Ashoka is a fragrance that aims to bring together ideas inspired by the myths and legends of long ago India with the contemporary fragrance world. A collaboration between Neela Vermeire and Bertraund Duchaufour and designed to be a tribute to a conquering emperor who saw the error of his ways and became a Buddhist with compassion for all living creatures.
On first smell there is no zesty, light freshness - we are plunged straight in to quite a heavy fragrance and even though there are green top notes of parsley leaf and fig leaf (our aroma of the week) the more floral top and middle notes come at us all guns blazing. This perfume has such a selection of floral notes osmanthus, jasmine, geranium, iris, ylang ylang and rose to name but a few it's difficult to pick our just one, all coming together to create a beautiful heady scent.
As it settles and the base notes emerge we can detect beautiful woods, vanilla adding a sweet softness without overpowering and an absolutely fabulous suede leather note - not strong boot leather but more the inside of a very plush handbag.
We are all giving this one our seal of approval, it is a beautiful scent that succeeds in bringing together aromas of the gardens of long ago emperors into a contemporary perfume.
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