White Storage Tobali 2017

Do you know that feeling when you have a fragrance in front of you that you just can't quite grasp?
It absolutely doesn't fit your usual preferences, yet the composition of the notes is so intriguing that your nose keeps sticking to your wrist?

The fragrance White Storage is one of those for me.
It is meant to be a tribute to the Japanese model/mannequin/actress: Sayoko Yamaguchi... okay, you're probably feeling just like me, who is that???

Since you are probably too lazy, I will consult Wikipedia for you and copy the following sentence:
Yamaguchi was the first supermodel from Asia in the 1970s; she made her debut at the Paris fashion shows in 1972 and soon became famous as the "ultimate Japanese beauty."

Aha, so far so good.
Her trademarks, if you can call them that, were her pure, flawless white skin and her jet-black hair, which resembled a doll that is sacred in Japan.

This mysterious yet simultaneously innocent, pure, and naive quality is meant to be reflected in this fragrance.

The impatient reader is now probably asking AND? Does the fragrance achieve that?
In short: Yes!

The fragrance opens with a citrusy, herbaceous freshness and creaminess, which creates an aura of purity/clarity for me in this composition. (a very clear, light incense can be detected in the distance... umm, sniffed out :) ....... second parenthesis (and yes, there is a slight fennel note, but at least for me, it remains very subtle "THANK GOD")

The fragrance lingers for a while until soft, creamy woods gradually blend into this herbaceous freshness, not a dirty, animalistic stinky oud... but gentle, creamy woods that give the fragrance a bit more depth...

And then it hits me like a blow... is this perhaps the scent I had hoped for in my imagination of "Bois d'Argent," which left me so disappointed?

I might describe it like this:
White Storage is the fragrance for everyone who found "Bois d'Argent" musty and boringly sweet/earthy!

This here is the creamy/herbaceous fresh wood variant with more depth that takes time!
So rather:
"Paillettes de bois d'argent"