Armani Privé - Thé Yulong Giorgio Armani 2020

Armani Privé - Thé Yulong by Giorgio Armani

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A popular perfume by Giorgio Armani for women and men, released in 2020. The scent is fresh-green. It is being marketed by L'Oréal.
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Main accords

Fresh

Green

Citrus

Floral

Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Mandarin orange

Petitgrain

Cardamom

Heart Notes

Green tea

Black tea

Jasmine

Orange blossom

Base Notes

Ambrette

Iris

Vetiver

Perfumers

Julie Massé, Véronique Nyberg

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Ratings

Scent

8.1439 Ratings

Longevity

6.7369 Ratings

Sillage

6.4359 Ratings

Bottle

8.5352 Ratings

Value for money

6.4250 Ratings

Submitted by Franfan20, last update on 09/04/2025.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the Les Eaux collection.

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Reviews

17 in-depth fragrance descriptions

10/09/2023

6
Pricing 10
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 10
Scent

Einfinken
74 Reviews

Einfinken

Helpful Review 4

Lovely

This is a very calming, peaceful jasmine tea scent. It smells so fresh and is an absolutely perfect Spring/Summer clean, pretty girl perfume. It's also good for the office and for the gym as Thé Yulong is one of those perfumes that leaves behind a good impression, I find. The jasmine and orange blossom teeter on indolic in the opening but don't ever quite cross over into that dirty, pungent type of jasmine. Overal the white florals still stay on the fresher, greener side of things in the opening. It dries down almost completely to a very realistic green tea somewhere around the 1.5 hr mark and I can still smell it as a skin scent at 5 hours.

I like this quite a bit and would give it maybe an 8.5/10 on its own, but when layered over Van Cleef and Arpels Santal Blanc then the two together slingshot into a 10/10 fragrance. Together, they are absolutely the perfect combination of fresh jasmine, clean woods and green tea that I have been searching for. The addition of the woods underneath also extends my ability to wear Thé Yulong farther into colder weather.

I will say though, while Armani did a great job with the juice, I think if you are on a budget, then you can't beat Elizabeth Arden Green Tea and don't need this. It's the packaging and the juice combined that make the Armani more worth it to me, but I do have to concede the fact that on scent alone there are 100% cheaper alternatives that do the same thing almost just as well. That said, I have the Soie de Nacre version of Thé Yulong and those pearly blue-green shimmers really get me. There was no way I could pass it up when I saw the bottle and smelled the fragrance inside.

Eta: this is another one in my collection that has slowly become one of my favorite and most worn perfumes. It is so beautiful to wear and is appropriate in almost any setting. Not only is it lovely, but I still find it to be very calming and almost cooling.

02/25/2025

4
Pricing 10
Bottle 5
Sillage 5
Longevity 10
Scent

Caroleanne81
180 Reviews

Caroleanne81

Helpful Review 5

Love it, but missing that little something

This was a blind buy for me. It’s a calming fragrance. I struggle with cardamom notes at times, and I do get the cardamom in the opening but it’s very mellow. There isn’t any lemon or bergamot in this scent, which is a shame. I feel those notes would have given it more of an uplifting sparkle, which it’s lacking for me. The citrus in this scent comes from the Mandarin. Another note I can struggle with, although it’s nicely done here. It does kind of remind me of a Lipton ice tea, something I’d always buy on holiday in tropical climates, so I feel this would be very refreshing in hot weather.

This is still love and an 8 or 9 / 10 for me. I bought the glitter bottle, which is stunning, but ridiculously overpriced for an eau de toilette! This is also a skin scent. I’m happy to have it in my collection regardless …. I do really enjoy layering this with J-scent On A Cloud, which is a peppermint fragrance. The two together are amazing!

UPDATE - I’ve had this a few months now and have since tested many other tea fragrances. This is the best I’ve found scent wise. I’ve updated my rating because this is a 10/10.

