Imperial Tea vs Tobacco Vanille

Imperial Tea is well-regarded in the tea fragrance community as a realistic and elegant jasmine green tea scent with a smooth drydown. While praised for its sophisticated composition and signature-worthy quality, some find the opening sharper than expected with the jasmine dominating over the tea note. It's considered a solid choice for tea lovers despite the premium By Kilian pricing.

Tobacco Vanille is a highly polarizing fragrance that divides the community. Fans praise its warm vanilla sweetness and longevity, while detractors find the tobacco note too reminiscent of cigarette smoke, particularly if they grew up avoiding secondhand smoke. Performance and tolerance appear to have declined with reported reformulations.