On Friday night, I made an order for tea from Citizen Tea, a Canadian tea shop that I haven't ordered from in years. It all arrived yesterday, much faster than I expected it to - and with free shipping! Their Strawberry Green and Cactus Fig Green smell just as good as I remember. #GoodThings - ThreadSky

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cvasilevski.bsky.social • 28 days ago

On Friday night, I made an order for tea from Citizen Tea, a Canadian tea shop that I haven't ordered from in years.

It all arrived yesterday, much faster than I expected it to - and with free shipping!

Their Strawberry Green and Cactus Fig Green smell just as good as I remember.

#GoodThings

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cvasilevski.bsky.social•28 days ago

When I opened the Strawberry Green pouch, I was hit with a *wallop* of fruity strawberry smell. Instant nostalgia. I've had this tea on and off for over a decade - I first had it back when Teaopia, a long-defunct Canadian chain, was in business and the blend was called "Spring Morning".

#GoodThings

cvasilevski.bsky.social•28 days ago

Another #GoodThing:

Last week, I ordered samples from Paraphrase Perfumes, and I've been making my way diligently through the whole set. So far my favourites are Burrow, Smoked Bloom, and Grasslands.

cvasilevski.bsky.social•28 days ago

Grasslands is the one I'm trying out today, and it is AMAZING - sweet without being gourmand, herbal without being astringent. It's got notes of rosemary, tobacco, lavender, mimosa, hay, oakmoss and tonka bean. It's like sitting in the middle of a summer field on a hot, hazy day.

#GoodThings

cvasilevski.bsky.social•28 days ago

Honestly, though, I haven't been failed by any of the samples from Paraphrase yet. They haven't all been home runs, but none of them have been "meh" or "this is awful, I need to wash it off immediately".

#GoodThings

cvasilevski.bsky.social•28 days ago

I really haven't felt this good about a sample set before! The Penhaligons set I got for Black Friday got boring about halfway through. And the Andrea Maack set I got around New Years (for free!) had a perfume in it that made me nauseous as soon as I put it on.

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