Gentle King 温柔的狮

smell of hormones, but like the name says, in a very gentle way, I think it is a very unique fragrance, too bad they only sell it in china since it is a small brand

This is a stunning piece of work by the perfumer Feng Tianle, the inspiration, imagery, and feelings it evokes are real. The scent has a subtle airy quality that keeps progressing over time, "gentle" indeed, to me, at the start it's like a blend of aldehydes and dry violet leaf hints with some balminess from the Peru balsam maybe that slowly starts coming in, before labdanum takes up center stage, stays throughout, hay, Sichuan peppers contribute to the overall feel of the scent, and slight sweetness comes in gradually, the oud here is fleeting, sometimes when I visit this I detect it a lot in the far dry down prominently, and sometimes I don't. But when I do it's that dirty-natured complex oud note mingling with the other ingredients, like a warm breath, the gentle animalic touch of this is what sets it apart, each note has been carefully worked around with to capture the essence of what it would feel like to have your eyes see a Lion, to feel it's habitat and the instinct of the animal, albeit, in a somewhat sophisticated manner, something definitely worthy of appreciation.