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vikizx – :
Dirty, dusty, earthy patchouli with tobacco and almost chocolate in the beginning. masculine hippy dippy
lion1976 – :
This is all about patchouli/sandalwood and mild tobacco. It leans to masculine scents imo and it is suitable for spring, fall and cool summer evenings.
At the opening there’s a vivid but pleasant hey note which fades away giving its place to the smoky, spicy, a little dusty & earthy patchouli. As time passes it becomes more pleasant. I get something like slightly citrusy incense which I believe it one of the qualities of the patchouli. I also get strong raw sandalwood oil, same feeling as some pure sandalwood attars. As time passes a sub-sweet spicy vibe emerges with menthol. Something like opium attars. This scent develops quickly and it changes all the time which I love.
I can’t comment on performance yet. I need time with it so I’ll update with info the next days.
irn155speagoessenda – :
This is a very heavy patchouli in all its mintyness, more of a medicinal cabinett with very bitter aftertaste. I do not like it all!
skarieBlels – :
Mentolated – rosy – warm earthy
Color impression: cedar brown
In contrary to rebel Duro and Black Afgano, I found Hindu Grass a sumptuous delivery. This is while patchouli with its modest and gypsy earthiness rejects glittering display. But Gualtieri wisely implements a rose/geranium accord to give the opening a clear mentholated toothpaste accent and emphasize on fresh lure. It’s so promising and gives birth to a dusky patchouli and red rose plus soft woodsy, semi-tobacoo’ish aroma that deliver feeling of sexy skin temperature. Comfy luxury patchouli.
★★★★
Update: they don’t produce HG anymore. Yes, discontinued.
Cvyatt – :
Hindu Grass was a big love at first sniff for me, it was like a breath of fresh air ! I sprayed it on the back of my hand, & knew within half an hour that it would be going home with me that day.
This is a great green patchouli scent. I love it when patchouli has that slightly bitter chocolate nuance, & I get that here. Over all it just smells pure, clean & unadulterated…as if to just let the few notes that are there to speak clearly for themselves – no fuss, no messing around with “a bit o this, & a bit o that” chucked in to muddy the waters ! HG has real “clarity”, I think that’s the best way I can describe it.
I could happily bathe in this stuff – & a small part of me would also quite like to drink it too (which is worrying!) For the price, I was expecting monster silage & longevity, but this is a quiet perfume & it wears quite close to the skin with just below average longevity, imo. I do wish it wasn’t so expensive because it’s not really within my normal perfume budget. Still, at least it comes in small bottles – for which I’m quite grateful! I break my price rules for this one, & (to me) it’s worth it 🙂
Edit: To add, recommended if you want a patchouli that isn’t paired with vanilla, fruit, &/or sweet heavy amber/oriental notes.
Jazzniggeroff – :
Following the idea or picture behind this fragrance I can see it as a contemplative, quiet, simple and unpretentious creation.
It gives a sort of peaceful feeling.
Patchouli is basically the star of this perfume, the green notes stay behind the whole time, like supporting characters.
The tobacco, well, it’s somewhere there but at least on me It doesn’t projects much, although I can definitely smell it right before and during the drydown.
I wasn’t expecting Hindu Grass to be this good. If you can get a sample, do it. Worth to check it out.
glyanenko – :
A bright, sweet and peaceful green patchouli-based fragrance, this one is definitely an interesting offering from this line. Sillage and longevity are outstanding.
glileafen – :
I bought Hindu Grass blindly, and boy do I love this stuff. It’s the cleanest patch I know of, sweetened with something like sweet grass and hay notes. I have been craving patch lately, and all the ones I’ve been wearing feel oppressive in the heat, but I wore this today, and I got that nice, strong patch, but it was oddly refreshing, not bitter at all. I also get a good amount of light amber and a touch of perhaps green tobacco as well, about 5 hours into wearing it. I typically like dank, musty patch, but this is an amazing green one. A must-own for those who truly appreciate all facets of the patchouli plant. It’s been dreamy and wonderful in 80-95F!
nikel007 – :
Meditative and self-reflective earthy patch with sweet tobacco depth within…Linear, peaceful, charismatic, unforgettable.
