Transparent evening light stretches deep into the room.
The scent of blossoms calls me to step out onto the garden terrace.
I gather orange star-shaped flowers, wrapping them gently in a white handkerchief.
Six young girls, bearing a resemblance to myself, smile in the soft light.
The flowers return with the seasons, as if marking the passage of time.
In faded family photographs, memories rhyme and return through generations.
Again and again, like a sonnet―an epic poem of recollection.
The scent opens with refreshing notes of citrusy mandarin and the tea-like clarity of clary sage.
It transitions into the sweet, peach-like aroma of osmanthus (Kinmokusei), which softly expands into a gentle floral accord, finally settling into a warm woody base in the drydown.
| Type | Fruity Floral |
|---|---|
| Top Notes | sweet orange, mandarin yellow |
| Middle Notes | osmanthus abs., clary sage, violet, rose |
| Last Notes | sandlewood, bois de rose |
Kinmokusei (Osmanthus fragrans var. aurantiacus) is a small evergreen tree from the Oleaceae family.
