Naxos...

The scent of a whole, complete orange tree: orange blossoms, orange fruits, fresh woods and leaves! Intensely green and rindy citrus opening -- but less aggressively bitter than Nio -- beneath which sits a big block of sweet ambery woods and light white florals. Leans orangey but mixed with a touch of lemon-limey bergamot. The citrus fades to a fizzy orange accent as it dries down. Moderately soft projection over 2-3hr, longevity 8-10hr.

Gorgeous citrus fragrance, but doesn’t hold a candle to Nio. If you can just have one, pass on this. Otherwise, it’s a nice rotation fragrance for those times the people around you don’t deserve Nio. Still a love tho.

Interesting opening, not a typical xerjoff citrus opening, this was more on the green side. Mid and drydown I also smelled lots of green notes, almost like smelling crunched up leaves or hay/straw. In fact, it kind of reminds me of how Amouage Beach Hut has that straw/hay smell (but the two are very different perfumes).
I do not detect any Oud in Kobe and for me that is a great thing. This is a very wearable perfume, leans slightly masculine and has moderate projection and great longevity. Not sure if this is trying to be a fresh or green cologne. If looking for fresh citrus, look at Torino21, Renaissance or Nio which are all better.

Yes, tons of neroli.
Dry down is absolutely devine though.
Lasts forever.
Love it.

I can't be the only one who thinks this smells like corn tortilla chips...

Huge bitter tart neroli opening, turns into a grainy oaty sweet medinical scent on my skin. I would have to agree with the "sweet engine oil" description, definitely has that rubbery medicinal aspect (I think the blend of styrax, oud and herbs) but not overwhelmingly. A little bit fizzy pop candy too, and the neroli lingers throughout. Definitely more masculine, it's earthy and almost leathery which to me is always more male. This is more acquired taste category.

I have this gem this one in my top 5 Xerjoff

I get two main things in the fragrance, neroli and rosewood. I like the neroli, but not a fan of the added rosewood. It takes away from the freshness of for me. Not for me.

This is supposed to be masculine but it is sweet and powdery dry down on me and I must have a full bottle my goodness it's almost like a creamy orange candy eaten in as spice shop

Great citrus opening. I was arguing with a guy saying that this fragrance was great, and he said the drydown smells like a resinous bergamot which resembles fresh motor oil. He was right. Don't hate me, but he was right.

-Pleasant, bright citrus.
-Linear scent.
-Reminiscent of Ninfeo Mio by Goutal, but less heavy on the minty notes. (-)

The middle & base notes are much better than the top. When you first spray it, it's intense citrus. Not very feminine at all. After an hour or so, it develops into a beautiful fragrance. The citrus is still there, but it's softened by floral and woody notes. I wish the top notes weren't so sharp!

Acqua Di Parma's country cousin. Neroli rolling around in fresh hay while memaw bakes biscuits in the kitchen and sister breathes on you after eating a purple PEZ.

Grade: C+
Quick take: neroli candy hay biscuit

There is just something magical about Kobe.

I'm not the biggest fan of citrus-dominant fragrances, primarily because of their ubiquity, oversaturation in the designer market for more affordable prices, and longevity issues. But Kobe blows other citrus-centric fragrances out of the water.

Kobe has this strange plasticine note that reminds me of being a kid and drinking water from a rubber hose in the summertime that just makes it truly special and transportative.

I do not even care that this is apparently for men....I love this lol and am wearing it right now. It was super herby in the opening but once it dried down, this is an AMAZING orange. Can't comment on the longevity yet since I just applied but I have a feeling this will last a while plus the sillage is pretty impressive. It mentions oud in here but I am not getting that. It is a LOT of citrus, I get a bit of the musk and benzoin, but I actually am not smelling any of the wood notes mentioned. I would definitely wear this in the warmer months.

Beautiful neroli fragrance. The most beautiful around? Possibly.
The soliflore concept lacks a bit of creativity, but if neroli is what you love, don't look further, you found your holy grail!

Summer, 20+

One of the most interesting "florals" I have ever smelled. The white floral notes of the neroli are complimented excellently by the woody, vanilla, and ambroxan undertones with just enough of that orange citrus to keep it from getting overbearing.

