Asian Inspiration

A few days later: I am still very happy with this fragrance. And the packaging is so beautiful that I have not had the heart to throw it out or even to store the box without the bottle. So every time I want to use it I have to very cautiously remove the carton ring, take the bottle out, use it, put it back, fit the carton ring again. It is worth it though. :-D I blind bought this scent based on reviews because I love vetiver. So much so that even though I am a woman I always keep decants or samples of Encre Noire (the masculine variety) at hand. It is really nice here, not too musty, although to be honest there are days I actually like that facet too. However, today is a hot and muggy day and luckily the green vetiver note is quite refreshing. What I did not realize was how much I like benzoin, it is just wonderful in this scent. It sweetens after maybe 40 minutes and provides a nice contrast with the vetiver. I will have to wait until the dry-down but I have half a mind to layer this with Paradiso by Cavalli. That one has a great pine-cypress base that may play well with the pine-benzoin-vetiver of this scent and shift it more toward the feminine side. For now I am very happy. The beginning was a bit too masculine but right now it just smells so good.

I absolutely love this. From the opening through the drydown it is so perfect that it could be my Holy Grail.....except for one thing. It completely disappears on me in an hour. I'm so sad because the bottle is beautiful, the scent is sort of sweet but not, spicy but not, citrus but not and most importantly does not have that savory base that I cannot stand. It never goes ambroxen on me even though it's got oud listed as a middle note. I might just buy this for the bottle and to enjoy re-applying it all the time until it's gone. It really is interesting and my favorite so far trying Merchant of Venice. I have a full bottle of Liberty and the Trial Kit that I've tried Byzantine Saffron, Mandarin Carnival, Suave Petals (like but it's too soft and fleeting) and now Asian Ispiration 💗

I cannot stop thinking about the review on this one from another site, it is said that this perfume reminds the writer about asian soup, yes, asian soup... Hence i was thinking that maybe this perfume would smell like a tom yum soup (i love tom yum soup)... For better or worse, i blindbought this perfume, and like the other reviewers said, this is a very green vetiver perfume. Yes it smells a bit like the leaves on a phò soup from vietnam (not tom yum), but it's not gourmandish per se. It's a vetiver fragrance through and through. The vetiver though, is not bitter, it's fragrant, and i suspect i comes from the orange. For me it's a bit linear, it doesn't morph much, but it's okay, I still love it... The bottle is really gorgeous though....

This smells 100% like a Chinese herbal remedy shop, the Caradmom comes off like realistic Ginger here! It is shockingly like Hermes Voyage which smells like Ginger to Asian people (none of that marketing smells like 'ginger' from Boss Bottled which is more lemon spritz than ginger), except not as fresh and airy as Voyage, more earthy and spicy like how ginger root smells. It even has that bitterness that accompanies an asian health tonic, although very sedated(pun-intended).

Asian Inspirations is a simple and refine contrast between the fruity notes of bitter orange and the spicy tones of sage. The woody signature of white cedar merges with the scented notes of benzoin from Siam. It is a new audacious journey for a man to discover the unexplored scents of the most classic vetiver. For me the quality of this house is very similar to Xerjoff, it is a wonderful perfume, I wonderful nicho house.