Hinoki Sesame - elsewhere Eau de Parfum - 15ml Travel Sprayer

Fasbulous Fragrance, poor performance

I adore this scent. I can't stress that enough. I have loved every fragrance I've tried from Dilo. Hinoki Sesame is probably my favorite, although its hard to choose. Unfortunately its performance is really poor. Palo Santo fades fairly quickly and remains a skin scent. Cactus flower is somewhat watery and doesn't have that syrupy thickness of most traditional perfume but its sillage and longevity are pretty acceptable. Hinoki Sesame on the other hand vanishes in less than 10 minutes. It's sillage is very weak to begin with but once it's gone it's gone. No lingering skin scent. Nothing. And for me this is an absolute tragedy because of how lovely the fragrance is. Perhaps there's something wrong with my batch.

very summery

A lot more citrus and fresh smelling than I expected but still love it- great summer fragrance

The sesame is *very* light in this. It is not a toasted sesame, but rather the light raw sesame seed scent (if you've ever opened a bag of raw seeds, you'll get the idea). I have quite a few fragrances with sesame and was hoping this would fill the woody and green but not sweet gap. Unfortunately, this is not it. The sesame here adds more to the light woody element than as a distinct note itself. As much cypress and cedar is listed in the notes, I was also expecting this to be more green/fresh, which it also is not. It's a fine fragrance, just a bit unremarkable. Overall, this is a light hinoki and incense fragrance where the citrus/cypress are not individually discernable but keep the wood from being overbearing. This is quite unisex and certainly office safe. If I had been able to find a sample beforehand, I would not have purchased this, but that is personal preference, as perfumes go.