BE BY MY SIDE (흐노니)

Purchased this last year and it is my special occasion fragrance. Being Korean myself, I feel like ELOREA does a great job of capturing a particular cultural identity into their fragrances. I feel proud to wear it. To me, the ginseng note is the predominant smell with the musk powering it through. I feel as this is completely unisex, maybe leaning slightly feminine due to the sweetness.

Walked around two malls, had kbbq for dinner and can still smell this on myself after getting home. The ginseng, rose and suede are perfectly placed. Hauntingly beautiful.

This smells nothing like Comme des Garcons 2 and Im hoping the two people who thought it does didnt have a stroke or something

I get a strong whiff of Timbuktu on first spray, all dry spice and vetiver, albeit a little smoother. The fragrance quickly settles into a mostly vetiver and a tea-like ginseng, rounded out by bergamot and rose. No suede per se (at least to my nose), but a musky earthiness that keeps everything grounded. Pure vetiver at the very end. I feel robbed of a true ginseng fragrance, to be quite honest. Ginseng has a distinctive rooty, bitter, soil-like, medicinal scent that is hardly present here. Many popular, mainstream skincare products capture that smell perfectly (I'm thinking of Sulwahsoo primarily), so it's surprising that they've shirked from going full ginseng with this one. Then again, ELOREA really only makes incredibly safe and accessible scents, so perhaps I shouldn't have expected as much. No less beautiful, mind you, but not more than office-friendly.

Spicy red ginseng over suede that is so soft to the touch. Ginseng has an aromatic spiciness that is mild, along the lines of ginger or cardamom. The ginseng here reminds me a bit of ginseng hard candies. It is neither bitter nor medicinal. The opening is vetiver and ginseng. A delicate grounding musk. A gothic, depressing rose that reminds me of the austere red rose from Nirvana Rose. It is mostly linear, aside from a faint sourness that appears 15 minutes in and the ginseng softening. Comforting, smooth, romantic I have the feeling of a wool blanket over my shoulders as I sit by a bedside window. Outside is dreary, but I am safe. It is unisex, but I think it would be very attractive on a man. The notes blend together beautifully. I think it is the best composition out of The Forgotten Words.