Green Tea Sakura Blossom Elizabeth Arden 2021

The sakura blossom note is fleeting, but it adds a soft, slightly powdery floral quality that makes it feel a touch more feminine and delicate than the original Green Tea. It's less citrusy than classic Green Tea, which I actually appreciate. It feels a little warmer and more rounded as a result.

That said, if you're going in expecting a dramatic transformation, you'll be disappointed. This is Green Tea at its core, just wearing a light pink dress. The differences are subtle enough that side-by-side you'd clock them, but worn on their own you might forget which one you're wearing.

Performance is the real weak point. Longevity and sillage are both poor, even by this line's already modest standards. It becomes a skin scent pretty quickly and doesn't project much to begin with. Reapplication is basically mandatory.

Wear Green Tea Sakura in the spring, and the original Green Tea in the summer.

This is a really bright fragrance, fresh, clean, and inoffensive in a way that I think makes it a safe office fragrance. It reminds me a lot of the free shampoo you'd get at a decently posh hotel - a step above Premier Inn but not quite a 5 star establishment. Despite the name, I don't get much of a specific sakura scent from this, I would say that it's more a bright, slightly more floral version of the OG Green Tea. Perfect for warm spring/summer days in the office!

I was unable to find a sample size or decant anywhere and bought this as a blind buy. I'm a little disappointed in the bottle - the materials (especially the cap) feel a bit cheap. However, the scent is incredible. It's soft and delicate, perfect for a spring picnic as the birds are waking up from winter.

I also really like the Green Tea fragrances by Elizabeth Arden. Every new release I discover gets tested. Thanks to the regular offers at the drugstore with the R, I also own some of the bottles. Sakura Blossom is enticing just because of the beautiful pink and purple flowers on the bottle and the name. One imagines a rather delicate, fresh scent in an Asian style. And that's how I perceive it when wearing it.
Now to the scent: The beginning is briefly alcoholic and then appears very fresh. The mandarin is very noticeable. Bergamot and violet leaf join in, and the fragrance feels green - fresh and leans a bit towards the bitter direction. The green tea is clearly perceptible. I don't pick up much of the flowers. After about 15 minutes, I feel as if I am standing in a garden with a pond and lush vegetation after a fine country rain. It’s still steaming a bit.
I find the scent very natural. Thanks to the rather weak sillage, the perfume remains pleasant, and the bitterness does not take over. The base notes of birch and ambrette seeds provide freshness and, from time to time, also sweet notes as it dries down. Really interesting!
I would almost describe the scent as unisex. I can definitely imagine it on a man as well. For me, this is a summer fragrance for hot days.

With a few exceptions, I really like Green Tea and its variations. Only a few have disappointed me so far. This fragrance is not one of them.

I tested it last year when it hit the market, but I wasn't willing to pay the full price for it. Then I missed out on promotions, but not this time. I skipped a second test, which wasn't tragic, as the purchase was worth it.

The opening is just how I like it: citrusy floral without drifting into dish soap territory or becoming overly floral. I also don't like the so-called cherry blossom notes, which seem too synthetic to me and remind me of my youth in the wild 70s. Even back then, I didn't like them and preferred the better fragrance oils from Amsterdam. A long time ago... The cherry blossom here is a very gentle, slightly powdery thing. With green tea and peony, everything is delicate, but not so much that it gets lost. Rather elegant. The dry down with birch is a bit grassier and slightly bitter due to the musk. All in all, I really like the fragrance.

The longevity is, as always, quite good. But now the true character of the fragrance reveals itself: time and again, you catch a whiff of something different. Sometimes the mandarin, then the tea, then the birch or a hint of jasmine. Always just a little, and then the next scent comes. The fragrance then becomes quite delicate.

Wearing it, you are not the loud lady killer who draws all the attention. Rather, you are an elegant lady who is aware of her worth, presents herself as extraordinary, but does not hide her light under a bushel. Purely cultivated understatement for spring and summer. For autumn and winter, it is too delicate for me and cannot unfold.