From The Straits Times    |

Last weekend began with a blast. My friends and I had jetted to Hong Kong to catch a concert by a J-rock band. It was one of those one-night-only, standing-room-only gigs that would never make it to Singapore, we concluded.

For an hour and a half, we bopped to the rousing anthems. Howevever, due to the humidity outside and the energy inside, sweat glands went into overdrive. We detected a weird pong whenever the girl next to us waved her right hand in the air – and being a full head shorter than her, we were in even closer proximity to her armpits. Bleah.

When I returned to the office this morning, I fished out Atkinsons The Excelsior Bouquet EDT, $218 (100ml). While I don’t judge the Girl with the Stinky Pits, I still wish she had remembered to wear a nice fragrance like this one.

Part of Atkinsons Legendary Collection, The Excelsior Bouquet is among three new EDTs reinterpreted from the brand’s creations during the 1920s. I especially love this one for its androgynous appeal. Inspired by the first non-stop Atlantic flight by John William Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown in 1919, it evokes sensations ranging from chilled air on metal, leathery aviator jackets, and the adrenaline rush as the aeroplane takes to the skies. With notes like grapefruit, nutmeg, Sichuan pepper, Tonka bean and vetiver, this is exhilarating, refreshing and totally captivating.

Available at Robinsons The Heeren and Escentials Paragon.