The Scent of 23-Degree Mornings

I smell like freshly cut grass and I'm not sorry about it. Tokyo Bloom by The Different Company captures something most fragrances miss—that exact moment when spring gives way to summer, when the air tastes green and hopeful. Most floral fragrances feel like someone's idea of pretty. This one smells like stepping outside after rain, when dandelions push through sidewalk cracks and basil grows wild in forgotten corners. The opening hits like morning air through an open window—green, alive, unapologetic. Then jasmine blooms in the heart, but not the cloying kind that screams "feminine fragrance." It's jasmine like you'd find it in real life, mixed with cyclamen petals scattered across grass. Sweet but earned, pretty but grounded. The dry down surprises me every time. Warm musk and wood that somehow doesn't compete with the green notes, just deepens them. Like finding shade under a tree on the year's first hot day. It only lasts three hours, which used to frustrate me. Now I realize that's the point. Some beautiful things aren't meant to overstay their welcome—like spring itself. #beauty #fragrance #greenscents