Description
In hand my clay cup,
sake, moonlight shines in it
pink snow falling down.
(haiku no.1; Japan :: Moonlight series, 2017)
“Hanami” is the Japanese pastime of picnicking below the Sakura cherry trees while in blossom. The act of gazing at the blossoms as they fall like snow is an essential moment of beauty, and death. It is an integral experience for the Japanese culture. It happens each Spring and represents the collective spirit of their lives, their connection to nature and the earth.
Gekkou Hanami takes this concept and esoteric meaning and expresses it in a fresh, Spring-like aroma suffused with classic Japanese cultural references: Sake, Yuzu, Osmanthus, Hinoki, and of course, Sakura Blossoms. It is filled with cool radiant light but journeys into the night sky until it rests on the darker, more meditative notes of Frankincense, and Cedarwood.
*sample vials for EdP and VdP are 1/2 filled; perfume and voile parfum mini roller vials are filled.
ponderbread –
This is lovely and not my usual thing at all. Very gentle cherry blossom floral with what comes across to me as almost a freshly cut stems accord (maybe it’s my brain misinterpreting the yuzu). I don’t really pick up on the cedar, which is fine with me because I’m not a huge fan of cedar, and I don’t know what sake smells like so I can’t comment on the accuracy of that note. This is just straight-up aromatherapy, more so than maybe any other fragrance I’ve tried. I see a bottle of this in my future.
saw83 –
Gorgeous. I am not literate in perfume vocabulary, but this is a perfect light, fresh floral. My other DSH favorites so far are Tsukiyo-en and Rain, for reference.
AE (verified owner) –
Delicate floral. The cedar & frankincense accord is similar to the woodsy notes in Tsukimi.
D (verified owner) –
Scent: Gekkou Hanami (Sakura gazing in the Moonlight); Format: Perfume/Extrait/Extract; Dry with fresh and wood notes cherry blossom scent. Not a heavy floral scent. Impression is of a long, cool, possibly lonely, night where one is greeted by beautiful flowers and trees.
Florence Lau –
I first smell a delicate herbal overtones, with a sweet green scent like the sap in flower stems, opening to a powdery floral heart. Smells growth & spring- so aptly named