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Toomk946 – :
This is my second favorite from Kilian line. One of the most beautiful and well blended fruity/peachy fragrances I have ever tested, accompanying by sophisticated but sweet and bright honeyed & vanillic floral scents. Nothing screechy, nor synthetic, nor artificial about this one. I love the cinnamon in it so much as it is just right to add a chic and warm layer to the composition, and not so much as a strong and spicy spice. Forbidden Games has a high end quality and fragrance smell that I can’t explain. You have to experience it to smell for yourself. It does not just make me feel “womanly”, but also sexy and beautiful. LOVE it!
Smilejke777 – :
بازی های ممنوعه” یه عطر کاملا مصنوعیِ دیگه (تو یه مفهوم چیپ و غیر خلاقانه)ست، یه انفجار گل دار ـ میوه ای، و یه انبوهِ گالاکسولید و کتون که وانیل ساپورتشون می کنه. فرِش و شیرین، آزاردهنده و تک بعدی، بی روح و بچگانه. ارزش صرف قیمتی بالای 10 دلار نداره (لطفا بهم نگید قیمت واقعی‌یی که فروخته میشه چقدره)
kadet173 – :
I’m kind of disappointed, I bought this blind because nowhere around here sold it, and I was SO EXCITED by the notes and description. Now I’m like….where is the cinnamon and vanilla??!!
This is not a bad perfume at all, I think it kind of smells like a high end shampoo. It’s kind of a heavy fruity, which I don’t mind at all. I like it but it’s most definitely not any kind of gourmand if that’s what you’re looking for.
McTAWISH – :
beautiful very high quality sexy fragrance – which is slowly opens up from being peachy to rose and delicious vanilla. Its very beautiful. I receive a lot of compliments from men:-) Will buy again.
smoke05091987 – :
I find nothing Forbidden about this fragrance, quite the opposite – but it’s definitely a playful one. It’s simple, nice and easy, fruity and sweet. Longevity is good, sillage is moderate, which is a good thing because a fragrance like this shouldn’t be radiating too far I think. Undoubtedly a spring/summer day scent – wear it with more casual clothes, when you want to feel young, light and happy.
The Bulgarian rose was a very good surprise which makes this one interesting and wearable to me. 🙂
Tomplo – :
This scent is so intensively beautiful. It’s exactly as described. It’s very true to form. The quality is impeccable. I can’t stop smelling myself. The sillage is astronomically wonderful. The Longevity at least on me is LONG! Extremely long. The notes are a melody of a soft whimsy cloud. A cloud raining fruit. The gourmand of this scent is delictable, and if I could I would eat it. This is not a heavy, cloying, sticky sweet of a perfume. It’s gentle, calming, comforting, and actually makes me relax. I have euphoria of happy thoughts when wearing this scent. Is this male? Is this female? Gosh, it so well blended, honestly, it truly is for both. I’d say of my unisex frags, this is one of my favs. It indeed can go both ways. Not overly feminine, and not over masculine. I feel like I’m in Napa valley in an orchard, with a winery near by. Taking in the aroma of the country side. Just Devine. A very big applaud to Kilian. This is amazingly, astonishingly a masterpiece!
re341k – :
Forbidden Games,
I find this extremely fruity (in a goood way)
It’s not your typical generic fruity scent.
I swear I could smell Lychee, even though it isn’t listed in the notes.
It smells soo fresh, I could bury my nose into my skin all day 🙂
My first perfume By Kilian & i’m quiet happy.
2/3 spritz last a good 7 to 8 hours.
Teceabsendpen – :
Something vegetal hiding in this one, a scrubber
INGEMEQUE – :
Very nice. Soft, fruity, sweet. Nice, but not $295 nice.
solfleif – :
This is a very well blended fragrance,a combination of delicious fruits(not synthetic or sharp)soft florals,some spices in a warm honey-vanilla base
Not a unique,strange scent but I love how it smells on me,it’s delicious but not in a cake or candy way,it’s a dessert made by honeyed,spiced ripe fruits,florals stand quietly in background
This sweet,creamy,yummy blend smells so sexy in a modern,youthful way
Versatile,wearable and long-lasting
❤❤❤❤❤
menGeorce – :
I was given a sample by a very kind shop assistant and I have to admit I like the fragrance- it sweet and charming ans has a hint of complexity. However would never buy this as it does not stay for very long. After 2 hours it is so faint I can only smell it by sticking my nose to my skin. For the price I expect the perfume to stay put and have people in my immediate vicinity to complement me on my smell- neither of which will happen with this perfume.
