Hey guys, I'm back and today I'm coming to a fragrance from the brand L’Occitane, which has really confused me lately. A while ago, I was out sniffing with a nice perfumer (yes, there are really nice ones among you! :DD). It was still summer and she was wearing a lovely black dress. Her beautiful legs were shining in the sun and… ahh wait… I think I'm getting sidetracked… :DD
Anyway, we went to a L’Occitane store in Frankfurt. She was looking for a fragrance, and when we couldn't find it, I asked one of the salespeople if they had the scent (though I can't remember which fragrance it was!). In response, I heard something like, "Sorry, we are not that L’Occitane." And that, even though the brand name, logo, font, and lettering were exactly the same. I just said, "Okaaay…" and slowly walked away because it felt a bit strange to me. The perfumer I was with, as far as I know, also didn't know what to make of it, did she? (I know you're reading this,… he he he).
Well, I still need to find that out, but I might also be mistaken and confusing everything with another brand… anyway, let's get to "Thé Vert & Bigarade," which sounds extremely great for tea lovers like me!
The fragrance:
Ooooh!! The scent really starts with an excellent tea note. By that, I mean that you can smell green tea, which has a very authentic aroma. Then another type of tea comes in, which (at least in this fragrance) resembles the scent of green tea a bit, as it also comes across as somewhat green and bitter, but in my opinion, it has a slightly softer aroma, namely the also wonderful yerba mate tea. However, both tea notes blend together too quickly, so that soon I can no longer really distinguish between the two teas.
Just a little later, you can also smell the thyme. An herb that may taste a bit stronger or more bitter than other herbs, but has just as wonderful and herbaceous a scent. In my opinion, such herbal fragrances can unfold beautifully, especially in summery scents, as I find that the so-called "kitchen herbs" fit excellently into summer fragrances, especially citrus scents or with notes like tea, etc.
So, despite the fresh and casual aura, the fragrance is also a bit dry in the background. This is surely due to the many bitter notes, but it doesn't bother me, as this dry feeling doesn't come across as stuffy like it does with many floral fragrances. Besides, the green tea scents are significantly stronger, which are, of course, also somewhat bitter scents :D
And that's it, as you don't smell much more. Basically, it's just tea and a bit of herb. But the little that you can sniff is all the more beautiful and, above all, quite authentic! A lovely, refreshing fragrance!
The sillage and longevity:
I bet you already guessed that I'm going to write here that the fragrance isn't particularly strong. Sadly, it actually turned out to be quite weak, so that others probably wouldn't even smell it from close by. Therefore, this is a fragrance for personal enjoyment, which you could reapply in the summer. This makes the scent feel quite short, even though it should last about three or four hours on the sprayed area.
The bottle:
The fragrance comes in a rectangular bottle made of fairly thick glass. The "&" symbol is prominently embedded in the glass on the front. The fragrance liquid is greenish and looks delicious. The black cap is cylindrical, with a threaded shape at the bottom. A somewhat inconspicuous but still nice bottle.
Aaah, I really liked this tea scent as well. There are now really beautiful and many (green) tea fragrances, making it quite difficult to decide which one to get. Because this might sound a bit critical, but it is indeed the case that most of these green tea fragrances are quite similar, so it probably isn't worth getting too many different ones, at least if the scent only smells like green tea (it's different with the Elizabeth Arden Green Teas, which have various "types" that actually smell quite different!).
However, this fragrance is definitely worth trying, and I found it very good, so it will be added to my "Good Tea Fragrances" list :)
Because it is especially refreshing in summer, particularly on really hot days, so it might help you get through heatwaves a bit better, at least if you can muster the energy to spray on a fragrance. Because usually, on such hot days, you stick somewhere in a corner hoping for some cooling, only to ultimately despair when you read in the weather report that the heatwave will last for over a week… ugh… just 5-7 more months, and we'll have heatwaves again *sigh*
Anyway, the fragrance is certainly recommendable, but unfortunately only for oneself, as others surely won't smell it on you due to the weak sillage.
Well, that's it, thank you for reading and have a nice evening :)
Top Notes 
Green tea
Bitter orange
Heart Notes 
Maté tea
Thyme
Base Notes 
Musk
Cedar
Hay
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