Ingredients · Herbs & lavender · dry-down
Tea absolute
Dark, tannic, smoky tea; dried fruit, hay, leather and malt.
- What it is
- Natural absolute from solvent-extracted tea leaves.
- Where it comes from
- China, India
- When you smell it
- Dry-down: what stays.
- What perfumers do with it
- Adds real tea depth to tea accords, chypres, leathers and tobacco-hay compositions.
- Worth knowing
- Many famous 'tea' perfumes, such as Bulgari's green-tea cologne, build the note as an accord instead.
- Rules
- Limited. Tea leaf absolute carries its own IFRA dose limit
- Also called
- Camellia sinensis leaf absolute (black or green tea)
On the label of 1 of the 1080 perfumes read so far
Named by the house, not on the label, in 28
Epic WomanAmouage · “Tea”
ElsewhereAmouage · “Black Tea”
Thé Matcha 26Le Labo · “matcha tea accord”
Thé Noir 29Le Labo · “black tea leaves”
Violette 30Le Labo · “white tea notes”
Donna Born in Roma Green StravaganzaValentino · “Lapsang Souchong tea accord”
Silver Mountain WaterCreed · “Tea”
Gris CharnelBDK Parfums · “Black tea”
Pink WoodsAriana Grande · “Tea Leaves”
After SunVacation · “Green Tea Verjus”
Dear PollyVilhelm Parfumerie · “Ceylon Black Tea”
La Petite Robe NoireGuerlain · “smoked black tea”
SìArmani · “Black tea”
Chrome LegendAzzaro · “Tea”
Eau de CèdreArmani · “Black Tea Extract”
Unknown PleasuresKerosene · “Earl Grey tea”
Thé YulongArmani · “Natural Green Tea”
CK OneCalvin Klein · “green tea”
Classic BlackJaguar · “tea”
Molecule 01 + ChampacaEscentric Molecules · “touches of tea”MarwaArabiyat Prestige · “Tea”PrincessKilian Paris · “Green Tea”
Replica Under the Lemon TreesMaison Margiela · “Green Tea Extract”Molecule 01 + Clary SageEscentric Molecules · “ice-cold green tea”Above the WavesEtat Libre d'Orange · “Ceylan Tea”ImaginationLouis Vuitton · “Black tea”Little FlowerRégime des Fleurs · “Black Tea”
Wūlóng CháNishane · “oolong tea”