Florals aren't my cup of tea, and I don't see myself buying a bottle of this. However, I can definitely see the appeal to this fragrance for anyone who loves white florals, but is looking to spice it up just a bit.

Frustrating, I imagined something else before testing. This is a bitter citrus combo on top of a sweet and strong wood base. Paradoxical, like fried meat pastry covered in dulce de leche. It's the "bittersweet" of gastronomy applied to perfumery. I love it in gastronomy, but only there. In perfumery, not my cup of tea. For those whom it is, go for it, this should satisfy. In another view, Kobe and Uden look like lame excuse-formulas to put the marvelous and respected citrus xerjoff notes in a new bottle with different names to increase sells. Nothing that deserves more attention than other better focused citruses proposals artworks from the same house.

Animalistic orange. There is something lewd about this one. I bought it and wore it a few times, but the raunchy sweet orange accord is not my style. If you like Versace Green Jeans, you’ll probably appreciate Kobe’s more refined interpretation of citrus and musk. If you also happen to like Musc Ravageur, you’ll probably relish the stinky animalic note in Kobe.

Kobe is like an orange creamsicle licked by a St. Bernard. I choose my words carefully. Like Musc Ravageur, it reminds me of one of those sickly-sweet flavoured dog bones you can smell when you walk down a certain aisle in a pet store.

I won’t lie, to some people (including me) Kobe smells downright offensive. Whenever I catch a faint whiff, I’m transported to a semen-soaked smut shop up some seedy alley in Mumbai. Of course, a little artistic repulsion can be a good thing if you want to rock a divisive niche scent that makes a powerful impression.

Got my sample from Luckyscent, I didn’t realise its for men until I read it in here, I think this is more like unisex.


Very pleasant and mild very blended where nothing pops up specifically unless you searched for it and then I can recognise the lemon but its so tamed down thats its almost a new scent of its own. This could be because Im used to sharp zesty lemony scents before.

I wouldnt mind my man smelling like this tho its not feminine either its really very subtle and unisex to my nose.

By the way, there was something familiar about this smell but I couldn’t pin point what it was, now Im vaguely thinking there is something or some element that is similar to Kouros by Yves Saint Laurent.

I’m testing this again today ahh so pleasant smell!
It now actually reminds me of Serge Lutens Sergui. Just lovely!
Have checked both note lists of YSL Kouros and Xerjoff Kobe, which of each are long but only similar notes to be found were: Bergamot, Tonka bean and musk, so maybe one of these scents is so strong that it hovers above the masses and dominates the entire group?

Excellent quality. Scent, wise, I´ll pass. Not a fan of The combination of orange blossom, neroli and tonka bean here. Must agree with alfrarom: Kobe and APOM Pour Homme are identical.

Fresh? Citrus? I have no idea how anyone is getting that from Kobe. What a disappointment this fragrance was. I own and enjoy a few from Xerjoff, but this is not one I like in any way, shape or form.

I’m someone who loves fresh/citrus scents so reading the reviews I went in excited to try it. Initially 2 years ago at the Scent bar and I was unimpressed, so I ordered a decant to test at home with no other smells to interfere and all I get is plasticine. Nothing remotely fresh or pleasant or citrusy, just plasticine.

It’s weird and on the verge of being repulsive, I’m glad I didn’t blind buy a bottle like I originally did with Nio, the other very overrated scent from this house. At least that one is a citrus scent and the only issue I have with it is how people rave about it being so amazing when there are countless fragrances less than 1/2 the price that do a better job.

