Eden-Roc

Immaculate crisp white linen and a huge-brimmed straw hat, by the sea, maybe near your yacht. Utterly not my world - one night at the famed Hotel Cap du Eden-Roc in Antibes costs what I earn in months , and I'd probably be kicked off its grounds on sight anyway - but this scent can take you there in scent imagination, at least. The gentlest, most outdoorsy and restrained, but recognisable notes of jasmine and coconut do sweep in on a very salty breeze - yet overall there's no mistaking the haute-monde, haute-couture atmosphere here; it is a recognisably Dior grande dame - still a very perfumey perfume, not a photorealistic scent of place. If you insist on organic realness, it may well seem harsh or overly chemical, because that rock-salt mineral aura is so uncompromising and front-and-centre. Yes, overall it still feels grand, formal, dressed-up, rather than relaxing or friendly. Its slightly talcum-y powderiness oddly brings even more old-school etiquette-book glamour. If you want a laidback summer idyll a la Loewe's Paula's Ibiza, no - this has far too much hauteur - maybe even froideur - for that mood. But that stony insistence on being what it is - icily correct, almost intimidating luxury in grand style - also steers it well clear of blundering onto the rocks of oily-sunscreen, or sickening sweetness, which so often ruin a beach-themed scent. Drawbacks: doesn't perform at all in cooler weather, and even on hot days, it doesn't have a huge presence on skin or fabric beyond a half-day at most. (Daahling, it would simply NEVER do anything so vulgar as to linger - and if the price of respraying is a consideration, then as the saying goes : if you need to ASK what it costs, then it's not for you.) But still, completely convincing to me; a fragrance for escapist dreams of joining the 1%. I'm not, and will never be, a plutocrat of the class this is made for - but I really do love this all the same. Well, a cat may look at a king, no?

I know everyones nose is different but the reviews here are as if everyone tried a different fragrance, disappointments, suntan lotion, no coconut, lots of coconut, mineral, no jasmine - I'm extremely positive to this fragrance, this is definitely my summer fragrance of 2021. Opening> sea salt, mineral notes and jasmine (yes i get jasmine in the opening, a lot actually) this combinations makes it smell almost like a seaweed/ambergris note Then> After about an hour i pick up citruses, not just your average bergamot essential oil smell but the freshest most natural smelling juicy citruses you can imaging sprinkled with flakes of seal salt - picture coming up from a dip in the sea and getting served every kind of citrus fruit on a platter, if you know you know. At the end> The coconut makes a promintent appearance, perfectly blended with the citruses and salt as, the dry down is a skin scent, salty, piny (yes thats my new favourite made up word) and labdanum and ofcource ...coconut. So there you have it 1. Jasmine and salt 2 Salt and citrus 3 salt and cocounut, so basically you had a swim in the sea wearing a jasmine fragrance, got up to eat citrus fruit and picked up the sent of someone wearing hawaiian tropic tanning oil nearby...Pure bliss!

This one lasts. This is a high quality performer that I can smell on my wrists 20 hours after applying. First hours yesterday, the scent was charming-succint-elegant, showcasing salty-bright, blue-green aquatic, with a touch of half-sweetened lemon iced white tea. The profile changed little throughout the day, however, I did notice a slight bit of sweetness increasing toward the evening. That would be a white flower sweetness, not a gourmand sweetness. This morning 09:00 Pacific, the skin smell on my wrists, and probably the dab points on my neck, revealed a touch of distant fruit: peach or coconut, with the salt and ocean air still grabbing my olfactory attention. Powder was and still is present in a wide, yet supporting role. I acquired this in December and have not left Northern California since, meaning I’d have to give Eden-Roc a try in the Spring and Summer. I have no doubts about its ability to keep a very attractive, cool performance in warmer weather, where, I believe it will experience a touch of responsible drama from mid-morning to sunset.

I got a sample of this after hearing about it from one of my favorite youtubers, SMLXO! I normally don't gravitate towards fresh, citrusy scents (I usually go for gourmand, vanilla), but this one is just soo good!! I have to say though, I don't believe it's anything super special, it actually reminds me of something from the 90's, but can't figure out what it is. I was hoping to not like this fragrance for that price, but I think I'm going to end up getting the full bottle. I'm hoping to find a dupe, but it's unlikely because I rarely like a fragrance from beginning to end. On me, this scent lasts quite a long time, but it does turn in to a skin scent fairly quickly. I've never been to the south of France, but I have always lived near the beach and this instantly remind me of sunsets by the ocean. The walks I take after dinner with that beautiful color of the sky and that breeze! I live in FL now and have been looking for a fragrance that works with high heat and humidity and I think this is it!

On me, this is basically as the voted notes would suggest. A salty citrus aquatic. It really projects, too. So much so that I'm considering buying it based solely on that (and the scent, of course). The coconut, however, comes across on my skin rather strongly. Not as coconut milk or water, but more the flesh. I'm not sure if calling this "unique" will perplex people, but it's fairly unique to me. Breathes new air into a genre that has long since gone a bit stale (with obvious exceptions). I'm not kidding. If you see "salty aquatic" and feel your eyes rolling back, give this a go. If you don't find yourself moved, you'll at least be able to appreciate how well this is put together. Oh, and it performs brilliantly in cool to warm weather. A single spray on my wrist in 10 degrees celsius and it's projecting strongly 3 hours past applying it.