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Eau de Hajime in the Patina bottle, the three brass pieces on the glass
Eau de Hajime, Patina 50 ml. Your bottle arrives with a plate of its own.

Chapter I · Chypre Floral

Eau de Hajime Patina on Brass, 50 ml

Like a first affection

Như lần đầu tiên thương mến

Eau de Hajime in Patina on Brass is a 50 ml chypre floral Eau de Parfum of pear and white flowers, the first scent Rei Nguyen created. Three brass pieces, patinated blue-green and set on the glass by hand, make each bottle its own. The bottle is 4.536.000 ₫US$180, incl. 8% VAT. Smell it at our three houses in Ho Chi Minh City.

Bottle

Patina · selected Three pieces of brass 4.536.000 ₫US$180
Ceramic Glazed ceramic cap 3.855.600 ₫US$155Currently unavailable · expected back late November
Also in 12 ml — 1.177.200 ₫US$45
Watch how the plate is made

4.536.000 ₫US$180

Incl. 8% VAT

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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 At our three houses in Ho Chi Minh City, open daily. Addresses and hours

Eau de Hajime Patina at a glance

Scent
Eau de Hajime, Chapter I
Family
Chypre Floral
Concentration
Eau de Parfum
Notes
Top: petitgrain, pear, bergamot. Middle: rose, sambac jasmine, narcissus. Base: patchouli, labdanum resin, oakmoss, amber.
Perfumer
Rei Nguyen
Plate
Patina on Brass: three hand-finished brass pieces on the glass, sealed under a UV-resistant coat. How the plate is made
Shade
Verde Patina, blue-green
Volume
50 ml / 1.7 fl. oz.
Price
4.536.000 ₫US$180, incl. 8% VAT
Also as
Ceramic 50 ml, 3.855.600 ₫US$155Currently unavailable · expected back late November · 12 ml, 1.177.200 ₫US$45 · 2 ml sample, 210.600 ₫US$8
Smell it
At three houses in Ho Chi Minh City, open daily
Delivery
Within Vietnam only, or collect your order at any of the three houses. In Taiwan, through our official distributor, Taigrance
Payment
Bank Transfer by VietQR (VND) or Credit Card (USD)
Care
Store in a cool, dry place, away from direct sunlight. Close the cap tightly after use. No particular care is needed: left alone, the brass keeps taking on its patina, and the longer it goes, the more beautiful it becomes. The one piece still bare brass can simply be dusted now and then.
House
R Parfums, an independent fragrance house from Saigon, Vietnam · sold by NOTE CO., LTD
Made in
Vietnam
Ingredients (INCI), as on the label

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

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. Flammable: keep away from heat and sparks.

Two patina pieces, close: blue-green grains spreading over a brass edge
Two pieces, close: blue-green grains on a brass edge.

Why this bottle

Three hand-finished brass pieces on the glass

Patina is the thin film that forms on brass in air and moisture. It looks like corrosion; in fact it shields the metal beneath.

The idea came from relics in Huế.

  1. I Brass
  2. II Turning
  3. III Patina

Between the plates, the perfume glows gold through the glass and holds the three together.

One of a kind
No two plates come out alike, so each bottle is an original made for one owner. Yours will not match the photograph, and the plate cannot be chosen.
Verde Patina
Eau de Hajime wears blue-green, the colour the house keeps for its lighter scents.
Still from the 2022 film: two hands hold an Eau de Hajime Patina bottle with a gold cap against a pale wall, the plate reading ‘R PARFUMS Eau de Hajime’
Film, 2022: Eau de Hajime in the Patina bottle with pears and white flowers on a slab of stone, with music; it loops here with the sound off.Film, 2022: Eau de Hajime in the Patina bottle with pears and white flowers on a slab of stone, with music; it loops here with the sound off.
Filmed in 2022 · with music, muted here

Film · Eau de Hajime, 2022

Pears, stone and white flowers

The short film made for Eau de Hajime in 2022. A white flower falls past the bottle on a slab of stone. The camera finds ripe pears, beaded with water. Two hands hold the bottle up to show its plate; then a hand sets it down among halved pears and white flowers.

