Bluebird Tea Co. Advent Calendar — Day 15 — Guarana Chai Solid Perfume


It's day 15 and there's something unusual in the tea advent calendar — Guarana Chai Solid Perfume.
  
Ingredients: Cocoa Butter, Sunflower Oil, Beeswax, Parfum, Linalool, Limonene, Cinnamal, Geronial, Citral

 They describe it thus:
This South American-inspired fragrance is the perfect tropical treat, jam-packed with spicy and exotic notes to keep you smelling hot in the summer heat! 

So, today's gift was completely unexpected. Tea-flavoured perfume in a cute little tin was not what I was expecting.

I have to admit that when I first saw it I was a little underwhelmed and wasn't sure why anyone would want a perfume that smells like tea, but then I tried it and I actually quite like it.

Bluebird offer 3 different perfumes (and also do them as a set) — Guarana Chai, Earl Gray Creme and Honey Bee Beautiful. I suspect that of the 3, I will only like the one I received today and that's because it has the sort of spicy aroma that I really like in a fragrance — it actually reminds me a little of Gaultier2, which is one of my all-time favourite perfumes.

It's quite a subtle fragrance and it doesn't last on me for anywhere near the length of time stated (6-8 hours), but then most perfumes don't last that long on me, so that's not really a surprise. At least being solid and in that cute little tin, it's easy to carry around for quick top-ups, and I will definitely use it.

Today's gift is a winner.


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