Fastrenusat – :
Oh, how I love this! I hoarded my samples, time to get more. If I could afford a FB, this would be my signature frag. I feel the name is misleading…on me, it’s young, fresh, totally innocent, without being overly sweet. It’s a “my skin, only better” frag. Not at all typical of the current crop of fruity floral gourmands. Good sillage, great longevity, and just gets better and better throughout the day. My favorite!
dartis5 – :
First sniff and I was reminded about this old hair gel I used to have, I thought hm nostalgic. In a few minutes the smell gave me a headache. There is one quite sweet and annoying note which sticks out. I love by Kilian but this is not for me, will be getting rid of my two samples. Hopefully I’ll not be next to someone who smells like this on the train 🙂
SaxolokT – :
I don’t know how to explain it, but no matter how much I enjoy my smoky, leathery, bold, old-fashioned or avant-garde perfumes, I’m still attracted to this simple, cheerful scent that smells like an 8-year-old girl who doesn’t give a shit about anything.
Serega_yrievich – :
I am 100% with Johnnyacl —this is a very shampooey scent. It’s not unpleasant, but it definitely smells like shampoo or body lotion—very generic. I get nothing spicy in it—none of the notes even stand out to my nose. Definitely not the best Kilian I’ve smelled. No depth.
rumer – :
OMG this is chamoy in a bottle , for those unfamilar with chamoy is a sweet in mexico made with apricot is sweet and spicy because its got chili , the first blast is totally chamoy and then it does reminds me of jo malone nectarine , is very sweet pefect for summer, really good i like it !
the drydown is very milky vanilla
vampir55 – :
Well, I don´t want to be the unpleasant one, but, does anyone also feels this has a shampoo/body cream vibe…? Apart from that, nice smelling, but wouldn´t make me pay the price they ask for it. Back to Black, Straight to Heaven and Amber Oud are still my Top 3 By Kilian.
ROP_35 – :
My first impression of this fragrance was a musky, potpurri scent, just vague mix of fruits and didnt think I would like it. However the more I wore it, the more it grew on me. It is more complex than i first thought and has a nice, long lasting, evolution of notes. I dont find it linear at all, as some reviewers said. In fact, quite the opposite.
Forbidden Games opens with that strong potpurri smell, but quickly, notes of cinammon apple and peach emerge as the top notes, along with a nice musky scent- perhaps the oppanax? Then the jasmine and rose come join the party, but the top notes are still there. As it wears on, the fragrance dances around: between strong and soft, fem and masc, fruit and floral, and disapears for a lil bit just to bounce back providing different wafts of notes for hours on me. The vanilla and honey are most prominent on the drydown.You can smell the quality of the ingredients.
FG is quite long lasting on me. Ironically, i dont have the best sense of smell, but I can smell it on myself for around 7 hours. Not sure about the sillage, I assume average unless you just sprayed it, in which case has strong sillage. Also I detected some similarity to “back to black” pop up here and there. I smell the same honey/vanilla/even chamomile and hay notes in both. I suspect some of the same Calice’s concoctions are used in both.
This is a fragrance you need to test over a few days to appreciate it.I havent tried the other 3 in this line yet so I cant compare with them. I think is unusual and different in the huge market of fruity/florals, and def worth a try!
saanma – :
To me this perfumes smells strongly of fruit (apple/peach & maybe even lychee) but is a little too cloyingly sweet. It’s very rich and slightly 1 dimensional. It’s not a bad smell but I don’t find anything special about it. I don’t think it suits its name at all… Doesn’t feel forbidden whatsoever. I don’t smell and cinnamon, bourbon or vanilla. Just lots of fruity, rich sweetness on a background of geranium that seems to emphasize the overly fruity notes. Basically, just not for me. 🙂
mikhajjlov81 – :
First of all, it doesn’t smell like any other perfumes. Its quality is unquestionable. However, it’s not as described. Not sweet at all. To me, it’s rosy-fruity, which is my disappointment in this case. I was expecting to get some sweet and honeyish notes. Nope. Just rose, plum, a little bit of melon and apple. I don’t dislike it,but don’t care about it either. Fruity-rosy-bitter.
