Aesop

Hwyl

2017
Japanese forest bathing in a bottle — hinoki, moss, and frankincense creating a meditative green-wood sanctuary.
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Sensory Profile

Sweetness Freshness Woodiness Intensity Longevity Complexity

Composition

Concentration Eau de Parfum
Style Niche
Notable Ingredients
hinoki thyme frankincense vetiver cypress moss

Olfactory Structure

Family Woody
Evolution Moderate
Sillage 5/10

Character

Moods

meditative earthy dark minimalist

Season

Autumn Winter

Occasion

Casual

Thematic Territory

Walking through a Japanese cypress forest after rain — the smell of moss, wet bark, and temple incense dissolving into mountain air

Era & Context

Modern

Welsh word meaning a feeling of inspired exhilaration, yet the fragrance channels Japanese forest bathing (shinrin-yoku). Created by Barnabé Fillion, who traveled to Japan's Mount Koya to develop the concept.

Spiritual Links

Comme des Garcons Hinoki
9/10
Woody Foundation Mood Convergence
D.S. & Durga Bowmakers
7/10
Woody Foundation Mood Convergence
Atelier Cologne Cèdre Atlas
7/10
Woody Foundation Natural Purity
Memo Paris Irish Leather
6/10
Woody Foundation Mood Convergence
Memo Paris Sintra
6/10
Woody Foundation Natural Purity
Initio Parfums Privés Blessed Baraka
5/10
Woody Foundation Incense Lineage
Initio Parfums Privés Rehab
5/10
Woody Foundation Mood Convergence
Etat Libre d'Orange Fat Electrician
5/10
Woody Foundation Natural Purity
Prada Infusion d'Iris
5/10
Minimalist Ethos Woody Foundation

Influences

Absorbed from

Comme des Garcons Hinoki The Japanese cypress wood contemplation

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