Voyage 2019

Okay so Voyage from Hiram Green is striking in the same way that everything from Hiram is, the natural beauty immediately apparent. To me the florals are vivid in the opening but this is far from a floral fragrance. It smells faintly of a fruity, honey tinted tuberose/jasmine but lacking the power or character of either but somehow still evoking them, and that’s a positive for me don’t get me wrong. I don’t want to mislead tuberose lovers this is not that not is it even a floral centric fragrance because even in the opening I perceived what I felt was tonka be an absolute, clear as day. It’s not listed on here (not that it means anything Fragrantica is about as accurate as Nostradamus sometimes) but vanilla is and I have to say when everything else has gone after many ours it smells like the most gorgeous and simplistic vanilla note. Before that though it’s a dirty vanilla which I think is likely very high quality natural vanilla bolstered with isolated coumarin or indeed tonka absolute. It’s gorgeous and feels in its use here like the real warm base of a fougere allowing the greener notes or in this case a floral, amber oriental notes to shine through but act in a more transient nature. I love it, I don’t know what the original voyage was like but this one is pretty special I’d say.

Many many notes not listed. This is not aquatic or weak like a lotus. No citrus. No vanilla and not only amber. This is a floral for sure. Honeycomb, neroli/orange blossom, tuberose, jasmine. So pretty. Powerful in the opening and becomes subdued in the drydown, powdery with a little of the powdery saffron and cardamon peeking out but not spicy floriental like an opium or obsession. No cinnamon as others mention. Sweet. Like a honeybee trapped in amber. Somewhat boozy in the drydown with some saffron and cardamon peeking out. Maybe some mint in here that causes the skin to be a little fresh. Oh so beautiful. Mr. Green, I love everything you create. Swoon.

To me this smells like a more polite, quiet, way less leathery, sweeter, creamier version of Shalimar. As it dries down, it gets sweeter. Since I LOVE Shalimar, i do love this. PD: I am comparing it to the Shalimar EDP in the older uglier bottle, which i guess is more potent than the actual version

My favourite perfume in 2020!! I've ordered a sample after I became interested in Lotus in perfumery. When I received it, OMG, it blew my mind away like anything else. Very nostalgic, in a wonderful way, creamy, not cloying, just warming. Thank you, Mr Hiram Green, for creating this.

Wonderful scent! Very Hippie like, first impression is Indian shop, incense. Very warm and cozy scent. Can't feel the citrus at all. This one is sweeter in a discreetly nice way with Lotus cinnamon and honey closest.