Encore du temps

Green tea is ephemeral by nature. Its beauty is its brevity. But Meo Fusciuni wanted this fragrance to hold, to take the fleeting quality of tea and extend it, amplify it, give it presence that outlasts the moment. The white florals do the work: osmanthus with its apricot-soft depth, magnolia with its creamy, slightly sweet petals, champa flower bringing a tropical intensity that anchors the heart and deepens it with something classical and warm. Mate adds a bitter, almost herbal sophistication that prevents sweetness from taking over. The base of sandalwood and Siam benzoin holds it all together, warmth that doesn't project but settles, that lasts the way a memory does, intimate and close.

The evolution

The opening is transparent. Bergamot and mandarin create a bright, luminous first impression, the kind of clarity that feels like light through glass. Green tea arrives quickly, soft and delicate, giving the whole thing an almost delicate quality. Not sharp, not aggressive. Gentle from the first breath. Then the florals take over. Osmanthus and magnolia amplify, bloom, push the composition past gentle into something that demands presence. The green tea deepens, almost medicinal, while the champa flower adds tropical warmth that pushes the whole thing toward vintage. Classical. A little animalic. The kind of depth you find in older compositions rather than new releases. As it settles, the intensity moderates but doesn't disappear. The florals continue to speak.