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The order of a scent

Tea, : Scented teas · 553

Green, smoked or osmanthus tea — an infusion accord that reads as quiet luxury, paper, steam and leaf. Tea acc Smell Tea on paper before it touches skin. The year to write is , the line is “Scented teas,” and the figure is 1. Do not lay two scents on the same wrist and call it a comparison. Read Green Tea as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Tea is argued.

Green, smoked or osmanthus tea — an infusion accord that reads as quiet luxury, paper, steam and leaf. Tea accords smell like steam, paper and quiet luxury — leaf, not dessert. Tea sits in the Breeze group of this atlas. Air and leaf — citrus, herbs, marine, green stems and tea steam.

An infusion accord — green, smoked or osmanthus tea as steam, paper and leaf, not dessert. Concentration is oil in alcohol, not a quality score. EDT (about 5–15%) shows more top; EDP (about 15–20%) shows more heart and base. Houses vary; this is not a lab assay. One or two sprays on skin or cloth — sternum or hair, not a cloud in a lift. Let it turn an hour before you add more.

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.

Speak of Tea as , “Scented teas,” and 1. A scent is an order, not a ranking.1

Figures to keep

Year of the note
1
Figure kept
1
Scent
Tea
Trial line
Scented teas

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