Phantasma Eau de Parfum

Wow! Bought blindly as a travel bottle. Astonishing - at first I thought there was a mistake. The initial spray was of gorgeous yellow and white pollinated flowers. For me that’s a ‘yuk’ normally but like all Liquides Imaginaires it wins me over with the build and quality - and for the first time I’ve gone - hmm - I could wear this - damn - it’s female but I can definitely wear this! Then, I snapped out of it - I realised I hadn’t ordered this because I like florals. Then I remembered - it was a tea and some other fresh things as notes. An hour later by the time I refreshed my memory as to the notes and the sticky musky sweetness has subsided enough that I can pull apart the notes - the rice in particular that was misleading my olfactory senses drops back enough that you can see/smell the tea with yuzu over the top backed by wood. A very well made smell and very pleasant - so much so I’d consider a full bottle but maybe not for the full price as I can not imagine wearing it enough other than for a ‘mood’ scent. Easily one of the most impressive brands I’ve had the pleasure to own. This would make the 6th full purchase!

Phantasma is a really wonderful herbal tea scent. In the drydown the yuzu and ginger notes show themselves, and it blends exceptionally well. It smells exactly like a nice, hot cup of green tea. However, I think the bottle and name is unfitting. I care quite a bit about the visuals, and an unfitting bottle can confuse me and throw me off when taking in the scent. This bottle should be green, to tie the story together better, like Liquides Imaginaires usually do well. But that's just an aesthetic critique - the scent is still one of the very best.

As an Asian, this is so far the most realistic eastern tea that I ever scent. Unlike western tea, it's not sweet or floral at all. I don't really like sweet tea. However, I've found out that most tea perfumes are somehow smelled sweet. For tea fragrances, I recommend this one, Blue Tea by The Merchant of Venice (eastern floral tea, not sweet indeed) and Tea Tonique by Miller Harris (lemon + black tea, a little bit sweet but fine for me).

Super safe blind reach for me for work days. Can't see how this can go wrong. Very safe DNA yet it smells slightly unique in a sense. Gotta a lot of good going on all at once. Very much worth the sample. Don't understand the rating it currently has. Slightly masculine ezliabeth arden vibes.

I love it, everything about it, even the atomizer! The only problem is my bottle started to leak during a plane trip, and it was in the cabin with me. That's quite the bummer as the perfume is pretty expensive. Still, i don't exclude buying it again or exploring other Liquides Imaginaires