Gong

Gong, owes its name to one of its ingredients: the Dorayaki accord. Delicately sweet, like the small, filled cake so popular at teatime from which it takes its inspiration, its round shape is similar to that of the gong.

The gong or the sacred, ritual instrument whose sound soothes, generates harmony and leads to a state of inner peace and joy. In fact, "Dora" means gong in Japanese, bringing us full circle. Our gong marks the happy hour of tea, a deep sound marking a ceremony of simplicity, harmony and mindfulness. Legend has it that the first dorayaki were made when a samurai named Benkei forgot his gong (dora) upon leaving a farmer's home where he was hiding, and the farmer subsequently used the gong to fry the pancakes.

Quote from the perfumer: "Gong is an invitation to sophisticated indulgence. I have imagined it as a delightful fragrance that captures the essence of Japan with a subtle and sparkling head of mandarin, pink pepper and yuzu. A heartwarming reminiscence emerges with a soft dorayaki spiced with black pepper. Gong is a fresh ambery fragrance, enhanced by a warm, balmy drydown of benzoin and woods."

Ingredients: alcohol denat. • parfum (fragrance) • aqua (water) • limonene • juniperus virginiana oil • vanillin • tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes • citrus aurantium bergamia (bergamot) peel oil • santalol • isoeugenyl acetate • linalyl acetate • benzyl salicylate • pinene • linalool • geranyl acetate • benzyl benzoate • beta-caryophyllene • citronellol • citral • terpinolene • cinnamomum zeylanicum bark oil • farnesol • alpha-terpinene • cinnamal • citrus aurantium peel oil • santalum album (sandalwood) oil • terpineol • rose ketones • benzyl alcohol • hexadecanolactone • citrus limon (lemon) peel oil • isoeugenol • geraniol • carvone • methyl 2-octynoate.

*The alcohol in our formulas comes from organic cereals from France or Italy.