The bottle you receive is the Patina bottle as it is made today.

All five films of 2022

Film · Series #1

The Patina Bottle, on film

The first film in our craft series follows the material on this bottle, from the house’s first day to now.

Hands polishing a patina plate on a black ceramic dish, beside plates already finished
A piece is filed and polished before it goes on the glass.

How a plate is made

  1. Warmed, then coloured by hand

    The brass is warmed until the moisture lifts, then given thin washes of oxides and metal salts, by brush, spray or sponge. The chemistry gives the colour; the hand gives the pattern.

  2. Filed and polished

    Each piece is ground and polished so it sits close on the glass.

  3. Three pieces set on the glass

    Three to a bottle: one left whole, one fully patinated, one caught midway.

  4. Sealed under a UV-resistant coat

    It keeps hard light off the patina and still lets it breathe. The coat slows the change; it does not stop it.

The scent · Chapter I

Like a first affection

Hajime means “the first time” in Japanese. A classic chypre made clean and bright: white flowers with the green sweetness of an early-season pear, and a touch of amber underneath.

Ink drawing for Eau de Hajime
Top notes
Petitgrain, Pear, Bergamot
Middle notes
Rose, Sambac Jasmine, Narcissus
Base notes
Patchouli, Labdanum Resin, Oakmoss, Amber
“This was the first fragrance I ever created — a beginning held in scent.”
Perfumer’s memo · Rei Nguyen

The perfume is the same in every Eau de Hajime bottle. The chapter tells the rest: narcissus, a flower that will not give up its oil to steam, and the three or four weeks a bulb takes to flower.

Read the chapter: Eau de Hajime
Eau de Hajime collage: the Ceramic bottle with a speckled glaze cap and a tassel, a strip of blue sky and an amber stone

The same scent, the other bottle · 50 ml

Eau de Hajime in Ceramic

A round cap fired at 1000°C, in a glaze that recalls Chu Đậu ceramics. Each Ceramic bottle carries a two-sided ceramic charm: the R logo on one face, the name of its scent on the other. How the cap is made

The glaze follows the scent, speckled for Eau de Hajime, and the maker’s hand the tassel, so each Ceramic bottle comes to you as it was finished.

3.855.600 ₫US$155Currently unavailable · expected back late November Incl. 8% VAT
See it in Ceramic

Smaller sizes 12 ml — 1.177.200 ₫US$45 2 ml sample — 210.600 ₫US$8 Discovery Set, five 2 ml vials — 918.000 ₫US$35

The Patina line

Patina in the other five scents

All six scents come in the Patina bottle, 50 ml. Pluviophile and Nostalgic March share Hajime’s Verde Patina; 221B, Shadow Éclat and Béton Chaud wear Brown Blue Patina.

See the Patina collection

Questions about Eau de Hajime

What does Eau de Hajime smell like?

Eau de Hajime, by R Parfums, is pear and flowers over moss: a classic chypre made clean and bright. Petitgrain, pear and bergamot open onto rose, sambac jasmine and narcissus, over patchouli, labdanum resin, oakmoss and amber.

Why is it called Eau de Hajime?

Hajime means “the first time” in Japanese. Eau de Hajime was the first fragrance Rei Nguyen created, and it is Chapter I of the house’s six scents. Read the chapter

Is there a smaller size?

Yes. Eau de Hajime also comes in a 12 ml bottle at 1.177.200 ₫US$45 and as a 2 ml sample at 210.600 ₫US$8. It is also one of the five vials in the Discovery Set, 918.000 ₫US$35. Smaller sizes

Before you choose

Smell it, and hold the bottle

Try Eau de Hajime on paper and on skin, and see the brass pieces in daylight. Each house has all six scents to try on skin.

House 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

House III · Lý Tự Trọng

26 Lý Tự Trọng, Level 3, Sài Gòn Ward, Ho Chi Minh City
Inside Saigon Scent Lab

Open daily · 10:00–⁠21:30

Hotline +84 89 649 0038 · info@r-parfums.com

Visit the houses

Time leaves a fingerprint.

Eau de Hajime · Patina 50 ml4.536.000 ₫US$180 · Incl. 8% VAT