L'Agdal - Jardin d'Agrumes

Thé Vert

Benchaâbane 2002

Perhaps one can find the tea herbs and fragrant plants where this scent was produced, in a citrus grove.
I immediately smell a fresh green and aquatic note in "L'Agdal - Jardin d' Agrumes". Then a slightly peppery note follows. Next, I perceive lavender, perhaps also a hint of aromatic sage. All of this can be used in teas. However, Arabic tea is usually sweeter peppermint tea.
This note also follows and lingers, initially a bit fresh and sharp, then shifting to sweetened spearmint, alternating with a variety known to me as "Arabic peppermint"; dull, velvety dark green leaves with a reddish underside. We used to have this aromatic variety in our garden. Tea made from fresh leaves and stems of this variety tasted particularly special.
Where are the citrus fruits now? I can only identify the mandarin, as it almost always smells aquatic to me in perfumes. I don't know why that is.
Actually, after the scent settles for 30 minutes, it remains this herbal tea blend; a bit sweet at first, but then becomes more bitter.
I don't smell any patchouli, nor the aromatic freshly dried flowers of it. I don't miss that. In between, the mint scent takes on a chewing gum note of "spearmint", but that also disappears again. Overall, it remains a more bitter herbal tea scent, which, however, is almost gone after 2 hours. One would need to reapply.
As hinted in the statement below, "L'Agdal - Jardin d' Agrumes" is unisex and certainly a pleasant summer scent. As far as I'm concerned, I like it much better than if it actually smelled of citrus fruits and peels.