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BPAL -- Neo-Tokyo
20/7/05 13:29Neo-Tokyo
BPAL says: This scent was created for a very dear friend in Kyoto, with love, admiration and continent-spanning affection. The name itself was inspired by Vladimir. A scent that captures a meeting of the serenity and elegance of ancient Japan, the vibrant, shining, neon-lit and ultra-modern splendor of today's Tokyo and the fantastic electric fantasyland of post-modern manga fantasy. Urban metallics and an ozone-tinged breath of electric light mingled with reedy bamboo, crisp mountain air, cherry blossoms, delicate orchid and a splash of playful, wet fruits.
In the bottle:
Fresh and bitter. A little bit of cherry blossom, but the most prominent notes are the ozone and mountain air--very soft, light, and cold.
Wet:
So subtle. The bamboo comes out a little, and the cherry blossom seems to fade, but most of all it's air, air, air. It's very interesting how it smells like air but doesn't smell like nothing. I'm still trying to decide whether this is a Tokyo smell--on balance, it is a little electric, but far more rural and mountainous.
Dry:
Gone. Ozone, bamboo, and mountain air don't actually smell like much of anything. Such a pleasant smell, still light and cold, but it vanishes fast.
BPAL says: This scent was created for a very dear friend in Kyoto, with love, admiration and continent-spanning affection. The name itself was inspired by Vladimir. A scent that captures a meeting of the serenity and elegance of ancient Japan, the vibrant, shining, neon-lit and ultra-modern splendor of today's Tokyo and the fantastic electric fantasyland of post-modern manga fantasy. Urban metallics and an ozone-tinged breath of electric light mingled with reedy bamboo, crisp mountain air, cherry blossoms, delicate orchid and a splash of playful, wet fruits.
In the bottle:
Fresh and bitter. A little bit of cherry blossom, but the most prominent notes are the ozone and mountain air--very soft, light, and cold.
Wet:
So subtle. The bamboo comes out a little, and the cherry blossom seems to fade, but most of all it's air, air, air. It's very interesting how it smells like air but doesn't smell like nothing. I'm still trying to decide whether this is a Tokyo smell--on balance, it is a little electric, but far more rural and mountainous.
Dry:
Gone. Ozone, bamboo, and mountain air don't actually smell like much of anything. Such a pleasant smell, still light and cold, but it vanishes fast.
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