Oolong Tea

not quite an oolong cha, but certainly a beautiful tea fragrance. i began my perfume journey with this, i sought something recognisable and homely to me. it's a comforting initial smoky astringency on the skin that i associate with the taste of a third-steeped round of tea, which dries down to a rice-barley type tea scent. honestly, it dries down quite quickly into something sweeter than i typically associate with tea (might be the tonka bean that lends itself to this). i do think it lasts fairly long on my skin, i can wake up spray it a couple times, attend classes and come home with the scent still present. what i'm not entirely fond of is how little the projection of the scent is, it truly is something intimate that people might only smell if they came in to hug you or leaned on your shoulder. preferable for some, but i do prefer something a little stronger generally. a tip i got from the perfumer i chatted with when testing the sample was that generally one day's scents shouldn't be rubbed or tapped at all, unlike western perfumes it should simply be sprayed in areas rather than sprayed on one arm and pressed between the other wrist etc.

Absolutely gorgeous and very literal rendition of oolong. You can really smell the wet tea leaves like when they have been in the pot a little too long and are a bit pungent, but it mellows out nicely into a pure and delicate oolong with its subtle floralcy + golden hues. Just like a bottle of Ito En oolong iced tea, if you’ve ever had one of those. Not the right choice if you are looking for a perfume with strong honey. Here, the honey note seems to add a subtle animalic effect in the drydown as well as cast a soft golden hue. It’s not an obvious nor sweet honey. After it has been on my skin for several hours, I notice something in the base that is a little creamy. I’m guessing it’s the tonka. Every bit as wonderful as his Jasmine Tea! I’d love to see this guy come out with matcha and genmai-cha! Fragrantica needs to add Pu’er to the database.

On paper, I wasn't sure about it, but it blooms on my skin. The first 5 minutes or so are very smoky and the tea is very realistic, but on my skin, the vanilla, sage, jasmine, and other notes come forward quickly to balance it and it is all very well blended. Seems to project moderately for about 3-6 hours. This is like the fall cousin for Wulong Cha. Absolute love. Full bottle worthy for tea lovers. Edit: Just wore this for a super sweaty music gig on my right wrist (w/ Wulong Cha underneath my shirt and Wake up World on my left wrist) and I am definitely falling more deeply in love with it. Unique and special smoky scent for day or night, any season, but especially fall/winter, and I have nothing else quite like it. That dry down is perfect--comfortingly rich and beautiful and yet still moderately fresh, given the tea.

Wow, what an amazing fragrance! This is the first perfume that I’ve liked that smells more like Perfume rather than its concept, idea or motif. It opens up really smoky and the vetiver takes over for a couple of minutes, then it mellows down and gets more aromatic with a sweet — not waxy, sweet — honey note. I love the dark, earthy and smoky oolong tea note combined with the aromatic sage and green, soft and carnal jasmine. Like I mentioned before, it’s not a photorealistic cup of oolong tea sweetened with honey in my opinion, but regardless I am in love with it; it reminds me of an expensive, unique perfume. Even though One Day is famous for their photorealistic scents I am glad that they still compose amazing fragrances even if they didn’t really nail the oolong tea-essence for me.

This is a beautiful, photorealistic tieguanyin (Iron Goddess of Mercy) scent! I worked in a tea house for 5 years and this fragrance takes me right back to opening a large bag of tieguanyin to restock our bulk tin. The smell is earthy, dry, a hint of jasmine at the top, and grounded by honey (not in the sweet way). The jasmine and honey notes are identifiable to me, but not as independent players - it's more like those notes are what comprise TGY to begin with. They make a lot of sense here. I did get the tobacco and smoke in the beginning (lasting for maybe 3 minutes), but it didn't bother me as I also got the oolong quite clearly in the beginning as well. The dry down is fantastic and I think this is a masterpiece scent!