There is a certain type of fragrances that better be described by a quote. Hindu Grass is one of them.
Remember, when in movie “I Am Legend” Will Smith exclaims in shock :” Whaaaat?! Never heard of Bob Marley?!!” Then he tells the story:
He (Bob Marley) had this idea, it was kind of a virologist idea, he believed he could cure racism and hate, literally cure it by injecting music and love into people’s lives.
One day he was scheduled to perform at a peace concert, gunmen came to his house and shot him down.
Two days later he walked out on the stage and sang. Somebody asked him why. He said the people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking a day off. How can I?
Light up the darkness.
I think Hindu Grass would greatly suit to people with Marley’s spirit.
Nordimilm – :
Can someone advise if it’s somehow similar to Thundra (profumum roma)?
Salvador – :
7/10
kess84 – :
This is a grassy watery dew fragrance with allot of greens and a Buddha statue is sitting on top of the grassy hills. It’s like a summery greenish climate on a grassy field at 7 am.
It is a good fragrance but still, China White remains his best creation.
egmr79 – :
Mammamia , i like to call it perfume , it is a new presentation of patchouli to what i begin to discover my passion and how much it fits my skin , yes it is a greenish perfume , but keeping s high quality and elegance , i love it more for man it tenders there masculinity never losing it 🙂 .
unfortunately it is on 30ml i don’t dare o use it often .
S))HON))12 – :
Yumuşak, şekerli ve zambak kokulu bir krem düşünün. Bunu ellerinize sürün ve üzerine Durance Patchouli yada başka düz bir patchouli sıkın. Karşınızda Hindu Grass. Eğer içinde çimen varsa ya yok denecek kadar az yada cim bizim bildiğimiz cinlerden değil. Ben arka planda ağacımsi bir koku alıyorum. Yeşil notalar ise özellikle ilk 10 dakikada kendini hissettiriyor. Keyifli ve yumuşak bir koku. Farklı bir patchouli istiyorsanız mutlaka deneyin. Kalıcılık markanın diğer ürünlerinde olduğu kadar kuvvetli değil. Koku tene yakın kalıyor. Çok sıcak havalarda bunaltabilir.
Федор777 – :
Fresh? Green? Where? One blast and I felt my whole body had been smothered in a really thick pungent rose-attar. I stood there, immersed in the horrible whiff, half expecting the Queen of Narnia to appear and demand her Turkish Delight back.
The top notes reduced quickly to a dry elegant wood note, which kept coming and going, interspersed with what I can only describe as the strong smell of rising damp. Seriously.
This is the first time I have tested a Nasomatto perfume and I can’t believe anything this popular smells so bizarre on my skn. Either the tester was too old (like years too old) or I have alien body chemistry and nobody told me!
jester_tm – :
If I were to keep it short – it’s a great clean and sweet patchouli.
I get moist earth and grasses almost bordering to a sweet, clean vetiver scent. Sweet tobacco is also somehow lingering in the background. I don’t find it to evolve very much, but it’s a pleasant and quite subtle scent, I imagine it being very versatile for let’s say, office jobs or if you do a lot of traveling in a crowded plane, train or bus.
Great longevity, but not so great projection. Unisex and very nice, but at a 160 $ for 30 ml I find it rather overpriced compared to what you’re getting.
Bobrik – :
Wow – patchouli!!
Luckily I adore the smell of patchouli (being an old hippy) so the opening doesn’t faze me at all – I love it, but patchouli-haters should probably steer clear of this one.
It mellows down within the hour with the grassy, smoky notes coming out to play while the patchouli quietens down. The dry-down is truly lovely. Definitely a winner.
juka321 – :
I tried this one today and I love that earthy, dirty smell that this one has. The dry down is quite nice and much easier on the nose than the bitter opening. If anyone owns this but doesn’t like and wants to swap please let me know. I would trade a couple off to own a full bottle of this.
bodryk – :
Earthy patchouli and a medicinal camphor impression overwhelm the other notes for me in Hindu Grass. Occasionally a hint of green grass. Skews more masculine and cologne-like in my opinion, though some women might like it for a quirky boho or rocker style.
