Hinoki Shower

my new favourite!! lately i’ve been obsessed with finding realistic forest scents, and whilst i feel like this lacks some greenness, it is a great woody-foresty fragrance. it smells like chopped trees in a forest where it has rained recently, and is now drying in the autumn sun

Forest bathing in the rain. There is cut wood, moss, pine needles, leaves, water, and maybe a trace of smoke far away. Absolutely lovely, calming, and green. Will be wearing this a lot.

Perfumer Frank Voelkl has seemingly showered us with yet another success, following his Le Labo masterpieces Santal 33 and (the more profound and lesser-known) Iris 39. Although I was only able to try this on a tester and not on my skin, I found Hinoki Shower immediately charming. It’s a refreshing, comforting and cozy scent, with the hinoki forest coming into eagle-eyed and expert focus. I’ve been hunting for a hinoki perfume that recreates Le Labo’s phenomenal hinoki-scented bath and body products, and this is the closest dupe I’ve found thus far. I might be proven wrong once I’ve actually tried it on my skin - so I'm not out of the (hinoki) woods yet - but my initial gut reaction is that this will be a winner. Perhaps I’m biased and predisposed to liking this scent, since the official fragrance description reads, “A night spent in the old cabin in the woods with a girl I barely knew. Lighting a cigarette as we go for a walk in the forest, which was still moist from the rain.” And, admittedly, smoking in the wet woods with a sexy stranger sounds like a good time to me, so. In five words or less: Pour this hinoki on me.

A misty morning in a mountain forest, where dew glistens on the undergrowth. The cool air is filled with the scent of earth, moss, pine needles, and soaked bark. There is silence, peace, healing. Inner harmony—the balance of a warrior, a wise and mature man who makes decisions with both mind and heart. A deep understanding of the essence of one's own nature. These are the perfumes of silence and strength. A composition to be worn for oneself, not for the rest of the world.

I'm on a quest to smell like a sauna and this is the closest I've come so far. This is my first day wearing but I love it so far. Truly unisex and cozy. Definitely a contender for my winter scent this year. It reminds me of a less aggressive By The Fireplace by MM