當旅客尋覓香港的嗅覺印記——OCO Parfum 的龍井清韻與紅豆甜香

以香氣銘刻城市絮語
當旅客尋覓香港的嗅覺印記——OCO Parfum 的龍井清韻與紅豆甜香

【香港，2026年】一座城市的記憶，往往不在於宏偉的地標，而是那些散落在日常縫隙裡的氣味。去到一個城市，許多人都會買一瓶香水記住那個地方，不只是帶走一瓶香水，更是帶走一段在當地的回憶。香港是怎樣的氣味呢？透過香港小眾品牌 OCO Parfum 的兩款作品也許能嗅到香港生活的點點滴滴—— 「Mnesis」與「Unmei」。

 

「Mnesis」 白蘭茶香濃縮1960s的香港  

龍井茶的採摘從來不是一件浪漫的事。頂級的頭採茶芽，必須在清明前的清晨、趁露水未乾時以人手逐一揀選，彎腰俯首，重複千萬次相同的動作，才能換得一斤嫩綠金芽。不張揚的專注、日復一日的踏實，正是 OCO Parfum 調香師心中 1960 年代香港人的縮影——那一代人早出晚歸，在工厰與街巷之間穿梭，鮮有怨言。茶亦如人，同樣需要時間沉澱，在看似平淡的重複中累積出深度。

香氣的另一道靈魂，是白蘭花。在香港，白蘭花的蹤跡幾乎鑲嵌在每個人的記憶裡——街角的阿婆將花瓣串成花環販售，香氣幽微卻無所不在，像極了那一代香港人散發的樸素光芒。白蘭花與雞蛋花輕柔地襯托龍井的茶韻，花香的清甜中，湧上茶香的餘韻，沒有喧囂的開場，只有安心的陪伴。獻給那些不曾被歷史聚光燈照亮、卻撐起了香港的背影。

「Unmei」 紅豆暖香留住街邊小店

「Unmei」靈感來源於調香師家附近一間悄然結業的港式甜品店。紅豆沙與其他即食甜品不同，需以時間文火反覆熬煮，直到豆粒綿化起沙，才能釋出那份沉靜的甜潤。OCO Parfum將這份需要耐心守候的情感，轉化為一款充滿深度的美食調香水。

這款香水不僅榮獲素有「香水界奧斯卡」之稱的 The Art and Olfaction Awards Honorable Mention Top 15 殊榮，更以氣味熬煮出香港的人情羈絆。穿上「Unmei」的那一刻，便彷彿將一碗老香港的溫暖捧在掌心，那些未曾說出口的念想，都在香氣中靜靜甦醒。

把香港的氣味帶走

OCO Parfum 深信，氣味是記憶最忠實的載體。Mnesis 的龍井清韻與 Unmei 的紅豆甜香，一個獻給勤勉的時代，一個封存歲月的甜暖，共同編織出這座城市最真摯的嗅覺地景。當有人探問「香港有什麼香水值得買」，希望這兩款來自香港小眾品牌的香水，將城市的靈魂化為氣味、讓旅客隨身銘記。帶著它們離開，香港便不再只是相片裡定格的風景，而是每一次呼吸都能重返的記憶。

 

Etching the City’s Whispers in Scent
When Travelers Seek Hong Kong’s Olfactory Imprints — OCO Parfum’s Longjing Elegance and Red Bean Sweetness

[Hong Kong, 2026] The memory of a city often resides not in its grand landmarks, but in the scents scattered through the seams of everyday life. Many travelers buy a bottle of perfume to remember a place — taking home not just a fragrance, but a piece of the memories made there. So what does Hong Kong smell like? Through two creations by Hong Kong niche brand OCO Parfum, one may catch the delicate traces of life in this city: Mnesis and Unmei.

Mnesis: White Orchid and Tea Scent, a Distillation of 1960s Hong Kong

The harvesting of Longjing tea leaves has never been a romantic affair. The finest first-pick tea buds must be plucked by hand in the early morning hours before Qingming, while the dew still clings to the leaves. Bending low, repeating the same motion thousands of times, one earns only a single catty of tender green gold. This unassuming focus, this day-after-day steadfastness, is the very image the perfumer at OCO Parfum holds of Hong Kong people in the 1960s — a generation that left home early and returned late, moving between factories and alleyways, rarely with a word of complaint. Much like tea, such character requires time to settle, accumulating depth through seemingly mundane repetition.

The other soul of the fragrance is the white orchid flower. In Hong Kong, the presence of white orchids is woven into almost everyone’s memory — elderly women at street corners string the blossoms into garlands for sale, their subtle scent omnipresent yet discreet, much like the unadorned radiance of that generation. White orchid and frangipani tenderly frame the tea accord of Longjing; amid the soft sweetness of the florals rises a lingering tea resonance. There is no clamorous opening, only a reassuring presence. Mnesis is dedicated to those silhouettes that were never illuminated by history’s spotlight, yet held the city aloft.

Unmei: Red Bean Warmth That Keeps the Neighbourhood Shop Alive

Unmei draws its inspiration from a traditional Hong Kong dessert shop near the perfumer’s former home — one that quietly closed its doors. Unlike many other sweet soups, red bean soup demands time and a gentle, steady simmer, the beans slowly breaking down into a velvety sand before releasing their quiet, mellow sweetness. OCO Parfum has transformed this patient, devoted waiting into a deeply nuanced gourmand fragrance.

This creation has not only earned an Honorable Mention in the Top 15 at The Art and Olfaction Awards — often called the “Oscars of the fragrance world” — but also distills the bonds of human connection that define Hong Kong. The moment you wear Unmei, it is as if you are holding a bowl of old Hong Kong’s warmth in your palms; all the sentiments left unspoken quietly awaken within the scent.

Taking the Scent of Hong Kong with You

OCO Parfum firmly believes that scent is the most faithful carrier of memory. The Longjing clarity of Mnesis and the red bean sweetness of Unmei — one an homage to an era of diligence, the other a preservation of time’s gentle warmth — together weave the city’s most sincere olfactory landscape. Whenever someone asks, “What perfume is worth buying in Hong Kong?”, the hope is that these two fragrances from a local niche house will be the answer, transforming the city’s soul into scent for travelers to carry with them. Leave with them, and Hong Kong will no longer be just a scene frozen in photographs, but a memory you can return to with every breath.