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The independent perfume house\u00a0Aroma M<\/a> has just released Geisha Vanilla Hinoki, the first addition to its Geisha collection since 2011’s Geisha Amber Rouge<\/a>. (Just for reference, my personal favorites from this line are Geisha Violet, Geisha Marron<\/a> and Geisha Noire.) Vanilla Hinoki includes notes of\u00a0vanilla, bergamot, clove, cardamom, nutmeg, cedarleaf, lavender, leather, patchouli, amyris and cedarwood, and it was created to evoke “the cloudy, floating, sybaritic sensation” of resting in a Japanese hot-spring pool.<\/p>\n Aroma M has never offered a gourmand fragrance before, unless you count the cocoa note in Geisha Violet (really more of a “fleurmand”). I was surprised to see that this new Geisha was vanilla-themed, and I have mixed feelings about vanilla perfumes. Although I’m a lifelong Shalimar<\/a> fan, I don’t do well with more dessert-y vanilla perfumes: I was already too old for\u00a0Pink Sugar<\/a>\u00a0when it appeared in the United States, and I bought L de Lolita Lempicka<\/a> for the bottle and never wore it much.<\/p>\n Fortunately, Geisha Vanilla Hinoki delivers on its promise of a sophisticated vanilla. Its opening is a warm, glowing bergamot note, and the vanilla heart is overlaid with\u00a0spice notes (clove, cardamom, nutmeg) that balance its sweetness. There’s a hint of smokiness, too, but it’s very gentle; this isn’t a tobacco-y vanilla. In perfume oil form, Vanilla Hinoki smells denser, and its lavender and incense notes seem more evident. As an Eau de Parfum, it has more “lift” and\u00a0continues to give off bursts of citrus and greenish wood.\u00a0(I’ve only encountered a hinoki note once before, in\u00a0Six Scents Series Three #087<\/a> \u2014 what ever happened to that brand, anyway?) Both concentrations have excellent staying power, even on my scent-eating skin.<\/p>\n If you like other sophisticated, non-cupcake vanillas like\u00a0L’Artisan Parfumeur Vanille Absolument<\/a>\u00a0or Atelier Cologne\u00a0Vanille Insens\u00e9e<\/a>, you may also like Geisha Vanilla Hinoki,\u00a0although you really don’t have to be a vanilla-lover at all to enjoy it. It leans slightly feminine, although\u00a0some men could probably wear it as a cozy, cashmere-like layer of scent. Vanilla Hinoki seems very unusual, but\u00a0in an effortless, non-threatening way.\u00a0If it\u00a0were an item of clothing, it would be a soft, lightweight robe that you’d wear just before stepping into one of those Japanese heated spa springs, so beautifully fitted and wrapped that it feels as though it were made for you.\u00a0<\/p>\n Aroma M Geisha Vanilla Hinoki can be pre-ordered at the Aroma M website<\/a> and\u00a0Luckyscent<\/a>, in 50 ml Eau de Parfum (shown, $90) or in Perfume Oil roll-on ($60).<\/p>\n Note: top image is Shiraike Jigoku of Beppu Jigokumeguri, Beppu, Oita prefecture, Japan<\/em><\/a> [cropped] via Wikimedia Commons.<\/p>\n Read the rest of this article »<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The independent perfume house Aroma M<\/a> has just released Geisha Vanilla Hinoki, the first addition to its Geisha collection since 2011’s Geisha Amber Rouge<\/a>. (Just for reference, my personal favorites from this line are Geisha Violet, Geisha Marron<\/a> and Geisha Noire.) Vanilla Hinoki includes notes of vanilla, bergamot, clove, cardamom, nutmeg, cedarleaf, lavender, leather, patchouli, amyris and cedarwood, and it was created to evoke “the cloudy, floating, sybaritic sensation” of resting in a Japanese hot-spring pool.<\/p>\n Aroma M has never offered a gourmand fragrance before, unless you count the cocoa note in Geisha Violet (really more of a “fleurmand”). I was surprised to see that this new Geisha was vanilla-themed, and I have mixed feelings about vanilla perfumes…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[75,107],"class_list":{"0":"post-140694","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-perfume-talk","7":"tag-aroma-m","8":"tag-vanilla","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140694\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Aroma](\"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/arm-hin-s.jpg\")
<\/p>\nPossibly of interest<\/h2>\n
American Perfumer Colorado & Desert Flower ~ fragrance reviews<\/a><\/div>American Perfumer Desert Flower ~ new fragrance<\/a><\/div>Aroma M Geisha Botan ~ fragrance review<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/p>\n