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08/16/2018
Elysium
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Elysium
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5
Not too light nor too heavy but nice
Green Tea Bamboo is another flanker of the renowned original Green Tea Eau Parfumée. The structure is pretty the same, this time the main vibe is more greener, leafy, floral, and woodier, yet not too zesty, sweet, nor fruity as the other interpretations. To me, it's one of the best, simply because it does smell like bamboo and evokes Bamboo Eau de Toilette, whilst preserving the herbal-leafy theme of the fresh leaves of Camellia sinensis.
Out of the bottle, it opens up with a blast of citrus juice, lemon and grapefruit are dominant, and powdery bergamot is lingering in the background. The zesty accord is followed by a more greenish flavor of tamarind leaves and rich, yet subtle bamboo cane redolence, which add a fresh, dewy, reedy, and green aspect to the opening. More, a bitter floral tone of galbanum completes the citrus and herbal tones.
The heart arrives full of leafy green tea, a freshly sliced cucumber with its dark green peel, ozonic violet leaves as a summer rain storm, and the delicate and light floral touch of syringa aka lilac. This stage keeps on going herbal and green, watery but not salty, a bit ozonic yet not metallic. The similitude with Byblos Bamboo is stunning at this point.
The dry down is made of soft white musk, velvety white birch, burnt and resinous lentisque, synthetic moss, a wiff of powdery orris root, and a trail of herbal mate that extends the greenish tea leaves aroma. It stays close to the skin, still wraps you and creates a sort of aura.
A summery fresh scent, not too light nor too heavy, good for work environments or as a refreshing pick me up during the day. It doesn't have as much citrus as the original Green Tea so might be a good alternative for a "wake up" scent if you don't like citrus. This is reminiscent of Bamboo Eau de Toilette for men as I said, which I used to wear long ago and is miserably dismissed nowadays.
Would this fragrance suit a straight, well muscled man in his late 40s? Yeah, it would, a man can get away with it, he will be confident too, but nevertheless without smelling too girly.
It's light, discrete, fresh, different and distinctive for the hottest days of summer and a holiday in a hot island of Greece, e. g. Santorini or Mikonos. I thought it'd be weak and watery but it's got a bit of oomph on me so no more than two sprays to do the trick. Pretty decent sillage too, while the longevity is few hours, but for that price I don’t expect more. All in all, this is a decent, refreshing everyday fragrance and a good addition to the Green Tea line.
-Elysium
Out of the bottle, it opens up with a blast of citrus juice, lemon and grapefruit are dominant, and powdery bergamot is lingering in the background. The zesty accord is followed by a more greenish flavor of tamarind leaves and rich, yet subtle bamboo cane redolence, which add a fresh, dewy, reedy, and green aspect to the opening. More, a bitter floral tone of galbanum completes the citrus and herbal tones.
The heart arrives full of leafy green tea, a freshly sliced cucumber with its dark green peel, ozonic violet leaves as a summer rain storm, and the delicate and light floral touch of syringa aka lilac. This stage keeps on going herbal and green, watery but not salty, a bit ozonic yet not metallic. The similitude with Byblos Bamboo is stunning at this point.
The dry down is made of soft white musk, velvety white birch, burnt and resinous lentisque, synthetic moss, a wiff of powdery orris root, and a trail of herbal mate that extends the greenish tea leaves aroma. It stays close to the skin, still wraps you and creates a sort of aura.
A summery fresh scent, not too light nor too heavy, good for work environments or as a refreshing pick me up during the day. It doesn't have as much citrus as the original Green Tea so might be a good alternative for a "wake up" scent if you don't like citrus. This is reminiscent of Bamboo Eau de Toilette for men as I said, which I used to wear long ago and is miserably dismissed nowadays.
Would this fragrance suit a straight, well muscled man in his late 40s? Yeah, it would, a man can get away with it, he will be confident too, but nevertheless without smelling too girly.
It's light, discrete, fresh, different and distinctive for the hottest days of summer and a holiday in a hot island of Greece, e. g. Santorini or Mikonos. I thought it'd be weak and watery but it's got a bit of oomph on me so no more than two sprays to do the trick. Pretty decent sillage too, while the longevity is few hours, but for that price I don’t expect more. All in all, this is a decent, refreshing everyday fragrance and a good addition to the Green Tea line.
-Elysium
Jazzy76
Elysium
