Camellia sinensis var. sinensis (white tea cultivar)
Appearance
Colorless to pale yellow liquid
Odor Strength
Medium
Producing Countries
China, Taiwan
Pyramid
Heart
Delicate, green-floral, with a faint honey-hay sweetness. Camellia sinensis flowers — the tea plant blooming, smelling of fresh green tea with a floral accent.
Delicate, green-floral, with a honey-hay sweetness and a green-tea undertone. Lighter than jasmine, less narcotic than osmanthus, with a specific Camellia refinement. The tea connection gives it a vegetal grounding that pure white florals lack. On skin: a quiet, clean, barely-there floral.
Evolution over time
Immediately
Immediately
Delicate green-floral with tea undertone
After a few hours
After a few hours
Soft honey-hay quality, refined and quiet
After a few days
After a few days
Faint green-floral ghost
Terroir & Origins
Indicative 2025 wholesale prices.
The Full Story
White tea blossom refers to the flowers of Camellia sinensis — the same plant whose leaves produce all types of tea. The flowers are small, white, and delicately fragrant, with a scent that combines the green-vegetal character of tea leaves with a soft, honeyed floral sweetness.
The flower's volatile profile includes linalool, geraniol, nerolidol, and various terpene alcohols — similar to many white florals but with the specific green-tea undertone from shared metabolic pathways with the leaves. The overall impression is of white tea with a floral accent — delicate, clean, and barely sweet.
Tea flowers are not typically harvested for tea or perfumery — they represent a reproductive energy drain on the plant and are often pruned. Some Chinese specialty teas include flowers, and a few artisanal extractions exist.
Tea growers actively prevent Camellia sinensis from flowering because flower production diverts energy from leaf growth, reducing tea yield. The flowers contain caffeine (like the leaves) and have been traditionally used in Chinese folk medicine as an anti-inflammatory.
Extraction & Chemistry
Extraction method: No standard commercial extraction of Camellia sinensis flowers. Some artisanal absolute productions exist in China. The note is typically reconstructed from green-tea accords, linalool, geraniol, and delicate floral materials.
N/A — no standard CAS for white tea blossom extract
Botanical Name
Camellia sinensis var. sinensis (white tea cultivar)
IFRA Status
No known restrictions
Synonyms
white tea flower, tea blossom
Physical Properties
Odor Strength
Medium
Appearance
Colorless to pale yellow liquid
In Perfumery
White tea blossom is a heart note providing delicate green-floral character with tea undertones. Reconstructed from linalool, geraniol, green-tea accords, and honey-floral materials. Functions in tea-themed, minimalist, and clean white-floral compositions. Bridges the tea and floral families. Less assertive than jasmine tea accords, more specifically botanical.
