Notes
Understand green, black and smoky tea accords, their floral and woody pairings, and how to choose a tea perfume beyond its opening.
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Tea perfumes often use accords to suggest leaves, steam and brewed tea.
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Green tea can feel grassy and airy; black tea can feel dry and tannic.
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Smoky tea interpretations add a separate aromatic dimension.
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Citrus freshness may fade before the main tea impression is clear.
Not necessarily. Natural extracts can be used, but an accord may evoke tea without leaf-derived ingredients.
In a scent description, tannic usually refers to a dry, tea-like impression. It does not establish the chemical contents of the fragrance.
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