Di Ser / ディセル
Di Ser / ディセル
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A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The bergamot and true lavender burst forth with a crisp, almost medicinal brightness, but within moments the rotten onion introduces something pungently savoury—a jolt that feels vaguely unsettling, as though someone's just opened a tin of something deliberately aged and funky. Thyme adds spice and an herbal assertiveness that keeps you questioning what you're actually smelling.
Scottish lavender settles into something far more complex than the opening suggested, while geranium and vetiver weave a deliberately discordant tapestry. The mildew accord—that's the real revelation here—manifests not as unpleasant dampness but as a green, slightly musty depth that makes the florals feel nostalgic, almost melancholic, as though you're smelling lavender from an abandoned Victorian bathroom.
Amber and benzoin provide warmth and a subtle sweetness through tonka bean, but the putridity note persists as a whisper, preventing any comfortable descent into conventional fragrance sweetness. What remains is a resinous base (64% accord) that feels aged and contemplative—the scent of old wood and faded botanical collections, still faintly spiced, still unmistakably itself.
Taiyo is a fragrance that embraces contradiction with an almost perverse confidence. This 2007 Japanese composition doesn't court immediate approval—it demands you sit with its peculiar logic. The opening salvo of true lavender and bergamot suggests civility, but the rotten onion note immediately undermines that promise, introducing a distinctly savoury, almost funky character that feels genuinely transgressive in a fragrance context.
What emerges is a scent of deliberate dissonance: Scottish lavender and geranium establish floral authority (the accord registers at 88%), yet simultaneously, mildew creeps beneath like damp spreading through an old library. The vetiver here isn't the polished, earthy vetiver of mainstream fragrances—it's something altogether greener and more unsettling, caught between herbaceous freshness and subtle rot. This juxtaposition creates an oddly magnetic tension, like watching someone beautifully dressed emerge from a neglected garden.
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