Gourmand Bazaar Chai Tabac

Sasva Gourmand Bazaar Chai Tabac takes you to a roadside tea stall somewhere in India. Black tea simmers there with milk, sugar and spices, and this version goes by the name masala chai. The vendor pours it, still steaming, into small glasses, and passers-by and old friends gather around the stall. Biscuits get dunked in the tea, and their crumbs settle at the bottom of the glass. The conversation drags on, and somebody lights a cigarette with the tea. The break is so ordinary in India that people simply call it chai sutta, which means tea and a cigarette. In Gourmand Bazaar, the collection Sasva devotes to India’s love of sweet things, Chai Tabac is the deeper, warmer side and Barfi Vanille the playful one. The perfume is warm and milky, and tobacco gives it a soft trail of smoke. The brand sees the beauty of the simplest moments here, the ones when people gather over hot glasses of tea. Tea with friends rarely ends quickly, and that is the best part of it.