Kazehikaru

If you live in Asia and have had shiso as part of any dishes you’d instantly recognize that this scent is predominantly shiso. It’s so fresh and natural, just like smelling the real shiso leaves, but with the added freshness and tanginess of yuzu. The florals play support and are very subtle. Sadly the whole experience lasts about 15 mins before it’s completely untraceable on my skin.

Drinking a refreshing cool shiso yuzu-nade and eating a freshly baked zesty pastry at a flower garden on a warm spring day. The leads (yuzu and shiso, Japanese citrus and mint) come together to create Japanese mint lemonade haha. Surprisingly though they come off warm and tart and not aquatic at all. In the back there's a weak vegetale note that plays an accent role to the shiso giving nice depth. There's also fresh enveloping floral that frames everything here. The floral is my favorite part of this perfume as its gentle enough not to take over but it's always present. In the dry-down the tartness cranks up and it almost smells like smelling some freshly baked pastry with yuzu zest on top! Sadly this does stick very close to the skin and then disappears relatively quickly. To me, this is a great natural perfume you spritz in the middle of a hot sunny day to stay fresh. I really like this!

A gorgeous natural Floriental named for the glowing wind, this energizing and airy fragrance opens with a burst of yuzu and neroli and moves to a floral heart consisting of Japanese rose (hammanasu) accentuated by shiso. It finally dries into a powdery vetiver. The scent is a tribute to the flora of the Hokkaido region of Japan. This is a light, refreshing fragrance, unisex, beautifully blended with moderate sillage/projection and longevity. Incredibly calming and healing. Enjoy!

to me and my limited Japanese Kaze is wind and Hikaru is star. I would say maybe not glowing wind, but bright wind? Its a very green wind. The wind blowing through countryside trees. Its sunny and bright outside not hot or cool and the breeze is just right. This is light and airy. An everyday scent that could be worn anywhere. Its a very natural fragrance. I think they totally nailed a wind scent. It is like taking a deep breath of crisp green air. Very lovely.

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