An accord is a geometry. Tea is rose, jasmine, sandalwood, oud, vetiver, musk or amber stacked on purpose.
Naturals and molecules share the same pyramid; IFRA draws some of the lines.
Accords
- Green tea citrus — Bvlgari / Arden.
- Earl Grey — Bergamot-black tea.
- Osmanthus tea — Apricot-suede brew.
- Smoked tea — Lapsang, hojicha, incense.
- Mate hay — Bitter South American leaf.
Materials
- Tea accords — Ionones, hedione, leafy molecules — tea yields little oil.
- Mate abs. — Ilex paraguariensis; hay-bitter.
- Osmanthus abs. — Tea-flower apricot.
- Bergamot — Earl Grey’s peel.
- Lapsang reconstructions — Guaiacol, smoke, pine.
- Hedione — Steam and air.
Smell the materials before you trust a note list on a box of Tea.
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