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L'Esprit Cologne

Tokyo Bloom The Different Company 2012

7.6 / 10 220 Ratings

A popular perfume by The Different Company for women and men, released in 2012. The scent is green-fresh. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Green

Fresh

Floral

Spicy

Citrus

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Basil

Dandelion

Blackcurrant bud

Galbanum

Heart Notes

Cyclamen leaf Jasmine

Jasmine

Base Notes

White musk Amber

Amber

Gaiac wood

Perfumer

Emilie Bevierre-Coppermann

Ratings

Scent

7.6220 Ratings

Longevity

5.4165 Ratings

Sillage

5.2159 Ratings

Bottle

7.6146 Ratings

Value for money

6.328 Ratings

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Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the L'Esprit Cologne collection.

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Reviews

12 in-depth fragrance descriptions

06/17/2012

6Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Sherapop
1239 Reviews

Sherapop

Helpful Review 3

Kyushu Bloom

The Different Company TOKYO BLOOM is the first perfume I've smelled with a central dandelion note. Does anything in the world smell like dandelions but dandelions? No, I think not--though I may of course be mistaken. In any case, what I am perceiving as bright yellow dandelions are combined here with floral, green, and aquatic components along with a touch of wood to create a fragrance which lives up to this house's name, "Different", and conveys a sense of being outside in an untamed rural setting.

Initially, I really do smell the milky juice from the inside of just-pulled dandelions in this composition, which is an unexpected experience, I must say. Then the flowers become stronger, especially jasmine, but there is always a watery aspect which does remind me a bit of rural Japan, albeit not Tokyo. Overall, TOKYO BLOOM is a fresh watery green floral yellow dandelion creation, which is, yes, unique in my experience.

I suspect that some people may have difficulty surmounting our culture's anti-dandelion prejudice. People generally think of dandelions as weeds, not the basis of fine perfume. Those who do not know dandelions will in all likelihood read this more as a greenish jasmine perfume.

08/29/2019

4Scent 4Longevity 5Sillage

Silverfire
134 Reviews

Silverfire

2

Immaterial

This one's been on my wish list for a while, but sadly did not live up to my (possibly unrealistic) expectations.

Initially, I get the aroma of wild grasses (first 30), then something more airy comes along which echoes being outside. I can't peg this. It's not ozonic, but something with a tinge of sweetness to it.

Occasionally, the scent transitions to pepper, and then a rotten waterlogged vegetable smell, then vanilla musk and aldehydes. Sometimes it just skips to the vanilla musk and aldehydes stage. The projection dies off in the first hour, vanishing to just about nothing. I don't think it lasts more than four hours on my skin.

Now this last stage deserves comment. Where it lands is a generic young girl's scent. If you suspect that you've found the most generic perfume you can possibly wear, congrats. You have. You've smelled it a million times before, under different names, but it's all the same stuff.

I was expecting something distinctive -- kudzu, cherry blossom (sakura), maybe even rice -- but not vanilla musk. I got the dandelion (wild grasses, I guess) note, which was nice, but nothing that spoke to me specifically of Japan or Tokyo.

Final evaluation: Not worth it.

It could always be that I'm romanticizing a place I've never been. Yet, doesn't the line Scents of Departure make the claim that different places smell different? The Different Company might look to them for some olfactory inspiration.

07/26/2020

8Scent 4Longevity 4Sillage

Parma
279 Reviews

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Parma

Top Review 42

Think green!

Green Tokyo. Well-groomed. Harmonious. Natural. Soothing. Refreshing. Above all, green. No cherry blossom.

The gentle grass (dandelion) is not overemphasized. Initially accompanied by a subtly tart fruitiness (berries) and quickly followed by a feather-light spiciness (basil), which gives the fragrance a wonderfully soft aromatic quality. All connected by barely noticeable, clean-creamy wood (base). In its projection, it appears as a very rounded, softly grassy-aromatic scent.

Related to Miller Harris' "Cassis en Feuille" in its green-grassy, tart fruity profile (minus the watery and vegetable components) and Atelier Cologne's "Trèfle Pur" with its soft basil aroma. Both are significantly stronger. The English one is also stricter and closer to nature. Urban Scent's "Vintage Spirit - In Between" also shows parallels (spicy grassiness and soft base).

In line with the name of the series - "L'Esprit Cologne" - and its reserved (Japanese!) appearance, longevity and projection are quite modest. An Eau de Toilette that exhibits the characteristics of an Eau de Cologne.

Qualitatively positioned between Aqua Allegoria and Atelier Cologne.