05/24/2024

7
Pricing 7
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 10
Scent

Mwilke
1 Review

Mwilke

Helpful Review 5

Gentle, wearable multi-tea concoction

I’ve tested my way through tons of tea fragrances, and this one just made my eyes roll back in my head from first sniff. I wouldn’t say it’s hyperrealistic; it has citrus and florals and a light muskiness that make it a bit more wearable and rounded, versus some tea frags that smelled like realistic brewed tea or tea leaves. It leans on the sweeter side, and is unisex but ever so slightly more femme than masc.

I’d been living off a dabber sample, so I knew I liked the scent, but the sprayer bottle adds a whole new dimension. This stuff just melts into my skin and the scent lingers all day.

I wore the sample to a festival out in the desert, and it was tenacious and fresh. I live in a place where temperatures get close to 120°F / 49° C in summer, and I have high hopes that this one will be able to stand up to the heat.

05/17/2023

8
Pricing 10
Bottle 8
Longevity 10
Scent

Telekinec
478 Reviews

Telekinec

Helpful Review 4

An elegant tea scent steeped with spices and flowers

Ever since I've started my perfume journey, I've been searching for an exquisite, beautiful, fresh and uplifting green tea scent that lasts longer than an hour. Yves Rocher's interpretation disapeared from my skin after 30 minutes and Elizabeth Arden's had this strong spiciness to it that I didn't vibe well with. Nest's interpretation was nice, but I felt the tea shared too much of its spotlight with other notes. During a trip to New York I got the chance to visit an Armani designer store and try out Thé Yulong on a strip of paper. It was almost a blind-buy (because I hadn't tried it on my skin), but I knew right then and there I had to grab it.

Is it expensive? Yes and I'll admit it's one of the most expensive fragrance in my collection, but to me it was definitely worth the money. I'm a sucker for minimalistic bottle designs and this one fits the bill perfectly. The square shape of the bottle, the nice gold plaque and the black cap are simple, yet convey a luxurious experience. I do admit I would've loved if the cap had been magnetic or a bit heavier in my hands but it's not a strong negative point. I also loved the box in which it came.

As for the scent, it's exactly what I was searching for. A perfect balance between citruses, spices and tea. Fresh, exquisite and uplifting, I always feel very put-together when I spray it on. At first, there's this nice blast of sweet juicy, fresh mandarin with a slightly spicy undertone (nothing too overwhelming) and then the tea comes and takes you away on a nice refreshing trip. The flowers are well-blended and serve as support to the tea note. There's a hint of powdery, almost indolic aspect in the background, but nothing that throws the scent off. I can't really tell the difference between the green and black tea notes as they mingle together quite well, but I can tell you there's a nice organic fresh green accord with a subtle undertone of smokiness. It's just an overall sophisticated fragrance. It ends up drying down to a lovely, slightly spicy scent with an undertone of tea.

Like I've already mentioned, it is an expensive perfume, I won't deny it. Is it the best tea scent out there? Maybe not, but to me, at this point in my fragrance journey, it is the best tea scent I've tried. Thé Yulong is a perfume I will be cherishing for a long time until I stumble, accidentally or not, on a better tea scent. Until then, I can take off tea fragrances from my list as, for now, I have found the one that checks all the boxes.

02/23/2025

4
Pricing 7
Bottle 6
Sillage 5
Longevity 8.5
Scent

mochimicho
50 Reviews

mochimicho

Helpful Review 2

Stimulating and skillfully executed

Opens on tart mandarin straddling a slow and smoky, tempered spice, the kind that builds up in the back of your throat but never forces a cough. Tea notes unfold quickly thereafter with a healthy mien. Cool, refreshing green tea meets the bitter depths of black, enlivened tonally by a spa-like eucalyptus accord, minty and rejuvenating. In gentle gradations, she introduces a temperate, lactonic sweetness. The dry down is a spectral photomontage of its previous phrases: chilled spice, milky aldehydes, and musky citrus. This is an uncommon clean scent that strikes an even balance between tranquility and professionalism.

With three sprays on each arm, it has moderate projection and sillage. This is not my usual spraying pattern, but I’ve had multiple scents underperform and wondered if my application technique was the problem. I veered on the heavy-handed side today, and it still had disappointing longevity (four hours maximum). This is my first intentional foray into clean, tea scents so maybe that type of performance is normal. Personally, I think it should retail about $50 cheaper.

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