Summer in Paro • Hima Jomo

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House Hima Jomo
Released 2022
Perfumer Delphine Thierry
Fragrance Family Woody Resinous
Notes Timur pepper (from Nepal), petitgrain, honey, osmanthus, benzoin, amyris, fir balsam, sandalwood, patchouli, labdanum

Description In the heart of the hidden forest, scorched trees grow with golden tears of resin – their scent imbued with the sweet ambrosial aroma of honey.

Paro, "The Castle on the Jewel" in local language, is located in the western part of the Kingdom of Bhutan. The Tiger's Nest Monastery, built in 1692, sits on a 900-meter cliff face in the Paro Valley.

Around the monastery, coniferous trees cover the valley like guardians and messengers.
As the temperature rises, the tree trunks shed golden tears and the resinous scent hovers in the mist.
The serene smoky fragrance is like a prophecy of the secret world.

Walking deeper into the forest, the beehive on the cliff face emits a sweet, ambrosial scent that surrounds everything, colliding with the faint burning incense of the monastery.
The sky powders the taiga, waving velvety down over the vert-de-bronze of the pines.

A blessed scent that drifts far away, through the green, through the dreams of last night. A dream of horses' hooves on stone, leaving behind a fragrance that belongs there alone.

Customer Reviews (4.8 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Thomas ★★★★★ Sep 13, 2026

The timur pepper gives the opening a dry, almost tingly bite before the fir balsam and sandalwood settle in. I wore it on a cool evening walk and kept catching warm resinous whiffs off my scarf hours later.

Sebastian U. ★★★★★ Sep 12, 2026

The honey and osmanthus drydown is what sold me, it's soft and slightly floral without ever turning syrupy. Two sprays on my wrist lasted a full workday, and the fir balsam in the base keeps it from feeling too sweet.

Brian ★★★★★ Sep 11, 2026

The timur pepper up top is so zingy and weird in the best way, like nothing I've smelled before. It dries down into this warm fir balsam and sandalwood thing that lasts a solid six hours on my skin.