Varna – :
If you want to buy this perfume so cheap, then come to korea.
There are hundreds of perfume just like this one.
Nothing further.
andrey641306 – :
What Lupe X Said. He’s why I bought this. To emphasize, spray a little on your chest and rim of your tee……Yes. Can’t wait til the heat hits Philly!!
sima75 – :
On smell alone this is one of the best smells you will get your nose on. It is imo the best peach scent on the market. The honey and the jasmine give it a syrupy lush depth while the rose and geranium keep it fresh and spritely. The blend is masterfully done.
The name Forbidden Games is quite apt. There is almost something hedonistic and sinful about this much olfactive pleasure.
I share the eXact same sentiments as a review stated earlier; this is eXactly what I wanted Dangerous Liaisons to be!
It is a well balanced fruity fragrance. It sits right on the edge of being too fruity but it remains traditionally gender nuetral, it is neither too rich and thick nor too fresh and light. There is an element of the familiar in this fragrance and that doesn’t make it mundane. It contains no eXotic notes and so some ppl read that as generic or unimaginative, I pity them. What FB is, is a delectible fruity fragrance done to perfection using only the best of ingredients and the most masterful of blending techniques, every note sings harmoniously and supports the others to the benefit of the overall smell.
Unfortunately projection is quite average. It is more of a summer time fragrance as the heat really boosts its presence on the skin. One if my favorite byKilian fragrances and a head turner.
Longevity – 10
Projection – 7 (9 in the summer)
Smell – 10
Overall – 8.5
flamyri – :
After testing this scent over months, I decided to bite the bullet and buy it. I AM SO HAPPY! If I could become a fruit scent, it would be a peach. This is like a wonderful fruit salad on my skin, but in a yummy way, not strange. I’m just sorry I waited so long and don’t have much time left to wear it before fall comes.
I have something to look forward to next summer.
macs27 – :
The opening is an intoxicating blend of rose, peach and geranium.
It’s a heady scent, sensual, it feels like a love spell.
The honey gives a raw sweet smell. While the opening is captivating, the middle is strange, half fruity/half sweet. the peach is present the whole time, but the geranium and honey are fighting for attention too.
Then (as if that was not enough) jasmine makes its entrance, and it’s another heady note on top of the rest.
At this point it makes me think of the type of person (sorry for generalizing) that would wear this. And it’s probably the attention seeker who infest a place with its own fragrance thinking that is what classy rich people do!
The dry down is a mix of vanilla, musk and honey. Smells like a honey candy.
artoffighters – :
This has a strong fruit element, with a bit of cinnamon, my favorite of the 3, it is a rich boozy scent, although it isnt per se heady, I just dont know really what Kilian is trying to achieve, their scents are so edgy in a way, in contrast with the bottles…I dont find it to smell really harmonious, or pretty…just a strange concoction of notes all together..
ytpyf.1 – :
Just beautiful!!!!!! Sweet, fluffy delight. An angel falls in love with humans. A very interesting shining, fruity miracle. The composition is a unique interpretation of fulfilled love. The victory of the heart over intellect.
The drydown is cool vanilla; the touch of an angel.
джиан – :
Forbidden Games smells like freshly sliced fuji apples drizzled with honey along with a tiny lil’ puff of peach baby powder with a hint of canned cranberry sauce. Not homemade cranberry sauce…CANNED.
I was feeling down the other night so I took the wonderful sample of Forbidden Games given to me by the lovely and generous Kilian reps at Saks, and emptied half of it running around my bedroom spritzing FG in all directions.
After returning to my bed, I thought, “Ahh… I have discovered the best use for Forbidden Games: Room Spray.” Of course I don’t have the money to use anything remotely expensive as room spray, but in a vacuum, Forbidden games would be my go-to in order to lift my spirits.
On the subject of “spirits”, wearing FG on my body is an entirely different story. I want this amazingly awesome room spray of a fragrance to lift me up and comfort me at the same time, but instead it falls flat. It does that sharp, “static shock up-your-nose” thing that some peachy fruity frags do, and I couldn’t detect any complexity. as I said before: Flat.
Similarly to how Flower of Immortality is a kind of super soft, fleeting and elusive “fragrance spirit”, Forbidden Games also escapes me with it’s nothing projection and disappointing longevity.
