The Vert & Bigarade

The Vert & Bigarade is my favorite Green Tea centered fragrance to date. The tea is crisp and smooth, never bitter. The bitter orange is not strong at all, and merely acts as a stage hand to round out the fullness of the refreshing green tea. I hardly notice it. This one is more of a single note fragrance than the original The Vert which has a very prominent lemon especially in the opening. I strongly prefer The Vert & Bigarade to the original. It is what The Vert should have been. I don’t know how it compares to Elizabeth Arden’s green tea collection, but as far as tea fragrances go, I think I actually also prefer TV&B to L’Artisan’s The Pour un Ete, though it's lovely in its own right, and also features a green tea accented by citrus. The Pour un Ete starts off with a sweeter and more gentle lemon than the lemon tea combo in The Vert, and the dry down of The Pour un Ete is a more prominently jasmine-green tea. The Verte & Bigarade stays pretty linear on my skin: Straight sparkling smooth green tea all the way. I might drink it. It has very good longevity for a green tea fragrance. Applied in early evening, I can still smell it on my skin the following morning. It’s projection is average. The dry down smells like rich matcha green tea. Great job, L'Occitane! I love to layer this translucent light green scent with Pacifica’s Island Vanilla to make a matcha green tea ice cream fragrance. Wonderfully simple and well done. Great for casual daily wear as with most green tea fragrances (and L’Occitane fragrances for that matter). Do not say that green tea has been done to death before trying this one out.

Nice bitter citrus opening with a great green tea dry down. This has been a favorite of mine for several years, even stocking up with some spare bottles (before it was discontinued). Now I'm at the last half of my last bottle, and I'm really going to miss this EdT. On me it lasts a long time and it's a great summer fragrance. This is my favorite L'Occitane fragrance. Very green, very fresh.

Am I the only one who thinks that this fragrance smells exactly like Fancy by Jessica Simpson? It sits on my skin for more than 4 hours and the sillage is super awesome which I couldn't get it in Fancy. It begins with mint citrussy smell, and after 15-20 minutes I can sniff sweet creamy tea which really lifts up my mood. After 4 hours, It smells powdery but still get the green tea.

I tried this on the other day at the store and fell in love with it. It smells like a citrus green tea. After it dries down i can catch a whiff of light musk. I keep thinking about it so I am going to have go back and buy it darn it. Love it. Update: not only did i buy it but got the lotion too. I get compliements when folks get a whiff of this scent.

Opens up with a crisp and natural citrus and drys down to a lovely tea scent. Very natural and fresh. Longevity is a slight downside but I love to reapply this. Great for working at home or at bedtime.