A very harmonious, fresh, and distinctive green summer fragrance in its scent profile, which might also appeal to fans of Bel Respiro.

Updated on 07/26/2020

06/19/2014

8Scent

Bertel
236 Reviews

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Bertel

Top Review 33

Radiant Green Purity, at the Beginning

"Tokyo Bloom," a screaming green fragrance from the "L'Esprit Cologne" line, won me over with its opening in a storm.

"Cool and moist and smooth," writes StellaOscura. I feel the opening of "Tokyo Bloom" the same way, while at the same time incredibly lively, bright, and pure - bright green, grassy, freshly moist, a milky dandelion, basil like freshly crushed leaves, plant juices everywhere - a springtime orgy of budding, green growth and sprouting, of fresh pure new life in light and joy.

The "almost pastoral comforting purity - it must be Easter" from Alberich and his accompanying image particularly resonate with me - yes, in its bright green radiance, the fragrance in this first phase has something very pure, bright, and almost innocent; I can immediately relate to and recall this peaceful, soft, bright white, and joyful memory. Very beautifully recognized and wonderfully articulated, thank you!

However, the plant juices soon lead into the heart note of star jasmine ("Jasmin étoilé" according to TDC, has nothing to do with true jasmine, a completely different order) with its unsweet, flower-bud scent and its white-milky woody character, as well as the thick herbaceous leaves of the cyclamen (TDC specifically writes "Pétales de Cyclamen"). Like Nasowas, I also see a connection to "Eau Parfumée au Thé Vert Extrême." The fragrance becomes increasingly warmer, rounder, fuller, deeper in this middle phase. Like Dannyboy, I perceive the fragrance in this phase all the way into the base as very woody-herbaceous (I would have guessed vetiver in the pyramid), warm, round, soft.

Therefore, it has been rightly pointed out: According to common opinion, the approach corresponds to what one believes to know as the fragrance ideal of the Japanese - unobtrusive, reserved, merely lightly and discreetly scenting from the outside rather than projecting loudly, more natural, fresh, and clean, pure. I cannot judge this (as a non-Japanese), but the image fits this fragrance quite well and I like it.

Conclusion:

An unusual, exciting, and excellently crafted opening that is well-balanced and beautifully orchestrated, reliably evoking the described images and memories of nature, spring, and childhood. However, it unfortunately quickly descends into a heart that, as Yatagan aptly notes, is quite "indifferent" and no longer particularly special, appealing, or well-executed. There are (I would say again: synthetic) components that one has been smelling everywhere for some time where it should be green and floral fresh, as if the heart and base have not received enough attention but rather relied on the tried and true, knowing that the purchasing decision is usually made in the first few seconds nowadays.

Cologne...? I am inclined to deny the fragrance the designation "Eau de Cologne" (if that was even intended and not the English-American "Cologne"), both in character and architecture as well as in projection and longevity, which I find quite appealing (contrary to some other voices here).

The application, on the other hand, recommends all the more Eau de Cologne-like frequency due to the wonderful top note - my tip: spray in front of you, walk through the mist, and enjoy the fresh-green-revitalizing charm of the fragrance. Not much lingers, so repeat every hour. Not exactly cheap, but beautifully so :-)

11/30/2012

8Scent 5Longevity

Ergoproxy
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Ergoproxy

Top Review 15

It’s Green When Tokyo's Flowers Bloom

I usually like fresh scents, but far too often they incorporate citrus notes, which makes this fragrance direction a bit boring for me.

That’s why I find it so lovely when fragrances derive their freshness not primarily from lemon and the like, and manage to impress with a distinctly herbal or fresh green hue.

Tokyo Bloom presents such a green fragrance concept.

Tokyo Bloom opens with the juicy green scent of flower buds. Even the jasmine here shows no opened blossom, just a few delicate pink tips peeking out from a barely opened bud. Spring is omnipresent here.

As green as the scent begins, it continues its fragrance journey. The basil has been used very subtly, and predominantly the leaves of the blackcurrant are featured, as there are no berry notes in the heart.

Tokyo Bloom then fades gently herbal and very subtly sweet through the galbanum.

Whenever a fragrance presents a Japanese theme, I am very curious about its execution. Although I have never been to this country (my biggest travel wish), I have a certain idea of how such a scent should smell and, above all, how it should feel.

These fragrances should smell rather understated and more natural. The people who wear such a perfume should be aromatized rather than heavily scented. The fragrance should be sensed but not distinctly perceived.

In my opinion, this effect has been excellently realized here.
If Untitled is too intense for you but you still like the scent, you should definitely try Tokyo Bloom.

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