Fragrances
Scent of Japan: Parfum Satori Hana Hiraku & J-Scent Roasted Inexperienced Tea ~ perfume critiques
When you learn any amount of fragrance writing, you in all probability know that the Japanese have a repute for loving mild, almost-not-there perfumes. Notes in such Japanese-beloved/Japan-inspired scents are sometimes citrus-y — or watery: water lily, lotus, cyclamen, tulip and the like. The perfumes I am writing about right this moment are made by corporations based mostly in Japan; I used to be curious if they might match the “supposed” Japanese scent goal.
Parfum Satori Hana Hiraku (A Flower Blooms)
[by perfumer Satori Osawa: listed fragrance notes of melon, bergamot, galbanum, magnolia, iris, jasmine, tuberose, rose, ylang-ylang, chamomile, miso, kogashi-shōyu (‘burned’ soy sauce) , beeswax, sandalwood, cedar, mitarashi (sweet soy sauce)]Learn Hana Hiraku’s checklist of notes and also you’d count on a powerhouse. Hana Hiraku actually has one of the attention-grabbing openings I’ve smelled in ages: a combo of practical muskmelon, ramen and thick soy sauce (a salty-sweet delight). If the fragrance stopped proper there, I might be a buyer ASAP. However Hana Hiraku nonetheless has some attention-grabbing developments in retailer. After the unusual food-y opening, there is a swoosh of indoles and a touch of galbanum saying the arrival of an outdoorsy magnolia-jasmine accord. These flowers are supple and rain-drenched (no, not by Calone; the scents odor barely diluted). With Hana Hiraku, Parfum Satori guarantees a “dry oriental,” with miso and soy sauce changing the musk in conventional Western oriental fragrances. I do odor an earthy observe within the dry down, however the indoles and melon are nonetheless discernible up shut and on the air. The ultimate stage of Hana Hiraku smells of sunshine, floral incense. Pleasant!
J-Scent Roasted Inexperienced Tea
[listed fragrance notes of coconut, peanut, mint, jasmine, wintergreen, iris, cedar, vanilla, clover]One other intelligent opening right here. There are mingling scents of toasted coconut and peanuts…that result in: jasmine. 100 p.c of the folks I let odor Roasted Inexperienced Tea mentioned it was “too bizarre” for them however that they’d purchase a candle in a second. Me? Carry on the bizarre. If these “sniffers” had given Roasted Inexperienced Tea a while to develop, they might have encountered a roasted tea soli-scent. Roasted Inexperienced Tea’s opening results in a coronary heart of long-lasting roasted tea leaves (Hōjicha). On the very finish of its growth you will odor an earthier/musty tea aroma mixing with some background cedar and vanilla.
Do these two scents match the Japan profile? Sure — and no. Each Hana Hiraku and Roasted Inexperienced Tea keep near the physique however have presence. They’re “mild” with out being bland (an understatement). I am curious to discover extra from each fragrance traces.
Parfum Satori Hana Hiraku Eau de Parfum is $175 for 50 ml; J-Scent Roasted Inexperienced Tea Eau de Parfum is $80 for 50 ml; each can be found at Luckyscent (the place samples are additionally on the market).
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