Stüssy Laguna Beach

it's a hot, sunny day at the beach to the point where the heat is causing distortions in the air. you're swimming in the cool water, and as you poke your head out of the sea, you feel the warmth of the sun start to radiate throughout your wet hair. a warm breeze sweeps through, peppering you with a light spray of sand. I definitely get the sunscreen-esque smell that some people mention but it is rather pleasant. Fresh, clean, salty, aquatic, very reminiscent of the sea. If Megamare is representative of the deep, dark ocean, this is more akin to pictures of crystal-clear turquoise waters in the Caribbeans or maybe the Maldives. Alternatively, it smells exactly like how a cold, 2L bottle of Pocari Sweat from an H-Mart tastes, and I love it. Perfect for warm weather, I'd imagine this would layer well with Sea Salt & Wood Sage.

I LOVE beach scents with sea and solar notes, so I was ready to pull the trigger the second this one dropped. And WOW am I glad I did. Stussy Laguna Beach is absolutely beautiful. The unisex balance is intriguing. Upon first spray, I felt it leaned just a tiny bit masculine as many of these types of scents do. But mere minutes later, as it settles on my skin, the florals blossom, and now I think it leans a little bit feminine. I suspect that this fragrance will develop a bit differently on everyone and work well on most, unless this type of fragrance just isn't your cuppa. But I am smitten, and as I sit here snowed in in CT, I keep huffing my arm to get my hot weather fix. Salt water, and sun, and wood, and flowers are simple ingredients, but when done well like this, they are endless summer brought to life.

I get a strong liquorice smell off of this in the opening. It still sort of remains in the dry down as well particularly on clothes. It’s not unpleasant though just different to what I’ve smelt before. It’s an interesting scent, doesn’t really invoke a California beach at all to me though. Maybe more so Santa Monica pier with the slight smell of saltiness mixed with that odd sweet candy smell.

Great to see this brought back to life after being discontinued for so many years. Probably the only aquatic scent that doesn't over do it in terms of saltiness. You get a fresh open air feel that lasts and works well with a clean white T. Definitely safe blind buy and perfect for spring, summer and during the days.

It might be a safe scent but it has some nice notes to it, I really like this a lot. It reminds me of being on bay somewhere with the scent of early morning salt with a little breeze. It's shame it was so limited and I will have to cherish this bottle and use it sparingly, I give this a solid 9 out 10.