Thé Vert & Bigarade
Green tea and bitter orange open clean and tart — unsweetened, with the astringency of brewed tea.
The note pyramid
- Bitter Orange
- Green Tea
- Mate
- Thyme
- Cedar
- Hay
By the editors · 2 min readGreen tea and bitter orange open clean and tart — unsweetened, with the astringency of brewed tea. Mate and thyme build the heart into something aromatic and slightly bitter, grounding the citrus in the dry, herbal character of the garrigue. Hay arrives with cedar and musk in the base: dusty, warm, and Mediterranean in register.
This is the most austere of L'Occitane's 2013 Collection de Grasse series — drier and more vegetal than its floral and fruity siblings. The mate-thyme combination is the composition's defining move, separating it from the house's typical freshness.
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