Russian Caravan Tea CB I Hate Perfume for women and men

I like this, but it reminds me too much of Tommy Girl, it's TG made with better ingredients.

This is one of CB's "simple" fragrances. This works so well because of the excellent quality of the materials - this really is earl grey tea!

*Perfume Absolute review*

Christopher Brosius MAY be a pretentious ass, but if YOU made perfumes like THESE you could be as pretentious as you wanted! I feel he was tired with "mainstrem" perfumes and wanted to "break out" of the norm (something I utterly admire) and do some really different, soul gripping creations. And this he has done, in my opinion, from what I have smelled thus far. Scents with names like "Under the Arbor", "Gathering Apples", "I am a Dandelion" and "Baby's Butt" (LOL) take things everyone can relate to and brings out the beauty in everyday life...

Join me now, in the Library, for a nice warm cup of Russian Caravan Tea...would you??

The drapes are open and the sunlight is flooding in, as the water boils and the loose leaf tea sits in the ceramic pot. As the scalding water cascades over the tea, a heavenly aroma of PURE TEA greets the nose with citrusy nuances of bergamot and I ask you "One lump or two?"; Placing a lemon slice (gently twisted) on the edge of each cup as we settle into comfy leather high backed chairs and talk of philosophy, the state of the world and the newest Serge Lutens creation. All around us is the smell of wooden shelves and antique books bound lovingly, encasing pages gilt with gold and holding tales of adventure, intrigue and love. Russian Caravan Tea is not so much the spicy aromatic tea I thought it would be, but it is a brisk and eye-opening scent that is as pure and simple as an afternoon spent sipping really GOOD tea and talking and spending a day doing nothing of real importance other than nourishing one's soul and relaxing with those you love and luxuriating in the simple, but necessary, creature comforts that make life worth living: good tea, friends, and a good book!

Sillage: good
Longevity: above average
Overall: 3.75/5

Would you care for another cup, dear friend? It is, after all, Sunday and I hear that there is a new niche line coming out from Molton Brown...

I found this to be a rather vapid rose tea fragrance. The water perfume had not staying power on me.

This scent made me realize how much i like the smell of tea. I don't quite catch the lemon/bergamot but there is definitely something that makes it a bit sweet. Perfect blend. Love it.

i purchased a small sample of this scent. In all honesty, after smelling it, i could not make myself wear it. It seemed as if i sampled lemon flavored black tea and not a fragrance. very deceiving.

Very nostalgic smell from my childhood. Thoughts coming back to the could dark mornings when grandmother were prepared strong black tea with lemon. This smells the same. Only tea and lemon, without sugar.

This is my new favorite tea scent. It opens with very vivid, lush bergamot, like a perfect cup of Earl Gray or lightly sweetened iced tea with lemon. The bergamot is warm and round, and fades slowly away leaving just a hint of citrus with a gorgeous and slightly bitter black tea base, with a hint of cedar and an extraordinarily faint touch of smoke. I'm in love.

This smells like the black tea I drink every morning, but with some lemon! However, unlike other tea scents I own, this has surprising longevity. I could smell it on me at the end of the day, a good 9 hours later. And there's none of that musky dry down I find in other light tea scents. Christopher Brosius is a genius at capturing scent memories!

If there was a scent for the morning after, this would be it. I don't read it as an evening scent. To me, it smells like sipping over-steeped tea at an outdoor cafe, possibly with a faint hint of smoke from the table next to you. It's a strong burst of caffeine when you haven't slept at all the night before.

As with other CB I Hate Perfume scents, this one plays with your mind in very interesting ways. I may never be able to sample "normal" perfume again!