/rant

Time to wash this off

I first stepped into the house of Xerjoff in 2014, with the Shooting Star Collection, when I picked up Nio. Since then I have tried and owned many more but it wasn’t until a couple months ago that I doubled back and finally got my nose under the one that for one reason or another had evaded me. It had to happen this way as I would most likely not have appreciated it then the way I do now. A 5 year search for my next “signature” has come to an end. Kobe creates and projects a seemingly simple yet very dynamic profile that makes it a complete scent to my nose. Dried citrus peels mixed with fresh neroli that are later set in an old fine wooded box that radiates a sweet resinous musk that it has adopted through out its life’s journeys. Originally created to house valued objects, it has over time developed into a scent that I value enough to want to be continually tied to it. Kobe... amore mio

You really can tell the quality of this fragrance first spray, its absolutely gorgeous! neroli bomb- great for spring and summer and super strong. not really a scent for the non-niche noses for some reason- 9/10

A somewhat dark flowery daytime scent to my nose. Can be worn at work but I received no comments. Nice quality but it comes with a high price tag. I blind bought this one but would not recommend doing that for the $$ unless u sample first. One of my early expensive blind buys, influenced by online reviews. I'm glad to have in my collection but would not buy again. The flowery note that stands out is Neroli.

6/10

From reading the notes, I expected this to be marvelously fresh and citrus, like the masterpiece Nio and in all fairness, it is bright and citrus but unfortunately for me, there's something about this that ultimately comes off as feminine. It opens up very smoothly and fresh and remains that way during the dry down but whatever is contributing to it's "sweet notes" keeps it firmly sharp and feminine throughout. I only sprayed twice from a 1.5 ml sample but it became clear that this would border on "headache inducing" to me within an hour or so. Too thin and sharply sweet. Looking at the notes, is it possibly the Brazilian rosewood? I'm also convinced that I'm not a fan of oud. Oud reminds me of something medicinal I always smell at the dentist office. In it's defense, this does have monster longevity like every Xerjoff I've tried so definitely try this before buying, though at it's price, I'm sure that bit of advice isn't necessary for most people.

Kobe is one of those amazing summer fragrances that, despite it's use of fairly commonplace notes, it manages to achieve something quite surreal and beautiful that posses no parallel across countless other throw away summer fragrances.

This one is a petitgrain bomb if ever I've smelled one - a reference note for sure - here it's combined with a bitter orange, and tied together with a creamy neroli that other reviewers have accurately cited as smelling akin to purple PEZ candies or a grape Popsicle - only here there are a chorus of other summer floral notes, as well as quiet resins and ambergris giving it a photorealistic quality wherein the juice, dew, fruit, pollen, and the like of the neroli tree, petitgrain, and orange that simply screams of quality.
If you can imagine a quiet garden atop an Italian villa overlooking the ocean, wherein the plants and vegetation have been most tenderly cared for to produce only the highest quality fruits and flowers.

Upon the dry down, the Rosewood, Benzoin, Tonka Bean and Ambergris become much more apparent, and although it still retains the fresh qualities that carried it throughout the opening, and indeed here you can still smell the 'chilled' quality flowing from the petitgrain, but it becomes a lot more woody and resinous without crossing over into winter territory, and is usually the case with Xerjoff, it smells incredibly luxurious.

9/10

YT: Jess AndWesH

My first Xerjoff and one I am surprised has remained below my radar for a while.

A gorgeous floriental. One of the most long-lasting neroli (orange blossom) scents I can ever imagine, with a slightly oud-like woody/ambery dry-down.

I went through a 20ml decant over this summer and have already cracked open my 100ml bottle. Projection is superb as is longevity.

It will possibly be my last Xerjoff though as well as my first. I haven't been impressed with the new bottles, neither does the smell of a reformulation excite me much. A definite thumbs up though.

Creamy and herbal neroli is what I get from Kobe. One of the few neroli based scents that actually lasts a good while on skin. A welcome departure from the typical neroli scent (Neroli Portofino, 4711, etc.). Insane Xerjoff quality as usual.

A very sharp, green neroli scent. I also get a sense that the full plant is in there, like all the green stems were pressed into the mix too. Unfortunately - and surprisingly, more than many other citrus scents that are regarded as inferior to this one - it also evokes memories of a floor cleaner (although not entirely unpleasant), which makes it a pass for me - especially for the price. I guess I prefer sweeter and less green interpretations, regardless of ingredient quality

If you like fresh citrus, this is the Cadillac. I had a chance to test this today and didn't absolutely love it upon first spray. I was actually going to purchase 40 knots, but I sprayed it on before I left the store to try on skin and after about 20 minutes, this stuff just smelled like no other citrus fragrance I've ever smelled. Strong, powerful and long lasting. Mostly, those aren't found in citrus based fragrances, but this is a different story. Kobe is all three and more. I'm getting a bottle as soon as I have a chance.

