Gulabsingh Johrimal: Perfume Legends since 1816
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- A trip to the Oldest Perfume shop in India with 3 perfume connoisseurs.
Gulabsingh Johrimal
Address: 320, Dariba Kalan,, Chandni Chowk, New Delhi, Delhi 110006
Phone: 011-23271345, 23281345
Mail: info@gulabsinghjohrimal.com
WWW: www.gulabsinghjohrimal.com
Gulabsingh on Facebook: / gsjm1816
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Nikhil bhai, maine aaj hi gulabsing ji ke paas , attar kadamba aur harsingar test kia ,aapne to words ki defination me hi dono ko describe kar diya..aapki defination to the point hai...THE BEST..
The more I watch your in-depth videos about the art of perfumery, the respect I have of you grows. You can tell you do this for love and NOT for subs. Thank you for introducing me to perfumery that I didn’t know existed in the country I was born. I am feeling very proud.
Wonderful video to show us fragheads the beauty of india, Nikhil. Left alone your reaction in 08:41 says more than 1000 words! 😂👌Thx for this nice trip.
17:00 is better reaction
It's a very good effort to make perfume lovers aware of the traditional perfumery industry of India. I would also like to request you to film a video in your studio about the perfumes you have bought from this shop.
Love when you take us on trips to these precious old perfume houses. I imagine being there as well, sniffing different oils while looking at all of the amazing antique artistically cut crystal bottles filled with assorted colors of fragrance oils. I would love to visit India. Thanks for this video and your very passionate perfume friends ~❤🔥🎵🌹🌵💥✔🐾🌟❗
Thanks bhai for uploading this video. I have read about this shop in "The Hindu" Newspaper couple of years ago. And Your video is even more informative.
I ordered the below attars from this shop today (May 10 2019) and they do Ship their product to different parts of India. Here is the price of the products I ordered. I ordered both Pure ones and mass market ones to see the difference. In total I paid 6310. Hope this is that what they charge their customers in their shop.
I will use these products for a month or two and add my comments .
1. Kadamba 2.5ml (natural 1460) = 1000/-
2. Kadamba 2.5ml (cost effective 025) = 40/-
3. Harshringer 2.5ml (natural 1460) = 1000/-
4. Gulhina 2.5ml = 900/-
5. Ruh Rajnigandha 2.5ml (natural) = 2500/-
6. Rajinigandha 2.5ml (cost effective) = 25/-
7. Oudh Amiri 2.5ml = 150/-
8. Cooler Perfumes - Rajinigandha - 100ML = 150/-
9. White Gold oudh 2.5 ML (cost effective) = 150/-
10. Other Popular Woody/Dark/Bold OUDH 2.5ML (Cost effective one) = 250/-
11. YSL La nuit De'lHomme - Clone 2.5ML (cost effective one) = 50/-
Total = 6215/-
Courier charges = 95/- (To Chennai)
Total amount to be deposited = 6310/-
I've tried various (& somewhat expensive) fragrances in the last 15 years (ADG profumo, code, sauvage, code profumo, eau fraiche, YSL lanuit, one million, L'dssey to name few) BUT a cheap oudh attar oil named YBZ (6ml = Rs300) which I bought in a shop in Chennai (Shah Attar - Triplicane) smelled way way better than those french fragrances. But still French Fragrances are good too.
Could you please recommend us some good Oudh Attars (dark/woody/bold note). Personally for me Oudh is the best and long lasting fragrance. One that I applied Yesterday morning on neck, the smell still stays inside my bike helmet after 36 hours and still stays strong and smells great.
Hello Vijay. I am also interested in buying a few attars from the same place. Kindly share your reviews on the ones you have ordered. Do comment on their performance in terms of longevity and overall scent profile (for example, how close are the natural attars to the real flowers' scent ; how complex / linear did the attars feel post application / performance of clones ). Also, did you approach them and place the order via mail or by directly calling them? I would appreciate any inputs from your side on the above issues.
