d'Annam

Chinese Calligraphy EDP 50ml

Name: Chinese Calligraphy EDP 50ml | Lore Perfumery
Brand: d'Annam
SKU: DAN12147
Price: 240.00 AUD
Availability: InStock

$240.00

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Inky, earthy, and papery, Chinese Calligraphy is an ode to the artform that shaped a civilisation.

SKU: DAN12147 Categories: Fragrance, Aromatic, Cerebral, Earthy, Eau De Parfum, Neo-Gourmand, Shop by Scent Style, Spicy, Woody Brand: d'Annam

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Description

Chinese Calligraphy is part of d’Annam’s Chapter 3 series, Majestic China. Vast and luminous, China stands as one of the great cradles of civilization, with landscapes that stir the soul and a legacy that shaped the world. Each fragrance in this series is a passage: to a scholar’s desk, a tea house at dawn, a lantern-lit reunion, a road that once connected empires, a precious childhood memory… Let each scent take you on a journey.

書法 – Calligraphy is China’s living art – each stroke a meditation in ink and paper. This scent evokes the stillness of a scholar’s studio, where technique meets introspection. A quiet homage to the brushstrokes that shaped a civilisation.

NOTES
Ink, Black Lacquer, Paper, Coffee, Orchid

PERFUMER
Anh Ngo

HOW IT WEARS
Opening with the soft florality of orchid and the aromatic paper accord, Chinese Calligraphy quickly develops to reveal its earthier heart and base notes. There you’ll find the earthy-sweet aroma of coffee, which is complimented by the woody balsam of black lacquer varnish. Eventually these give way to the ink accord – slightly smoky, slightly metallic – the perfect grounding for the composition.

LORE LOVES
We think Chinese Calligraphy is one of the more interesting scents in the d’Annam range. It smells like ink stains on your hands, high-quality parchment and an old wooden desk. Perhaps you spilt coffee on your calligraphy work, and frustratingly had to start again. The softness of the orchid becomes kind of powdery, like you’re somewhere in a dusty corner of a library. Evocative and esoteric, this is one for the fragrance nerds. Fans of dark academia, rise up!

d'Annam

d’Annam is a fine fragrance house from Vietnam – in fact, its name means just that: “from Vietnam”.

After noticing how Western brands were dominating the fragrance market, founder Nick Hoang decided to be the change he wanted to see. What resulted was a brand that celebrates the many diverse cultures of Asia, reflecting their rich heritages and unique points of view. d’Annam is Hoang’s way of amplifying Asian voices and honouring their time-honoured perfume making traditions – many of which long pre-date the Western ones.
d’Annam releases their fragrances in chapters, each an homage to a different Asian country.

The first was Enchanting Vietnam, a love letter to Hoang’s homeland, dedicated to the smells and scenery of his upbringing. Second came Chapter 2: Memoires of Japan, one of Hoang’s favourite places to visit, inspired by the memories he created on his travels. Third, Chapter 3: Majestic China, an ode to one of the great cradles of civilisation, vast and luminous. For Chapters 2 and 3, Hoang consulted with cultural experts and perfumers from those countries in order to paint the most authentic and reverent pictures of those places.

Combining tradition with innovation, each d’Annam creation is more than a fragrance, it’s a piece of art, a narrative, a memory.
d’Annam fragrances are cruelty free in accordance with the European IFRA standards, they are vegan, and do not test on animals.

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