Innocent Melancholy
A floral musk centred on Japanese hamanasu rose, with fruit, white flowers, musk and sandalwood, paired with a poem of the moon, sun and drifting snow.
Neroli, hamanasu and sandalwood form the axis of this floral musk. The brand describes musk's softness layered lightly with hamanasu and other delicate flowers, wrapping everything in a powdery texture. Hamanasu, or Rosa rugosa, is a rose that also grows wild on Japan's coasts, and the one used here is Japanese-grown.
Blackberry, neroli and honeysuckle sit at the top. The sweet-tart dark fruit meets the brightness of neroli, distilled from bitter orange blossoms, and the nectar-like sweetness of honeysuckle, so the scent opens on fruit and white flowers.
In the heart, hamanasu is surrounded by the dense sweetness of ylang-ylang and by rose. The base of musk, amber and sandalwood brings warmth from amber and smooth wood from sandalwood to musk's softness, supporting the flowers from below.
The poem, delivered alongside an original soundtrack created by an artist for this scent, tells of a bond once believed eternal coming to nothing, as the moon and sun pass each other by. Light snow drifts on the wind, settling on a dry heart and scattering. As the name sets innocence beside melancholy, sweet flowers and musk are paired here with a scene tinged with loneliness.
