Tokyo Nights

This is probably going to be my first review for a perfume, and most likely last. So before i give you my review, let me give you a short introduction to who i am, and why it matter. Im a 20 yr old guy, and i have the biggest love for gourmand scents. If it smells sweet or just slightly edible, there is quite a big chance i have it in my collection. With that being said, let me get straight into my review of Tokyo Nights by d'Annam. So the first thing to note is the notes (pun intended) listed: Umeshu, Tobacco, Smoke, Osmanthus and Amber. Sounds not too unique, but still kinda special. And that was the thought i had going in for my first smell. I was speaking to the salesman at the store, and he was telling me about the story behind it. He was explaining the scent, as a cherry/plummy scent, with a very smoky tobaccy undertone, and honestly? I didn't care much for the story, nor the description. But when i smelt it!? Holy *@*#. The first impression i get is this freshly opened bottle of Umeshu(Kinda similair to whisky - smell wise, but much cleaner). And then, it turns a bit more sweet and, almost smoky, but not really. The plum manages to shine through without being overly fruity, or too much? After a few hours it becomes like a subtle skin scent, but somehow still projects? In smells like the time you first fell in love, and were willing to do ANYTHING, just to get a moment of attention. Its a weird feeling? But honestly the best thing i have smelt in many many years. The description of the scent it: "Sharing one umbrella— the person more in love gets wet" And somehow thats just what it feels like, i can see for some how it smeels like being wet, but happy, and for others a bit more on the dry side, feeling loved. Its a very dynamical scent, and one that does what its suppossed to amazingly well. Honestly? A Masterpiece, just due to the storytelling, and scent alone. Rating: 9.99/10

it's the middle of the week, you missed your last train home, and you decide to pass the time in a tiny bar hidden in the narrow backstreets of kabukicho it is a cramped dim space, and you just know this spot has been open for decades, the wooden walls holding onto the smell of smoke from countless cigarettes and thousands of cigars. the door is always open, inviting, carrying a gentle breeze of spring air, already fragrant with flowers. clad in your old leather jacket, you sip on your umeshu, served hot, wafts of it caressing your face with their warmth. you finish your drink in 30 minutes and stay snuggled in the corner, hazily browsing a random rock magazine taken from the bar counter before you order another shop. someone outside lights up a cigarette while chatting loudly with their friends. to summarize - it's a great, photorealistic olfactory experience that reminds me of one particular date i had. if you ever had umeshu, or if you love tart plums/quince liquor, you will fall in love with it and realize that a date with this perfume is something you wish to have everyday. the thing is, it's very fleeting. the initial shot of liquor only lasts half an hour, disappearing - sip by sip, like your drink - into a gentle smoky-woody skin scent. given the price, i wish i could have more of the delicious liquor to enjoy. also, i'm not a fan of these bottles - they may look like a cool egg, but the caps aren't the easiest to open.

I found this in a niche shop in Stockholm, Fab Lab. I remembered seeing the egg-shaped bottles on Facebook ads. The ones they had in stock at the time were "Vietnamese Coffee", "White Rice" and "Tokyo Nights". I smelt them in that exact order, and loved Vietnamese Coffee. To my nose it was very photorealistic. coffee-aromatic and slight lactonic. I had a tiny "wow"-feeling when I smelt it. Thought I'd go to the next one. So I tried White Rice, got put off instantly. Nothing for me at all. Then... then... Something magical happened - Tokyo Nights. The initial spray took me aback. What is this? I've had this drink before. Shortly thereafter, as the plum settled and the tobacco & smoke started to mix in, you could instantly feel the city streets of Tokyo during a night out. The only thing missing from making it photorealistic in this sense would be the asphalt/pavement smell. So I knew there and then; this is my magical date night scent from now on - said and done - purchased.

