Hibiscus
Tea
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DonJuanDeCat
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Tea or not tea, that is the question!
Man man man,…
Here I am raving about tea scents all the time and how much I generally love tea (and of course I never miss an opportunity to mock the “milk-in-tea pourers”!) and then I have no idea what hibiscus tea is… yet the color of the infusion with its beautiful red hue looks really great!
I’m currently reading that hibiscus is often mixed into rosehip teas… no wonder I have no idea what hibiscus tea tastes like or really smells like… because rosehip tea is… hmm how do I say this eloquently… just *ugh* :DD
In the background, there’s a slightly strange note, something synthetic, hard to describe… it smells quite chemical,… luckily this doesn’t last too long. The resinous note remains, and a few minutes after spraying, the scent takes on a slight sweetness that also seems a bit powdery.
So, do I even perceive a tea note? To be honest, I don’t know, because it certainly doesn’t smell like black, green, or white tea. Nor like mate (although the powdery aspect could suggest that, but mate smells different) and not necessarily like various fruit teas. But it could be that this is simply hibiscus tea, slightly sweet, slightly resinous, slightly powdery, and a bit floral. Not bad in itself, but a synthetic aftertaste lingers for a while, although this isn’t too bad since it eventually disappears in the later base.
The longevity is just two to three hours, after which the scent has already vanished.
Not a pretty bottle!
So, aside from a synthetic touch, the scent itself isn’t bad. Furthermore, the synthetic impression fades away in the base anyway. If this scent authentically smells like hibiscus, then the tea doesn’t smell bad… and it has a nice color too (the tea, that is!). But if it tastes anything like rosehip tea… then I’ll run away really quickly,… baaaah… :D
As for the scent, it can be well used in spring and summer, for personal enjoyment, where you can re-spray the scent as needed (due to the low sillage and longevity). After all, the scent is something different from the same old floral notes or so… so a test would be advisable.
Here I am raving about tea scents all the time and how much I generally love tea (and of course I never miss an opportunity to mock the “milk-in-tea pourers”!) and then I have no idea what hibiscus tea is… yet the color of the infusion with its beautiful red hue looks really great!
I’m currently reading that hibiscus is often mixed into rosehip teas… no wonder I have no idea what hibiscus tea tastes like or really smells like… because rosehip tea is… hmm how do I say this eloquently… just *ugh* :DD
The scent:
The scent is slightly sour for a brief moment. Additionally, I think I can smell a kind of mastic resin, as this note seems quite strong to me. In the background, there’s a slightly strange note, something synthetic, hard to describe… it smells quite chemical,… luckily this doesn’t last too long. The resinous note remains, and a few minutes after spraying, the scent takes on a slight sweetness that also seems a bit powdery.
So, do I even perceive a tea note? To be honest, I don’t know, because it certainly doesn’t smell like black, green, or white tea. Nor like mate (although the powdery aspect could suggest that, but mate smells different) and not necessarily like various fruit teas. But it could be that this is simply hibiscus tea, slightly sweet, slightly resinous, slightly powdery, and a bit floral. Not bad in itself, but a synthetic aftertaste lingers for a while, although this isn’t too bad since it eventually disappears in the later base.
The sillage and longevity:
This scent from Demeter also has only a moderate projection, so it can only be perceived from close up for a short time. The longevity is just two to three hours, after which the scent has already vanished.
The bottle:
…hmmm I wonder if Demeter is slowly running out of color palette options for the bars on the label?... Because besides the standard bottle, you also see the standard label with the usual color bar… probably still created in Paint :DNot a pretty bottle!
So, aside from a synthetic touch, the scent itself isn’t bad. Furthermore, the synthetic impression fades away in the base anyway. If this scent authentically smells like hibiscus, then the tea doesn’t smell bad… and it has a nice color too (the tea, that is!). But if it tastes anything like rosehip tea… then I’ll run away really quickly,… baaaah… :D
As for the scent, it can be well used in spring and summer, for personal enjoyment, where you can re-spray the scent as needed (due to the low sillage and longevity). After all, the scent is something different from the same old floral notes or so… so a test would be advisable.
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