Japanese cypress in its purest form — wet temple wood, steam, and the stillness of a hinoki bath at dawn.
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Sensory Profile
Composition
Concentration Eau de Parfum
Style Avant-garde
Notable Ingredients
hinoki cypress Colorado cypress cedarwood atlas Japanese hiba oil temple incense
Olfactory Structure
Family Woody
Evolution Linear
Sillage 3/10
Character
Moods
serene meditative minimalist earthy
Season
Autumn Spring
Occasion
AllThematic Territory
A hinoki cypress bath at a mountain temple — wet wood, steam, stillness, and the quiet geometry of Japanese architecture
Era & Context
Deconstructed
Part of CdG's 2002 Series 3: Incense collection alongside Avignon, Jaisalmer, Kyoto, and Ouarzazate. While other entries explored religious incense traditions of various cultures, Hinoki distilled specifically Japanese sacred architecture into scent — not incense burning inside the temple, but the temple itself.
Spiritual Links
Influences
Absorbed from
Comme des Garcons CdG 2 Japanese contemplative aesthetic channeled from cerebral concept into pure material essence
Diptyque Tam Dao Single-wood devotion as a complete fragrance statement
Influenced
Le Labo Santal 33 Proved a single wood species could carry a fragrance alone and become iconic
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