Mandarin Tea

LOVE THIS!!! I have weakness for citrus (especially orange)and tea notes and this is a lovely collaboration of both. It opens with this mouthwatering juicy naturally sweet orange (no added sugar here). The roobios tea and pomegranate adds a bit of depth and complexity to the mix and it is just lovely to my nose. When applied liberally and to my clothes it lasted all day . . . For those loving natural fruit notes mixed with some happy support notes, I highly recommend this "below-the-radar" and afford-ably priced house. Less than $30 for a 100ml bottle!!! Yaayy!!!

I don't smell pomegranate at all. To me the Neroli stands out most, and I love it. Rooibos is supposedly the "tea" note, but I find that this really does smell closer to an oolong type of tea. It's got a really nice, earthy, almost smoky base, mixed with citrus peel and sultry Neroli orange blossoms. Love, love, love! Should I include a disclaimer that I love Earl Grey Tea, and would be quite happy to walk around smelling like a steaming cup of the stuff? Maybe.

Mandarin Tea is a buttload of honeyed orange blossom, sweet cream and something peppery. I'm not sure if it's the rooibus, because I've bought rooibus tea loose and it smells a lot like hay. At first the neroli is quite sharp in Mandarin Tea. It doesn't really chill out for an hour or two. Although Mandarin Tea is simultaneously citrusy and creamy without being overly foodie.

Airy orange blossom with a fleeting crystalline citrus note. Yes, it is less floral and more fruit than — say, orange blossom water, but the fruit is a smooth whisper. The "tea" part is just a soft, mellow hint of tea — no astringency. It's a wonderful everyday scent, with cute packaging. It's also easy on the wallet.

I don't really get pomegranate from this, though I definitely do get fruitiness. At first I get a fresh mandarin orange vibe- not much of the peel or rind, though, mainly just the fruit. As it dries down, it becomes a soft orange blossom-centered fragrance. There is nothing green about the neroli or orange blossom here and and the fruity aspect is played up while the floral aspect is played down. The orange blossom is complimented and supported by a warm rooibos note, which adds a bit of redness and almost woodiness while retaining a "clean" feeling. The end result is a slightly powdery orange and orange blossom sort of scent. It has the "feeling" of tea without exactly smelling like tea.