I agree with RMB18. However, this combination of those descriptors is exactly what I get from Terre de Sarment Frapin. There is tons of grape, as well as a darker, resinous vibe to the scent.

You'll have to wait a little bit for the similarities to emerge though. Kobe starts out much more floral and citrusy (neroli, orange blossom, and orange). It is only after about an hour or two that you get the similarity to Terre de Sarment.

Sure the performance isn't as great, but the scent is essentially spot on. For the price difference, you could pick up 2-3-100ml bottles for the price of 50ml of Kobe.

If anyone is reading reviews to figure out what this smells like, I can give you two examples and you will know exactly what it smells like.

1) Pezz candy
2) grape popsicle

If you combined the scent of those two, you will get Kobe. This isn't to bash the scent. I actually love it, but that's what it smells like. Performance is great. If the smell sounds appealing to you, buy it

Xerjoff Kobe seems to promise a lot in what I expected to be a warm-weather-leaning fragrance, especially given the multitude of notes. In actually smelling it, though, it seems relatively straightforward. It starts with a hefty dose of citrus and labdanum, quickly exposing the strong neroli heart that takes over the fragrance with a very subtle blend into some of the base notes, most of which I cannot detect, because the neroli remains so heavy, even into the dry down.

The petitgrain is the notable non-neroli contributor in the dry down, along with some of the woody notes in the base.

To its credit, Kobe is sophisticated, even restrained, perhaps, as far as a warm weather scent, and it should function well both in day and night and in formal and casual situations.

Performance seems fine, but I'm just not blown away by the scent itself, which pretty much needs to be the case with Xerjoff's pricing---in this case, $260 for 50ml on Luckyscent.

7 out of 10

This is my favorite Xerjoff of all time. Great scent

Heavy on the neroli, but I'm not detecting much else, especially among the base notes listed. Many reviewers compare this to APOM Pour Homme. On my skin they are not similar. I disliked APOM. I like Kobe better, but not enough for me to wear regularly.

Just received in the mail today (Merci Beaucoup Twisted Lily). This was a blind-buy for me and I did it solely based on my wonderful experiences with the House Of Xerjoff as well as the note breakdown... Please please fragrance community: I do not recommend you go out and blind buy a fragrance @ $260 + Tax. I occasionally do, especially when it comes to outstanding Niche Houses! That being said, I often look at my storage units and shake my head when I am reminded of the occasional "scrub" I ended up grabbing..

Right off the bat I thought...., "what the......, another bottle of APOM"?!?!? Yes guys, this is almost identical -a 95% carbon copy to Francis Kurkdjian's creation. Interestingly, Kurkdjian lists: Orange blossom, Cedar & Amber as his ONLY notes in this blend.... And yet, despite Kobe using far more: such as Styrax, Brazilian Rosewood, Tonka Bean & Labdanum- they two come out basically copies of each other after the blending process.... I dare to say, perhaps very few of us would be able to readily distinguish the two in a blind, side-by-side comparison....

For me though, I detect certain nuances between the two: How so, the Brazilian Rosewood, Agarwood (Oud) and benjoin add certain subtle distinctions in Kobe.... Result? A beautiful creamy texture, supported by that vanilla-like, very gourmand appeal....

In the end, it can be illustration this way: two drivers set out on a journey to the same destination. One driver uses the expressway, while the other is content to use the back streets and side roads. Result? They inevitably arrive at the SAME destination... The proof here is that Francis Kurkdjian lists Amber as one of his 3 main notes, while Sergio Momo (Master Perfumer) utilizes the combination of benzoin with vanilla and labdanum to create that addictive accord of amber.

