北海小威就是愛旅遊，就想灑香香說故事

我不想評論香水，因為我不是多了不起跟多高深經驗與才能的香水評論家；但我想說每一個香味的故事，因為我相信每一瓶香水都有一個屬於自己的故事，它讓香水變得很美，更顯得有活力！在2018年歲末年終之際，調香師Jutinat Piyaweerawong 先生推出了PROAD新的作品，英國茶 (English Tea)，相信很多人之前就已經有參加過當初那"五茗心歡"的限量香水活動，收到過那罐特別的英國茶，現在想說這不是冷飯熱炒的做法嗎？我不知道在香氣上面是不是有做任何調整，但就正式推出的新作品上，不管是瓶身設計或是香水表現上，我都非常喜歡那種典雅帶出來的高貴，簡單的黑色標籤與銀灰色的字體，加上書寫體的作品名，還有真實呈現所有英國茶的香氣變化，再再表現出老師的藝術感，我再次折服了。

I am not in attempt to judge any perfume while I am not the professional and disciplined commentator; yet, I intend to narrate a specific story to each of my favorite scents while it makes them alive and vivid in my private closet. In the end of 2018, the perfumer, Mr. Jutinat Piyaweerawong would like to bring up the latest PROAD perfume, English Tea to the market. I trust many Taiwanese fans having had this sepcial perfume when they participated in the sales of limited edition from MITH Five Teas gift packs in early 2018. Fans will probably doubt it is kind of old wine in the new bottle trick. Actually, I have no idea if perfumer did some adjustment in this new release. So far forth as the outer appearance, I personally love the bottle design which is with simple black label and silver words even the script of the name on the perfume. Furthermore, it truly present the changes of English tea. I have no choice but admit in being come over by the classical elegance belonging to perfumer's art temperament and attitude.

當英國茶第一次到我面前的時候，我感到非常的熟悉，那種熟悉不是我在其他品牌的某個作品裡面找到影子那樣地似曾相識；而是一種對於英國茶給的回憶，竟是那樣熟悉親切的感受。那清晰飄香過來的佛手柑，是有溫度的，就像在晨曦餐桌茶几前，沖了一杯熱熱的英國早餐茶，茶葉中獨特的佛手柑香隨著熱水的蒸氣，一股腦的往鼻腔刺激著感官那樣明顯，而且一陣一陣地，沒有停頓。那是我在十年前，隻身前往英國威爾斯念書的回憶，那個深秋，清晨的陽光把落在校園道路旁的落葉照得耀眼，我心情忐忑地走向教授的研究室，他是一個年近七十的英國紳士，當我敲了他研究室的門，心想這學期的報告應該是出了甚麼問題時候，他優雅的應門：「請進」，打開門撲鼻而來的，就是他那研究室角落，那壺還冒著煙，熱騰騰早餐茶所帶來的佛手柑香，教授看向我淡淡微笑的臉，至今我還記得(現在想想有點像肯德基爺爺XD)，那早餐茶飄出來的佛手柑香，好暖心，好舒服，瞬間讓我那緊張的心，微微地輕鬆了起來。教授手上的那杯熱茶，就這樣遞到了我的面前，和我輕輕地說，早上先來杯茶吧！

When the top note of "English Tea" came to my nose at the very first time, I was very excited about the familiar feeling which was extremely not the shade or replacement of other works in different perfume brands but the memories in my deep heart. The bergamot delivered by "English Tea" posted a spetacular vortex with warm temperature to me. It is the hot steam brought by the English Breaskfast Tea in boiling water running to my nose. Don't be afraid that it would be here today and there tomorrow. The warmness is continually and safely with us. I was suddenly brought back to 10 years ago (2008) when I went to Wales, UK for postgraduate. That was an autumn morning. When I was walking on the campus road for my tutor's room as a seminar had been scheduled at the night before, the bright sunshine directly sprayed on the fallen maples leaves along the road. However, I could not be eased by the romance in this season due to the horrifying meeting with professor. The tutor is a traditional English gentleman in his 70s. I still remember he gently and softly answered the door, "come in" when I stood in front of his office and knocked the door. Upon opening the door, I smelt the bergamot warmness from that kettle of hot English put on the table in the corner of his office. The tutor's smile together with the warm bergamot was sweet, touched and considerable so I was with some relief a bit. He passed me over a cup of hot tea and told me not forget to have some tea in the morning.

那是教授最喜歡的早餐茶，還記得剛到英國時，在語言課程班，老師說，在過往封建時期，莊園的公爵夫人是擁有一把很重要的鑰匙，那是莊園裡面放最好的茶葉盒鎖匙，只有在重要的客人到訪時，女主人才會請人去拿出最好的茶葉，並親身打開茶盒命人沖茶。直到現在，英國人總是習慣把最喜歡的茶，用來招待自己覺得重要的客人，當你知道，對方是拿出好茶招待自己的時候，便是自己受到重視，或是有非常重要的事情需要討論。但念書被老師約咖啡，大概都不是甚麼好事吧！心情烏雲已經罩頂，天黑一半之際，老師突然表明他喜歡我選的研究主題，很希望利用邀清我喝早餐茶的時間，聊聊我的想法。霎那間，我好像也卸下了心防，開始和老師如同朋友般的聊天，那種感覺很棒，校園裡面的學術交流與英國茶帶來的輕鬆感，畫面瞬間覺得好美，又具有詩意。調香師的英國茶，當佛手柑的暖甜感受漸漸放慢腳步之後，就好像是茶杯裡面的溫度漸漸降低，同時茶香的衝擊力也會趨於溫柔。茶几兩端的談天話語間，茶香在微熱的溫度下，用一種慢條斯理的藝術哲學，輕輕地陪襯在那輕鬆談天的氣氛中，屬於英國茶中那獨特的微澀感受，也在中味上面，表現地非常出色，彷彿就好像是在邊一口啜飲著微溫的早餐茶，邊和教授聊著自己興趣研究的方向一般，很輕鬆自在。

