Hoa Mộc Lan Sao

I've been wearing this on rainy mornings and it blooms differently than anything else in my collection. The floral opening is soft rather than sharp, and it holds for a good six hours on skin.

The magnolia note is so true to the real flower—soft and lemony rather than the syrupy sweet I usually get from florals. It wears close to the skin but lasts a solid few hours, and I keep catching it on my scarf. Easily the most artistic fragrance I've picked up this year.

I was nervous ordering a fragrance blind, but the magnolia here is soft and slightly lemony rather than the heavy floral I expected. It wears close to the skin for a few hours, which is fine for the office.