Tea and Tarot

I have had a sample of this scent for months and now I wonder if I ever tried it. I don't remember it. It is a light and pleasant scent, but not at all what I would think of with tea and tarot, so perhaps that is why I don't remember it. The description is:

A curious sweet and smokey green tea fragrance with touch of orange blossoms made with essential oils in ginger, vanilla, sandalwood, orange blossom and lemon, infused with black and green tea, mint leaves, lemon and orange peels. An amazing mind awakening blend that one will predict a future of enjoyment and habitual use.

The first note I smell is the lemon, the fresh smell of lemon rind. But it has a softly sweet base, not candy sweet, not the kind of sweet that hits you in the face, a soft sweetness. I can smell the vanilla there. And the sandalwood too although that is not really a sweet note. The mint adds to the freshness but it is not overwhelming. The green tea builds the bridge between the lemon and mint and the vanilla and sandalwood. I like this more than I had expected and I wonder if I should try and add a bottle of it to my recent order.


The picture is the picture that comes with the scent in Midnight Gypsy's Etsy shop. The old lady is obviously reading tea leaves, not tarot cards. Looking for pictures on the subject I found there is an oracle deck with over 200 cards picturing symbols one might see in tea leaves at the bottom of a cup. The cards are round, like the bottom of the tea cup. It would be like reading tea leaves without having to make tea and drink it and then turn the cup around without spilling the last drops on your table cloth and see symbols in the leaves. It's a lot easier, and less fun I would think. Even the meaning is written on the card.

 

I have also seen some images of a Tea-Tarot, which is a work in progress. From what I have seen it is a collection of images, not painted but collected. Because of that they do not always look as if they belong to the same deck. But that may change while the deck developes.


I also found a site where you can have your virtual tea leaves read online: tealeaves.