Tea, 2004: Ellena watercolor
Choose Tea by the note, not by the bottle photo. “Ellena watercolor” in 2004 titles that note, and 2012 is strength or time. Shop lighting is not lasting power. Read Jean-Claude Ellena as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Tea is argued.
All year, close to skin. Heat can turn smoked tea into ash. Yes. Warm, moist skin amplifies sweet and spice; dry or cool skin can turn the same juice woody, soapy or short. Test on your skin, not only a blotter. IFRA sets industry limits on some naturals and synthetics. A reformulation is usually a legal edit, not a betrayal. This atlas is not a safety sheet.
Any ethics or materials I should know? Read the materials chapter for the actual load. Niche and designer often share a family and disagree on dose. No. This atlas is cultural and editorial. Fragrance can irritate; oakmoss, eugenol, citrus oils and musks are common triggers. See a clinician for reactions. Nothing here is a diagnosis, treatment or safety sheet.
Tea did not arrive as one bottle. The timeline below keeps Grasse, Guerlain, Chanel, Nahéma and IFRA as proper names, not metaphors. Read the years as a map of trade and reformulation, not as a ranking of beauty. Jasmine pearls and smoked teas train noses before perfume does. Ellena for Bvlgari: transparent tea as jewelry-house perfume.
On the blotter, keep 2004, “Ellena watercolor,” and 2012. Without them Tea blurs.2004
Figures to keep
- Year of the note
- 2004
- Figure kept
- 2012
- Scent
- Tea
- Trial line
- Ellena watercolor
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