The Story
Why it exists.
The beginning
Released in 2011, Jasmine, Lotus and Green Tea was part of Nicolai Bergmann's Botanic Collection, a set of six floral fragrances. Bergmann is a florist whose work bridges floral design and scent, and his fragrances follow the same logic as his floral arrangements: a single botanical idea, stripped of excess, presented without apology. This composition captures the white floral notes he works with every day: jasmine, lotus, honeysuckle, the cool mineral character of green tea. Each scent in the collection reads as a botanical portrait rather than a complex layered accord. The collaboration with Fit Corporation brought this vision into a 50 ml bottle for a 2011 release.
The florals are present in the composition, but they're framed by green tea and green pear, ingredients that pull the scent toward something cooler and more watery. The result reads closer to a bouquet after rain than a perfume counter. Lotus does something quietly unusual here. It's a note that often disappears into compositions, but in this bottle it provides an almost aquatic lift, the sense of standing water around the petals. Honeysuckle adds just enough sweetness to keep the jasmine from feeling austere. Nothing competes for attention.
The evolution
The first 15 minutes belong to green pear and green tea, and they read almost like a chilled tisane poured over ice. There is a brisk, slightly bitter edge, the tannic snap of steeped leaves cooling down. It feels less like perfume and more like a sensory cool-down. Around the 20-minute mark, the jasmine arrives, but it doesn't bulldoze the opening. It threads through the tea instead of replacing it, and the lotus appears almost simultaneously, adding a water-lily stillness. The honeysuckle comes last in the heart, adding a faint honeyed sweetness that keeps things from going austere. The white florals gradually soften as the hours pass, yielding to the cooler notes that opened the composition. The tea backbone holds longest, which is unusual: jasmine typically dominates the later stages of white floral scents. Here, the tea and a faint fruitiness linger like a memory of the opening.
Cultural impact
Jasmine, Lotus and Green Tea sits in a small, specific corner of the fragrance world: the floral-green category that favors clarity over opulence. The composition feels grounded in real botanical material, smelling like a fresh flower arrangement rather than a perfumer's abstraction of one. The scent reads lighter and more tea-forward than many of its category siblings, with a watery quality that sets it apart from denser white floral compositions. Its 2011 launch placed it among a wave of Japanese-market florals that prioritized restraint, but the formula's cool temperature and minimalist construction give it a distinctive character.