HELG74 – :
I absolutely adore this fragrance. Think strong grass and incense, so intense it is practically edible. I cannot stop sniffing my arm when I wear this. Very unique smell, and very clean, lacking any alcohol or powdery notes. Beware though – I had to return one bottle as the thread was faulty and most if the content leaked into my wash bag. It’s far too expensive to let this pass!
drammatourg – :
In a nutshell – this perfume is absolutely heavenly. A perfect chypre and I am completely hooked.
I received it today and even though the bottle leaked a little in transit (which I find annoying)it was forgotten the moment I was hit by the green, herby, patchouli, rose, oakmoss notes and I am in Nirvana. WOW and double WOW.
gena1946 – :
Puzzling to me; the list of notes says I should love it, but I can’t think of another frag that smells so different on different occasions that I test it. One day it goes on with an unwelcome sweetness that overpowers any earthiness that the patch might bring. It made me think almost of No 19 or something similar.
Today, it smells like heaven, exactly what I wanted– good clean dirt, real grass instead of sweet synthetic green, smokey– wish it were much stronger if it’s going to smell this wonderful.
Maybe I need to stick with a decant until I can find some consistency.
qwert45 – :
As I mentioned in my original review below the patchouli in this fragrance is more ‘hippy’ than a chocolatey ‘Tom Ford type’ but it’s more than that. The green and earthy notes surrounding it create a kind of floral almost natural soft leathery feel especially in the dry down. What a dry down it is too…magical! This juice has a opulent quality that you only get from a very high end fragrance, it’s stunning to be honest. It teeters between green freshness and an intoxicating patchouli that to me is unique. There’s notes in the drydown too which are almost rough against the general smoothness…if that makes sense?
I love it anyway and definitely more impressed a second time.
pai107 – :
3 steps:
Spray, inhale, breathe = peace of mind and forgiveness
NASOMATTO
HINDU GRASS
Chulkoff – :
Patchouli overdose!!! This thing is banging and green in a way that I haven’t encountered before to be honest. It’s not the sort of thing I’m used to. Even the patch dominance seems unfamiliar when accompanied by these other grassy and tobacco notes, it could be the concentration…I don’t know?
It’s a weird one…but I do like it. Hindu Grass intrigues me and encourages me to get my nose on it again.
I’m staggering my nasomatto reviews having tried everything(ex.Pardon) they have to offer and I was only compelled to purchase Duro at this high price.
The jury is still out on Black Afgano.
I’m not sure when or where I would wear Hindu Grass it’s a daring scent and no mistake.
gorohova2212 – :
Hindu Grass is designed perfectly for the extrait concentration. It’s based on a camphorous, thick patchouli. The patchouli is manipulated to have a very strong presence close to the skin but not leave much of a wake. There’s not a doubt in the world that this is a patchouli perfume, but it is very well edited. Potent, but not overbearing. Unmistakeable, but not without subtlety. This is exactly where the extrait concentration is killer. It’s a personal message and you must be close enough to look the wearer in the eye to understand her true intent. It’s camphorous without smelling like mothballs. It’s cool and soil-like without seeming dirty.
A brilliant modulation of the classic hippie patch. It reads like the hippie chick returning to the fold and going straight. She’s seen Paris, and the country club set knows it.
from scent hurdle.com
pahan1235 – :
Grass? I smell no grass at all.
Its Patchouli with a hint of Patchouli, and just a touch of Patchouli.
If you like this sort of thing, there are about a million other perfumes that smell like this.
Nasomatto is out of their mind for asking $165 for 30ML of something thats this basic. Especially now that they have reformulated their entire collection and you will have a skin scent after a few hours.
