Tears and Smiles
Gatsby Yeh
INGREDIENT FOCUS:
PROVENANCE:
Pineapple, Oolong Tea, Butter Cookie, Bergamot, Flour Accord, Teardrops, Paper Accord, Sandalwood, Guaiacwood, Silk Musk
A piece of pineapple cake, a cup of hot oolong tea, and a few drops of tears and smiles.
Tears and Smiles is a mixed-emotion gift box. When we are full of thoughts about “what if,” we eventually realize that we will never be able to go back. The scent opens with bright and joyful fruity notes of ripe pineapple jam with warm freshly baked cookie, followed by a sip of freshly brewed hot oolong tea. The bittersweet, roasted aroma brings us back to the present moment. You know this is adulthood and the so-called process of growing up.
“This fragrance was inspired by the feeling of homesickness. After living away from home for decades, when you return to where you grew up, everything feels familiar, yet nothing is the same anymore.”
— Gatsby Yeh
This is my opinion from the sample that I have:
Imagine sitting by the window, on a cool, grey sky, and slightly windy day. Instead of water, a more chic and smokey/pineapple batch of OG Aventus is softly blowing past your face from an air humidifier---whilst the steam from a warm cup of Oolong tea floats past your nostrils. Right before your first sip.
That... is Tears and Smiles.
I really wanted to like it the notes sounded amazing. The opening was good but shortly into dry down it starts to turn into an overripe almost fermented fruit smell. I had to scrub it off my skin. I am sure that this is a scent profile some people will enjoy it was too challenging for me.
