Tian Tan Xiang

Few aromatics are as beautiful and sensual as osmanthus.

After a quick sniff, osmanthus smells like tuberose infused with apricot and plum. Warm and fruity. Then, the closer you smell, the more those notes of ripe apricot start to double for peach…

It’s not quite black tea, but could be. I wouldn’t quite say narcotic, but the fragrance is wonderfully heady like rose, yet richer and prettier like jasmine. The flower itself is tiny and timid – opposite to the potent aromatic blast this absolute lets you feast on.

Still, that’s not saying enough. The profile has a soft cuir temperament that makes it work exceptionally well with resins. That’s why Tian Tan Xiang Now takes that fruity jasmine black tea leathery tuberose cocktail and blends it with a creamy, almost milky savory heart with a whipped butter echo beneath its fruity glaze. Delicious sandalwood.

Osmanthus takes you on a stroll through Tokyo or trips to rural China and Taiwan. Locally referred to as fragrant olive (or Chinese olive), it’s part of the air you breathe in many parts of China and Japan, just as wafts of orange flower and narcissus are carried along the winds in Antalya.

*Includes a wooden container with a removable holder attached to the bottom for easy access and convenience.