What is the Tabibito Tree, the symbol of PORTRAIT?
The Tabibitonoki (Traveler's Tree) is a plant native to Madagascar. Its English name is "Traveller's Palm", but it is not a palm tree but belongs to the family Parulaceae.
It is said that the plant got its name from the fact that it is said to "point the way" to travelers, and its cobalt blue fruit has a unique presence in the plant kingdom that draws in all who see it.
The beginnings of PORTRAIT date back to when Masami Wake discovered a brilliant, jewel-like cobalt blue seed and a tree he had found intriguing in Hawaii. The dots finally connected, and he felt liberated from the plant's free spirit and transcended time and space.
The flower's meaning is "fearless spirit."
The scent is a symbol of a free spirit that instantly liberates you and allows you to fly out into the world beyond time and space, and is a symbol that evokes travel.