At first spray, it's fruity, intoxicating and suitably sweet with a tad of earthiness to it. The umeshu/plum wine is absolutely lavish and divine, and the tobacco can be detected lingering in the background. After the first hour, the wine begins to fade and the tobacco comes more so to the forefront, becoming less lush and a bit more refined. Then, about three or four hours into the wear, the smoke and amber start to emerge in an incense-like combination—powdery, rich and sweet. It remains in this stage for the remainder of the wear. Overall, I really really enjoyed this and there is no better name for a perfume like this as it smells like what I imagine a night out in Tokyo must. The longevity is great as well, lasting for about 10 hours on me. I gush over every d'Annam perfume but it's because they deserve it. This scent is expertly crafted and, as with every other perfume of theirs I've smelled, each note is detectable and well-balanced.

Wow, this one is really something. Unlike any other scent I’ve smelled. I’m half-Korean, half-Japanese, and although I have personally never traveled to Japan, this is undoubtedly a very Japanese scent. The mental image I get when I smell this on myself is a man (or woman, pretty unisex I’d say) sitting at a cramped, dimly lit bar enjoying a Japanese whiskey, smoking a cigar, and eating dango—all while a pink cloud of cotton candy floats around him. Not that it smells particularly like cotton candy—just more of the mental image of it. This is a soft scent, but soft in a very distinguished sense. A friend of mine told me as soon as he smelled it on me that it blasted him back to a childhood memory. Honestly, it did for me too—it reminded me of being a kid in a ramen shop and smelling the ladies’ perfume from the next table over. If you have any Japanese or Asian roots I would venture to say this fragrance will conjure up some sentiment.

Bought the discovery set for my boyfriend and this is the best one on him (and his fave I think)! I can't say I've ever tried Umeshu, so maybe this is an unsophisticated review. But it's quite plum dominated, a strong whiskey-like scent but toned down with the sweet and sour plum. There is a lush background of tobacco but it's not a burnt, crumbly tobacco (if that makes sense). It's smooth and softly bold, like if you took a whiff of a high end medium-bled cigar. Not overpowering at all, and recognizable after you've smelled it once. Out of the discovery set I believe this one is also the strongest alongside Japanese Whiskey. And, unlike Japanese Whiskey which is almost purely alcoholic, this one is really well blended to balance out the fruity and smokey notes. Definitely not a blind buy if you want a full bottle, though.

This was the biggest surprise from the discovery set for me. It opens with a burst of yummy, girly fruit (possibly the umeshu? It doesn’t pull very alcoholic here) before fading into a really lovely, atmospheric tobacco smoke and leather. It smells like sitting next to the prettiest girl you’ve ever seen at a hole-in-the-wall cocktail bar in Tokyo and every time she brushes her hair out of her face you get a whiff of her shampoo through the haze of the cigarette she’s smoking. You chat the night away and go your separate ways only to realize you never caught her name, but you still spend the rest of your life thinking about that night. It’s so evocative. Now, I don’t know if I’d /wear/ it, but... Maybe when I want to feel like the protagonist of a Murakami novel...?

Just a month before I discovered this perfume I had taken a trip to Japan for the very first time. When I had heard about this fragrance I knew I had to smell it. I ordered a sample and when I first sprayed it, not only did it smell up my entire house but I fell in love. The absolute best way I can describe it might only make sense to someone who has gone out for some drinks in Shinjuku. It distinctly reminds me of walking through the Red Light district with my friends to get to the Golden Gai area within Shinjuku. It reminds me of walking past groups of people sharing a cigarette to crawl upstairs through a tiny staircase into a small, cramped bar. We order a Whisky and Coke, and there's incense burning in the corner. It's beautiful.

In my nose , this is a softer and sweeter take of IL Padrino , a very pleasant, elegant comforting boozy scent with a moderate projection , A very suitable for date night or night out in a very high end bar !! 9/10 Update ( 04/03/26 ) I have this now for month and I can’t stop using it, It is my new signature scent! The sweet plum booze 🍷 and amber base is so addicting! It lasts on my skin for 10 hours as if it matured like a fine wine 🍷 ! I’m considered myself a Low key person and this is the one of most elegant low key I ever used This is for anyone who doesn’t need the attention but the presence is still there ( If that make any sense)

