Hindu Kush by Mancera

I’ve been wearing it for a year. While not bad, it’s excellent yet simple. I can’t find an occasion where it stands out against other perfumes. During the day: not recommended; with sweat, the clove (unlisted) and resin notes become nauseating. At night: the sillage improves, but if other perfumes are spicy, sweet, or floral, it’s not a good choice. Performance: 12h+ and on clothes it’s brutal. Scent: bright, herbaceous, green, resinous, and well-marked spice; the dry-down is amber but the green notes dominate. It resembles Xerjoff More Than Words, but this is more wearable. If you dislike very herbaceous perfumes, avoid buying it.

I fell in love with a 2ml decant; it was my olfactory introduction to something different in a good way. The opening is smoky, delicious incense with a resinous touch that gains prominence as it evolves. The cannabis in its resinous, fresh splendour is a plant of excellent quality. As it dries, it balances with the spices. It finishes sweeter and woody with musk, lasting hour after hour, always resinous and slightly spaced. The longevity is as expected and I couldn’t resist buying the 120ml bottle. Well applied, it lasts more than 16 hours.

It’s a powerful, evolving, fresh, and warm scent with two facets: the opening is sharp and dry, then becomes more amber. A good discovery, I recommend trying it. The performance is very good; it requires few sprays. A masculine aroma to make a statement. Ideal for those who like spices and incense. The style could be like LV Nouveau Monde, just mentioning it to give you an idea, though they aren’t the same (Nouveau is softer but evolves). What I perceive most are spices, labdanum, patchouli, and wood; don’t worry about the cannabis, I don’t detect it or it’s eclipsed by the other notes, like in the background. Give it a try, best regards.

A powerful opening, herbal and spicy, even slightly pungent. Afterwards, the incense, woods, and amber come through. A unique, pleasant scent with good sillage, usable all year round and at any time, totally versatile but noticeable that you’re wearing something. I find it masculine and elegant; I recommend it.

Absolute stinker. I refuse to accept that it only has 3.94 points on Fragrantica. The opening is spiced with an elegant cannabis note, though it seems contradictory for a marijuana leaf to possess class and style. Incense, patchouli, vanilla, and amber crown this original masterpiece by Mancera. Hindu Kush knows no gender boundaries. It is bottled youth, yet also sheer audacity on the skin of an old man like me. I do not care; I love this fragrance.

Smells like Black Afgano but drier and spicier. I prefer BA because it’s smokier and creamier; here there’s incense, wood, spices, and that typical herbal touch of marijuana. The opening is sharp, but as it dries down it becomes rich with patchouli and musk. Outside of heat, it wears all year round. Performance is normal for the brand. Still, it feels incomplete to me; Black Afgano is more mysterious and I prefer it much more.

A fragrance with a pleasant trail, though generic, rich in nuances and complex up close. At first, with the initial wears, I sensed a smell of banana mixed with incense that gradually became woody. Then the banana disappeared and now it smells mostly of incense, spices, wood, and musk. I find it all-rounder: valid for the office as it’s rich and unobtrusive, or for dinners and dates thanks to its different and addictive touch. It seduced me from the start and I like it more every day. It projects well and has enormous sillage and longevity on my skin. A sound choice as a daytime signature (except in heat), provided you test it first. 5/5.

Captivating aroma: my entry into the niche world was through this fragrance and it was a wonderful surprise, not a challenge but an exceptional sensory experience. From the start it smells of freshly cut grass with sweetness, herbal nuances, and wood without being overwhelming. Over time it evolves, revealing a faint hint of cannabis, almost imperceptible yet attractive, which blends with sweet, amber, and balsamic notes. It consolidates as a changing composition where incense and herbs are the protagonists. It’s not a literal cannabis scent; it peeks out briefly and goes unnoticed if you don’t pay attention. Suitable for blind buys. It was a risky choice that conquered me, though it requires affinity for herbal and incense scents. Longevity moderate to high on skin and days on clothes. Sillage high, projection medium bubble type. Incredibly versatile for work, school, day or night, in any weather. Praised by men and women, totally unisex. Longevity: 8 hours on skin, days on clothes. Projection: Medium. Sillage: High. Aroma: 10/10 an olfactory journey.

It’s like the greens of the eighties but updated. It doesn’t smell like banana to me, though I understand the similarity: it’s green with a sweet base. Smells good, but it lacks the punch of other Mancera proposals.

Here this perfume smells fantastic, but if you are put off because it has marijuana as an ingredient, you will be disappointed; it does not smell like a bud or anything like that. It is more like a green marijuana leaf rubbed with a ripe banana peel; that is what you feel regarding that ingredient afterwards. It has a fresh, green, spiced opening. I see many strange blind opinions here and have noticed this in many reviews; perhaps they have never used it and invent fantasies. It is a verdant, spiced opening and more resinous woods… the incense and spices give it a mysterious, rare, yet curious smell alongside the timid, sweet vanilla. I think if you want to highlight this, it is for you. Now, the name could be inspired by two things: Hindu Kush is a highly appreciated cannabis strain for many reasons and has a very special smell… or Hindú Kush is a mountain massif in Asia, located between Afghanistan and north-west Pakistan, where this cannabis strain is cultivated… the important thing is that the aroma is rare and captivating. Note: do not expect it to smell like rubbing a cannabis bush; this is more refined. On the other hand, if some find this strong, hahahaha, it is because they have not yet smelled Zoologist’s Tyrannosaurus Rex; there you really need guts, hahahaha, an essence of dinosaur extinction.

Do you want to radiate a nuclear banana smell? Then you might like it. But if you are looking for a characteristic cannabis scent with any of its nuances; earthy, coffee-like, fruity, citrusy, and above all that peculiar herbal-pheromonal smell, I have not found them here, nor a smoked cannabis smell. In short, if you were looking for any of these smells, this perfume is not it.

In my country there’s a baby gum calming called BBDent, and this rubbish smells like that xd.

Reminds me of Angel due to the patchouli, but on my skin it’s a beast: an intense opening that fades within an hour, leaving behind a green, warm, and delicious trail. Lasts around eight hours. It’s unisex, though with a more masculine character, and for women it’s a total hit because it breaks the mould.

Few reviews for something so popular in the Mancera range. It has three clear stages: it starts herbal, spiced, with that touch of ripe banana mixed with greens; at 30 minutes it relaxes and hits its best moment; and by the third hour, the amber and white musk emerge. It doesn’t smell of cannabis, it’s that interplay of fruits. It’s unique within the brand, far from the entry-level segment, alongside Red Tobacco.