CONCLUSION: BOTH GREAT fragrances, well-blended with distinct alluring phases... What it comes down to- Kobe brings a little bit MORE to the table and we rightly pay that added dollar for such luxury & performance. If you already own APOM, then I don't see the need at all to add Kobe and vice versa. However, if you have NEITHER, then I strongly suggest you fork out that extra $75 or so and get the Kobe... And as you indulge in its decadence, you'll see it's worth every penny it commands........

This fragrance reminds me of apom from mfk.it is a citrus powdery floral scent. The neroli is not as sharp because of the floral aspect of the fragrance. It lasts 6-8 hours and the sillage is more than fair. You can smell this on you for a long time and seems to me like a versatile scent. Like every xerjoff this is very expensive 270$ for 50ml bottle. Is it a wow? No but it is definitely a pleasant scent.

Xerjoff markasına ilk denediğim günden bu yana mesafeli duruyorum. Değişik yerlerde defalarca parfümlerini denedim ve hiçbirini satın almadım. Nedeni sadece garip fiyatı değil, fiyatı ile orantısız kokuları. Kötü diyebileceğim bir kokusu ile karşılaşmadım ancak almaya değer bulduğumda olmadı.
Kobe yi ısrarla arayıp denemek istememin nedeni turunçgil diyebileceğimiz yelpaze ile oud u birlikte kullanmmasıydı. Kağıt üstünde çok ilginç geliyor. Daha önce böyle bir karışım da kullanmadığım için aklımdaydı.
Beni meraklandırdığı kadar etkilediğini söyleyemem. Tüm parfümlerin satışı gerçekleştirmek için ilk anlardaki tavrı gibi Kobe de güçlü. Hatta en güçlü yanı diyebilirim. İlk 2-3 dakika içinde karar verecek olursanız bu parfümü satın alırsınız. Ancak 1 saat kadar zaman tanırsanız nasıl sıradanlaştığını fark edeceksiniz. Oud aralarda bence kaybolmuş. Çiçek ve turuçgiller açılışta çok kuvvetli, bir ara zayıflıyor ama 1 saat sonrasında sahnede tek başına kalıyor ve aynı şekilde ilerliyor. Bu markanın tabiki denemediğim bazı önemli parfümleri var ancak neredeyse yarısını denedim. Bunlar arasında diğerlerine göre ucuz olan "Join the club" serisinden 40 knots bence oldukça başarılı. Birçoğunu unutmama rağmen 40 knots aklımda kaldı. Kalıcılığı başarılı. Açılışı Kobe gibi güçlü değil ama zayıflamadan ilerliyor.
Bu markanın kaliteli yağlar kullandığını sanıyorum ama söylediğim gibi bu fiyatlara almak anlamsız. Bir de böylesi rakamlar isteyip, sanki merdiven altı bir mekanda üretilmiş havası olan şişe ve kapaklar kullanmalarıda oldukça ilginç. Bu markayı tanımayan birisine bu şişeleri gösterin size kesinlikle "sahte" diyecektir. Kapak yerine oturmuyor, spreyin etrafından dışarı parfüm sızmış... Biraz ortadoğulu havası var...
Hediye gelmedikçe kolleksiyonumda bulundurmam. Daha özgün kokular ve daha kaliteli bir sunum olmadıkça böyle kokulara 250-300 euro paralar vermek insanı parfümden soğutur...

wow this is a neroli domination with sweet citrus all around. i can sense the orange, Bergamot, orange blossom, and tonka beans. for the dry down i can smell the very rose wood, very sweet Ambergris, musc and benzoin. captivating combination, very refreshing and amazingly blended but harshly over priced. i'll wait for it as a gift :p or if i get a good discount :)

Kobe is the only one so far that i liked for this brand.

edit (29th nov 2014): on my wrist i smell the neroli, orange, lime, church incense, and Olibanum, quite attractive and freshly amazing.
i don't like fresh fragrances but with this i've already changed my mind, & this is how a Citrus fragrance should be.

My 1st sampling from Xerjoff is a letdown. I don't detect any of the base notes. All I get is neroli citrus and a pinch of labdanum. I got lucky from a member who shipped me a decant but I don't think I need to sample more from this house which has a bad reputation anyway. Don't get me wrong, I love the opening it's just the drydown should should be sweeter as it has benzoin and Tonka bean. It reminds me of a few Atelier scents which are much better and cheaper.

