Mogao

In the second year of Jianyuan, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty dispatched Zhang Qian to the Western Regions and opened the "Silk Road" for land transportation to Central Asia and West Asia. The inspiration for this work comes from this. Wearing it and smelling it, I imagined an adventure in Dunhuang. Thousand Buddha Caves, a treasure house of Buddhist art. The dense and soft powdery aroma of apricot soothes the salty taste of animal glands, the sweet Champaca osmanthus citrus, the oriental spicy Star Anise, cinnamon, nutmeg, and Cumin, coupled with the smoky smell of incense, the fragrance can also linger. On this day, burning incense sublimates Mogao's artistic conception. The interpretation of Mogao by an Asian perfumer could not be better. Pryn's skills are all on the animal incense. Mogao completely reproduces the Yellow Sand Desert, the goddess on the stone frescoes, gorgeous and spectacular. It is impossible to experience such a wonderful fragrance if you exclude the sense of animals. Think of those animals in vintage fragrances, all much more violent than Mogao. Mogao fragrance is delicate and full, quite exotic. Unfortunately it is now discontinued. Its fragrance expression does not discredit this cultural heritage. Mogao is the most prominent and beautiful of this personal brand.

Lovely, complex, charismatic thing which manages by some magic trick to be sweet, but not cloyingly, citric without being sharp, yet also full of warm spice with surprisingly dark corners. Very distinctive and unusual - can't think of too much like it - though the comparison to Nanban below is spot on - they don't actually smell alike, but have similarly richly-layered, intriguing, teasing presence. You can literally feel and see the quality, as well as smell it, because this leaves a delicious, lacquer-like, slightly oily sheen on your wrist for a really long time (like up to 30min) after application - it's the real deal, no question. I didn't fall instantly in love - and at Pryn's premium price I would have to - but could easily wear this anywhere, any day. Sadly, on me it unfolds one fascinating picture after another, like some wonderful manuscript scroll, only to run out before its time ... vanishing faint by 4h in. One for the true aficionados to savour as a treat, but probably not a practical everyday choice unless money's no object.

Charismatic,intriguing and mysterious.- Beautiful arrangement of orange and mandarin,schuan pepper is fantastic. An ancient harmony,a hint of vague incense looks out after a while,spices and resins come together in a continuous swirl of emotions and memories. I really like it,the sillage is moderate and the longevity lasts a lot on me...! Beautiful. Sillage: 7./10 Longevity: 8.5/10 Scent: 8.5/10 Overall: 8.5/10

ISO bottle or decant because this is amazing. One of the best from the line. Hopefully he re releases this.

An Oriental spicy gourmand like none other, this beautiful fragrance from the talented Thai perfumer Prin Lomros has two central notes: Mandarin Orange and Sichuan Pepper. To this interesting central notes he adds orange, tangerine, incense, nutmeg, cinnamon, cumin, star anise, Champaca, osmanthus, plum, costus, leather and other exotic Oriental notes to create an evocative fragrance that reminds you of China in the early 20th century. In my mind, I get the feel of Bertolucci's "The Last Emperor". Think of a fresher smelling "Nanban". Beautifully blended, with moderate to strong projection and sillage, unisex (leaning slightly on the feminine side), this is yet another winner from one of the brightest new names in modern Oriental perfumery today. Those into Orientals and gourmands need to get their hands and noses on this Asian beauty.

This is a standard scent that could be a 'Signature' so it is all-rounded. It is pleasant, well balanced and is definitely using superlative ingredients. This issue here is in the end, it's just not that very special. The orange is inspired and multi-faceted by accents of warm spices from the more 'desserts' side of a nice wooden spice rack. But it's still an Orange. The florals and ambery resins are nice but it's juxtaposed by heavy wisps of incense that I just don't agree well with sadly. So it's alrite but you have to factor in the price and that quite a lot of other scents achieve this effect pretty well already, including some of the Oriental Huge Hitters like Amouage (Journey) and Bortnikoff. And even new scents like 'Into the Oud' have a more interesting profile My rating: 6/10 - decent. 4/10 factoring in price

Sweet citric champaca. It's a floral gourmand with doses of variant citrus and plum as i can't detect nothing but fruiti blend with bits of floral then hints of sichuan pepper as i begun detecting something hot. As it cools down, the smoke and incense begins to rise and so is the leather. This fragrance changes dramatically from something to a complete another thing! it's like a teleporter! I can't define my final opinion yet as i need to check it up again some other time cause what i have witnessed is something weird!

@c0rtland are you in UK? Roullier White sells this and also samples. It is indeed amazing. A super unique oriental exotic and smoky. Smells ancient and spiritual.

جاده ابریشم، مرز هند ----------- Scent & Quality: 9/10 Longevity: 8/10 Sillage: 7/10 Creativity & Uniqueness: 9/10 Affordability: 3/10 ----------- Overall: 7.2/10

One of my favourites from Prin! The combination of orange, pepper and incense along with the florals in this is just 🤤