Osmanthus Tea

Got a sample of this secondhand on Mercari, sniffed it today on skin... The commenter below is right... Smells like traditional Chinese medicine... And I love it! Then again, I'm the kind of person who bought a whole kilo of 13 year aged Chenpi Bai Cha because I love the taste of it. So maybe not as safe of a blind buy if you're not an insane tea drinker. This definitely gives off floral vibes while retaining the bitterness of the tea note, overall quite similar to a very green Anxi Tie Guan Yin imo. Genuinely the best "tea!" sort of tea scent I've smelled yet. If this is the least regarded of One Day's tea offerings, I'm excited to smell the rest!!

A beautiful, photorealistic tea scent. Deep, astringent black tea with floral notes. Definitely indolic, but on my skin it's a cozy, leathery vibe. I probably wouldn't try this if I knew what it would smell like, but now that I have a sample I gravitate towards it. That little LuckyScent vial calls to me every night...I don't want to glaze this scent but I feel like it needs justice. This is the type of scent that has me thinking I should buy a whole new wardrobe and change my personality to become an effortlessly cool city girl (though it's a unisex scent and I'd love to smell it on a man). It's so so so good and definitely worth a sample!!!

I’m personally not into osmanthus as a note in perfume, but this came in the travel set, so I have 10ml of it. It smells fresh, clean and peachy, also a bit syrupy, when you first spray it, and the freshness gives way just a bit to a delicate green tea note. I detect a faint, very subdued leathery quality. The tea isn’t as astringent here as I find it in his Oolong or Jasmine Tea. The fragrance on the whole is a bit sweet in comparison to the others in this tea collection, which makes sense given the fruity nature of osmanthus. I did not sample this before receiving it with the set. I was really only interested in the other 3, however I think I’ll definitely enjoy wearing this! It’s very pretty, uplifting, interesting yet simple too, certainly an easy reach, and simply a great tea fragrance. If you love osmanthus and are interested in a very literal perfume of it, rather than all the intense leathery ones on the market, you should definitely try this. Lasts fairly well too for a tea perfume and isn’t weak and watery.

Tried from a sample dabber directly on skin. The first few minutes of this smells as close to actual osmanthus tea as you can get without it being actual osmanthus tea! As it dries down, think of drinking Jasmine tea plus some apricot and sprinkle of anise and hint of leather. A bright yet somewhat indolic floral tea, turns more soapy as it dries down. Yes there is vetiver but my skin plays very well with vetiver, very pleasant and not overpowering for me.

This is absolutely lovely - a gorgeous, floral tea. I loved it while it lasted, but sadly didn't last more than 2 or 3 hours. In the right conditions I could see it lasting 4. While it is more beautiful than Elizabeth Arden's Green Tea, for the price difference I'd be more inclined to go with a FB of Green Tea so I could burn through it at the same rate as this would need, but for a fraction of the cost.