Aglaia odorata (Chinese perfume tree) gives a delicate, tea-like floral aroma with soft honeyed and green facets. It has a subtle, almost ethereal quality reminiscent of osmanthus and jasmine tea, with light apricot-like fruitiness in the drydown.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 51.
In Java, the fragrant flowers of this tree are added to tea sold mainly on the local market. This addition can not be considered as an adulteration of the tea. It is more like an improvement which, however, is not generally appreciated by tea-drinkers in other areas of the world.
The essential oil of Agleia Odorata is not regularly produced on a commercial scale, but the botanical material is abundantly available for production in case of increased interest.