Perfume Oil: Smugglers' Tea

With inflated prices and high duties, thanks to the East India Company's monopoly on the trade, smuggling was a more profitable, albeit dangerous, avenue to bring affordable tea from China to merchants in Europe.

Black tea leaves, a slight air of smoky green tea leaves, hints of tobacco, and local wood (represented by Himalayan cedarwood) from the packing crates. For a sweet black tea, try Amulet Of Respite.

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Photo by Eva Bronzini.