Description
White Flowers is the essence of eternal
love captured in a bouquet of all white
flowers: gardenia, tuberose, freesia, lilac,
sweet pea, and narcissus. Unlike other
floral perfumes, this fragrance has a
clean, green finish accomplished with
hints of pettitgrain and Siberian fir. It’s a
classic floral with modern finesse.
Delicate, sophisticated, and elegant.
PERFUMER’S NOTES:
White Flowers is a complex floral fragrance with a green finish. People often ask me what that means.
It means that there are many white flowers in this fragrance but, unlike other floral fragrances, this
perfume does not linger nor become sweet or cloying. Instead, it has a green finish, which is like a
wine with a dry finish. When you smell this fragrance, you notice how complex the floral notes are and
then notice that fresh finish. The fresh finish comes from the pettitgrain and Siberian fir, which give this
fragrance the feeling of an immense bouquet of freshly picked flowers.
My mother is a master of Ikebana, the art of Japanese flower arrangement. She would often talk about
the balance in a composition, which isn’t just about the bloom of the flower but also the relationship of
the flower to the stems and leaves, the vessel and space. This is the idea I used to compose White
Flowers.
I originally created this scent to honor the white flowers in a wedding bouquet, but it has become much
more than that. When you wear this fragrance, you might feel transported outdoors. There’s a natural
aromaticquality to it that smells great on men. You might think it would be too floral, but, on men, the
green notes come forward and the floral notes fall back. It’s wonderfully fresh, but also complex and
sophisticated. I fall in love with this fragrance over and over again because it never fails to surprise me.
FRAGRANCE FAMILY: Green, floral
CHAKRA: 4, Heart
NUMEROLOGY: 1, independent, original, Self
AFFIRMATION: I open my heart and breathe life in.
COLOR: Navy, intuition, loyalty The nose behind this fragrance is Yosh Han.
ElinoNakcoani – :
A huge sweet white floral. Almost all of the florals are detectable. The gardenia, jasmine, lilac, tuberose, violet, lily, sweet pea. Yes, it does have a green undertone. In the top, it did make me sneeze. And, as promised after the sweet floral burns off, it does get greener and soapier. All of Yosh frags have this Easter lily quality to them. I think the lilac gets stronger in this.
ras393Negeltzex – :
A big, retro style white floral. Very dry and green, especially in the opening. Clean and virginal – reminds me a lot of Jontue; it’s more floral but has that almost strident innocence and greenness. Soapy and fresh; clean white laundry snapping briskly in the breeze. Green green summer hills in the Alps. Wholesome and lively.
Dmitriy_ua – :
On me the DAFFODIL is prominent. The most realistic DAFFODIL I’ve ever smelled in a perfume. This is not at all sweet. At first I thought it was another blind buy boo-boo; then I realized it is ideal LAYERING. Today I layered it with Lu Lu, Lu Lu Guiness; to add sweetness + sparkle, and I got a compliment!
psq900Negeltzex – :
The drydown has to be one of the best drydowns I have ever experienced.
And it’s almost too difficult to explain – it’s green, warm and creamy. Extremely sunny, delicious.
The opening is a huge blast of florals, attacking with the speed of light! It’s mostly a huge dose lilacs and freesias. Just when you think it’s going to stay soapy-sharp, other flowers start to come out and lay a soft, fluffy, warm blanket on top of your skin. It’s like swimming in giant petal heaven!
It has nothing to do with Fracas, so if you are looking for a tuberose bomb with bubblegummy quality – this isn’t it. It has more to do with beachy-green white florals. I find it simiar to ginger ciao in this sense, minus the coconut. It’s a yes from me!
Also, it’s huge, one spray fills up a room, lasts for days!
ysi961Negeltzex – :
Green white florals, a lot of freesia and lilac as well rather than the richer gardenia /tuberose. Better for spring, very fresh, not an overly sweet or indolic treatment of the white florals here. Good for work or formal daytime settings. Pretty but doesn’t wow me like the richer white florals.
bonch283 – :
This fragrance is PERFECT. Definitely try this on your skin, because I used to hate on this perfume from sampling it on a tester card at my local fragrance boutique. On paper, it smelled like urine…like dead, dried out daffodils.
But on my skin, DEAR SWEET JESUS. Freesia, Daffodil, Lilac, and Gardenia. Three of those are my three favorite flowers, Freesia, Daffodil, and Gardenia…and they dominate this beautiful scent.
It’s not linear; it’s quite complicated, and it unfolds in time like great perfumes should. After the initial burst of a dewy, floral bouquet, it settles down into a beautiful, sparkling, powdery dry down. There’s an undertone of greenness, representing the leaves, stems, and crispness of cut stems.
This is my idea of love, in a fragrance. Dominant freesia, realistic representation, and natural crispness. Perfection.
irg – :
Interesting enough – even though I should feel White Flowers dominating this perfume, I don’t. For me it is all about the green leaves and soil underneath the flowers. The first half an hour of this scent was breath taking, freshly cut green leaves with flower petals, a wonderful composition with greatest quality and uniqueness.
Unfortunately the dry down is far to soapy for me, I start to feel lilacs which here dominates for me the most (from flowers, I mean) and gives a metallic vibe, also rose and fir are rather noticeable making this smell like an expensive soap all trough the dry down.
A pity indeed. But as I can understand from other reviews – it has much to do with skin chemistry, so give this a try. This is a high quality stuff and the opening/heart was heavenly beautiful.
PaoloKriћmanic – :
I love to wear white florals because I find them uplifting and energizing. White Flowers is in my list of top 5 most-amazing-white-flower-fragrances, and I feel like it’s one of those scents I’ve always longed for. Yosh Han has an ability that, to me, is purely magical: she makes fragrances smell like living things. White Flowers smells purely of garden flowers, but it has none of the sharpness, sourness, or boldness for which white florals are known. This is so gentle and ethereal it seems more like a vision than a perfume.
pokoinik9379992 – :
Another interesting fragrance from Yosh. Stargazer is a sugary/clean white floral that I guess has lily as the dominant floral note. I actually can appreciate the smell of this one (when applied sparingly), however, once again, I wouldn’t wear it.
Leaman – :
Pretty Spring daytime fragrance. The name says it all. Nothing particularly groundbreaking in perfumery, but very nice. The green note is there, but the florals definitely dominate.
Deroxswdsb – :
I met Yosh today, in Barneys SF. I “experienced” White Flowers and it was beautiful! She said it was a simple floral for daytime. Sure, but much more. Experience is the correct term for this fragrance because you smell petals, the inside of the flowers, the green base ( ok, I’m not a botanist), the stem, and everything that is mentioned in her discription and that’s without her detailed description! It’s uplifting, in it’s simple beauty, just as Japanese flower arranging is. OMG! It’s a quiet smile. Ahaaaa…
DyectDres – :
This scent (EDP version) does transport you to a beautiful floral garden.
Light and refreshing. As described about, “on men, the green notes come forward and the floral notes fall back.”
When I wear this scent, I feel like I have finished a day of relaxation at some expensive spa.