What sets the glaze and the tassel?

Each cap takes its glaze from the kiln and its tassel from the maker’s hand; neither colour can be requested. Every bottle has a ceramic charm engraved with R.

Will my cap look exactly like the photograph?

Close, not identical. A glaze changes with the light and with each firing, so caps from different firings differ slightly.

Is there a smaller size?

Yes: Eau de Hajime 12 ml, US$45; a 2 ml sample, US$8; or the Discovery Set of five 2 ml vials, US$35.

Eau de Hajime collage: the Ceramic bottle with speckled glaze cap and white tassel, a strip of blue sky and an amber stone — Eau de Hajime, Ceramic 50 ml, with a strip of blue sky and an amber stone.

Chapter I · Chypre Floral · Eau de Parfum

Eau de Hajime Ceramic, 50 ml

Like a first affection

Như lần đầu tiên thương mến

Eau de Hajime in Ceramic is a 50 ml chypre floral Eau de Parfum of pear and white flowers, Rei Nguyen’s first scent. Its clay cap is slip-cast, its mouth cut by hand, then glazed and fired in the kiln, each cap its own shade. 3.855.600 ₫US$155Currently unavailable · expected back late November, incl. 8% VAT. Smell it at our three houses in Ho Chi Minh City.

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Bottle

Patina Three brass pieces 50 ml · 4.536.000 ₫US$180

Ceramic · selected A cap of glazed clay 50 ml · 3.855.600 ₫US$155Currently unavailable · expected back late November

Also in 12 ml, 1.177.200 ₫US$45. Smaller sizes

The kiln decides the glaze and the maker’s hand the tassel, so each Ceramic bottle comes to you as it was finished. Each firing gives the glaze a slightly different shade, so your cap may differ a little from the photograph. Every bottle carries a ceramic charm engraved with R.

3.855.600 ₫US$155Currently unavailable · expected back late November

Incl. 8% VAT

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Currently unavailable · expected back late November

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Delivery We currently deliver within Vietnam only. Visiting from abroad? Collect your order at any of our three houses.
Returns Terms
Smell first On paper and on skin, at our three houses in Ho Chi Minh City. Addresses and hours

The Ceramic bottle

Clay, fire, glaze

Patina takes its colour on brass. Ceramic takes its colour in the kiln.

Studio photograph: hands, linen and the Ceramic bottle — The Ceramic bottle, photographed in the studio.

Why this cap

I · Cast in a mould

Each sphere is cast in a white mould. Its opening is then cut and wiped smooth by hand.

II · A glaze that recalls Chu Đậu

The glazes recall Chu Đậu, the old ceramics of northern Vietnam. Brushed on raw, they are pink. Only the fire shows what the colour will be.

III · Fired in the kiln

The kiln fixes the colour, and each firing gives a slightly different shade. In the hand, the glaze shifts with the light.

IV · Tassel and charm

The tassel comes from the maker’s hand, and a small ceramic charm engraved with R goes into the box beside it.

At the ceramic studio

How a Ceramic cap is made

The mould Liquid clay goes into a row of white moulds.
The opening The opening is cut with a fine tool and wiped with a sponge.
The glaze Raw glaze in the bowl, pink until the fire.
The kiln Glazed spheres in a row, waiting for the fire.

Film · Series #3

Ceramic and fire

At the studio where our caps are made, from a block of clay to a box with a tassel in it.

Ceramic and fire · 1:29 · silent Cut from our studio footage

What you see

The studio and its long table. Clay kneaded on plaster. Liquid clay poured into white moulds. The opening of each sphere cut and wiped. Rows drying on trays. Pink raw glaze brushed on. The kiln. The spheres after the fire, in colours the pink gave no sign of. Last, a box dressed with a tassel and a charm.

The craft of Ceramic All films

The scent inside

The very first

A classic chypre floral, made clean and bright. Oakmoss, bergamot, patchouli and white flowers are all there, with a touch of amber; over them, the green sweetness of early-season pear.

Patina and Ceramic hold the same Eau de Hajime; only the bottle differs.

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Perfumer’s memo

“Hajime” means “the first time” in Japanese. This was the first fragrance I ever created — a beginning held in scent. There was tenderness, clarity, curiosity, and above all, a quiet joy: the joy of finally finding where I belonged.

