Thé Yulong

My friend recommended this to me. At first I was indifferent to the recommendation because although I am a tea fanatic, I do not like the marketing by Jackson Wang (or any other celebrity, to be honest - couldn't care less about them), and the fragrance is overpriced, despite the scent being actually excellent. In Asia, everyone mentions Wang's name when talking about this fragrance. That's why I kept putting this off my mind until now. So eventually I decided to give it a go because my friend really recommended it and she thought I would love it. And I do. I really do. It's luminescent, uplifting, and very calming, as expected of oolong tea scent. There is citrus in the opening but the good thing about this is the tea stays linear on the skin. It is overpriced, but it is also a joy to use. I never was a fan of any of the Armani fragrances in the general line (i.e. Acqua di Giò) but I am now a fan of this one. It is such a beautiful scent. It does NOT smell like Elizabeth Arden's Green Tea. I'm surprised why people say it is similar. The difference is heaven and hell, with EA being like a toilet freshener whereas this one doesn't. However, I do get resemblances to Bvlgari Eau Thé Vert (though I much prefer this one personally) and MITH Another Tea (the latter can only be bought in Thailand and Taiwan, I believe, but I wouldn't recommend you taking the trip for just a bottle of fragrance.) My verdict: overpriced, but excellent. If you have the chance and happen to love tea in fragrances, you shouldn't miss this.

Thé Yulong is the fragrance that changed my perspective on perfumery as a whole and jump-started my fragrance journey (specifically for aromatherapy). I have generally avoided fragrances for most of my young life as I would almost always get a splitting headache after having my nose holes assaulted by cheap, potent, and heavily indolic perfume. This was not the case with Thé Yulong. The frag opens with a fresh citrus but not at all painfully sharp (like my experience with Elizabeth Arden's Green Tea), followed by a soft green earthiness with slight bitterness. Then, it develops into a delicious creamy green tea with hints of jasmine and sweetness. My nose doesn't seem to pick up any black tea here... But I really enjoy the skin-scent it leaves. Not sure how to describe it- it simply elevates my natural scent. Thé Yulong seems to perform better in cooler weather. I believe it could also work in summer, but be warned; the frag is completely snuffed out in high humidity. I tested it out and I could only get whiffs of fecal-like musk. Yuck. Performance was quite impressive, as the scent lingered on the cuff of my sweater for days... I love this fragrance :)

Thé Yulong Giorgio Armani Bought into the hype. Got a bottle from novela sale. My second Prive. Pleasant orange flora tea scent, sweetish and unisex. Easier for the schools, office and meetings. However the DNA isn't unique or anything special, there are similar tea scents that doesn't differ much from the scent and it's development. Bvlgari Pour Homme is similar just not as flora, BPH is greener. This has similarities to Infusion de Fleur d'Oranger Prada too because of the dominant floras and orange blossom. It also smells more powdery on clothes/tees. I'm not sure if the tea smells more neroli than tea though because to be honest I'm getting more floras neroli than tea, the tea isn't prominent enough to stand out, especially when the scent is focus on black tea from the yulong mountains in Yunnan. To the masses out there, this is just a clean flora musk scent that's good for aromatherapy and smells like hotels and some malls. For me, I'll prefer a more realistic tea scent and less feminine. Good if you can get it on a sale.

I love this scent- its fresh yet aromatic deep and calming. The beginning starts off fresh with the citrus but in the dry down the black tea note really stands out to me. Maybe because I am chinese-south east asian this scent is nostalgic and calming- as if i'm waking up in the morning, my neighbour is burning an altar somewhere far away and i'm sipping on a hot glass of black chinese tea whilst tending to my jasmine tree. I see this as being a day fragrance but honestly it calms my nerves after a hectic day, I use it a lot at night too for that reason. There is no sugar in this tea, so not exactly a conventional "sexy" scent, but more of a calm quiet confident kind of sexy. I think it layers great with MFK BR540, it adds sweetness and highlights the jasmine whilst cancelling out the "medicinal" quality that BR540 can have. Yulong + BR540 makes it more feminine leaning imo, but definitely still unisex.

This was a blind buy and I was getting wary of my recent purchases (like the other Armani Prive I own Rouge Malachite which is a bit too bubblegummy for my taste). However, Thé Yulong was such a nice surprise. It's tea and it has cardamom but it's so fresh and light and airy and pleasant, like an iced tea unlike my other tea scent which I did not enjoy much (Gris Charnel). Although this also has cardamom in it, it's not that obvious and I like the fruitiness and sweetness of this because it isn't overwhelming. It kind of reminds me a bit of Ormonde Jayne Levant but they're different enough that I'm happy to have both in my collection. I just like this scent so much; it's currently even in my favorites list on here. My only quibble would be the fact that it doesn't last that long but I love pretty much everything about it--the packaging, the minimalist design and the cap which looks like a stone.