Rarely has a fragrance confused me so much.
I am not a big fan of jasmine, which is very dominant and present here.
Synthetic notes often feel too much and too loud for me.
I can't stand Damask rose at all.
All of this is combined with a bright citrus note, softened by the sweetness of mandarin.
In the base, there is a good amount of incense, wood, and synthetic musk.
At first glance, this doesn't sound like my fragrance DNA at all!
The first spray from the sample surprises me. It feels like a cobra has bitten me in the nose. Floral-fresh-spicy, it stings in my nostrils! Terrible, but beautiful!
I take a step back to make sure I haven't just sniffed my "Asian Allrounder" spice. A second time, I bring my nose to my wrist, and then it grabs me...
“2016, Nam Tu Liem, Hanoi, Vietnam, 21.03971° N, 105.76724° O, I am standing in a small marketplace. Mopeds and people circle around me. The air is thick, barely allowing space to breathe.
A man holds a machete in the air, and moments later, the heavy knife thunders down onto a pig's head. Next to him, children play with sparrows as if they were action figures. I move on, the sun presses the smog over the city onto the dusty streets of the neighborhood on the outskirts of Hanoi. Countless bamboo baskets where they keep yelping puppies and exotic animals. Steam from rice rises beside me. The young man wants to sell me his delicacies, but I politely decline. The cobras and scorpions in the many jars at his stand increasingly irritate me.
Suddenly, a breath of fresh air. The wind has turned and blown the scent of white blossoms, vanilla, and roses to me. Unfortunately, just an illusion, like so much in this city. It hisses, and from the window of the small hostel, the mist of an air freshener escapes.
The longer I stay at the small market, the more spices, flowers, and fruits I discover, whose scents gradually become one."
That's what makes a fragrance! Sometimes everything contradicts what you read or hear, but one's own, completely subjective perception of fragrance art makes it all really exciting!
Is it a fragrance I would have bought blindly (without a name, fragrance pyramid, or information)?
YES! Because it caught me. It won't let me go.
Do I wear this fragrance privately?
YES! Because sometimes it’s enough to carry a memory in fragrance form to brighten up a dreary day!
P.S.: I find your scent journeys wonderful. But you already know that.