Umé
The opening is tart and almost acidic—Japanese ume plum rendered as green, unripe fruit rather than sweet preserve.
The scent fingerprint
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- Plum
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening is tart and almost acidic—Japanese ume plum rendered as green, unripe fruit rather than sweet preserve. There's a fleeting bite of citrus peel and a whisper of shiso leaf, evoking the bracing quality of umeboshi more than dessert. The effect is clean, spare, nearly austere.
As it settles, a soft rice-powder sweetness emerges, balanced by pale woody notes that suggest hinoki or cypress. The plum never fully ripens; instead it hovers between sour and barely sweet, like walking past a tree in early spring. The impression is minimalist but not cold.
This suits someone drawn to restrained, botanical fragrances with a Japanese aesthetic—precise rather than lush, more meditation garden than orchard. It wears close to the skin and fades quietly, leaving behind a faint memory of clean wood and stone.
Scent twins
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