Rêve de Hanami

Wandered in to Rituals to pick up a bottle of Fleurs de l'Himalaya, wandered out with that plus a mini 15ml bottle of Reve de Hanami (ideal handbag size). Having tested this over the course of 3 days I feel that while I didn't initially find it all that complex - it does evolve on the skin for me. To my nose the pear isn't prominent as it is dominated by the litchi and sour cherry blossom, but I find I don't mind that at all; the bergamot came through for me nicely - and while the patchouli was definitely present on my skin it is a hint rather than a bomb, which is what I like! Lasting power was 4/5 hours on the skin for me, longer on clothing. Sillage moderate

On my skin, it is really the pear note that comes through and it smells like a bit more powdery and "dark" version of Radiant Nectar by Clean. I actually like it a lot more than I thought I would.

I was given a very small bottle as a gift and I like it, a little floral, a little peppery, light and inoffensive. To me it smells exactly like going to uni in the autumn or spring, like going to the library with a bunch of your new friends. Happy fun and energetic. I am getting a hint of faint leather in the drydown, which is not my favourite but it's still wearable. Not sure if I would buy this myself as the price is a little too much. Warning: I kept this very small bottle in my bag and one day i discovered that most of the perfume had spilled in there. Somehow it just opened and now my bag and everything in it was drenched in Rêve de Hanami :')

I bought this as a work perfume because the mini bottle is super adorable and perfectly handbag-sized. Super juicy, pretty daytime floral fragrance. I can't say that I was getting patchouli from this? just lychee sweetness and clean cherry blossom petals. It smells exactly like the colour of the bottle. This got a little lost for me amongst the sea of other perfumes at work (I work almost exclusively with other women lol), but honestly, this performs as you would expect from a Rituals frag. It's a nice no-brainer, go with any outfit, weekend shopping scent. Not complex by any means, but pretty nonetheless.

The first few seconds of the opening are sharp, then it turns into a beautiful combination of juicy litchi and soft vanilla, which lasts a couple of minutes. After an hour, there is almost nothing detectable on my skin anymore. After an hour, the scent is completely gone. It’s OK if you want to respray during the day, but then you have to consider that the 15ml bottle is gone in less than a week. It’s a bit disappointing that Rituals makes beautiful perfumes at terrible concentration.