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What is Tea?
An infusion accord — green, smoked or osmanthus tea as steam, paper and leaf, not dessert.
EDP vs EDT — what changes?
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.
How should I wear Tea?
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.
Which season fits?
All year, close to skin. Heat can turn smoked tea into ash.
Does skin chemistry change it?
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.
What about IFRA and oakmoss?
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.
Craft for Tea is solvent, steam, headspace and dose — not a mood.
The six steps below are a studio loop; they are not a safety sheet.
Methods
- Accord, not distillation — Camellia sinensis is not rose otto.
- Watercolor dilution — Ellena: few materials, exact.
- Scented-tea study — Smell jasmine pearls before dosing.
- Smoke as a pinch — Hojicha, not a bonfire.
- Musk as cup — The hold after steam dies.
Steps
- Pick the brew
Green, black, smoked, osmanthus.
Chai spice is a different brief.
- Keep sillage low
Tea that shouts is a candle.
Hedione, not Calone flood.
- Add one peel or flower
Bergamot or jasmine, not both loud.
Osmanthus already is fruit-flower.
- Dry the base
Cedar, mate, light incense.
Vanilla makes bakery tea.
- Test beside a real cup
If the drink wins, the accord is thin.
If the perfume wins, it may be soap.
- Wear as a refresh
Reapplication is cologne logic.
Don’t expect oud hours.
Limits
- No true tea otto — The family is an accord culture.
- Candle cliché — “White tea” home scent stained the word.
- Low projection — Fails any brief that wants a trail.
A good Tea formula knows its IFRA ceiling before it knows its ad.
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