Elizabeth Arden‘s White Tea Wild Rose Eau de Toilette and White Tea Mandarin Blossom Eau de Toilette are among my recent fragrance purchases. Both appeal to me, and I like the white tea note itself as well as the overall compositions. I decided to go back to the White Tea range and try the fragrance that started the whole range, and today I will be sharing my thoughts on White Tea Eau de Toilette.
Elizabeth Arden White Tea Eau de Toilette (伊麗莎白雅頓 白茶淡香水, 50ml £29, 100ml £40 in the UK) was launched in spring 2017. (In the US, it is available in 30ml ($26), 50ml ($42) and 100ml ($56).)
According to Elizabeth Arden’s official US and UK websites, it was created by perfumers Rodrigo Flores-Roux, Guillaume Flavigny and Caroline Sabas, and its fragrance notes include:
- Top notes: mandarin, clary sage, sea breeze accord, white fern
- Middle notes: white tea, mate, white iris accord, Turkish rose, sapucaya
- Base notes: woods, ambrette seed, tonka bean, amber, musks
The opening of this fragrance is quite subtle. It is a little fruity (but not citrusy) and a little aquatic. There is a pear-like fruity sweetness that might perhaps be a combination of the mandarin note and part of the sea breeze accord.
Then, the white tea note appears with an earthy and musky nuance. The pear-like sweetness is still detectable and stays closer to the skin while the white tea note has more projection. There is a hint of rose that adds some substance and dimension to the overall composition.
The drydown is mainly a combination of white tea and musk, and there is still a slight hint of rose. I find the drydown to be soothing with a gentle touch of sensuality. (I don’t find it to be particularly woody.)
(The brand describes sapucaya as “nutty”, but there isn’t any obvious nuttiness in the composition.)
It has a decent lasting power as an eau de toilette. It remains soft and low-key throughout the wear, but the drydown does have some depth and lasts fairly well.
On the whole it is an understated and elegant fragrance. It has subtle stages of development, and, for me personally, the scent gets better and better over the course of wear. (The drydown is my favorite part of the fragrance.) It does showcase the white tea note well without too many embellishments. Even though I slightly prefer Wild Rose and Mandarin Blossom (which are more dynamic), I do like the original White Tea. I find its serene quietness and unassuming simplicity quite appealing.
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