Nasomatto = Greed
skabrus – :
I will have to try this in shops, just to make sure my sample was not mixed up with something else… Because so far this is not grass scent at all. The top note is real fist into the nose:) It settles quite quick and the nothing more interesting happens.
So called green notes are bit close to the skin, so you can get them only if you sniff where you’d sprayed.
I think I will stick to black afgano
musket – :
I tried this today and loved it. I smelled 7 or 8 of the Nasomatto line today and this is one of two that I put on my skin to test for the day. I loved it from the opening notes, primarily green grasses and a hint of floral. My thoughts went to a cocktail one might get in a high-end Thai restaurant, or perhaps in Thailand. It might sound strange but hey, thats just where it took me okay?
The tobacco notes came through soon after, along with the patchouli. Everything was very delicate with no notes being overtly strong or offensive. The sillage is not that great and unfortunately did not last very long on the skin (about 4-6 hours). I put it on 11 hours ago and cannot even detect it at all.
I feel I owe it at least another go, possibly two sprays next time? If it lasts longer the next time I try it I will definitely be buying a bottle. It is truly fantastic.
bobyorr – :
This scent is a mix of fresh grass and wet earth after the rain. To my nose the earth dominates. It strongly reminds of Demeter Fragrance Dirt and Diptyque Eau de Lierre, which is sweeter and less long-lasting.
Out of the three Hindu Grass lasts longer and stays more or less the same, leaving the impression of a wet grassy ravine in a forest.
I wonder if anyone dare add a note of lavender into it to make it sound just a bit more feminine.
SweetCandy – :
it is certainly of course, who does not want to recognize the your work?
You’re good but the marketing is better than you.
Beautiful perfume that has a rival to the great surprise that almost worth in longevity and complexity older than him, but that’s incredible, costs four times less!
Which one? the Pearl
everything happens in drydrown.
so, dear Alexander, you’re not very original if not for your snobbish ways.
come down from the pedestal and you find out that only a man, not God
zurg2 – :
Fleeting herbal smoke.
Hindu Grass is a beautifully constructed but short-lived herbal patchouli scent.
Hindu Grass can open your mind,it can sweep away the disturbing thoughts,it can fill you up with peace and stillness.This perfume has a meditative aura,the mild earthy smoke calming and wakes up the senses.
In this mild blend the notes seamlessly mixed together,this down to earth patchouli accented with the melancholic spiced tobacco haze.They just perfectly merges together with the uplifting minty green shades.This warm herbal haze settles into a gentle green- amber shadow what is absolutely stunning to my nose.My biggest disappointment, this strange beauty has no lasting power,neither projection on me.:(I could be part of this miracle only just two short hours:( I wish I had more power of this essence!
With every inhale of Hindu Grass,you can soaked yourself with the Earth’s vibrations,excluded the noisy outside world for a moment.
What a pity for being so ephemeral!:(
webad112 – :
I have been searching for the perfect patchouli frag for long and Hindu Grass is the only one that can calm my nerves and wash away my negative energy.
I think the name is perfect for what it exudes, HINDU GRASS. One of Hindu’s biggest festivals is Nyepi (in Bali), which means “Day of Silence.”
There are many fragrances that make you feel pretty, sexy; but not many can “heal”. This is one of the fews that can make you feel whole and positive. It heals and tames my inner emotions. The projection is good, not too loud but enough to make me feel “content”. It “heals” for 6-10 hours on my skin.
This is one of my all time top 10 frags, along with Luxe Patchouli by Comme des Garcons, which is darker and more mysterious.One is a “Luxe”, and another one is a “Hindu.” They are the Sun and the Moon.
-Mr. Almond-
Nightingale87 – :
A calm and interesting grassy-patchouli scent. Starts a little sharp and grassy then mellows to patchouli and tea and eventually you get a sweet, amber-like patchouli note close to the skin. It has good lasting power, about 6 hours on my skin, which means maybe all day on someone else’s skin. I don’t find that it has any sillage at all–no one else seems to smell this when I wear it. I was lucky to find someone selling this for just $100 out of their own collection, new. Otherwise, I would never have bought a bottle for the full price. Nasomatto isn’t doing anything with this scent that hasn’t been done before. It’s nice enough if you want to smell like soil and patchouli and grass for half the day.
