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Our Xerjoff Ceylon samples and decants are rebottled by Scent Split from genuine fragrance bottles. Scent Split is a wholly independent entity not affiliated, connected, or associated with Xerjoff. |
Original bottle not included with sample/decant purchase. Scent Split rebottles the genuine fragrance into smaller bottles.
While tea scents are often thought of as delicate and ethereal, there's no reason why that must be so- tea, after all, is a dynamic substance, equally capable of powerful richness and deeply spiced aromas. While soft tea scents are undeniably beautiful, why stop there? This is the beauty of Ceylon, a scent that dares to surround exquisite black tea from Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) with decadently luxurious oriental and gourmand notes, producing a sumptuous tea scent unlike any other.
Ceylon opens with a sweetly honeyed drop of bergamot, which quickly smooths the way for the tea at the center of the show- jet-black, richly toasted, and the perfect compliment to a sensually smooth blend of Malaysian oud and Indian sandalwood. As a mouthwatering vanilla and powdery amber emerge, the notes blend with astonishing balance, leaving the tea as the unifying note between sweet, creamy, powdered, woodsy and balsamic elements. As complex as it sounds, it wears like a dream. Discover the sultrier side of tea- as only Xerjoff could produce.
Honey, bergamot, jasmine, black tea, oud, sandalwood, vanilla, amber, musk
Initial spray & dry down were equally awful. I love most Xerjoff fragrances and I was hoping that I’d like this one too. Nope!
This tea scent is worlds away from the floral/effervescent (Tommy Girl, Moschino Funny), ethereal/ephemeral (Jo Malone Darjeeling), and even fruity/resinous/dignified (Le Labo The Noir) takes on tea by other designers--each of which are also favorites of mine. What caught my attention before the bergamot, honey, or tea of the ScentSplit description was an animalic volatile (almost ammoniac) note (I'd guess it's a synergy between oud and jasmine sambac), which is joined by the sweeter, fuller oud signature early on. The woody/musty aspect of oud and the fermented-leaf-tannic aspect of tea flow together seamlessly below the ammoniac sting and animalic sweetness. The bergamot and honey surround the tea at the heart and reinforce its linalool aspects; its woody darkness gets reinforced by sandalwood. Some hours later the animalic note has dissipated, replaced by a sweet, tenacious vanilla/amber or benzoin-like drydown; there was almost a whiff of tobacco as the darker facets of tea blended with this on their way out.
As soon as I put this on my husband exclaimed over it. Ceylon is a keeper--and reserved for romantic occasions.
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