Like nio this is a pretty big neroli bomb on my skin for the first bit. Unfortunately unlike nio, the mix of this one takes into "old" levels. As a matter of fact when I wore this out twice I was told that it smelled old and they didnt like it. One compared me to something a grandma would use to clean her bathroom. Its hard to disagree, the beginning of this is not kind, or at least not my vibe on my skin....


As it dries down, its actually dare I say... Nice smelling though. And very wearable and pleasant. But for this price, and that opening? Ya its not that nice.

Another pass from me.

First things first this fragrance smells amazing! My mind was set on a xerjoff when I went to the scent bar, any xerjoff. The employees were really nice and helpful so they let me sniff several samples and testers,and the standouts for me were fars, nio and kobe. I will eventually get the first two but kobe was the clear winner between the three for my nose. I can describe this scent as citrusy, creamy, clean, very aromatic, smooth and just amazing! It is quite unique, just one spray on the chest another at the back of my neck and im set! Because of the oud and tonka notes I will use this fragrance more often in the evening and nio in the day time. In the end this scent is perfect for my nose and it lasts 7+hrs. Im extremely happy with my purchase! Sample before you purchase and trust in your nose.

Overall 5 out of 5

fresh orange zest, strong neroli some green notes. this is what I get from this scent. I don't really get the oud and woody notes, however I think the scent is nice, very refined. For citrus lovers with a puffy wallet worth to try! :)

Wow....This opens with a spectacular gorgeous neroli note that is citrus fresh and a little bit creamy.

After a while it gets a little sweeter with a vanilla like smell. Eventually this develops into a cookie dough like aroma within the main neroli accord. It does seem a little out of place but the scent is so beautiful it hardly matters.

As time moves forward the scent also develops a woody aroma within the blend.

To sum up a breathtaking neroli fragrance that gets sweeter and a little woodier as time progresses. A must try fragrance!

Who is the nose behind this perfume? I want to know what other works she/he has done. This is such a magnificent scent. It is so puzzling with the citrus, ambergris, and creaminess that it carries. Absolutely stunning fragrance. So many notes that oppose each other with Kobe such as the tonka bean, musk, orange, neroli, ambergris, rosewood.... All give it a light/dark balance feel. It is fresh, slightly stinky/animalic due to the ambergris (not overbearing,) and thick due to the tonka bean and musk.
Great for summer time. A pleasent smell that will satisfy crowds. Elegant. luxurious, long lasting. Perfect. One of my favorites from Xerjoff.

Kobe, like many of the scents from Xerjoff's Shooting Stars series, is technically excellent, but ultimately quite dull.

It starts up with a scripted neroli, but one that has more heft behind it from the labdanum which injects an oily quality to what is ordinarily a thin note. There's some rosewood here for soapiness, and the oud hovers tranquilly to make space for the brighter notes to perform. I pick up some stray roses that perhaps feel a little misplaced and a peppery note that adds noise, but aside from that, the whole thing comes off as a greener, woodier version of every other white floral from Mugler Cologne to Neroli Portofino, only with evidently better materials and a meticulous blend.

Aside from authentically replicating the headspace of a citrus grove, the scent does little to grab your attention—it's just sort of "there." Bogue Profumo's astounding Eau d'E manages to pull off a similar effect but it does so without cliche or predictability by contrasting bitter notes with a tasteful cypress accord. As far as summer scents go, Kobe does everything it sets out to accomplish well: it's bright and fresh, smells highly naturalistic, and lasts a decent amount of time due to the resinous / musky base that scaffolds the top/mids in place. But ultimately, it's a bit of a bore.

EN
I discovered this company at the fair Fragranze 2012 in Florence Italy. It wasn't easy to find then the store that sells fragrances to the regular customer like me, but in the end I was able to buy the whole line from the site ausliebezumduft.de

I must say that there is a system to buy perfumes Xerjoff paying the relatively low price (the normal price of the bottle of 50 ml is up to US$ 260-325).

