Sasora

Zen in a tiny bottle. This incredibly healing potion which is actually a natural Citrus Oud is almost monastic in its disposition. Composed of a central note of incredibly rare and difficult to distill kyara agarwood, the perfumer surrounds it with notes of camphor, lemon, rosewood and jatamansi. The overall feeling that is experienced is austere and minimal beauty. The Japanese agarwood which DI SER uses for its composition has no animalic qualities at all. It is radiant, warm and spare. This one is an incredible composition because its rare, natural and justifiably expensive beauty lies in its utter simplicity. Recommended as a potion to heal troubled minds and for use in meditation and other types of spiritual transportation. Incredible, spare, austere, and transportive. Peace and joy!

The opening of this fragrance is very unconventional and intriguing with a sweet and sour yuzu, wild herbs and a bit of pleasant barn quality. eventually the notes meld together and form a citrusy, green, woody hum that seems to increase in oudiness throughout the wear. Much like all the other creations by Di Ser, its beauty lies in its quality ingredients and its wonderful uniqueness. The more I wear these, the more I fall in love with them.

Sasora is a fragrant wood that is used in incense burning. This fragrance is supposed to be the one that expresses the most traditional Japanese « Kōdō » values among the samples I had. I have never smelled something similar to this. It opens with a surprising tiger balm vibe that dries down to an herbal, oudy composition. At this stage I got a mouth watering note of roasted veal with rosemary, garlic and pepper mint on top of it. I know it’s sounds crazy but it is what came on my mind.😁 Then the dry down became woodsy, relaxing and spiritual.⛩🧘🏽♂️🧘🏽♂️🧘🏽♂️⛩ This scent is really special, unique, medicinal, spiritual and strangely addictive.😊 100% niche!

Good grief the opening is hard to take. Green and herbal and lots of camphor. There's also a funky almost fecal smell. Like a dirty barn with animals in it. Fortunately it settles pretty quickly - within half an hour... into a really lovely incense wood and some of that yuzu - light. I am enjoying this dried down - it's calming and nicely balanced. The wood is particularly nice - not dry but instead super warm and pretty and a bit unusual. But the price point... yikes... glad I got to try with the random sample LuckyScent included on a recent order.

Opens with an extremely funky/barnyardy kick that rapidly dissipates before the yuzu, camphor and the uncanny scent of burnt kyara take over. The kyara stays at the forefront while softening into a citrusy herbal wood scent.