@@vroopa780to be honest I didn't like any of the fragrances I bought so far. These fragrances are somewhat different from French perfumes. I am still trying these fragrances as it would it take some time to understand the fragrances. I will let you know once after few weeks or months about how it works. It doesn't have silage nor projection. At this point I may not considering buying it again but it's still work in progress. Out of all those I bought white oud gold is somewhat ok.
@@Vijay-gu4jl Hey. Thanks for writing back. I bought 3 attars from Lucknow's Sugandhco's onlinescentkart.com - Gil/mitti which is an experience attar and not expected to last or project; Jash e oudh (sweet candy rose opening) and Hasrat e oudh (dirty brown almost pungent vegetal opening) were both synthetic yet moderate lasting with slight changes from top to drydown (both settle down into a sweet powdery woody scent). I also have attars from M L Ramnarain - Kashmir, Jannat-e-ward, Ruh Khus. Lastly I tried perfumesteal.com (TF tuscan leather, Creed GIT, Montale Black Aoud & TF costa azzurra). All these attars sit cIose to the skin. I would appreciate it if you could suggest any online source for buying attars / oudh based fragrances having good sillage & projection.
The first six from your list are single-note oils / soliflors , while most of the french perfumes are a chorus of many notes playing together. Also, the perfumes you have tried over the years seem to be mostly designer fragrances, while the natural ruh-attars you ordered,though seemingly simple soliflors, are used by niche perfume artists to create daring perfumes (not meant to be crowd pleasers).
It is appreciable on your part to take the time and effort to understand these fragrances. I can't wait to hear about your reviews after you have worn them for some weeks.
Might I suggest that you could use the first six oils for layering with other french perfumes ( for example, you could try layering any summer/citrus/freshie/aquatic/marine/aromatic woody perfume or even deodorant with the white floral oils like Rajnigandha / Harsringer (literally a few dabs of oil on the exact part where you spray the perfume/deo).
@@vroopa780It's nice to hear about your experience and Thanks for your recommendations and suggestions. I will definitely try to mix the Attars which french Fragrances to see how it works. Rajinigandha stays on skin for a very long time but it doesn't smell like a final product, so as you suggested I will try to mix it up with other fragrances (probably with Dior sauvage or eau fraiche) and see how it works.
I am also looking to buy some fragrances from M L Ramnarain like Ruh Khus (most importantly), Shamama, Attar Mitti and Kashmiri. Can you please tell how Ruh Khus and Kashmiri smells? Is it worth buying? For me he has quoted the below price for his attars plus shipping and tax. Did he quote you for similar price? and Is it worth buying?
1. Ruh Gulab...............................Rs. 2000.00 per 1 gm
2. Ruh Khus.................................Rs. 1200.00 per 10 gm
3. Ruh Motia................................Rs. 1350.00 per 1 gm
4. Ruh Kewra...............................Rs. 650.00 per 1 gm
5. Ruh Mehndi..............................Rs. 3000.00 per 1 gm
6. Shamama.................................Rs. 1000.00 per 10 gm
7. Jannat e Ward..........................Rs. 500.00 per 10 gm
8. Attar Mitti..................................Rs. 500.00 per 10 gm
9. KASHMIR 192191.....................Rs. 1000.00 for 10 gms
· Plus cost of shipping.
· Pus applicable taxes
Answering to your questions, I am not aware of any online stores that sell Oudh. But all cities and towns should have a local Attar shop where they should have a variety of oudh oil. It's also safe to buy it from them after sampling it (especially with Attars). I would have sampled nearly 100+ Attars and own nearly 50+ of them but so far liked only 2 or 3. One is a dark/sweet oud and other one is a copy of Tom ford oud wood. Between how was your experience with online attar buying? Did it meet your expectations?
In future I might buy Swiss Arabian Shagaf Oud and Swiss Arabian Shagaf Oud Abhayad as these are oud based fragrances and have great reviews in terms of performance and quality of scent.
So beautiful! I can't wait to visit India, much respect.
Arey, wah! Baariya! Only been to Chandi Chowk once, but such an amazing, dizzying experience. Excellent mini-documentary, bahut shukriya!
WOW , This video let me feel as if I was there , sniffing around and exploring ! Thank you for sharing !!