Since the Shooting Stars line and the Oud Stars line are the masterpieces of artistic perfumery, it is worth to buy the Shooting Stars - Discovery Sets - Part One and Part Two and Oud Stars Collection - Discovery Set that cost US$ 208 for each of the first two sets and US$ 254 for the Oud collection set. Of course there are the Discovery Sets for
XJ17/17 Collection (US$ 331) and XJ Casamorati 1888 Vintage Collection (US$ 182), but personaly I do not like the last two lines, so I didn't order them.

In each set there are 6 fragrances of 15ml each and therefore the price for a volume of 50 ml drops to US$116 for Shooting Stars collection and to US$142 for Oud Stars collection instead of USD$ 260 and US$ 325 for full version bottles.

IT
Ho scoperto questa casa di profumi alla fiera Fragranze 2012 a Firenze. Non era poi facile di trovare il negozio che vendesse i profumi ad un mortale come me, ma alla fine sono riuscito ad acquistare tutta la linea dal sito ausliebezumduft.de

Devo dire che c'è un sistema per comprare i profumi di Xerjoff al prezzo relativamente molto basso (il prezzo normale della bottiglietta di 50 ml arriva a circa €200-250).

Visto che tutta la linea Shooting Stars e la linea Oud Stars sono i capolavori della profumeria artistica, vale la pena a comprare il Shooting Stars - Discovery Sets - Part One and Part Two e Oud Stars Collection - Discovery Set che costano €160 per ciascuno dei primi due e €195 per la collezione Oud. Ovviamente esistono anche i Discovery Sets per
XJ17/17 Collection (€255) e per XJ Casamorati 1888 Vintage Collection (€140), ma quest'ultimi a me non piacciono.

Nel ciascun set ci sono 6 profumi nelle bottigliette di 15ml e quindi il prezzo per un volume di 50ml crolla a €89 per Shooting Stars collection e €109 per Oud Stars invece di €200 per Shooting Stars e di €250 per Oud Stars.

Citrus,wood,sweet notes. Am I in heaven?

I have always been looking for a perfume that has this extraordinary notes, they are balanced in this creation in such a fashion that mesmerize the wearer and the hypnotize the people around you.

it starts with unorthodox herbal cirtusy smell,a bitter note will peak timidly here and there (think of the orange juice bitterness which we all like), after a good hour or so the wood note will emerge steadily but with assertiveness in this case the oud note. soon after, the tonka/benzoin will sneak to endorse the woody notes to give it this elegant facade.

great longevity, good projection.

highly recommended for the one who want to differentiate him self from the masses.

9.5/10

I know this is one of the most praised fragrances in the Xerjoff range but the mix of white florals and powder turns it into one of the biggest "no-go" for me.

That being said, if you like neroli/orange blossom laying on a powdery/resinous woody base (no oud detected), Kobe will be a true winner in your wardrobe. Top quality ingredients, perfect balance, great lasting power.

Me? No, No, No.

Believe it or not, to me it's just like a more refined version of Kurkdjian's APOM Pour Homme.

Rating: 8/10 (if you like white florals)
4/10 (otherwise)

Kobe! One of the most stunning fragrance I have ever smelled! A masterpiece.

I was lucky enough to sample this scent, and I love it!! On me the scent was a woody incense with a bit of citrus and a slightly sweet almost cinnamon note to it.Luckily I got none of the soapy motor oil scent that Doc Elly got!!
My nose has been pressed against my wrist for the last three hours :)

Kobe starts off with a mix of green, bitter, herbal things that soon reveals itself as bitter citrus peel, possibly grapefruit and the petitgrain that is reported to be in there. The citrus peels are eventually joined by a soapy citrus blossom. After about an hour a strong tonka (coumarin) note arises. To me, the bitter citrus and tonka clash terribly, and together produce a motor-oil like note. I don’t smell much of the oud and woods that are supposed to be in the scent - they are completely overshadowed by the citrus and tonka. In the final drydown, after the citrus has finally gone away, what is left is a pleasant, sweetish, slightly woody tonka. The beginning and end are not bad, but this perfume is definitely not something that I would wear due to the clashing notes, the soapiness, and the motor oil smell right in the heart of it.