Japanese Spring

Japanese Spring Man is not a fragrance that you’d thought to fall in love with. It’s not particularly sexy or attention pulling, in the common sense, but there’s a spiritualistic feel to this scent that after the first sniff it keeps you coming back for more. The scent itself is very unique, a perfect blend of two genres of fragrances, Amber and Aquatic. This scent combines warm earthy resins with a touch of watery aquatic accord, creating a very soothing experience. As it dries down you’ll start to notice an amber-y type of sweetness coming through, but it’s very subtle in nature, which in my opinion, just perfect for this composition. The sweetness adds to the soothing and overall spiritual theme very well, if this was any sweeter it would lose this quality but in this blend it’s just perfect. The resin has a thick syrupy quality that when mix with the watery aquatic accord gives this fragrance a very interesting texture, completely different from anything I’ve ever smelled. What I love also is that the scent smells completely natural, and to some extends, very raw in a good way. You will definitely be able to smell the quality of the ingredients used and that’s hard to come by in most fragrances nowadays. I got to say, it had truly been eye opening testing this fragrance. It goes without saying that I really love it. It’s unique, high quality, and simply beautiful. The best way I can find to describe it is imagine earthy, warm, amber-y resins in the rain. It’s one of my most favorites from the house. Longevity this sticks on clothes longer on clothes than on my skin. On clothes it last over a day, but on skin so far in the warmer weather I get about 6 hours, in the colder weather it doesn’t performs well, so this is definitely more of a summer fragrance. Occasion this can actually be worn in any occasion, but I’d prefer it for indoors because of its subtle nature, it doesn’t push out very strongly, so it’ll struggle a bit if you wear it outdoors. I personally wear this scent when I’m thinking of relaxing at home or when I want to work on a project. It’s just very calming and perfect for those situations. Conclusion, if you have the chance this house is definitely one everyone needs to at least sample. From a person who loves to discover unique fragrances, I can for certain say, this house gives one of the most unique in experiences that I’ve ever found.

The fragrance of Japanese Spring was created in 2015 in two versions: one for men and one for women. Both are part of the collection called Ecosystems - Mineral Planet and depict the arrival of spring with its floral touch and the perfumed breeze of the season. Clearly, the creative concept attempts to convey modern life coexisting with nature through the agitation of men and women always connected and increasingly concerned about their spirituality and balance for mind and body. The fragrance of Japanese Spring Man has notes of hyacinth, Omumbungu resin from Namibia, precious woods, mosses, roots, hyraceum and indigenous oils (Ximenia and Bacuri). For those who do not know, the Omumbungu resin is obtained from the Commiphora krauselliana, also called the Tree of the Hyena. It smells slightly animalistic and at the same time clean and almost mineral; The Hyraceum is petrified excrement of rock hyrax, composed of feces and urine with strong odor, which combines the smell of civet, castoreum, musk, and even tobacco; Ximenia is known as African sour plum and its oil has honey consistency and helps prolong the duration of the perfume; Bacuri is a popular fruit from the northern region and the neighboring states of the Amazon region and produces an earthy and mossy smelling butter. On my skin, Japanese Spring Man left something to be desired. With a floral-aquatic and mossy look, it's the kind of perfume that even surprises by the difference, but that did not deliver what I expected as a result. When I think of spring, especially in Japan, I can not escape the obvious: the cherry blossom and all its symbology. In fact, this concept has been worked on numerous occasions, including by brands that target the mass market. But here, unfortunately, a cleaner floral accord was necessary as well as a bit of joy. In contrast, the green and resinous aspects remain and, truth be told, the quality of vegetable oils is further enhanced. However, this scent is also present in other fragrances of this House, since the raw materials come from the same sources, and this is a factor that every perfumer needs to be aware of or they will run the risk of creating many similar fragrances. In the case of a fragrance whose name speaks of spring, this one loses to Celestial Violet Woman and my hope is to be surprised, positively, by the feminine version, which also counts on the presence of the gardenia in its composition.