Gulabsingh Johrimal: Perfume Legends since 1816

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: [phone]
Mail: [e-mail]
WWW: www.gulabsinghjohrimal.com
Gulabsingh on Facebook: / gsjm1816

[@EleniEliades_]

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 ~❤🔥🎵🌹🌵💥✔🐾🌟❗

[@prathithshetty2958]

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!!

[@bapan0303]

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.

[@vinayakgangal9924]

Thank you very much for this most awaited video👍👌

[@999oren]

WOW , This video let me feel as if I was there , sniffing around and exploring ! Thank you for sharing !!

[@nirajpatel2466]

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.

[@MRJI-tb2jg]

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..

[@autumnsah3282]

So beautiful! I can't wait to visit India, much respect.

[@kazicreations8551]

Hi Nikhil - this is an outstanding trip and I kept wanting to see more! To everyone else: this is a MUST watch!

[@mohammadaftab893]

Dear Nikhil, Your videos on attars are a treat...

[@Gersberms]

This is one of my favorite videos you've done. Oh how I wish I could have been there!

[@korakatar7921]

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!

[@mroz9391]

oh wow this brings back such wonderful memories! I took a rickshaw to the same mosque in Old Delhi. Wonderful architecture! Thanks for sharing!!

[@tayyabpirzada146]

Wow...this is breathtakingly spectacular. You have one of the best fragrance channels on KZbin 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).

[@sobejjj]

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!

[@SD-mn7lp]

Great journey, thanks for the great video taking us with you

[@brainemilden115]

Absolutely great video. Love Indian music Carnatic music and the tabla and food and perfume and philosophy and I really love Indian soaps

[@lightbright1113]

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.

[@mohammad34143]

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

[@evilprada101]

i would like to appreciate your effort going in to those by lanes and exploring these hidden gems two thumbs up

[@arunmishra712]

ॐ नमः शिवाय गंगा जमुनी तहजीब वालो मेरे साथ प्रेम से बोलो जय श्री राम

[@jonkomatsu8192]

Arey, wah! Baariya! Only been to Chandi Chowk once, but such an amazing, dizzying experience. Excellent mini-documentary, bahut shukriya!

[@markusuerschels1455]

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.

[@abdAlmajedSaleh]

17:00 is better reaction

[@sarjeelkhan]

Wow bhai kya bolu. Love to see you in delhi.

[@arifparawala1188]

Fentastic presentation nice video bro👍👍👍👍

[@ruthgoldsmith6647]

Wonderful and very informative ! Thank you Ruth

[@santoshr2984]

Wow .. finally its covered .... big thanks

[@abdullahroman4405]

Beautiful , extraordinary video... I would love to visit them and experience those rare and extraordinary materials

[@bloodlust6507]

great uplod man! keep it up !! love the content in this channel!

[@nobodyshome4195]

Excellent!! What a journey into a dream 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@gunmetal2445]

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??).

[@pabloacevedo2610]

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.

[@mohsinalikhan1124]

Nikhil bhai..what do you recommend from jamal kazura other than santal rose.

[@reviewex9226]

this makes you happy..desi vibes☺☺

[@MrNitishDixit]

Great as always ❤️

[@air9music]

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!

[@robertpattinson2065]

The best video so far

[@SamuelGustav]

I can only dream about how amazing attars smell, just lovely

[@just4buddy]

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

[@beatcarsound8713]

Aapko yanha best attar konsa laga jisse complements meele ?

[@anthonytokar3961]

Nikhil. Do you wet shave? And if you do, what are some of your favorite scents of aftershaves/soaps...

[@mohamedsiddiq7840]

Excellent Nikhil Bhai keep up the good work. Waiting to hear you more

[@brainemilden115]

Wow those attars look phenomenal

[@loveisbeautiful3932]

Hi nikhil, love from Singapore. love your videos thanks for sharing.

[@huzaifajamali5849]

Wonderful !!!

[@geecee4]

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 :)

[@shehzadnagorwala2579]

Nice video Nikhil, Can you please let me know thr fragrance which matches the Aroma and lasting of Ajmal's Misk Rijali ? Moreover I would suggest you to Try Ajmal's Musk Mecca which is even better than the Misk Rijali but the only problem is Ajmal does not sell Musk Mecca in India and you will need to arrange it from Saudi Arabia

[@mobinsheikh8386]

Nice effort nikhil bhai which one you like the most from gulab singh shop? Which will the unique and importantly long lasting ....

[@HenJack-vl5cb]

I hope this marvel survives 200 years more!The video is incredible!

[@brainemilden115]

The guy helping at the counter seems cool I like him great stuff this video is premium

[@mohammad34143]

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

[@ruchirlawate624]

Luckily I'm in Delhi. Now I HAVE to go to this place😍 Thanks so much for this video!!!

[@abdulrazzak28]

Nice video. This video makes me feel that i am visiting the same shop in Dehli.