You have left me enraptured. One day, Gods willing I will make the journey to this perfumery station in this beautiful part of the world. Thank you Sir for your undying passion of natural arts and Magick! God bless you in your future endeavors as you spread joy into this muted world. Respect.
I have placed an order with them. They ship internationally and their communication is very good (but it takes a day due to time zone difference). Shipping is expensive (FedEx) but they're very helpful and friendly. I'm very excited to try their fragrances.
Thank you very much for this most awaited video👍👌
Beautiful opening, Islam is the final revelation and you would find that Muhammad peace be upon him shares with you many characteristics.
Again I salute you for the amazing trip you shared with us.
Thank you for this wonderful video Nikhil! This place has become a pilgrimage site for every fraghead from now on. Definitely visiting them on my next trip to Delhi and picking up a lot of their gems!
Hello mr.nikhil,
Writing to thank you for informing us who didn't know nothing about attars and ouds and now through you videos,we've learned a lot of your culture and perfumes.i live in puerto rico and here you can't find these scents.Once i discovered them through websites i find them.keep up the great work.
I was actually about to comment to request you to provide your opinion of Gulabsingh Johrimal - I live nearby and have gotten and enjoyed a few of their attars/essential oils. Hats off for an absolute treasure of a video!
Dear Nikhil, Your videos on attars are a treat...
I have a vintage perfume bottle with French crown shaped stopper with no label. It Has a wooden tubular container also without label and it is in my collection since 65 years, earliarit belonged to my father. After Much research I found that it was the product of old Delhis Gulabsingh Johrimul!!
Wow...this is breathtakingly spectacular. You have one of the best fragrance channels on TH-cam and the quality of your content in this video is second to none. I LOVE the documentary style format. Please do more things like this. I am a Canadian with Pakistani and Afghan roots but I love Indian culture and food as well. Being a vetiver lover, I bought Ajmal Ruh al-Khus off your recommendation and am eagerly awaiting it in the mail! Kudos to you sir. I also have to say I love centuries-old perfumes still in production as well. Do you know of any others (from any cultural background)? I personally love Pinaud Clubman Virgin Island Bay Rum (traditional cologne of the Carribean and of pirates and sailors from there), as well as 4711 Eau de Cologne (first cologne ever made, 200 years ago in the city of Cologne, Germany; and used by Napolean Bonaparte himself as well).
Hi! It was me asking about Kadamba (from Poland), so thanks for doing this. Your reaction to smelling it was amazing! It looked like a really nice trip and you had a lot of fun doing this. And I saw you got some - I'm very jealous. I hope you make more detailed video about the stuff you got there like Kadamba and Harsingar Attar. Do you know any perfumes using Kadamba Attar? Thanks again!
Dear sir,
I have recently started following your channel and I am giving it a huge section of time of my quality time. Although my passion for fregnance was even much older then my following to your channel. My favourite attar which introduces me to this beautiful world of attar was 'KADAM' which i bought from a renoun desi attar maker who was attar maker himself from 3 GENERATION. He is actually famous for his attar 'KHAS' which was out standing it fregnance last for more than 2 days on my shirts not only that it creates a feeling of garden in my room where it last for days (both kadam and khas). I have a hugh collection on attar such as ruh gulab, khas,mitti, kadam, pangdi, firdoj, kasturi, chandan, heena, juhi, Kesar, musk, pushparaj and also gulab sandali
I belong to Madhya Pradesh leaves near Indore and ittar maker is from SAVAI MADHAVPUR RAJASTHAN Names as RAMJILAL SHARMA JI "SUGANDHI" travels and sales this tradition ittar all over states nearby.
@ sumit : how can I get in touch with ramjilal Sharma ji. Any pnone number etc. drdhir@gmail.com
This is one of my favorite videos you've done. Oh how I wish I could have been there!
I love watching this Nikhil bhai truste I spend hours and hours to your videos just to find best, but what ever I have seen in all your videos is the best and just getting crazy hat's off to your hard work
Thank you for sharing this documentary. If i come back to visit India, I'm definitely gonna be hunting down all these shops like a frag gremlin. Its a shame i never learnt to appreciate any of this when i was still in Asia. I only learnt about oud after leaving my home country Malaysia (didn't even know my country produced oud, what the heck is that??).
