- Top notes
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Pomelo Blossom, Sugarcane, Raspberry
They open the scent: the blossom and the cane arrive together, and raspberry brightens them.
Morning · Hàng Buồm, in the early mist
White pomelo blossom from a vendor’s basket. Peeled sugarcane that has lain among the petals. Then raspberry, bright as young sun on old brick.
- Middle notes
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Magnolia, Tea, Lily of the Valley
They hold the heart of the scent: tea, kept open by magnolia and lily of the valley.
Afternoon · the shade on Phan Đình Phùng
Tea, for an afternoon on the porch. Magnolia, like light coming through the sấu trees onto the pavement. Lily of the valley, white and clear, gives the middle notes room to breathe. Nothing here hurries; it opens the way tea steeps.
- Base notes
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Sandalwood, Orris, Musk, Vetiver
They carry it into the dry-down: sandalwood and orris underneath, musk to soften, vetiver to keep it dry.
Late night · Hàng Đào, under the lamps
Sandalwood for the floor. Orris, faintly powdery, like thin smoke after dark. Musk, like a discreet embrace. Vetiver, dry and a little green, is the cool air down an old street once the lamps are on. The base does not burst out. It stays, like a church bell heard across the old quarter.
- Dry-down
- Sweet, but not with vanilla or caramel: sweet the way honeyed tea is, a taste that lingers after the sip.
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