The Traveler and the Moon

From the site: Silver leaf tea brewed in an iron kettle, galbanum, sandalwood, petitgrain, tobacco and bamboo leaves, wild currants, raw honey, fresh hay, and a cool splash of rice wine. At evening I make it down the mountain. Keeping company with the moon. Looking back I see the paths I’ve taken Blue now, blue beneath the skyline. You greet me, show the hidden track, Where children pull back hawthorn curtains, Reveal green bamboo, the secret path, Vines that touch the traveler's clothes. I love finding space to rest, Clear wine to enjoy with you. Wind in the pines till voices stop, Songs till the Ocean of Heaven pales. I get drunk and you are happy, Both of us pleased to forget the world. - Li Bai (701–762 CE) translated by A. S. Kline Immediately became one of my favorite fragrances I've ever tried, had to buy a full bottle of the oil. For about an hour it is so beautiful Sweet tea, earthy, "green", a bit sharp, but rounded edges... How to describe it? It makes me feel young, laying in a field with summer wind keeping the sweat on my forehead cool. the dry down isn't as great, but it it's still there -summer wind, laying in the grass, sweet tea. Much drier, hotter. A bit more herbal-y and bitter, the tobacco is more noticeable. It's more musky. I feel like in this stage it would have really benefited to develop something more grounded, like wood notes or amber notes. Honestly though it's delightful, and I will be very curious to experiment with layering it -not that it needs it. 8.5/10

I just got my bottle of this masterpiece. This fragrance has the vibe of midnight in paris, but is so unique and well composed. The body of this fragrance is wrapped with a soft and loving white wine, rolled in fresh dewy hay, surrounded by young and dry bamboo with the touch of soft delicate floral green tea. For me this is unisex, but i love the woody and almost musky and vetiver like nature of this on me. A amazing date fragrance and something i will always treasure. 4 to 6 hours longevity, fair projection and silage What a amazing creation, a masterpiece !

My favorite from Alkemia here . This has similar vibes to Midnight in paris , but is more reserved and artistic.It tells you it's story and reveals it's smell softly and slowly. Lovely fragrance and very well done. I love my moonmilk by storra skuggan, but might have to have this too ! 5 to 6 hours longevity and soft projection. Perfect for casual and mild mannered romantic occasions.

Wow, I love this. It's smoky and powdery, softly sweet with a nutty (sesame?) undercurrent. I don't see this as a green fragrance, I get no bamboo, I'd categorize it more as a "powdery" or "soft spicy" fragrance. I really love it, though, like steeping black tea next to a bonfire on a stormy day.

Soft and sweet in a country-girl way, not sticky sweet like cotton candy. It does remind me a little of Midnight in Paris, but much more complex and modern. (Well, it's been many years since I smelled that, but if memory serves...) When starting to dry down a bit I smell some lilac, maybe clover even though they aren't listed as notes. I don't get green so much as a green floral. Or, something that was green, but now it's...hay! Enjoyable, still using the sample, probably not full-bottle worthy for me.

Soft but still complex, there’s a lot in the mix, and I’m not sure what I’m smelling but I’ll try to describe it: opening reminds me of wet earth, transporting me to a green meadow. Then I smell incense which is likely the tobacco—sweet and the definition of natural. I’m becoming a fan of Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab. This is some powerful, memorable juice.

it doesnt have a lot of projection which makes it hard to smell anything really but from what i can smell it just smells like koi no yokan’s opening again. it could also be that my nose cant handle another perfume after speedrunning through 9 of them in a single day so i’ll give it another shot with a refreshed nose tomorrow. hi, me again it’s tomorrow and it still smells like the opening of koi no yokan lol. i’ve had silver leaf tea before and it’s a very gentle smell it smells a bit green but otherwise it doesnt smell like much. i think im getting the sandalwood, but not really much else. i dont get any twinge of iron or rice wine unfortunately

I don’t know if I got a bad bottle a couple years ago but I smelt nothing