Coastal Tea Tree (Australia)

Coastal Tea Tree (Australia) is a fresh, aromatic note in perfumery that captures the clean, invigorating scent of Leptospermum laevigatum—a hardy shrub native to the windswept coastal regions of Australia. Unlike the more medicinal scent of the well-known Melaleuca tea tree, Coastal Tea Tree offers a softer, greener profile with notes of crushed eucalyptus leaves, ocean breeze, and sun-warmed herbs. It exudes a natural purity that feels both grounding and breezy, evoking the scent of wild shrubs growing along sandy cliffs and salt-sprayed dunes. Typically used as a top or heart note, it brings airy freshness and a rugged, native character to woody, aromatic, and marine compositions.

History & Production: Coastal Tea Tree is part of Australia’s unique botanical heritage, used traditionally by Indigenous communities for its purifying and protective properties. While not widely distilled commercially, the note is often interpreted in perfumery through natural extractions and accords crafted with eucalyptus, tea tree, myrtle, and oceanic aromachemicals to simulate the plant’s coastal green crispness. It blends beautifully with sandalwood, vetiver, and citrus notes, and is prized for adding a windswept, elemental freshness to fragrances that aim to capture the wild, unspoiled spirit of Australia’s shorelines. Clean yet earthy, it’s a note of understated resilience and breezy freedom.