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fkfk777 – :
Completely mad and weirdly compelling. Opening burst is literally hot cereal grain – rice, wheat or barley being toasted in a pan, though that could smell to some people more like old popcorn – with a delicious caramelized sugar aroma humming away underneath. Ok, I am a plebeian rather than a gourmet, but to me this phase also strangely conjured the smell of wet Rice Krispies (no milk), rather than of some high-end Japanese dish. There’s the tiniest tinge of tea, but it’s slightly elbowed aside by that rich, starchy grain.
This enigmatic stage torments you for about an hour. Then some even stranger things start to happen as you detour through a brief dunking in zingy citrus juice, sniff some whiffs of gentler and minimal but rather soapy flower arrangements, and get your nose rubbed in some slightly dirty sappy grass.
Overall: that sugary-toasty-nutty-rice note is wonderful and original, but to me it doesn’t mesh too well with the more dominant ‘smellscape’ of the aromatic, astringent, cooler citrus+flowers later on. It’s really a bit of a riddle in scent.
This is definitely unisex, longevity not bad at all (though the later hours are just the fresh-citrus-floral end, which is the less interesting side for me). It’s well-priced for something so niche, and crazily intriguing: even for a gourmand-hater, this sort of un-sweet approach to the main ingredients makes it worth trying. Liked it so much more than I thought I ever would or could. But for still more of an interesting, wacky, intelligent experiment than something I really want to settle down with long-term.
demon8 – :
Hints of reeds from the tatami you sit on. The trees outside in full spring bloom perfume the breeze with clean, light florals. In front of you steams a cup of tea, roasted and green along with a bowl of rice seasoned with ponzu. You meditate on the meaning of spring as you prepare to eat.
Complex and foodie but not cloying. Different from most citrus scents being warm and cozy rather than sharp and acidic. Decent longevity and sillage.
lench90 – :
This smells exactly as if a sweaty (and hot, obviously) lumberjack went picking flowers in a green lush field in the sun. It’s fresh and a bit dirty at the same time. It’s not really for my skin, but I do appreciate the scent.
Solnce37 – :
Ukiyo-E refers to Fils de dieu de “Etat Libre d’Orange”.
dimka10599 – :
All of Gri Gri perfumes are inspired by some tattoo technique. In Ukiyo-E it’s colorful outlaw Yakuza carps and dragons (originally dating back to absolutely legitimate Samurai tattoo patterns).
The perfume is a woody herbaceous formula with lots of olfactory references to Japan: from genmaicha (green tea with caramel smelling popped-rice) to colorful blossom of the exotic dalphne and ashibi trees. In a way Ukiyo-E is a wabi-sabi fougere.
emela976 – :
A lot like ponzu, or maybe just a simple mixture of soy sauce and lemon juice with rice. Quite pleasant as a scent but makes me crave Japanese food… I wouldn’t wear this.
mbc986Negeltzex – :
Ukiyo-E is soapy dirty with hint of lemon and greeny note on a human flesh. I can sense a slight sweat of a man’s skin but some sort of clean as well. I didn’t like this one.