It was the tutor's favorite tea. I still kept in my mind that in the past, there was a key under Duchess custody. According to my advisor in my languange pressesional course, the key is for the tea box with Duchess' favorite tea. While the Duchess deemed the visitor as an important guest, she would ask the servant to take out the tea box containing the best tea for boiling the tea in her highest treatment. Nowadays, when you are treated by host with his or her best tea, it means you are deemed an important friend or requested to discuss something important. As a student being treated by tutor's favorite tea, I had some bad feeling. Contrarily, the tutor explained to me that he appreciated my essay so much and hoped to invite me for a tea time to have a plesant academic discussion. Finally I could freely and easily talk about my opinions as a friend of tutor. It was very relax but not sloven in this good chatting. "English Tea" by this perfumer built up the atmosphere of relax in tasting tea without pressure. When the top note of bergamot cooled down for the heart note, the ease released from tea was clearly sent to me. It was not the hot tea in the cup anymore but still midly warm. It is alike that when you are happily chatting with others on the table, you will sip some warm tea and say something freely to your listener. Even the slight bitter taste is also well performed in "English Tea", you will still have positive comment to this show because you have already been immersed and enjoyed therein.

旅英期間，很喜歡在用茶之後，衣袖間還停留著那茶香的餘韻，尤其在深秋之際，風起葉落，景色帶有種蕭瑟的感覺，在英國鄉間獨立生活著，仍是會有些寂寞與感性思鄉的時候，身上的茶香餘味不僅是給我一種溫暖，很像是一種很溫柔的擁抱一般；同時，茶香也讓我自己與家鄉聯繫著，畢竟英國茶的來源，也都是生產於亞洲，加上家鄉也產茶，那茶香或許跟英國茶的味道不盡相同，但茶香的純粹與溫度，卻是我從小就熟悉至今的感受；人就是這麼矛盾，當初旅英時，總喜歡在英國茶中找尋熟悉的家鄉味身影，現在，回國後卻不時在茶韻中找尋過去英國的回憶。在PROAD英國茶的真實呈現上，我幾乎是從前味的絢麗飄香到最後的優雅韻味，都深深地被震懾著，尤其在最後那茶葉香的表現好真實，一點都不忸怩作態，輕輕柔柔地圍繞在自己身上的感覺，在衣袖間停留的茶葉香，很浪漫...

In the overseas life, I enjoyed the lingering charm of tea scent on my coat. Not mentioning in autumn, the trees with withered and yellowed leaves soughed by the wind. When leaves fell on the ground, the scenery was always a bit bleak. Sometimes, I sensitively missed my hometown and the loneliness would be catalyzed in such a season. Then the lingering charm from the tea scent on the shirt and coat indeed gave me a soft, warm and gentle hug. The consolation therefrom hinted me that I had ever never felt lonely because the sweet memories from English tea still helped me to keep the link with my home. It could probably be the factor that all English tea is still produced by Asian countries. Although the local traditional tea in my hometown is not same as English tea, the purity and warmness are almost the same to touch my heart. There are always many contradictions in humanity. I was trying to find out the temperature and sweet from English tea in 10 years ago but have saught my lovely living memories in UK from Chinese tea now. I enjoy the treat by PROAD English Tea so much as I am totally astonished and charmed from the magnificent and spetacular performance in top note to the elegant fascination at the base. It never deliberately disguises the show and pretends to any other manner. I just fall in love with its long lasting soft tea scent on my clothes in my daily life as it brings me a certain of romance without doubt.   

喝茶，代表了一種生活藝術；品茶，儼然是一種藝術欣賞。我雖然不知道自己能有多大的慧根去領悟茶道那深層的滋味與哲學，可是我肯定在PROAD的英國茶中，得到了屬於自己的品茶藝術眼光，你也加入我一同找尋茶的哲理吧！

It is absolutely a lifestyle when we are having a cup of tea, and how to appreciate the art thereof can be made through tasting. I am not sure how talent I can be or what skills I cultivated in tasting the tea philosophy; yet, I have already earned the precious and valuable ability in insight of tea. Why not having a try to seek your potential for a unique life so long as your belief here is worthily explored. 

後記：我一直喜歡嘗試在各種香味中，利用揉香的方式去找到自己的特色與個性，一次單純又生趣的利用老師另一個牌子MITH 的琥珀馨香，配上這支純粹的茶香味時，兩個迥異不同調性的香味，竟然出乎意料的相互融合；那琥珀香氣在前導的表現上，更突出了英國茶一開始的佛手柑香味，讓佛手柑表現更為亮眼與立體，但當兩支香氣慢慢地切磋磨合之後，茶香趨向成為那浪漫的背景，來襯托琥珀香的曼妙舞姿。我想我該止步了，讓你有機會去試試找出自己喜歡的茶香嘉年華！

N.B.: I also like to have different approaches in scent combination since it helps me to find out my unique characteristic and personality. In a fortuitous occasion, I took the perfumer's another brand MITH to combine the scent with "English Tea" which is named "Ambre Noir". The performance from the two different scents gave me a huge shock in terms of the dramatical changes of the scents. In the very beginning, the amber did push the bergamot to brighter level but later, English Tea went back to be the background for polishing the amber and steped up the romance to me. I think I shall stop here and let you have more time to explore your carnival in English Tea.