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6.8 / 10 67 Ratings
A perfume by Phlur for men, released in 2006. The scent is fresh-sweet. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Fresh
Sweet
Citrus
Woody
Powdery

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
GrapefruitGrapefruit LimeLime NeroliNeroli VimzorkapVimzorkap
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Tonka beanTonka bean LavenderLavender Lily of the valleyLily of the valley Yellowed CalculatorYellowed Calculator
Base Notes Base Notes
BenzoinBenzoin White muskWhite musk
Ratings
Scent
6.867 Ratings
Longevity
5.651 Ratings
Sillage
5.549 Ratings
Bottle
6.864 Ratings
Value for money
6.516 Ratings
Submitted by Fleurissimo, last update on 01/12/2023.

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Ormeli

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Ormeli
Top Review 17  
Feng Shui in a Slim Bottle
Beautiful when nature finally awakens after dark winter months. The sun sends its first warming rays and there is hardly anything in the sky except for a rich shade of blue. From my office, I have a good view of some cherry trees in full bloom. I feel a certain closeness to Fuji. Exactly the right time for Tomo Fresh - which, however, has nothing Asian about it.

It roughly goes in the same direction as Joop! Go, but Tomo Fresh has a much more beautiful dry down for me. After 10 hours, Go smells musky-fresh and slightly woody, but the air is definitely out of it. Tomo Fresh achieves this much warmer, softer, and rounder. But more on that shortly.

Annayaké is basically a private label of Douglas; at least in Germany, the products were exclusively available there. By now, that seems to be less strict. I bought it around three years ago, and I still like it today. However, the slim, almost 20 cm tall bottle has led a terribly neglected life in my perfume drawer. “Last worn 638 days ago,” the overview in the Parfumo Assistant reminded me.

The top note described with citrus fruits reveals lime freshness, bergamot, and a neroli component that remains present even into the beginnings of the base. Shortly after the start, lavender makes its presence felt, although not necessarily prominently; without this ethereal mood-lifter, something essential would certainly be missing. Soon, a subtly gourmand vanilla note joins in.

In the early afternoon, the citrus notes finally step aside, and a tandem of noble wood and now quite pronounced, a hint of honey-sweet to vanilla - well, what actually? Teak wood, if that is what it is, plays only a minor role. The majority is determined by a vanilla tonka bean, which is only slightly tempered or powdered by the musk from the base. With a bit of luck, the warm and sweet aspects of the tropical wood remain directly on the skin well into the night.

For me, Tomo Fresh is a small ray of hope on the shelves of perfume chains. While it hasn’t necessarily reinvented men’s perfume, it has launched a good and solid scent at a fair price. It feels refreshing, invigorating, and in a certain way also harmonizing. Almost a kind of scent Feng Shui. However, over time, this tonka-vanilla exposure is a bit too strong for me, so I wouldn’t want to wear Tomo Fresh for more than three consecutive days.

Résumé: Citrusy fresh start, ethereal progression, and sweet-woody base with good but not breathtaking projection and sufficient longevity. Undoubtedly a spring and summer scent that is great for casual wear. A pleasant, entertaining companion that I can also very well imagine on a woman.
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Moriarty

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Moriarty
Helpful Review 8  
Summery Greetings from the Land of Smiles
Sometimes you still discover them, the precious pearls in the oyster or the good scent in the overloaded shelf, where the many attractions usually cloud the senses.

"Tomo Fresh" is such a gem that you have to discover first, especially since it is only available exclusively licensed in this country. For under 50 euros, you get 100 milliliters that truly represent a fresh friend for spring and summer.

Annayaké has not yet made me dance for joy in the men's section. However, with a fine mixture where floral gourmand ingredients are subtly balanced with a hint of citrus freshness, it ultimately catches me after all. The whole thing has a clean, sporty touch; you feel like you've just had a luxury shower.

It is really not easy to find the balance when you want to harmoniously interact full-bodied gourmand notes, like an almond-vanilla tonka bean, with citrus accords. However, this succeeds brilliantly here. A certain heaviness from creamy undertones finds the perfect antagonist in the fresh, cheerful nonchalance of the citrus plants.

The whole thing is spiced up with a hint of lavender, which comes across incredibly well here. Musk in the base fixes the successful interplay. It almost feels as if a vanilla flower or heliotrope is marrying a citrus tree, and both wear a wedding ring made of lavender.