Absolutely great video. Love Indian music Carnatic music and the tabla and food and perfume and philosophy and I really love Indian soaps
Hi Nikhil - this is an outstanding trip and I kept wanting to see more! To everyone else: this is a MUST watch!
oh wow this brings back such wonderful memories! I took a rickshaw to the same mosque in Old Delhi. Wonderful architecture! Thanks for sharing!!
I hope this marvel survives 200 years more!The video is incredible!
i would like to appreciate your effort going in to those by lanes and exploring these hidden gems two thumbs up
ॐ नमः शिवाय
गंगा जमुनी तहजीब वालो मेरे साथ प्रेम से बोलो जय श्री राम
Its an illustration of your craze and seriousness about perfumes more than just a reviewer
Always learn even deeply and get educated through your work
Thanks keep it up
Aapko yanha best attar konsa laga jisse complements meele ?
The best video so far
And one more thing you should please tell the cost of a oud/attar per 10ml.
10,000
12 ml. I think they have in 12ml or 6 ml or 3ml.
12 ml unit is called 1 Tola. 6 and 3 is half and quarter Tola respectively.
Wonderful and very informative ! Thank you Ruth
Wow bhai kya bolu. Love to see you in delhi.
How was the Ruh Gulab there?Did it have any compounds?Planning on buying.
sirs you guys are GOD send from up there to reveal our true culture and perfumery to our common folk. two legends in search of endless jouney in perfumery ocean never seen people like you of such madness on perfumes and stuff. great sirs i wish you another 1000 birthdays to come to continue your beautiful journey god bless you sirs
And I am looking for Oudh from last few years but could not find any one which can stay on its side can you please help me to get one
Superb Video Nikhil bhai and Zakir bhai, we will deffinately support this passion by purchasing Indian attars from this Shop keeper! We are proud of you for this unconditional love for an Traditional Indian art and efforts to make it more popular among fragrance lovers round the Globe! Would like to talk to you once Sir! Jay hind! Vande mataram!
this makes you happy..desi vibes☺☺
I love this shop & tried almost 70% of their fragrance & they are amazing for pure and natural scents are out of world & last so long. It's like honour & richness of our culture. But the only sad part I found was most perfume lovers fall for fancy designer perfumes even though this shop is very reasonably priced with hidden gems
Ish shhop ka kon konse best lge ji aapko or please price bhi btanaa
I can only dream about how amazing attars smell, just lovely
Nikhil bhai I want to ask you that what is a difference between natural oil and attar?
Are both are same!!!
Shukriya for ur valuable response and I am heartly subscriber of ur another channel PERFUME GURU.
Nikhil - how do you use the Ruh Rajnigandha? Zakir is saying dilute it with sandalwood oil and leave it for 30 days. Can you guide in the proportions to mix, sandal & Ruh rajnigandha proportions?
We all love you, Dr. Our Fragrance Guru! What was the singing about at 1.25?
@@nikhilsfrags beautiful the call to prayer
Nice video. This video makes me feel that i am visiting the same shop in Dehli.
Fentastic presentation nice video bro👍👍👍👍
Great journey, thanks for the great video taking us with you
The guy helping at the counter seems cool I like him great stuff this video is premium
Brilliant travelogue and perfume journey There is one and only Nikhil Sharan
+Exotic Scents Nikhil bhaiya u the best
Excellent video.
I wish you had explored oudh more.
What perfumes you brought in this shop?
Beautiful , extraordinary video... I would love to visit them and experience those rare and extraordinary materials
Nikhil & Zakir Bhai...thanks once again for leading us to these hidden treasures. Although I am desperately looking for Itr Kaafila, couldn’t find it ☹️! Hope Zakir Bhai will help me! But anyways, Nikhil thanks once again! Keep it up Bro 👍.
Nikhil Bhai where can we have genuine ruh gulab& rajnigandga at right prices because sometimes these attar guys demand insane prices .20/80 combination of these two is out of the world experience ...
