April Lies
Lemon and fresh green shoots meet jasmine and rose, settling into soft ambrette and musk after an April rain.
Perfumer: Steve Guo
April Lies rises like the scent of wet April ground just after the rain. Lemon lifts the air first with a clean sourness, while poplar buds and morning dew bring the green, damp feel of shoots that have only just broken through. The picture behind it is a spring scene of willows putting out new buds as flowers open all around.
At the heart sit jasmine, rose and orchid, laying floral sweetness over that young greenery so the scent fills out. If a life were measured in months, April would be adolescence, and true to its Chinese-character name, 无邪, meaning innocence, the scent keeps a slightly unruly brightness instead of polishing it away.
Underneath, ambrette seed and musk stay soft and close to the skin, while cedarwood and willow draw a slim woody outline around everything. Composed by Steve Guo.