[@hardik250283]

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!

[@renushiv]

Brilliant travelogue and perfume journey There is one and only Nikhil Sharan

[@canbesubscribed4483]

+Exotic Scents Nikhil bhaiya u the best

[@abdullahmehtabbaig1904]

bhaiya buhat baryia MA SHA ALLAH mind blowing super duper hit amazing

[@Gersberms]

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.

[@ahdadeelkhan]

Nikhil sir aapko 10gm harshringar aur kadamba attar ki bottles kis range m mili?

[@samlahti1373]

Hello sir, are you doing in future final review in areej le dore walimah?

[@MrMave3]

Anxiously waiting for your review on the scents you bought

[@hamidD2222]

Excellent effort and video my friend, keep up the good work

[@numairahmad7326]

This type of videos are really good

[@beyonder1918]

Great vid and beautiful adhan.

[@ayyazmohammad56]

I learned so much thank you Bhai Jan.

[@zakariamohammedjamal8522]

true inspiration bhai

[@Vijay-gu4jl]

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.

[@vroopa780]

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.

[@Vijay-gu4jl]

@@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.

[@vroopa780]

@@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).

[@Vijay-gu4jl]

@@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.

[@4155eshaan]

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.

[@doctordhiraj]

@ sumit : how can I get in touch with ramjilal Sharma ji. Any pnone number etc. [e-mail]

[@devashishsoni9284]

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

[@rigdunlabro]

Excellent Video, so Awesome and Amazing, are there any popular Indian designer houses or brands available worldwide?

[@zahidh.d.patelzillionthsta895]

Bro.... how to develop a perfumery nose like u.... u give such a detailed breakup of notes... like when u say its piney or pistachio or use of sandal base... recently i smelled gulab (3k/tola) but how to tell wether its original or synthetic

[@himasmotox705]

Awesome stuff. Thumbs up from srilanka

[@mohammadrabbanibaig5432]

Shukriya for ur valuable response and I am heartly subscriber of ur another channel PERFUME GURU.

[@kcnnanna]

This was great!

[@javedahmedshaikh054]

Nikhil bhai I want to ask you that what is a difference between natural oil and attar? Are both are same!!!

[@mlbaldwin1978]

Thank you for the amazing journey. This is a shop that Ii would love to get lost in for hours!!!!

[@mlbaldwin1978]

i love how much the both of you appreciate the preciousness of the gorgeous, rare and traditional products.

[@stvdxbfinneh116]

What perfumes you brought in this shop?

[@AmongManyWays]

@nIkhil Bhai , what is difference between attar vs itr ?

[@mannkiicha271]

Sir...amazing video...

[@Star-dust157]

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!

[@nandurkarpranav]

How was the Ruh Gulab there?Did it have any compounds?Planning on buying.

[@ummehinda7877]

Great video bhai really classy n especially yours n zakir bhai reactions after smelling the attars simply great please let us know when you are coming to bombay

[@sureshkumar-jh6ep]

What is the difference between concentrated perfume vs attar vs essential oil What is the use of essential oil and how to use them ... please explain in detail

[@PratikDeshmukh1]

Fantastic upload.....the travel memoir of a perfumista. . Sir from where you have sourced the background music.please tell the name of the track,it actually went very well with the video.

[@aarellano369]

Very nice video man never have I've been so intrigued into something that's the real stuff thanks and also I would like to know like around how much is the price of one of those little glass bottles In us dollar?

[@mdtariqueanwar5556]

Great 👌👍

[@gaganjain806]

Does they have niche perfumes clones attar??

[@RajwinderKaur-nh3gt]

Sir can u also tell the price of them which you buy.

[@mohammad34143]

Bhai can you please list down all the atter you bought from them

[@HRHKamal]

Excellent video. I wish you had explored oudh more.

[@sanguine1116]

Got to learn alot from you about perfumes ..

[@shahadathossain-ft6ly]

natural agarwood oil and sandelwood oil 3ml less prize in this shop?

[@jagrebelsg9655]

When passion takes over the body and soul everything is possible. I fucking loved it. Love u

[@m.s.biteth1164]

We all love you, Dr. Our Fragrance Guru! What was the singing about at 1.25?

[@hussayn19]

@@nikhilsfrags beautiful the call to prayer

[@potugadu007]

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?

[@sidmap1889]

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 👍.

[@akankshabahukhandi3810]

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....

[@akankshabahukhandi3810]

@@nikhilsfrags Thanks ☺

[@ShashankPandey]

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!

[@sureshkumar-jh6ep]

Vanilla attar, pineapple attar......are they smell gud?

[@mohammadrabbanibaig5432]

And one more thing you should please tell the cost of a oud/attar per 10ml.

[@jss6739]

10,000

[@baihaqky1]

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.

[@Bossmanrocks]

Where can you purchase these?