Green Tea Cherry Blossom Elizabeth Arden 2012

Soon it will be summer festival weekend at my father's home. The program is a mix of children's birthday party and shooting festival, and no one in the family is eager to participate. I can easily pass on the clown, the rationed grilled sausages with soggy toast, and the beer sponsored by the shooting club. The last few times, I didn’t even get a sausage, and the beer was warm and stale. Unfortunately, one cannot escape the whole thing, and no one wants to see my father sitting there without family or friends. So we usually go there with two or three people. As the saying goes, shared sorrow is half sorrow. This year, I drew the short straw; no one can make it that day. But I convinced my niece that a good deed is due, and she will pick me up and accompany me. I will repay her appropriately with fragrances and an invitation to dinner, but she doesn’t know that yet.

Since my niece works in nursing, she really likes fresh scents that are not too voluminous and overwhelming on the ward. So I went through my collection and thought about which fragrances might suit her. Close, Blooming Paradise, Sun Spirit, and Tendre Kiss are already ready here. And Green Tea Cherry Blossom would also appeal to her; I just used that one.

This fragrance was a successful blind buy due to the lovely comment from Alinamaria. The scent starts with a light citrus note from the bergamot, and I can even perceive the green tea, albeit only slightly; my nose doesn’t pick up on all tea fragrances. The scent is fresh, green, herbaceous, and cooling, slightly floral; this is how cherry blossoms smell, something I had no idea about until now. Green Tea Cherry Blossom is not at all sweet or playful, as the bottle and the pink color might suggest; perhaps the color is owed to the cherries and blossoms. In terms of scent, I would rather see the bottle in green. I don’t notice any significant changes until the scent fades; Cherry Blossom is rather linear for me.

The fragrance is ideal for hot temperatures, the sillage is not so weak, and the longevity for me is about 3 - 4 hours. The price is moderate, so reapplying shouldn’t be a problem. I’m not quite sure; it could also be something for men, but the bottle might deter them.

Hmm, should I give it to my niece as well? No, I don’t think so, but I have 100 ml, so I can generously decant some.