Vision and Scent – Two Senses Walking Together in Emotional Memory
Memory is never preserved by one sense alone. Some images linger not because we have seen them countless times, but because each time we return to them, scents, sounds, and sensations resurface in unison. Between sight and smell exists a silent yet enduring bond. An image can evoke a fragrance, and a fragrance can resurrect forgotten images the eyes once left behind.
It is no coincidence that a fleeting scent can suddenly remind us of sunlight streaming through a morning window, a gentle smile, or the delicate touch of sheer voile against the skin. These seemingly disparate details in fact coexist within emotional memory. Their resonance creates moments that are fuller, deeper, more enduring than what the eyes alone can perceive.
Fragrance – A Doorway to Images Remembered Without Photographs
There are moments etched in memory, even without being captured. Not grand scenes, but everyday fragments suffused with emotion: a hesitant meeting of eyes, a radiant smile in stillness, or sunlight filtering through leaves, brushing across a swaying dress.
These images are not preserved by cameras but by sensation. Scent is the quiet thread weaving these visual fragments together, so that when a note brushes past, the whole scene awakens, vivid and intact beyond any film.
In those moments, fragrance is not merely perfume. It becomes an unspoken language of emotion, a doorway to memory, a medium to sketch images both raw and true.
Eau de Hajime – A Fragrance Painting the Vision of First Times
Eau de Hajime was created from these very pristine emotions. Hajime, meaning “beginning” or “first time” in Japanese, is not simply a milestone. It embodies the tenderness of new beginnings – where everything feels unfamiliar yet filled with gentle warmth.
What makes Eau de Hajime unique lies in its ability to awaken emotional vision through each unfolding layer. Hajime does not recreate a ritual or a fixed scene. It does not speak of a grand ceremony, nor does it recall predetermined images.
Instead, it touches upon shades of sensation – fleeting light, sudden smiles, hesitant glances – moments so subtle that even those within them may not realize they will become memory.
That is why Eau de Hajime becomes a creation capable of painting the vision of first times: images never photographed, yet reassembled effortlessly in the mind each time the scent is encountered.
The Opening Notes – Smiles and Light
Hajime begins with petitgrain, pear, and bergamot. A luminous, pure opening like a first smile in slanting sunlight. Petitgrain adds fresh green vibrancy, pear brings soft gentleness to the palate of emotion, while bergamot lends a subtle citrus tang – a sweet thrill echoing the innocence of beginnings.
The Heart Notes – Gentle, Wordless Moments
Rose, jasmine, and jonquil absolute take the heart, not loud, not ostentatious. They resemble the quiet gaze where emotions are shared without words. Jonquil absolute, drawn from golden daffodils, lends warm sunlight to the floral base, recalling the feeling of light filtering softly through sheer fabric.
The Base Notes – Echoes of Preserved Emotion
Hajime’s base lingers with depth and warmth. Patchouli and labdanum provide rich intensity, moss preserves a cool whisper of space, while amber closes with soft, tender resonance – like the gentle touch of memory resting on the skin.
Hajime – How R Parfums Preserves Vision Through the Language of Scent
Not every moment needs a photograph to endure. The most delicate, authentic memories deserve to be kept in silence. Eau de Hajime is how R Parfums chooses to paint vision through fragrance. It does not frame the wearer into a prewritten story, but instead creates an emotional space for each to sketch their own tender first times.
Hajime is not dazzling. It does not seize attention at first glance. But when the scent brushes across the skin, something personal unfolds – the feeling of stepping into a place you wish to stay, the glance that makes you linger, or the realization that even the smallest moment can leave a lasting smile.
Hajime does not preserve images. It preserves feelings. And sometimes, it is precisely those feelings that make memory eternal.
Eau de Hajime Product Information
- Fragrance Family: Chypre Floral
- Sizes: Eau de Parfum 50ml, 12ml
- Top Notes: petitgrain, pear, bergamot
- Middle Notes: rose, jasmine, jonquil absolute
- Base Notes: patchouli, labdanum, moss, amber
