One Umbrella for Two

I am fruit fragrances, Japan and aesthetics sucker, so I wanted to love it sooooo much. The bottle is something else: gorgeous and practical with travel format... Piece of art. However it's overpriced for me by a few reasons: 1. Longevity and sillage are nowhere to find. 2. At the opening I get such a disgusting tint to it, sort of metallic rotten durian or something. It vanishes after an 30-60 min or so, as well as the majority of this scent itself haha. 3. After 30-60 minutes I get a very pleasant scent that lasts for 1 or 2 hours. It reminds me of dense jam my grandma used to make from our own raspberries. A bit of "burnt raspberry" to be honest, I guess it's tea or rice playing the role here. I really have to smell it on my wrist though as there's no projection at all. 4. By lunch I have clean skin, no traces of this scent at all. On a bright side: it's linear and changes all the time, it's amazing. I get raspberries, black currant, tea, waffles, rice, flowers, bubble gum, wood and God knows what else. Very polarizing but this is what I like about it. At certain moment it's super nice and I'd like to keep it this way, but unfortunately it does not last and it has no projection at all. All in all, one of the most bizarre fragrances I owned.

Wow. This is my idea of a woman, in scent form. It's beautiful, elegant, cozy, comforting, attractive, alluring, sexy, calming, enticing, and delicate. But not frail, weak, or anonymous in any way. It's clear and determined, and makes it's way with a presence and dignity of something with a clear goal, and no care in the world at the same time. I definitely get the "blueberry muffin", and it is simply perfect. Not too sweet, but as sweet as a blueberry muffin should be. The Rice and Tea note mixing perfectly, and a blackcurrant whiffing past at all times. There is definitely a floral aspect, but i can't pin down what it is. I get 0% woods on my skin. None whatsoever. It's basically a light, summery, flirty gourmand on me. Way too feminine for me to wear outside around people, but Definitely something i'd love my girlfriend to wear. Personal score: 9.5/10. It had me at first spray. This is one of Very few fragrances that just gives me "loving girlfriend/wife" vibes. And i can't get enough of it.

To me this is quite exciting because it actually does what it says on the tin: it smells of blackcurrant, cedar and genmaicha. Not like perfumes that boast of crazy fandangled notes like pistachio and cannabis that you have to be in an incredibly benevolent mood to say you can detect them. This is a sweet fragrance, but it’s so interesting that it might win over people turned off by sugary scents. There is an uplifting almost juicy burst of citrus upon spraying that somehow maintains itself through the life of the fragrance, which is a good counterpart to the sweetness of the fruit. Underscoring everything is that unmistakeable toasted brown rice note that gives OUFT its unique dimension. This ain’t no after-school corner store tutti-fruity treat — it’s the sweet course at a fancy restaurant you go to twice a year. And it has a surprising sillage that others will detect even if you can’t. You might have more than one person taking shelter under your umbrella.

I find some similarities in this to Musc Moschus by Raina J, though I prefer Musc Moschus. Something about One Umbrella for Two is giving me a very medicinal smell. I will note that, that I'd previously left a review and not understood those comments, but I've gone back to apply more, and unfortunately, that medicinal smell is quite strong on the opening! That said, I do enjoy this fragrance, and if I had an opportunity to pick it up at a large discount I would! I think it's pretty and well-done, and obviously the bottle is to die for! After this fragrance settles on my skin, it goes from medicinal to kind of a soggy rice... which I realize that doesn't sound very appealing, but I mean it in a good way (just not sure how to describe it better). I'm struggling to put my finger on this one. I enjoy it, I like it, but at the price it's not full-bottle worthy. Strikes me as a fragrance that can be worn year-round. Kind of in that "your skin but better" family.

Smells EXACTLY like a blueberry scone at teatime. Literally has the texture of a scone to me no other way to explain it 😭 pretty much same smell on card and on skin to me although it changed a little bit on my girlfriend. Lasted quite long, at least 8 hours on me. To me this is what gourmands are meant to be-specific scent memories associated with comfort foods or meaningful moments. The warmth and softness of blueberry scones will always have great meaning for me as my family had them whenever we had a fun fancy teatime and this scent PERFECTLY replicates that. Can I in good conscience say it's worth the astronomical price? No. Do I own it or see myself owning it anytime soon? Also no. That being said, if I ever find myself wanting to smell like blueberry scones and also with an excess of wealth, I'd certainly consider a purchase. So if you want to smell blueberry scones in perfume form and screw the cost, absolutely buy this and I will cheer you on!