I want the lady from the movie Poltergeist or perhaps the priest from The Exorcist to come and do a reading of me, to see if there has been any PERFUME ACTIVITY GOING ON UP IN HERE. They are professional (well, actors…), but in-character, they alone would be able to detect Forbidden Games on my skin after two hours, or hanging in the air in my bedroom…
the morning after.
Update:
If applied generously to skin and clothing, this can last up to five hours and the projection is moderate in warmer temperatures . It’s like a more tasteful sophisticated rendition of Chloe See by Chloe. Very girly and innocent.
мукалтинка – :
I am loving this! It is what I wanted Liaisons Dangereuses to be. Fruit, but not sweet berries, with some spice and a warm vanilla base. I was surprised when I saw the negative reviews. Some people seem to look for dirt, grit and funk in a perfume and are disappointed in an offering that does not screech or scream. Does this fragrance depict “Forbidden Games”? Well, that depends upon your interpretation of said games. I really enjoy the “wearability” of this scent. It does not strike me as an average fruity floral, there is something more. A comfortable, fun scent with a certain je ne sais qois….
Edit: I mixed a little Cruel Intentions into a vial of this (I know, Calice would not be pleased). It added longevity, silage and a fabulous sandalwood base!
petrucho82 – :
Earlier today, a fellow fragrant traveler mentioned in a review that there are some houses she just “doesn’t get”. In my case, the big fat question mark is nearly always hovering above the house of Kilian, or is it “By Kilian”–not sure whether they finally realized that the preposition was a silly idea and have omitted it permanently from the name, or only from the sample set folio of the “In the Garden of Good and Evil” collection. Perhaps they were testing the waters: all other things kept the same (type of rhetoric, etc.) do consumers buy more perfumes from houses whose names are not preceded by prepositions? Honestly, I sometimes wonder, believe it or not, whether (by) Kilian might be an elaborate marketing experiment being conducted by the gurus at LVMH. Perhaps you think that I jest.
My first issue with this house is the radical chasm spanning their hyperbolic pseudo-erotic texts and symbolism and the incredibly genteel and polite quality of their compositions. FORBIDDEN GAMES offers yet another example of what I’m talking about. Here is the marketing text for this perfume:
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“When going beyond the boundaries has never been so exciting and dangerously attractive.”
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Let’s see: what boundaries would those be? I ask because, to my nose, this perfume smells an awful lot like Nelly APPLE BOTTOMS: a sweet apple blossom in a clean resinous musky base with a few embellishments thrown in, but overall a high-quality fruity-floral fragrance. So naturally my first reaction upon donning FORBIDDEN GAMES was: what is supposed to be “forbidden” here? According to a well-known folk adage, “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” So apples are healthy. Why would they be forbidden?
The only sense which I have been able to make of this involves a possible biblical allusion to the Garden of Eden, and the temptation to bite into the apple which led to–or was it constitutive of?–The Fall. That is a coherent interpretation, to be sure, but I still find that the quality of this fruity-floral fragrance is so innocent and juvenile that it is very difficult to associate it with any form of vice, least of all those of the “adult” kind.
In fact, it’s not even possible to commit the sin of gluttony in the case of apples, because they contain so much water and fiber, that it’s not humanly possible to exceed one’s RDA of calories through overindulging.
Am I giving (by) Kilian too much credit here? Perhaps. This is an apple blossom perfume, and I believe that in a blind side-by-side test with Nelly APPLE BOTTOMS there are few people who would be able to pick out the haute niche from the mainstream offering. The quality seems very similar to me.
I did not want to rush to judgment on this matter, so after donning FORBIDDEN GAMES this morning, I decided to dig out my small bottle of APPLE BOTTOMS. I haven’t worn that perfume since I reviewed it, so it took about ten minutes to find, but once I did, I confirmed my initial impression that the two compositions are very similar. Perhaps this should be viewed as a compliment to APPLE BOTTOMS rather than an insult to FORBIDDEN GAMES?
Which brings me to another gripe. “Jeux Interdits” [Forbidden Games] is the name of a justly celebrated film directed by René Clément in 1952. I realize that words belong to everyone, but come on, Kilian: why choose the title of an incredibly famous anti-war film? What does it have to do with a fruity-floral frag?
