Bitter orange
Blue lotus
Coniferous woods
Fruits
Green tea
Lingzhi
Oud
White musk08/08/2025
hasnicetea
15 Reviews
hasnicetea
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Airy and Cozy
Ceremony is an unusual woody musk composition—strange, airy, and subtly disorienting.
It opens with a brief burst of bitter orange and a juicy fruitiness reminiscent of peach or lychee. This sweet, ripe note fades quickly—within a minute—making way for the fragrance’s core.
First comes the tea. This isn’t the fresh, leafy tea familiar in Asian blends—it’s closer to the vegetal green tea accord found in scents like Elizabeth Arden Green Tea: darker, more plant-like.
Next is lotus. As in many perfumes, the lotus here plays a supporting role—a watery, hazy floral note that lingers in the background. It’s delicate and diffuse, barely forming a clear shape.
Then, a strange, earthy bitterness appears, likely from a combination of reishi mushroom and coniferous woods. Together, they provide a dry, soil-like undertone.
Finally, the oud—though it doesn’t smell like traditional oud. Here, it’s distorted and airy, with a fuzzy, almost fibrous texture. I suspect it’s the same note found in Otter by Clandestine Laboratories: more abstract than literal, more sensation than substance.
All these elements are stretched and warped, resulting in a musky scent that feels both expansive and empty. There is no true “center” to the fragrance. Musk acts as the structural core, but it’s not dense—it’s ambient, cold, and diffusive.
Wearing Ceremony is like stepping into a contemporary art space: cold air humming from a ventilation system, clean lines, silence. It radiates outward without weight—detached and minimal, but present in an undeniable way.
It opens with a brief burst of bitter orange and a juicy fruitiness reminiscent of peach or lychee. This sweet, ripe note fades quickly—within a minute—making way for the fragrance’s core.
First comes the tea. This isn’t the fresh, leafy tea familiar in Asian blends—it’s closer to the vegetal green tea accord found in scents like Elizabeth Arden Green Tea: darker, more plant-like.
Next is lotus. As in many perfumes, the lotus here plays a supporting role—a watery, hazy floral note that lingers in the background. It’s delicate and diffuse, barely forming a clear shape.
Then, a strange, earthy bitterness appears, likely from a combination of reishi mushroom and coniferous woods. Together, they provide a dry, soil-like undertone.
Finally, the oud—though it doesn’t smell like traditional oud. Here, it’s distorted and airy, with a fuzzy, almost fibrous texture. I suspect it’s the same note found in Otter by Clandestine Laboratories: more abstract than literal, more sensation than substance.
All these elements are stretched and warped, resulting in a musky scent that feels both expansive and empty. There is no true “center” to the fragrance. Musk acts as the structural core, but it’s not dense—it’s ambient, cold, and diffusive.
Wearing Ceremony is like stepping into a contemporary art space: cold air humming from a ventilation system, clean lines, silence. It radiates outward without weight—detached and minimal, but present in an undeniable way.
