Press · 2023

R Parfums in Scent me the journey: Back to Memories of the South

Published: 19 July 2023
Language: English
Reading time: 1 min

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First published on 19 July 2023. This is a summary; the full piece belongs to the source credited at the end.

An Eau de Hajime bottle on a gold block, its brass plate patinated green, a ribbon of light curling around it; title in Vietnamese: “The first time – where I belong”

Scent me the journey records a conversation with Rei Nguyen in Saigon after the launch of R Parfums, taking the scents one by one.

Eau de Hajime was Rei’s earliest scent; the writer finds it soft, green and juicy. 221B came last, named after the house number of Sherlock Holmes, Rei’s idol: tidy leather, a hint of osmanthus, a tobacco finish. Nostalgic March took the most work, recalling March in Hanoi and sugarcane steeped with pomelo blossom. Béton Chaud is the ‘bravest’, with cumin; Pluviophile is the scent of rain.