I don’t want to blame Kilian himself for this conceptual mess, my best guess is that we have LVMH to thank, yet again.
sexapilnaya – :
Sugar laced peach is the most prominent top note on first spray of FG. I am immediately reminded of those jellied candies called Peach Rings. I love Peach Rings but don’t want to smell like them, so I was disappointed in this at first.
Ten minutes later, however, the peach all but disappears and the Forbidden Games began! It developed into this perfectly orchestrated cloud of deep honeyed plum, lightly sprinkled with short staccato notes of cinnamon, swirling around in between alternating beats of rose and geranium. Loved that part! Sadly, I didn’t get any jasmine. For the short time it lasted, I was enthralled but then suddenly it was Game Over!! and all the magic disappeared. It dried down to a very disappointing faint rose and apple. It reminded me of Rock ‘n’ Rose Couture by Valentino except RnRC is done much better……by far.
Why was this named Forbidden Games? This liquid in no way deserves such an evocative name. Its game is over before it barely gets started. Maybe the name is appropriate after all, because as soon as the Games get started, you get kicked out?
FG smells like it was marketed for the discount store from a generic perfume house instead of the top-quality house of By Kilian and is no way worth the price tag.
xeba69 – :
More jasmine, more honey. Mr. Hennessy please stop! Back away slowly, step away from the jasmine and drop the jar of honey. Step out of the room while we lock up these two ingredients so you can never use them again. Please stop the madness! This scent has a sweet and at the same time skanky drydown that is absolutely nauseating. I like florals and I even like jasmine but this mess is unbearable.
Pavlo – :
To me this is Yum Yum Yum!!! I dont get put off by sweet, gourmand fragrances, this is right up there now with my favorites. Its creamy, sweet whipped cream on warm apricots, peaches, plums, apple, dash of vanilla! The florals take a back seat, but they are there so softly perfect Rose. Let it settle on your skin, let it warm up, gormand lovers will be happy!
guzal2011 – :
i have received my samples from luckyscent
and this one was there, i was very enthusiasting
to try the new release from kilian,
i tried it,it’s nothing very old scent and so many
brands made it before.
what is going on kilian? is that you.
papa_zollo – :
Ok this is a fairly decent fruity/floral scent but agreed least fav. of the 3…it has something in there that’s kinda harsh && burns my nose a bit. On my skin I deff. pick up the fruitier notes on first spray the peach && apple really shine through that lasts for about 5 min then the florals emerge && then it becomes a combo of jasmine peach apple && rose which yeah sounds like an interesting mix but it’s really just eh to me…maybe if agreed the plum shined a bit more to it would help add to it…I really didn’t detect any vanilla for like the first hour…only as it dried down more could I faintly pick it up it’s like a creeper vanilla that just lurks a bit then comes out of no where, It projects fairly well I can deff. smell it each time I move my hand && I only did one spray, but I do also detect a synthetic-ness to it this should not be burning my nose like it does…any how yes it’s a relatively nice scent is it worth 245?!..NO! agreed there are better more inexpensive fruity florals. 🙂
vps720InsuffBooni – :
Peach . Apple. Rose. Dries down to vanilla. My least favorite of the three.
Update:
I adore this now! LOL
natashka21rus – :
I wish the plum could be more bold … For me it smells like green bamboo sticks on the beginning, and then it develops to some gourmand biscotti.
Lasting power is poor, on my wrist just 1,5 hour!
newshren – :
The first that I tested out of the three and I liked it for a spring fragrance. Right out of the bottle if someone told me it was the new escada summer fragrance I would have believed them but there is quite a bit my class and quality to this though. I wouldn’t spend the money on it but its “cute”
Thenrereugs – :
This one I do not like. Its VERY gourmand, the apple and peach are up front paired with a sweet vanilla a bit of honey and a small amount of rose. Not cavity inducing, but, frankly rather boring and after the first hour very linear. Apple is unfortunately something that can turn me off of a scent because it can smell synthetic. in this juice it does smell synthetic to me.
I don’t find it terribly lasting considering the price point. I got to about hour 5 and it started really puttering out. Of the 3, this one wasn’t interesting at all.
Maybe this was created for fit in with the current crop of fruity florals? I just know that I wouldn’t ever have it on my buy list. There’s so many better smelling fruity florals than this that are way cheaper.