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you came into my life, just when I needed to get into something - thank you.
Over the years of watching Chinese Xianxia(Fantasy) Drama's, I have come to the point, where, I prefer the male lead to be from the Demon Realm (like a Demon God, or Demon Lord) rather than them being an Immortal Lord/or from the Immortal Realm in general.
It is much more interesting to have a Male Lead, who is a grey character (or morally gray character), since these type of characters is rare to have in a story for the Main Leads, and if done right, their romance is very appealing to me.
So, this leads me to why I want to write this review (haven't done one in ages), to show my appreciation to this drama "The Eternal Fragrance". Thank you, for coming into my life when I was in that phase of couldn't get into any new drama, no matter how hard I tried, oh trust me, I've tried, there are many drama's like "Whispers of Fate", "Love beyond the Grave", and "Zhan Zhao Adventures", where I started watching it, but then I suddenly just placed it on hold, despite I love the male actor in those respective dramas. But none of them hooked me into them the way "The Eternal Fragrance" did.
I guess, I have my parents to thank for introducing me to this Drama because they were watching The Eternal Fragrance, and when I saw some clips of it, this looks appealing, so I decided to check the drama out and then before I knew it, I just became absorbed into the story. Mainly because I enjoy the male lead acted by Song Wei Long.
New to this male actor, haven't seen him in any drama's before, but just like my mum found him handsome, I too, found him handsome, in a charismatic way.
I've read that this was his first Xianxia drama, so no pressure to him, because he played a very convincing role (for me at least) as Ye Cha(Demon Lord) and Lei Xiu Yuan.
Thank you, Song Wei Long, for bringing out the character to life, and made me come to appreciate your character in this drama (The Eternal Fragrance). You look cool/handsome as the Demon Lord, and I love your golden eyes, and I also found you cool/mysterious with that half-mask on as well!
I love your love/devotion towards Jiang Li Fei, although sometimes I felt that you have every right to be upset with her - for some of the things that she did, because fine, I won't hold her accountable for "killing" Lei Xiuyuan the first time, but when she went to see him again, and lying unconscious there, what she did then by doing what she did, that is betrayal... I dislike her for that, and I honestly wish Lei Xiuyuan will stay upset with her for her to work for it and earn back his forgiveness, but too bad, Lei Xiuyuan is too forgiving when it comes to her, I guess this just makes his love for her is stronger than her love for him in that sense (in this current life time). That's what I didn't like, but in the end, your heart to forgive her doesn't make me stop loving you as a character, it just shows me that Jiang Li Fei is lucky to have you being so devoted to her in this relationship.
There are some things I didn't like so well, but in the overall, I won't lie that this drama got me hooked, and I will love it for the positive. I just wish that there were more scenes that was explained and doesn't felt like it was removed/deleted as I felt some scenes wasn't connected smoothly towards the end, e.g. I never get to see how Hu Jia Ping revealed himself to Lei Xiuyuan as his "Guardian" of Ye Sha (that confrontation), since he is among the guardian, but that scene seem to be deleted so I didn't get that which is a shame.
After watching The Eternal Fragrance, I have checked out his other dramas: Shine on Me, and Love for you, both are very great as well. Although if I have to choose between the two, I prefer Shine on Me > Love for you (due to my preference in terms of the setting etc), but both stories are still great as well. Just the latter, I keep fearing anything happening to his character, so that kinda ruined the enjoyment for me a little.
As for The Eternal Fragrance, some may not like it, different tastes/preferences, but for me, I personally like this drama, and this is a well deserved drama, which I wish there was more to this then just 33 episodes. I really love to see more of Ye Sha/Lei Xiu Yuan past as the Demon Lord, but I am glad you got your happy ending that you wished for. Overall it is a conclusive ending in my opinion.
It is much more interesting to have a Male Lead, who is a grey character (or morally gray character), since these type of characters is rare to have in a story for the Main Leads, and if done right, their romance is very appealing to me.
So, this leads me to why I want to write this review (haven't done one in ages), to show my appreciation to this drama "The Eternal Fragrance". Thank you, for coming into my life when I was in that phase of couldn't get into any new drama, no matter how hard I tried, oh trust me, I've tried, there are many drama's like "Whispers of Fate", "Love beyond the Grave", and "Zhan Zhao Adventures", where I started watching it, but then I suddenly just placed it on hold, despite I love the male actor in those respective dramas. But none of them hooked me into them the way "The Eternal Fragrance" did.
I guess, I have my parents to thank for introducing me to this Drama because they were watching The Eternal Fragrance, and when I saw some clips of it, this looks appealing, so I decided to check the drama out and then before I knew it, I just became absorbed into the story. Mainly because I enjoy the male lead acted by Song Wei Long.
New to this male actor, haven't seen him in any drama's before, but just like my mum found him handsome, I too, found him handsome, in a charismatic way.
I've read that this was his first Xianxia drama, so no pressure to him, because he played a very convincing role (for me at least) as Ye Cha(Demon Lord) and Lei Xiu Yuan.
Thank you, Song Wei Long, for bringing out the character to life, and made me come to appreciate your character in this drama (The Eternal Fragrance). You look cool/handsome as the Demon Lord, and I love your golden eyes, and I also found you cool/mysterious with that half-mask on as well!
I love your love/devotion towards Jiang Li Fei, although sometimes I felt that you have every right to be upset with her - for some of the things that she did, because fine, I won't hold her accountable for "killing" Lei Xiuyuan the first time, but when she went to see him again, and lying unconscious there, what she did then by doing what she did, that is betrayal... I dislike her for that, and I honestly wish Lei Xiuyuan will stay upset with her for her to work for it and earn back his forgiveness, but too bad, Lei Xiuyuan is too forgiving when it comes to her, I guess this just makes his love for her is stronger than her love for him in that sense (in this current life time). That's what I didn't like, but in the end, your heart to forgive her doesn't make me stop loving you as a character, it just shows me that Jiang Li Fei is lucky to have you being so devoted to her in this relationship.
There are some things I didn't like so well, but in the overall, I won't lie that this drama got me hooked, and I will love it for the positive. I just wish that there were more scenes that was explained and doesn't felt like it was removed/deleted as I felt some scenes wasn't connected smoothly towards the end, e.g. I never get to see how Hu Jia Ping revealed himself to Lei Xiuyuan as his "Guardian" of Ye Sha (that confrontation), since he is among the guardian, but that scene seem to be deleted so I didn't get that which is a shame.
After watching The Eternal Fragrance, I have checked out his other dramas: Shine on Me, and Love for you, both are very great as well. Although if I have to choose between the two, I prefer Shine on Me > Love for you (due to my preference in terms of the setting etc), but both stories are still great as well. Just the latter, I keep fearing anything happening to his character, so that kinda ruined the enjoyment for me a little.
As for The Eternal Fragrance, some may not like it, different tastes/preferences, but for me, I personally like this drama, and this is a well deserved drama, which I wish there was more to this then just 33 episodes. I really love to see more of Ye Sha/Lei Xiu Yuan past as the Demon Lord, but I am glad you got your happy ending that you wished for. Overall it is a conclusive ending in my opinion.
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