Now next visit to Delhi, is going to be a trip to this attar shop, had heard about it before, but you guys explained it so well, one is tempted, we will now buy our own local, amazing scents, pure, non synthetic 👌✌wish knew about them before, had always thought attars are sharp and cheap type smells, when sampled a few yesterday did I realise, what they actually are!
Thank you for the amazing journey. This is a shop that Ii would love to get lost in for hours!!!!
i love how much the both of you appreciate the preciousness of the gorgeous, rare and traditional products.
So glad l chanced upon your channel. Yei !!! I love perfumes... just love them... 😍 l think l have a nose of a hound 😉 when it comes to fragances.... Will definately visit Gulabsingh Johrimal store whenever l go to Delhi. Thanks for this awsome video.
l own some expensive fragrances but l am not sure about some of my recent purchases here in India ( got them from a very reputed mall though ) . Pretty bummed about the possibility of being duped after paying such a hefty price. Everytime I hv to wait for some relative to make a trip bck to lndia nd get me my favourites from Saffora or the likes of it. Since l got a taste of how heart breaking an experience with the fakes can be ....a few months ago, l decided to try out more natural and traditional fragrances which have lesser chances of being fake and can be purchased from the actual manufacturers of 'itra' or 'attars'. Very recently l had somebody visit us from lucknow and l had requested them for an attar... just to give it a try. So l got 4-5 bottles of attars like Sama ,Fida, Hawa f etc.. by Sugandh and Co. They smell ok... some smell gud too . Ordered some testers online from their website too . They also seem fine. But I still don't know whether they are the real deal like the ones in this video. No clue whether they are the real thing or synthetic. So l am Very sceptic about using them on skin. I try to use some herbal-organic products in the market or some DIYs when it comes to skincare .... there is no point applying harsh and potentially dangerous stuff on ones skin. Same goes for attars too. There is no point using them until and unless we kno they are real nd dont have crazy or synthetic chemicals bad for the skin or hormones... So It would be really nice of you to review the attars by Sugandh and Co sometime....
@@nikhilsfrags Thanks ☺
Luckily I'm in Delhi. Now I HAVE to go to this place😍 Thanks so much for this video!!!
Wow those attars look phenomenal
Why are the videos from the Hindi Channel deleted.. I am a Mumbaikar and in Delhi for business .. plan to drop by this place.. and needed some info: which is the nearest Metro station and is the new shop near the metro station and which station is that
@@nikhilsfrags thanks for the quick response. Care to throw some light as to why hindi channel videos are unavailable? Leave it unanswered if it's a sensitive issue.
Can u get any of these parfums in the united States ..I'm in Alabama.. Just wondering... And I'm looking for woman's parfums and unisex..
Awesome stuff. Thumbs up from srilanka
true inspiration bhai
Excellent Video, so Awesome and Amazing, are there any popular Indian designer houses or brands available worldwide?
I ordered 13 fragrances directly from them, it arrived last week. Some of them are outstanding, and some I don't really "get", they are a lot like burning incense and feel less like a personal scent.
Gulab SIngh Johrimal took great care in the packaging and shipping. Everything was carefully wrapped and boxed, and I'm very happy to have had the chance to buy from them. For others in the US, know that FedEx shipping will possibly cost you more than the items you're trying to buy.
Please what website did you use to order?
@@breekwhal It's now a few weeks later and I'm absolutely in love with all their fragrances, it's what I've worn the most. It takes some time to get used to the different cultural style, it is completely unlike anything you can buy here in the US or in Europe.
Their site is old and not maintained, so I emailed Praful Gundhi who works at Gulab Singh Johrimal. He communicated with me and shipped it to me. His address is prafulgundhi at gmail. I think you can find that address on their site, www.gulabsinghjohrimal.com/.
Be aware that shipping (Fed Ex) is expensive and it will take a couple of weeks before your order is through, shipped, and delivered.
@@Gersberms thank you for this in depth answer!
@@breekwhal Of course! I want more people to discover these fragrances. We've been missing out in the west!
