Age of Aquarius

Finally got me a second hand bottle of this discontinued beauty. She’s even better than I remember! I wore this most days in my final year of college. In Texas heat with daily dives into the river, riding my bike, drinking beer, smoking joints, and dancing. It suited it all. Fresh, earthy, vibrant. I’m getting candied bergamot in a lush forest with exotic flowers. Maybe there’s a waterfall near because I detect something minerally like wet stone. It is incredibly natural smelling and improves the longer it sits on skin. Funny memory: once upon a time when I referred to this scent as “my perfume” my ill-matched boyfriend at the time said “that doesn’t even smell like perfume..” (with a stank tone) I guess he only saw legitimacy in cupcake ultra feminine scents.. All the more reason to love this androgynous beauty. Smells like a grounded independent spirit- effortlessly in touch with earth, water, and sky, laughing through life. This is the ultimate, but Finery’s Before the Rainbow is close. They share the mossy covered citrus vibe. However where finery is salty, the orchid shines loudest in AOA.

When the moon is in the seventh house... and Jupiter aligns with Mars... ...Anyway yeah! Age of Aquarius is a curious perfume opening with a very fresh, sweet, exotic floral accord. Truly all I really get from this is citrus, loads of orchid (which is really nice) and a light musk. The whole thing has a freshness and lush green notes. The drydown is woody but still with the flare of that orchid note and not what I would consider a traditionally mossy note but it could be there as that bright bouquet is tempered somehow? I like it...it's okay. One reservation is that the opening is slightly more on the feminine side, however does dry down to just a clean unisex scent. I would wear it but I suspect many men wouldn't. It's definitely an uplifting experience and another positive for Tokyo Milk which are turning out to be a very good collection. Let the sunshine in!

This is my signature, and I am extremely distraught that they discontinued this scent because this is the ONLY fragrance that I've actually ever truly TRULY FALLEN IN LOVE with. I have a fondness for scents that err unisex, but without being too stereotypically 'masculine'--too overwhelmingly spicy or woody. This scent checks the box. I can actually detect every single one of the stated notes--it opens with a pretty well blended orchid that's carried through by the sharpness of bergamot. Upon a closer sniff moss and woodier notes complement and mix in pretty evenly with the white floral, neither overpowering the other. When dried down, the more 'masculine' notes shine through a bit more to a pleasant presence. MARGOT ELENA, PLEASE BRING THIS BACK!!

I recently snagged a bottle from ebay and sadly I think it's showing signs of age. It was never the strongest scent but it really just doesn't last. Honestly heartbreaking because I have never before or again smelled anything quite like it. It has this sparkling citrus that dries down to an ethereal damp earth. I feel like an elf in The Lord of the Rings. I'm afraid to wear it though because I don't ever want it to be gone! But I can tell the bottle that I have has lost some potency. I adore unisex scents and this was the absolute perfect balance. Truly a tragedy that it was discontinued.

I recently purchased this scent on an experimental whim, and I have to say, I'm quite pleased. Once spritzed I first get a whiff of orchid that seems pretty heavy, but this quickly softens and fades a bit. I'm not able to catch as much of the bergamot on me. What I do get is the slightest bit of damp moss that I rather like.