I'd swear there was cherry or almond in here, but it has to come from the Umeshu (I think!) — a plum, stone fruit-type quality, plus the osmanthus (peachy, stone fruit esque). This nutty-fruity-floral-sweet quality melds sooo stunningly with the rich tobacco. That note is not smoky to my nose... it's sweet honeyed tobacco, the smoothest, richest, warmest version — not dusty or smoky. A syrupy nature, but not sticky sweet. Together it makes a gorgeous amalgam of sweet-but-not-gourmand richness. Sexy, spicy, deep but not too heavy. Dark but not drab. Like a luminous night. LOVE

To me this smells like a sweet leather scent. Even though it doesn’t say leather in the composition, I definitely get leather vibes. The longer it stays on the skin, the sweeter it gets for me. But it doesn’t feel heavy at all. I wasn’t expecting it to be this nice. It’s a lovely surprise!! P.S.: I’ve already been to Tokyo (as a tourist), and this doesn’t remind me at all my Tokyo nights. I get more European night vibes. These kind of European tabac, leather, sweet, cold weather, going out scents, which I honestly love

Really well done smoky vanilla wrapped in paper thin powdery florals. There is something a bit odd in there. Synthetic, off, rotten sweet I'm not really sure but a gorgeous wear nonetheless. I have several things like it, vanilla tobaccos and vague floral powders, this has a sugary, nearly syrupy sweetness that the others don't. I think that is whats lurking beneath the smoke bomb and potpourri. Bites in the back of the throat like medicine. But that just makes it all the more interesting and enjoyable.

I've tried every scent from D'annam and this is the one I cherish and reach for the most. It is just too good. It has a complexity it's other scents can lack and really gives that nightlife feel you are looking for with a scent like this. Not too alcoholy, or smokey, or leaving in one direction. Everything really melds into each other to produce a scene. Cones off sophisticated but subtle, not too serious. Unisex in a really wonderful way.

This is a drunk cigarette. It's a cold night, you step out of the bar shit faced, bumming a cigarette off a stranger and it's the best cigarette you've had in your life. I think anyone who enjoys tobacco scents will really love this. A strong fragrance with great longevity, easily 6+ hrs on the skin. Would probably only wear this fragrance in cold weather since I would imagine this being pretty obnoxious in the summer.

A beautifully smoky, warm and ambery, plum wine scent. The umeshu is the first thing you smell, it’s jammy, slightly sweet, boozy, slightly fresh. Then you get the tobacco and it wraps around the wine like a warm hug, with an ambery undertone. The floral peachy notes come out further in its wear with the osmanthus. The dry down is warmly smoky and sweet fruity blend with less booziness now. A gorgeous scent

Smelled this and immediately transported me to my first time landing in Mexico City. Standing on the corner street between a busy street with bumper to bumper traffic and a open-late restaurant, with some wind picking up the exhaust and cigarette smoke from others. Unfortunately, I do not currently have this in my collection, but would go back to get a travel size to sniff when I am not in Mexico City.

This one really surprised me, first try from this house and it's a winner. This is the type of tobacco I enjoy, it has some sweetness but isn't overtly sweet. It reminds me a little of ANKA by vertus but I prefer this much more. I got a cheap sample off of twisted lilly and although the full bottle on discounter is hard to find and is a little pricey I think I will have it in my radar.

This is it, the last sample of the Japan collection. The most unique, strong. It leaves a smell you cannot forget. Reminds me of tire, gasoline (a new car) with a sweet & sour plum and a boozy touch not overwhelming or too basic. Super special ambery, smoky date night fragrance or after midnights vibes. My favorite from d'Annam can't wait to get a bottle from this ! 10/10

I absolutely love this smell. I usually get a sample and test it before buying, but I bought this immediately after smelling it in the store. I love the spicy plum at the front and it settles into a creamy lactonic after a few hours. I have become addicted and wear it multiple times a week. I also love Moonlight Samarai from D'annam and often switch between these two.

I lived in Japan for 7 years and is the first scent I’ve smelled that I feel truly evoked a feeling of being in Japan again for me. The sweet, spicy, smoky combination is fantastic. I do also think they could truly go either way in terms of masculine or feminine, and I don’t find many fragrances that tow that line so perfectly.