After trying 3 of Nasomatto fragrances I found that it’s a couple of dudes making a killing with clever marketing. That’s about all.
Romagor – :
I guess this perfume is the “camomile” of perfumes, in other words you would use it if you need to relax before you sleep, it will give you that calmness your looking for .Thats is the most suitable time for it. I doesn’t last for too long but why would you need it for more than 3 or 4 hours to put you in that mood.
TromiptyWW – :
this is another gorgeous Nasomatto. the opening is very much the tobacco and the patchouly but then green and grassy notes kick in and loose up the dryness of the fragrance. overall a nice green and fruity scent.
ilmiro – :
A single clump of sun-parched desert grass, beckoning for rain to slake its thirst. Anhydrous and barely green on greeting. Sharp, with a drop of bitterness–galbanum perhaps?
Dryness becomes animate with a helical spiral of dust and sand. Heat becomes tempered as grass exhales one last time with humid breath.
Culminating into dank, golden wood with an herbaceous sweetness. Albeit well balanced and cleverly composed, Hindu Grass is not a fragrance I care to wear.
kkf400bedyWelty – :
Fantastic scent! I think sky76sky’s review below does a stupendous job of outlining the juice.
There’s something about the grass note that SLOWLY evolves out of the scent that bowls me over.
It’s a crazy-creative perfume without any florals – which is super-whack!
In the US, Barney’s carries the Nasomatto line, FYI/FWIW. I had acquired a decant sample previously, but stumbled into a Barney’s where I picked up my bottle.
Just know that this is NOT your hippy parents’ patch…
vkontakte456 – :
If you want an “intellectual” scent, love patchouli & want a change of direction from the normal oriental & chypre blends in which it usually appears then it is worth tracking down Hindu Grass.
HG is both sun-warmed & slate-cold, sharp & cosy, luminous yet grounded. Intruiging, verdant, arid, elegant & totally unisex.
HG opens with an almost nutty dryness & a distinct lack of sugar – all parched terracotta tiles & dusty hay fields. It’s a quirky opener that hooks you in from the start.
This lasts but a minute or two when a high, thin sweet note appears along with a naturalistic almost zesty greeness. Imagine crushing bitter-sweet leaves & in your hands – the dry & oily kind with a touch of lime peel….no sign of lush, wet greens here.
As it warms to the skin the bitter, fragrant leaves unfurl & the perfume develops into a two-tiered affair. It conjurs up an intimate olfactory trip around a plant’s anatomy.
Rooted in at the base is an earthy & grounded patchouli with a touch of sweet, cosy tobacco – ochre in colour with the silky dryness of powdered terracotta clay.
Floating high above is the canopy of the scent – shimmering like a dry heat-haze. A luminous, thin floral mirage hovers above a lively, bitter-green. HG is deceptively bold in character & volume despite the natural feel & weightlessness. For such a delicate “plant” it has a lot of voice when it blooms.
The perfumey-character that develops threatens to take-over at times, but never reaches the anticipated headache-inducing, hi-jack phase. It is like meeting a very large tiger only to find its growl is more like a kitten’s purr. Delightfully, relievingly unexpected.
HG is not a try-hard scent but it is an oddity which is just suprising enough to give your olfactorary system a work-out. It sharpens your senses without becoming insulting & troublesome – HG is a good-natured, naturalistic scent – and ultimately remains very wearable.
The lasting power is pretty good & the projection is suprisingly bold. A wonderful dichotomous scent. Maybe not best in show, but certainly worth a silver-gilt.
wewewewe – :
my classification would be dry green for this (if there was such haha)
as other reviewers before me, I can also smell something like vetiver. To me it is a bold combination of vetiver and patchouli with a touch of smokiness, especially on the opening. Later it smoothens a little and becomes sweeter (though not sweet) with a more grassy feel.
