Jodhpur 6AM

This whole line is full of unexpected twists of tropes that seem familiar at first. There's always that subtle complexity that doesn't overwhelm but gives each note a new perspective. The inscription on the bottles says "Master of Disorder" and I enjoy this; nevertheless, Bertrand Duchaufour seems to be a master of balance, too. I sensed very strong apricot and dried cardamom first, then little by little the background got crowded with notes as a colorful hum. Then honeyed ginger, lactonic musks, several types of tea, the idea of flowers and Asian fruits seen from a distance without much detail. It's the smell of abundance, just like the description suggests. And apart from that apricot thing(which no one else sensed so strong btw), no fruit or flower is clearly recognizable; you just get the sense of "a lot", a blurred reel of all thing dried and fresh, a 360 view of a small world. Spices are not as obvious as you'd expect, not even in Chai latte intensity; there's a sense of an open space, a lightness that makes the abundance bearable, transparent. It's amazing. I think I wouldn't wear it personally but it triggered an almost painful longing for travel, for getting off that bus in the middle of a crowded place, a harbor, a square, a distant location where I would clearly feel as a foreigner.

Jodphur 6am is hard to describe because I’ve truly not experienced anything similar to it for comparisons. Do I think it’s a successful attempt at a chai fragrance? Absolutely not—but I enjoy what it is. In the opening, I would describe it as smelling like a strip of pink bubblegum while it’s still a little bit dusty and before you put it in your mouth to chew. It has a clean undercurrent to it that prevents it from being too sweet for my taste. I sent a sample to one of my friends who is into fragrance too, and she described it as “like toothpaste” 😂— which I can agree with to a certain extent—but I’d say it is like bubblegum flavored toothpaste. Once it settles on the skin for a few minutes, I can smell the spicy notes come out more. Which make it smell more like a strip of red spicy bubblegum to me vs the pink kind in the opening. This spicy red bubblegum phase only lasts about 20 minutes and then it returns to pink, and becomes like a soft powdery pink bubblegum on my skin.

This is what opening a metal box of black tea smells like. Photorealistic. I am in love! I am a lover of black tea but a hater of tuberose and generally tea notes, so it says a lot that I am absolutely obsessed with this! So, so good! Mmmm....

This is a lovely tea scent. The tuberose and spices pop up on my skin too. I'm surprised how nicely it develops in the hot summer weather when I normally detest most smells.

Creamy beautiful slightly fruity tuberose tea scent with some effervescent spices tickling the nose in the background. Elegant. Sexy. Absolutely love it.