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Rhubarb
Tokyo Shibuya Femme
The idea behind Karl Lagerfeld Tokyo Shibuya Femme Eau de Parfum 100ml is a city, and the materials chosen for it are unusually restrained for a scent with that kind of name.
Rhubarb is the only thing in the opening and it is an interesting choice to lead with. It is tart and stalky, watery rather than juicy, with a sourness that reads cold on the skin and sets the fragrance up as sharp rather than sweet. The middle is a soft, pale bouquet. Magnolia is lemony and creamy at the same time, cherry blossom is faint and faintly bitter in the way the real flower is, and peony is watery and clean with a green edge. None of the three is loud, and together they make something that smells like a flower shop in cool weather rather than a bouquet in a warm room.
White musk, cedarwood and amber finish it. The musk is clean and laundered, the cedarwood sharp and dry, and the amber supplies a soft resinous warmth underneath, which is what gives a thin composition like this its staying power. Seven materials and a clear line from sour to powdery to warm, which is more shape than most fragrances built on a city name bother to provide.
At eau de parfum strength expect six to eight hours with gentle projection, mostly close to the skin after the first hour. It reads feminine, spring and autumn suit it best, and it works in an office without imposing on anyone. Emilie Coppermann is credited, dated 2021. Running two fashion houses at once was normal practice for the German designer Karl Lagerfeld, who added Chanel to Chloe and Fendi in 1983. The brand built on his name is based in Amsterdam, and licence partners rather than the company itself make its fragrance.
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