Rei Nguyen, perfumer

Eau de Hajime in the Patina bottle, the brass pieces on the glass

Same scent in Patina

Eau de Hajime in Patina on Brass

The idea came from relics in Huế; twelve months of research and development went into the Patina line. Three brass pieces are corroded, filed and polished, then set on the glass, and each bottle is one of a kind. How a plate is made

I Brass

II Turning

III Patina

4.536.000 ₫US$180 Incl. 8% VAT

See the Patina bottle

Smaller sizes12 ml 1.177.200 ₫US$452 ml 210.600 ₫US$8Discovery Set, five 2 ml vials, 918.000 ₫US$35

All smaller sizes

For the record

Eau de Hajime Ceramic at a glance

Scent: Eau de Hajime, Chapter I of six
Bottle line: Ceramic, one of two 50 ml lines. The same scent also comes in Patina on Brass.
Volume: 50 ml / 1.7 fl. oz.
Concentration: Eau de Parfum
Family: Chypre Floral
Top: Petitgrain, Pear, Bergamot
Middle: Rose, Sambac Jasmine, Narcissus
Base: Patchouli, Labdanum Resin, Oakmoss, Amber
Cap: Ceramic, slip-cast in a mould, cut at the mouth and sponged smooth, with a glaze that recalls Chu Đậu. How the cap is made
Firing: 1000°C, in the kiln
Glaze and tassel: As the kiln and the maker’s hand left them; each cap its own shade.
Charm: Ceramic, engraved with R
Price: 3.855.600 ₫US$155Currently unavailable · expected back late November, incl. 8% VAT
Smell it: At our three houses in Ho Chi Minh City, open every day: 34 Nguyễn Duy Hiệu, 42 Nguyễn Huệ and 26 Lý Tự Trọng
Delivery: Within Vietnam only, or collect your order at any of the three houses. In Taiwan, through our official distributor, Taigrance
Perfumer: Rei Nguyen
House: R Parfums, an independent fragrance house from Saigon, Vietnam. Sold by NOTE CO., LTD.
Made in: Vietnam

Ingredients (INCI)

Alcohol, Aqua (Water), Parfum (Fragrance), Benzyl Salicylate, Linalool, Geraniol, Limonene, Eugenol, Isoeugenol.

As printed on the Eau de Hajime label. Batch number: on the packaging.

Wear and keep

Spray onto wrists, behind the ears or on the neck, 15–20 cm from the body, on clean, dry skin. Store in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight. Shelf life: 29 months from the manufacturing date. Flammable: keep away from heat and sparks.

The Ceramic line

Ceramic in the other five scents

All six in Ceramic

Prices incl. 8% VAT. Every scent comes in both lines, Ceramic and Patina.

Questions

Questions about Eau de Hajime in Ceramic

Anything else: +84 89 649 0038 or info@r-parfums.com.

What sets the glaze and the tassel?: Each cap takes its glaze from the kiln and its tassel from the maker’s hand; neither colour can be requested. Every bottle has a ceramic charm engraved with R.
Will my cap look exactly like the photograph?: Close, not identical. A glaze changes with the light and with each firing, so caps from different firings differ slightly.
Is there a smaller size?: Yes: Eau de Hajime 12 ml, 1.177.200 ₫US$45; a 2 ml sample, 210.600 ₫US$8; or the Discovery Set of five 2 ml vials, 918.000 ₫US$35. Smaller sizes

Three houses

Smell it, and hold the cap

Each house has all six scents to try on skin, and is open every day.

I · Nguyễn Duy Hiệu R Space, 34 Nguyễn Duy Hiệu, Thảo Điền — An Khánh Ward Ho Chi Minh City Open daily · 8:00–18:00

II · Nguyễn Huệ 42 Nguyễn Huệ, The Café Apartment building — Level 2, Sài Gòn Ward Ho Chi Minh City · inside NOTE – The Scent Lab Open daily · 9:00–22:00

III · Lý Tự Trọng 26 Lý Tự Trọng, Level 3, Sài Gòn Ward Ho Chi Minh City · inside Saigon Scent Lab Open daily · 9:00–22:00

+84 89 649 0038 · info@r-parfums.com

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Fire leaves its fingerprint