Excellent!! What a journey into a dream 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Nikhil. Do you wet shave? And if you do, what are some of your favorite scents of aftershaves/soaps...
great uplod man! keep it up !! love the content in this channel!
@nIkhil Bhai , what is difference between attar vs itr ?
natural agarwood oil and sandelwood oil 3ml less prize in this shop?
Wow .. finally its covered .... big thanks
Nikhil bhai..what do you recommend from jamal kazura other than santal rose.
Humble shop but the Attars seem to be top notch, legendary if I may..
Perhaps with your passion and knowledge you can team up with some passionate friends and make an online website for this house, and that would be a revolution.
Mumbai पार्सल karte ho kya
Sir can u also tell the price of them which you buy.
Where can you purchase these?
prize kya h
I learned so much thank you Bhai Jan.
i dont know... i would like to see the raw materials distilled and mixed by an perfumer there. he sid milk and peach what are real oils...
Hi nikhil, love from Singapore. love your videos thanks for sharing.
Fantastic upload.....the travel memoir of a perfumista.
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Sir from where you have sourced the background music.please tell the name of the track,it actually went very well with the video.
Nickil, Hello,. Long time subscriber, 1st time asking questions. In the video, at the 24:44 mark, in the middle of frame, which one was that? It may be Kalakassi from ASQ, IDK? Also, how did you guys end up asking for oud in the Gulab Singh Johrimal store? I am trying to find it on their price list, and not having much luck. Help :)
When passion takes over the body and soul everything is possible. I fucking loved it. Love u
Nice effort nikhil bhai which one you like the most from gulab singh shop? Which will the unique and importantly long lasting ....
Excellent effort and video my friend, keep up the good work
The Web site www.gulabsinghjohrimal.com that you provided is empty.
Sir I'm a college student, I'm looking for an attar which I can apply while going to classes... Can you please recommend me...
Atfirst you can use sandal....ruh gulab.... Then use ruh khas....oud mukhallat....
#Attarworldsonarbangla
@@AttarWorldSonarBangla किस रेट मे आ जाएंगे सर जी ये
Nikhil Very good & mesmarising experience. Reviewing scent online is a very complex and tough job. But you have acquired the trick to exemplify or rather make it vivacious conversation. One feels that he himself is at the shop/location, and relates to the reactions or quiries you have. I have known itaars, but due to their bold tones was trying to be aloof. But looking at your reviews, my thought have started changing.It Maybe because a particular community in India wears it and ya with due respect 95% people in India do not have knowledge how to wear which fragrance and where. That (unkowingly) creates preconceived notions in minds of surrounding persons. In your Seychelles vdo u very rightly said, "pls dont over wear any fragrance, its better not to wear anything, rather than annoying anyone" But after your vdo's we can expect a very informed crowd who will responsibly wear fragrance and make the surroundings happening.
I have started getting addicted to your vdo's, generally I dont subscribe to anyone as do not want junk from TH-cam. But you are excellent and rare. The amount of learning we are getting are priceless. After all as I understand, to know/differentiate and enjoy (luft uthana) any fragrance takes ages, which we can expedite with the insight given by you after a long experience. and ya ur editing skills are as professional, which does the job of keeping the person clinged in a slow topic of fragrance. Hats Off to You !! I suppose you are heading towards the Badshah(King) of Fragrances in Online Media. Sorry for the long n boring response, but its like ur vdo's, it cant be short to understand the full story....
Nikhil can please post the price as well. It will be a great help..
Great vid and beautiful adhan.
How much did he say for kadamba per tola
nikhil ji mujhe attar ki aadat h or muje Arabian fragrance pasand h ...pls muje koi suggest kijiye
mai isi store jana chahti hu bt aap mere liye kuch khaas suggest kare
Excellent Nikhil Bhai keep up the good work. Waiting to hear you more
Wonderful video! Very informative, I am literally taking notes for my next visit to the shop. Nikhil sir would you mind sharing price of Attar Kadamba as well?
Many Thanks!
Great as always ❤️
Hats off for the effort and exploring it to the world. One question how to blend sandal with ruh rajnigandha, I'm also gonna purchase it
Sir...amazing video...