YOSH Perfumes

YOSH perfumes. Got some samples back in September and I am finally getting around to really wearing them with abandon. Yowsa! These babies are expensive. To give some perspective: The lovely Bois des Iles parfum, by Chanel, is 155 US$ for 15 ml. Yosh perfumes are 135 US$ for 8 ml. All I can really offer is some sort of grunting noise, followed by an expletive. If they were more reasonably priced, I would certainly buy two of the three that I have tried.

Ginger Ciao- PerfumeHound tried this one on a while back, even before I had a chance to. It opened beautifully with dark, sweet ginger, then went strangely to lemon grass and reminded both of us of Thai cooking. She wrote it off quickly. On me it was sweet and smooth, then I too got a lemon grass note. However on me it just smelled more like a coconut/lemon grass soap- definitely soapy notes into the heart and drydown which made it seem a lot more ordinary to me. Amusing but not enough to capture.

White Flowers- Oh! This one opens dew drenched, green, pollen-like, waxy, spring-into-summer-morning, fresh, singular blossom, green tea, refreshing, young. In a word = fabulous. It matures to a wonderful, clean, garden of white flowers, and then dries down somewhat familiar. This one shimmers with clear, delicate notes and not a hint of powder. If it were a painting it would be a fine watercolor. The closest thing I have to it is Kai, but even Kai falls way short and way flat against this perfume that smells so much like a real garden in early summer. Wow. (How did Ms. Yosh do that?)

Omniscent- PerfumeHound kept insisting that this one was ãwitchy perfume.ä Something made me keep going back to it though. This one opens sweet, hot, white, clean, peppery, mouthwatering, addictive smelling. A few minutes later itâs almost like I'm cooking an exotic meal while wearing a sandalwood based Opium and over my shoulder is an open window and I can smell the garden filled with sweet flowers beyond. The perfume then matures to a very heady, powerful mix of floral spiciness and reminds me of some of my favorite winter perfumes all rolled into one (Coco, Opium pour Homme, Ceylon, Gothic I, Asma.) Hours later it is unmistakably Oriental but it has softness and has mellowed. The flowers threaten to, but never completely burst through the spices and are more like supporting players in the mix. This is the one I really want. Have already gotten 3 compliments on it and it hangs in for a long time on my skin. I guess Iâll be ordering another $6 sample. :~/

Iâm certainly considering trying her other creations as well now- although I still think the price for the miniscule bottle is astronomical and canât imagine ever shelling forth that kind of dough for these. Ah well...

I understand what you mean about perfume oils being a bit one dimensional. On me, the Yosh's behave much more like true perfumes- especially the Omniscent and the White Flowers. Both are very complex creations imho. Then again it could just be my chemisty. Many have lauded DSH perfume oils as "the ultimate" in depth and creativiity. On me they tend to go flat and dry down to the same base (Ceylon is the only one of hers that I enjoy wearing and I think I've tried over 50 of her oils by now.)

Very good! You certainly could get a lot of great Thai meals for the price of the perfume. Hmmmm....

(Acting as goad,) let me know if you want me to send you the Ginger Caio- I probably won't be wearing it again.

Thanks for the links BGal! You always seem to be up on the latest/greatest.

I had seen her Urban Essence advertized along with an urban, creative arts collaboration and became intrigued a bit. You've cured me of that mostly though- and my pocket book thanks you!

Hadn't heard much about her pirate oils but figured I would seek them out eventually. The U4eahh I wasn't all that interested in- ditto for the tea rose one- but after trying three of her oils, I'm thinking of sampling the rest.