Eau Parfumée au Thé Vert Extreme (2000)
by Bulgari

Fabulous! First impression is of citrus and green tea, then a big blast of honey - reminds me of the Perlier honey range. EDP lasts all day, and stays true: green and sparkling with a warm background. It's just knocked Narcisse Noir off its pedestal as my favourite perfume.

I wanted to like it, but the tea note was just too extreme for me.

My favourite outdoor scent! I once wore this scent when hiking through the hills with two friends, and I still am remembering that wonderful day. I would find the floral components a tad too feminine when wearing this to the office, but all in all, a very inoffensive scent.

The extra kick that the Extreme version has, is well worth it, in my opinion. I do get decent longevity out of this one, but expect the musky basenotes to stay very close to the skin.

And oh, it doubles as a room perfume when I wipe the floor and spritz some on the cleaner.

I’m a pushover for tea fragrances; I love almost the whole genre. Bulgari’s Te Vert is one of my favorites, But I can’t find the love for Extreme Te Vert. It is mostly very well done and enjoyable, but on my skin I don’t get those clear, pristine notes that I get with the regular green tea. I do detect that latex note, and I don’t think that that is my problem. I would guess my problem is the cardamom, although I usually don’t have problems with that spice; the accord with the cardamom has a bit of that sweat thing going for it, and, while I can handle the sweat thing under other circumstances, it just doesn’t fit with green tea. Extreme Te Vert smells very nice on the paper sampler, and it smells great on other people, but it doesn’t love me. That’s okay… I still have the love of the regular version. This extreme version lasts longer than the regular Te Vert.

If truth be told, Bulgari's Extreme The Vert is one of my all time favorite perfumes. I remember when it first came out and thinking that **this is elegance**. Its light tea fragrance is beautifully tempered with a tiny hint of leather which makes it truly unisex and appealing to men. The bottle is stylish and has a hefty weight that connotes *expensive*. Last of all, it can often also be found at Marshall's and TJ Maxx at a very nice discount.

I've owned several bottles of Extreme The Vert over the years and adore it but for the fact that it just does not last! Argghh! Yes, even the Extreme version and yes, I have tried layering by simultaneously using the Extreme The Vert shower gel, shampoo, soap, etc... No luck. Extreme The Vert is kind of like one of those boyfriends that you love to pieces but he just doesn't love you back quite as much. Frustrating, to say the least.

Here are the notes, per The Perfumed Court: bergamot, bitter orange, orange blossom, Ceylon cardamom, pepper, coriander, Bulgarian rose, jasmine, green tea, and smoked wood.

This is not my favourite scent, but I admire it for being so friendly and sociable. Every time I wear it, men and women alike swoon before me in rapture! It is a very smart, fresh yet slightly odd daytime fragrance. The initial tea notes are delicious but I find my slightly oily skin makes the white flowers "blossom" very quickly. Perhaps one reason for its popularity is that it's a crisp, enlivening scent. In an era when a lot of women wear overpowering florals such as Poeme or weak, watery colognes such as CKOne, Eau Parfumee au The Verte Extreme smiles brightly and stands its ground!