This is not only metaphorically beautiful to behold, but it also smells damn delicious and is an optimal companion for the warmer days of the year. "Tomo Fresh" has a "Le Mâle light" touch, almost a more digestible version when it gets warmer. It is by no means a copy of the blue sailor and has an independent charm that knows how to convince not just temporarily.
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DonJuanDeCat

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DonJuanDeCat
Very helpful Review 5  
Changing Seasons
Annayake's Tomo Fresh is one of those fragrances that draws you in from afar, thanks to its beautiful bottle, so that by the time you reach the shelf, your hand instinctively reaches out to sniff this scent. Unfortunately, it is sometimes the case that fragrances in attractive bottles do not necessarily smell good (and vice versa), but here a lot of things align, even if not everything is perfect.

The scent:
First of all, I must say that I do not know the original scent, that is, the regular Tomo, and therefore I cannot compare the two. So I do what I usually do and describe the scent as a completely normal, standalone fragrance.
It starts with citrus notes; nothing more specific is listed here on Parfumo, but I think it’s lemon and grapefruit that come across quite naturally. The lavender makes its presence felt quite quickly and integrates seamlessly into the overall scent, smelling more intense than the lily of the valley (which I now notice better thanks to a friend, but still need a bit of training with…). The tonka bean adds a small bonus to the fragrance (small because it is subtle, and bonus because tonka bean always smells so good), and together with the musk, the scent becomes a little sweeter towards the end, yet still remains fresh. The initial citrus notes now recede. I can somewhat confirm the caramel that has been mentioned a few times; I think it’s the interplay of tonka bean and musk, and it really smells very slightly caramel-like (reminds me a bit of those caramel candies from Storck Riesen), however, this impression fades very quickly before it becomes a bit woodier. In the end, the scent of tonka bean remains along with the faint musk and also the weak, woody notes.

The longevity is okay; I believe it lasts about 3-4 hours. However, the sillage is rather weak, and it does not create a large scent cloud around you. I would create a decant of this and carry it everywhere if I were to use this fragrance.

In my opinion, the bottle is one of the most beautiful I have seen. A wonderful azure blue bottle, slim and tall, with slightly concave (that is, inward) sides, almost a typically Japanese design. At the bottom of the bottle, "Annayake" is written in an interesting font that somehow reminds me of runic script.

The scent fits well in spring and summer, although not in high summer (as it is a bit too sweet at the end), but at the same time in autumn/winter, as it does not smell as fresh as the name Fresh might suggest, with its sweet notes and the later disappearing citrus notes.
Essentially, it smells like two different fragrances for different seasons. While the beginning of the scent up to the first half of the heart note marks spring and summer, the fragrance shifts from the second half of the heart note (and thus until the end in the base) and becomes a (light) autumn and winter scent.

And even though the sillage is somewhat low, I would definitely recommend trying the fragrance; you might like it.
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PatrickStar

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Tomo for Spring and Summer Time
It has been quite a while since I was looking for a new autumn and winter fragrance. Back then, a saleswoman showed me Tomo, which I then used very happily for a long time.
However, as it gradually started to get warmer, I was looking for a suitable alternative.
And as it happened, I promptly discovered Tomo fresh.

Anyone who doesn't want to give up the core character of Tomo even in warmer seasons must reach for Tomo fresh. An absolutely beautiful counterpart to Tomo.

It doesn't last quite as well as Tomo, I have the impression, but the sillage is consistently good.
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Fleurissimo

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Fleurissimo
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Crème Caramel
After I have praised this fragrance in the forum with so many accolades, it is now slowly time for me to finally write my promised comment... Fragrance direction: "JOOP! Jump" sends its regards. Sparkling with a bittersweet soul - the fragrance direction whose seductive power switches off my mind and simply lets me melt away gently! The defining (heliotrope) almond and caramel note of the original "Tomo" is refreshed here with mandarin and other citrus fruits; in the heart note, delicate iris stands out.

The main question that occupied me while testing: Should I buy Made in the Far East? Or am I just falling for a cheap knockoff of "JOOP! Jump"? And I realized: "Tomo Fresh" does not contain any completely new fragrance components; everything is familiar. But: In its balance and slenderness, it is still far from our Wolfgang Joop, whom I really would not associate with understatement. No overt freshness for superficial smelling and being smelled, but also no cumbersome base note that absorbs all the depth of the world. Rather, it is a rounded fragrance, so to speak, a fully matured personality. And always beautifully creamy and lovely.
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1:1 blue sports shower gel!
You hope that tonka bean, benzoin, and musk will take the lead - unfortunately, that's far from the case!
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At first, neroli and a bit synthetic, then it gets sweeter than Tomo, but H+S are weaker than the original. Too feminine for me.
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Starts with a fresh shower gel note and then becomes increasingly sweeter on the skin. I can definitely smell tonka and lavender. Unisex suitable.
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