Hey friends – I just spent a week in Charleston SC with kiddos. I rented an AirBnB; they escaped their frozen hellscapes, yay! Home to broken heat and hot water again (boo!) and I hope it doesn’t take him three weeks to fix it this time. Pro tip: if you’re thinking about installing the ultra-efficient Navien system, don’t. It is fabulous when it works, but when it breaks you are SOL. You have to find a specialist, they have to diagnose, order parts etc.
Anyhoo, here’s a quick couple of tea scents, I’m drinking a lot of hot beverages to keep warm.
Molecule 01 + Black Tea – remember when Molecule came out and everyone (well, some folks) got annoyed cuz they just bottled Iso E Super and sold it? I thought it smelled nice but never bought any. This is “plus tea,” notes are black tea extract, Iso E Super, Mate absolute. I’m enchanted, because the tea really sticks around on me! Tea scents (if they’re plain black tea and not, say, Earl Gray) are notoriously evanescent, with reapplication needed frequently. This hung around as tea, just plain black tea with the Iso E Super special sauce in the background, through the entire day and I could still smell it when I went to bed. Great, easy, unchallenging tea scent.
J-Scent Roasted Green Tea — cedarwood, clover, coconut, iris, jasmine, mint, peanut, vanilla, wintergreen. LuckyScent says “Featuring a quality Hojicha tea, known for its fine aroma of roasted tea leaves when brewed.” This is another unchallenging, pretty skin scent that (as you can tell from the notes listed) is much more complex than the Molecule. I definitely get the hit of hojicha at the beginning, but at least on me that fades (or I become anosmic) pretty quickly. Then I get regular whiffs of grass, or mint, or coconut, or peanut, over the course of several hours which honestly is fun. If that idea appeals to you it’s worth a try, but I wouldn’t buy this as a tea scent.
What are your favorite teas, for drinking and/or perfume? I really miss the fabulous Speziali Fiorentini Tè Nero which was cheap as chips and which they discontinued, naturally.
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I’m so sorry about the heat and hot water situation! At least you got to go to SC and enjoy yourself with the kids.
I’m with those that cannot smell ISO E Super which I discovered when I tried Molecule 01, so Molecule 01 is a big no regardless of what is added. The J-Scent might be worth a try though. Tea perfumes never interested me much and for drinking, I alternate between black, green, and white. lol. I do sometimes get Dragon Herbs Longevity Tea from iHerb. It’s a different kind of taste but I like it. They say it invigorates you in the morning and relaxes you at bedtime. Strange but true.
Constant Comment to drink and Agraria Bitter Orange to wear!
I’m so happy you all had such a great time!!!!!