Moonlight Samurai

This feels like a samurai who has found a place to rest after a long journey and has opened up a bottle of sake in quiet celebration. The sweat and dirt from the journey still clinging to his skin. On the initial spray I was hit with heavy sake, it felt like I had been drinking too much at a restaurant, pleasantly warm but on the cusp of pushing myself over the edge. The scent then dried down into something more woody and kinda sexy in an old silver fox way. This scent is seducing me the more I smell it! I wish there were travel size versions of this scent as it is too masculine for me to justify getting a full size bottle, but I still want to be able to smell this at my leisure.

This is a boozy, leather scent with metallic undertones. I can see why a lot of people don't connect with this as I don't think the audience that likes dannam would enjoy this type of scent. That being said i find it exceptional. The sake in the opening is quite strong and unmistakable but works well with leather. The booziness starts to smell more metallic like overtime which almost gives it light smokiness. Floral notes give it an added softness which makes it extremely wearable. I picture a Japanese bar filled with young fashionable men dressed in Japanese reproduction leathers and raw denim while rocking back some sake.

First spray has a strong, alcoholic sake and leather scent assaulting your nose + slight hints of metallic notes. Mellows down over time (2+ hours in warm, humid weather) into a unisex leathery, cedar and very subtly floral scent. Becomes an intimate, almost feminine cedar and floral scent around 4+ hours of wear before it fades off. Absolutely love this perfume, by far my favourite of the Japan collection.. so worth it!!

suchhhhhhhhhhhhh an INTERESTINGGG smell!! omg!! So cedary, so leathery, so incensey, and possibly sakey?? Just a really sharp, and intense smell. It's truly such an unforgettable experience smelling this, quite animalic. Definitely won't buy for myself to wear but it gives a very intense vibe which I love. The dry down is actually just as intense as the opener, just such a scent that makes me think back on it a lot!!!

Impressive very realistic and well done sake note. As it drys down some florals and a really oily black leather comes into play until it final goes into a more metallic direction. Very evocative and executes its concept very well. Amazing fragrance but realized it’s not something I’d like to wear after trying it a few times. A too persistent and projecting leather in the dry down for my taste

This smells so much like Falcon leather from Matiere premiere. Which I love. Really nice. What I pictured when I smelled this was Wi Ha-Joon from Squid Game season 2 ep2 going out to the Halloween party in his leather jacket. Sexy. 9/10

Love this one. Great modern woody fragrance, sings like minimalism while being somewhat complex. I love the sweet undertone, very pleasant woody Smokey sweet scent, while not being too heavy or deep. Could wear any time of day really.

On my skin, the flowers were very present. Very very sweet with the sake and very feminine. My boyfriend tried it out and the leather was more present on him. Love this fragrance and I think it’s really underhyped in the collection

Really like this. Smoky, leather tobacco, honey, metallic, gunpowder and some sweetness like pear. Sake not sure about that note. I had good longevity with the fragrance.

This is one of the only properly masculine scents I love. I’ve never smelt or tried sake in my life but it smells amazing

Woody, slightly Smokey, sweet, long lasting, unique, very pleasant and masculine

Very smoky leather, the opening has and interesting boozy note (sake, I presume), but as soon it settles it gets dry as a whip. I knew this was very masculine, but I like to try atmospheric, evocative fragrances to see if they can paint the promised picture. To me, Moonlight Samurai smells more like a rogue or a bandit, his leather saddle worn and dry with desert dust, moonshine in his flask. The steel note reminds me more of and old gun than a katana; maybe the smokey vibe makes me think of gunpowder, I don't know. Cedar is there, but just as a facet of the bark-tanned leather. I like it best layered with Tokyo Nights: the boozy, sweet plum wine gives more body and substance to the sake note, while the amber and the osmanthus give a noble, refined aura to our bandit, properly turning him into the samurai we were promised.

i really love the smell of a bar when someone orders steamed sake so ive been on the hunt for a sake scent. picked this up the d'annam memories of japan discovery scent to try this the opening note has a very nice cloudy sake scent, but then as it dries down the smell of wood and leather overpowers it. it's still a beautiful woody scent with strong sillage. leans extremely masculine so i wouldn't wear it personally but would make a nice gift. not sake enough if thats what youre looking for. does kind of smell like what id imagine a lead in a historical drama would smell like lol. or like a vintage shop.

This is a leather very much in line with other Japanese fragrances I own and have tried (despite being made by a Vietnamese brand). By that, I mean it is transparent, leaning on tidy and clean compositions rather than opulent and bold statements that a lot of people may associate with niche fragrance. These sensibilities are what draw me to d'annam's Memories of Japan series. Moonlight Samurai is a straightforward supple leather with subtle nuances that emphasize the poetry of the samurai, not just the warrior aspects. While it may not for everyone, it is beautiful and interesting, but in modest way.

First of all this is very beautiful. Much simpler than I expected but I do enjoy it a lot. Something interesting about Moonlight Samurai is the alcoholic note, like a fruity liquor, plum maybe, is more prominent after the fragrance dries. Usually those boozier qualities melt right off the top but this one sticks around quite a bit. Beyond that is heavy smoke in a tiny dimly lit room. Its vaguely synthetic. Maybe a strange blend of aromatic oil diffused in steam combined with a dry wood burn. Not very unique but a gorgeous addition to my smoke collection.

An extremely boozy and leathery forward scent with hints of a metallic undertone thanks to the metal sword accord. Opens with a strong sake note, like you’re smelling it straight out of the bottle, accompanied with that sharp metallic undertone, and a subtly floral touch. The leather comes loud and proud as the scent develops and never leaves, only becoming stronger in the dry down with a prominent dry woodiness from some cedar. This is like a samurai drinking sake in a wooden bar with his swords nearby.

I find this wearable. It seems challenging to others. But, seems very wearable for me. I do agree that the sake is near spot on. I bought a bottle for my FIL on Father's Day. We spent the night enjoying it. Really very close. This would have fit perfect for the day. Beyond that, it is a nice woody leather frag. A hint of a mineral feel which you can equate to the samurai sword. So a samurai taking a nightly stroll after enjoying a bottle of sake.

I've never smelt sake, but there is a strong alcohol to this that makes it feel clean. The leather stands out to me the most, which I mainly associate with thrift shops, but that clean feel from the alcohol and the mineral quality make it completely different... I imagine this on a cool guy who collects vintage pieces and religiously updates his letterboxd. Also, how cool of a name is Moonlight Samurai? Feels Sasuke-esque lol.

This one is the oriental take on a leather fragrance. And it is quite the opposite of what we call "Oriental" in the West. In reality, the sticky amber (opium-like) is not what people in SEA and the Far East prefer. They prefer clean, transparent, lightweight, and crispy fragrances. No oud, no amber, no chypres. This leather is clean, dry, powdery, and airy. Very masculine.

First of all, the name of this fragrance is amazing. This smells like leather with cedar and somethng that i have never smelt before. I dont drink and that might be why, but it smells kinda airy. The leather is strong and in your face but at the same time, there's soemthing airy in the background that makes it more wearable.