Molecule 01 + Black Tea

I've worn Molecule 01 + Black Tea all day and I'm so happy to have this fragrance in the collection. My summer fragrance last year was M1+ Mandarin and in the cooler months at work I was rotating M+ Iris and Patchouli. I say this to remind myself that while this was a "blind buy" I definitely had a clue what I was getting into. The tea hits me right away once this is sprayed. Like other reviewers have stated the smell of black tea bags is very present. I find it extremely pleasing. M+ Black Tea is considerably heavier than M+ Mandarin and much more casual than M+ Iris. The Iso Super is definitely here but like M+ Patchouli it blends so well that I don't really notice it. M+ Black Tea will be an amazing spring and summer fragrance. This definitely fits into that daytime category with the exception that this would be an amazing fragrance for evenings where you need to be considerate of others noses. Like nearly all Molecule fragrances this will do great layering. The projection and sillage are slightly below average. This is the type of fragrance where the scent seems come and go as it pleases, unless you're intimately close then the scent consistently sits about 6" off the skin. But the longevity is there on my skin. Is it on the next morning? No. Did I reapply twice throughout the day? Yep. Id say a beautiful fragrance lasting 5-6 hours is OK especially for a lighter fragrance. M+ Black Tea is a green, slightly earthy, almost spa like tea scent. It doesn't claim to be anything obscure, it's beauty is it simplicity and I'm so glad that simplicity translates to such an amazing fragrance. - 9/10 - Spring, Summer. Daytime. - Situation/ Location: Downtown Disney, Orlando FL, June, 11AM... A day spent window shopping, eating overpriced food, and buying things I don't need. - Song - "Telecommunication" - Blitz

To me, this smells like a very sophisticated professor who is addicted to caffeine, wears corduroy or tweed jackets, and never sleeps, but in the best way possible. Getting lots of dark academia vibes from this one. The black tea accord is simple and straightforward. Black tea with no frills--no sugar or milk. The Iso E Super lends a soft, woodsy, comforting scent that, on my skin, smells like a warm cashmere blanket or a leather jacket. It's perfectly unisex and just a tad citrusy as if the black tea was scented with bergamot or lemon. It makes for a great Earl Grey tea scent, and I could definitely see layering this with either something sweet and lactonic, or lavender/floral, to create a London fog fragrance, but it's also beautiful on its own. Lots of reviewers mention poor sillage, but I found that it lasted a good 6-8 hours on my skin when I wore it yesterday. When trying out a new fragrance, I always shower and moisturize to give the perfume the best chance possible. Perhaps on dry skin, it doesn't last as long.

This is such an addictive, perfect hyperrealistic scent that smells of brewed black tea, or maybe a whiff of the tea leaves themselves right before brewing. I can almost imagine a cup of tea that was over-steeped and left to sit on the counter to cool: it's incredibly vivid. Sharp, dark, clean and has this elegance to it that I can't get enough of. This is one that I become accustomed to while wearing, and then find myself catching hints of it on myself and falling in love with the scent. I can't get enough of it: this is exactly the simple, clean black tea scent that I want to wear all of the time in the summer and spring as a standalone scent. For the price point, I wish that the longevity was much, much more long-lasting, as its' projection ebbs down to be a skin scent for me after the 2-3 hour mark. I find it to be a shame that I have to reapply this one to truly make it last, but it is such a perfect scent that I absolutely had to full-size this one.

Whether you are planning on layering this with another fragrance, or just using this on it's own - this smells terrific. As people wrote here before me, the scent really does invoke the smell of freshly prepared black tea. It feels very home-like, very soothing and gives a sense of sophistication to every moment it's used in. Longevity is ok, projection is rather poor, but not a deal breaker for this fragrance at all for me, not every perfume needs to project 20 blocks down the road. Works great for summer, but works the best for the transitional seasons where tea is more common. From my experience - layering this with Aqua Dubai by Al Haramain gets the latter even closer to cloning LV Imagination, and improves the performance EVEN MORE. Yes - it's quite expensive for basically being the scent of tea, but it does so very well, so for those looking for this kind of scent, it's worth it.

The combination of tea and iso e super is heavenly. the realistic tea note and hug of iso e super makes me keep wanting to sniff my arm. not likely to be a divisive scent, the people i've showed it to seem to love it as well (including fragrance-averse people). the simplicity of it also makes it a great everyday wear, likely to be fine in an office. not too sweet, not too bitter, not too smoky. i can't smell it after a few hours but it's definitely still there because later in the night i get whiffs of it again! Got a sample of it from a decant website to try, then bought the full bottle when it was on sale on another site (100£/100ml, i can see why people might think its overpriced but i love it so much that this now appears reasonable, esp compared to other pricier scents on my wishlist).