A must try for green frag lovers imho
P.S. only downside is sillage/longevity, despite the fact being a perfume extrait it would only linger for a few hours.
alexzavgar – :
Green, somewhat dry, with a clear patchouli presence. I’d guess there’s some vetiver in here as well. It’s a bit too simple for me, so after a while it starts to irritate. These kinds of fragrances seem to be even worse when you sit in one spot for long periods of time, because then you just keep getting wafts of it. If you move around a lot, it might work out better, though I’ve got so many fragrances I’d rather wear that I can’t ever imagine wanting to wear this. Of course, if you really like these notes, you might want to smell it for hours on end.
SLKSLK84 – :
A gentle, grassy blend…that is what the package says on Blue Pearl’s Majmua incense. I used to wear this oil in college while all the ‘hippy’ types around me were dousing themselves in patchouli. This scent is the closest I have found to the heavenly oil I used to wear, unfortunately the perfumed oil is no longer available, but the joss sticks are…
Hindu Grass is the opposite of most patchouli type scents in that it is green & aromatic with a dry floral aura and sweet rich tobacco with a well balanced patchouli note that lingers in the drydown but is not all you smell. It is a perfume extract, so it is even more concentrated than pure parfum, a little dab’ll do ya!
Never dirty or heavy, this reminds me of pure incense powder and flowers offered on an altar, set in an outdoor temple with grasses and woods all about. It has an earthy green feel along with an airy incense aroma and sublte woody-spicy nuances. A sublime marriage of Earth and Sky…well worth the hefty price.
Who can put a price on pure beauty or a dollar sign on memories??
Sillage: great
Longevity: 12+ hours
Overall: 4.75/5
Thanks to the kindness of Naheed, I now am the proud owner of a very ornate rollerball of MAJMUA ATTAR from Pakistan! Thank you so much my dear friend! Namaste…
Kirlamon – :
When I first opened the sample vial, I thought I smelled geranium as well as the patchouli and green notes. Of course, geranium leaves are green, so I suppose they qualify as a green top note. For a while the scent keeps growing, with the geranium staying close to the skin and a crisp, green patchouli taking over in the sillage, along with some other aromatic things that I couldn’t identify individually. I’ve never smelled fresh patchouli leaves (gotta get a live plant!), but this is how I imagine they would smell. After an hour or so the individual notes blend into a classic perfume-y scent, sharp, spicy, and woody. It reminds me of the original Fendi perfume. The scent lasts all day until, in the end, it dries down to a woody, earthy patchouli that lingers on the skin and clothing. In Hindu Grass I was expecting something along the lines of head-shop patchouli and “hemp”, but this is more like a high-quality vintage perfume. I’m enjoying it because it has immense strength without being overpowering; it’s aromatic without any floral notes; it’s classic without having an “old-lady” feel. What a surprise. Now I want to try the other perfumes from Nasomatto. Crazy nose indeed!
BevyAffetenep – :
When I tried this I was pleasantly surprised. It’s a really lovely super dry patchouli with dusty earth and grasses as a backdrop. It’s extremely sensual without using the usual suspects of a vanilla or sandalwood cloak. It leans more to the masculine side than feminine for patchoulis, but it’s by no means an overpowering scent. It remains a light aura of a scent on my skin as opposed to a powerhouse patchouli scent. I sampled a number of scents of its type and decided to get this one. I’m certainly glad I did. The bottle is really nice as well… the raw wooden cap is a really nice touch. The bottle/cap size was much bigger than I’d expected (to my pleasant surprise).
It’s a parfum extrait, but either I get olfactory fatigue very quickly (which rarely happens to me) with this, or it has poor longevity. Either way, I really enjoy it! Thumbs up from me.
suruceanu_ruslan – :
Another interesting fragrance by Nasomatto. This perfume merges together the freshness of grass and the pungent and smokey tobacco scent. It is sharp, extremely green and fresh at the same time. I think, it smells better on men than on women. Strange fragrance,try it if you dare!