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Nostalgic March in Patina on Brass, 50 ml: three brass pieces in Verde Patina on the glass
Nostalgic March in Patina, 50 ml: three brass pieces in Verde Patina on the glass.

Chapter III · Floral Fruity

Nostalgic March Patina on Brass, 50 ml

A Memory in Bloom

Tháng Ba hoài niệm

Nostalgic March in Patina on Brass is a 50 ml floral fruity eau de parfum by Rei Nguyen of R Parfums: pomelo blossom, sugarcane and rice tea over sandalwood and musk. On the glass sit three brass pieces in Verde Patina, corroded and polished by hand. 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
See how the plate is made

4.536.000 ₫US$180

Incl. 8% VAT

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  • Returns Terms
  • Smell first At our three houses in Ho Chi Minh City, open every day. Addresses and hours

At a glance

Scent
Nostalgic March, Chapter III
Family
Floral Fruity
Plate
Patina on Brass: three hand-finished brass pieces, corroded, filed and set on the glass
Shade
Verde Patina
Volume
50 ml / 1.7 fl. oz.
Concentration
Eau de Parfum
Notes
Top: pomelo blossom, sugarcane, raspberry. Middle: magnolia, tea, lily of the valley. Base: sandalwood, orris, musk, vetiver.
Perfumer
Rei Nguyen
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
Where to smell
34 Nguyễn Duy Hiệu · 42 Nguyễn Huệ · 26 Lý Tự Trọng, Ho Chi Minh City; open every day
Film
Series #1 — The Patina Bottle
Delivery
Within Vietnam only
Sold by
NOTE CO., LTD, Ho Chi Minh City
Made in
Vietnam
Ingredients (INCI), as on the label

Alcohol, Aqua (Water), Parfum (Fragrance), Linalool, Limonene, Geraniol, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Coumarin, Benzyl Benzoate, Benzyl Alcohol, Eugenol.

Wear and keep

Spray onto wrists, behind 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 over a rim of brass
Two pieces, close. The blue-green grains sit over a rim of bare brass.

Why this bottle

Three brass pieces, three states of the same metal

Patina is the thin film that forms on brass in air and moisture. It looks like corrosion; in fact it shields the metal beneath. On this bottle, three pieces hold it at three moments.

  1. I Brass
  2. II Turning
  3. III Patina
Every bottle, its own plate
No two plates come out alike, so yours will differ from the bottle in the photograph. There is no choice of plate: each bottle arrives with its own.
Verde Patina
Nostalgic March wears the house’s Verde Patina, the blue-green it shares with Eau de Hajime and Pluviophile.
Care
Keep the bottle out of direct sunlight and close the cap 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.
Still from the 2022 film: a Nostalgic March Patina bottle lying on white rice, amber perfume behind three brass pieces, one blue-green with patina, under a dark cap rimmed in gold
Film, 2022: Nostalgic March in the Patina bottle among rice, sugarcane and white blossom, with music, looping with the sound off.Film, 2022: Nostalgic March in the Patina bottle among rice, sugarcane and white blossom, with music, looping with the sound off.
Filmed in 2022 · with music, muted here
A hand reaches for the cap of a Nostalgic March Patina bottle; split sugarcane, small white blossoms and green sprigs in front, an olive-green wall behind
Photographed in 2022: the bottle among sugarcane and white blossom.

Film · Nostalgic March, 2022

Rice, sugarcane, white blossom

The short film made for Nostalgic March. The bottle stands on a mirror among ears of rice, then between split sugarcane and white blossom. It lies on a bed of white rice, the brass pieces close to the lens. At the end, a hand reaches for the cap.

Filmed and photographed in 2022. The bottle you receive is the Patina bottle as it is made today, with a plate of its own.

All five films of 2022

Film · Series #1

The Patina Bottle

Series #1 follows patina on brass, the material that has been R Parfums’ signature since the first day.

A Patina bottle with a gold cap on top of a rough stone post, lit by low sun; a dark railing to the left, dry grass and dark water behind
Watch the film

Series #1 — The Patina Bottle

Poster: hands polishing a patina plate.

Where it began

How a plate is made

The idea came from relics in Huế.

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

  1. Warmed, then coloured by hand The brass is warmed, then given thin washes of oxides and metal salts, by brush, spray or sponge. The pattern comes from the chemistry and from the hand.
  2. Filed and polished Once the colour has taken, each piece is filed and polished before it goes onto 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 protects each piece and still lets the patina breathe. The coat slows the change; it does not stop it.

The scent · Chapter III

Hanoi in March, from morning to night

In old Hanoi, sugarcane was cut, threaded on skewers and left among pomelo blossoms to take their scent, then eaten with afternoon tea. Nostalgic March brings back that almost forgotten custom: pomelo blossom like thin silk and the clear sweetness of sugarcane in the top notes, fragrant rice tea in the middle, softened by a layer of musk.

Ink drawing for Nostalgic March
Top notes
Pomelo Blossom, Sugarcane, Raspberry Morning · Hàng Buồm opening in the early mist
Middle notes
Magnolia, Tea, Lily of the Valley Afternoon · the shadows of Phan Đình Phùng
Base notes
Sandalwood, Orris, Musk, Vetiver Late night · Hàng Đào lights up, the city falls quiet

Its sweetness comes not from vanilla or caramel but from rice tea, honey, blossom and rice cake. The base never pushes forward: in the house’s words, it “remains quiet, yet it endures.” The perfume is the same in the Patina and the Ceramic bottle.

Perfumer’s memo · Rei Nguyen

‘I named this fragrance “Nostalgic March” not because Tràng An has disappeared, but because the ritual of that season has begun to fade.’

‘A bite of sugarcane on a skewer.
A slow cup of afternoon tea.
How long has it been since we last allowed ourselves such ease?’

A Ceramic bottle with a white glaze cap, tassel and R charm, on a broken ceramic plate and a stone

The same scent in Ceramic · 50 ml

Nostalgic March, under a ceramic cap

A round cap fired at 1000°C, in a glaze that recalls Chu Đậu ceramics. The glaze shifts with the light and with each firing. The glaze follows the scent, white for Nostalgic March, and the maker’s hand the tassel, so each Ceramic bottle comes to you as it was finished. Each one carries a two-sided ceramic charm: the R logo on one face, the name of its scent on the other.

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. Eau de Hajime and Pluviophile share the Verde Patina of Nostalgic March; 221B, Shadow Éclat and Béton Chaud wear Brown Blue Patina.

See the Patina collection

Questions about Nostalgic March

What does Nostalgic March smell like?

Nostalgic March, by R Parfums, is a floral fruity eau de parfum. Pomelo blossom, sugarcane and raspberry open it; magnolia, rice tea and lily of the valley follow; sandalwood, orris, musk and vetiver stay at the base. Its sweetness comes from rice tea, honey, blossom and rice cake rather than vanilla or caramel, and the base remains quiet.

What memory is it built on?

An old Hanoi custom: sugarcane cut, threaded on skewers and left among pomelo blossoms to take their scent, then eaten with afternoon tea. Rei Nguyen named the perfume for the ritual of that season, which has begun to fade.

Is there a smaller size?

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

Before you choose

Smell it, and hold the bottle

Smell Nostalgic March on paper and on skin, and see the brass pieces of a Patina bottle in daylight, at any of our three houses in Ho Chi Minh City.

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

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Nostalgic March · Patina 50 ml4.536.000 ₫US$180 · Incl. 8% VAT