The Inspiration
Jc Ellena, a former Givaudan employee, was aware of the work of chemist Roman Kayser who "worked on osmanthus absolute, and described the similarity of this scent rich in carotinoid degradation products, such as β-ionone, damascenone, theaspirane, with the components of green and fermented tea." Scent and Chemistry / Gunther Ohloff, Wilhelm Pickenhagen, Philip Kraft, Fanny Grau.
The Formula
The formula published here is taken from a Givaudan patent published by Philipp Kraft. So here we find the typical tea accord with beta ionone / allyl ionone, beta damascone accented by a green contrast (tea leaves) with the use of triplal and cis 3 hexenyl acetate.