Darjeeling Autumn Flush
Anne-Frédérique Dayraut • 9 mars 2022

Darjeeling Inspiration. Good Wednesday evening!
We are happy to present our second cross-tasting session with @sciencesthe and @qtnmthperfumes! Amongst the Darjeeling autumn flush teas selected by Vikram Mittal, there was this one...a clonal tea, the highest grade, totally exceptional and of a rare complexity, very atypical for an Autumn flush. Here is what they thought of it!...
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We are happy to present our second cross-tasting session with @sciencesthe and @qtnmthperfumes! Amongst the Darjeeling autumn flush teas selected by Vikram Mittal, there was this one...a clonal tea, the highest grade, totally exceptional and of a rare complexity, very atypical for an Autumn flush. Here is what they thought of it!...

Today is my first post for my @sanskriti.collection tea tasting collaboration with the amazing @sciencesthe. As a perfume lover, my approach will of course be more focused on the olfactory/taste aspect of the tea. As mentioned in my previous post about tea tasting, gathering all the notes during a tea session is my favourite part of the experience. I mostly do so with unscented teas, but when great quality scented teas come my way, it instantly peaks my interest.

Here is a tea that could very well have been presented for Valentine's Day! In the middle of the Indian rose petals of this fragrant blend are hidden "silvers needles" from the Darjeeling gardens, a white tea made only with the buds of tea trees. But there is also vetiver, which I did not know at all but which is well used in perfumery. An excellent idea. ...