Salt

Dirty Little Beach! I sprayed it directly to my forearm, and excited to finally try it... I clear my mind, I close my eyes, and I breathe it in... What is this? I open my eyes and exhale... I'm confused. My senses don't know if to accept, or reject in the initial inhale. I take in the scent from my forearm again for a second time.. "Oh wow, okay, this is different", I think to myself after taking this in. I do this a few more times and gather my thoughts. I wait some 5 minutes and take the scent in. It scares me, but I'm not "not" liking it. (This deserved a double negative sentence of how baffled my brain was trying to compute this scent). I give it some more time. "Ohhh wow - I understand you, and I think I'm going to like you", I say to the fragrance. Okay - I have my report: Sea, Ocean, Beach is my vibe, period. My hunt for the best marine fragrance still continues. However, I can tell you what this isn't. This one is not coconut, wet, juicy, sweet, floral, fruity, or tropical beach girl on vacay what so ever. So if you're here for the abovementioned, give me a balloon as a thank you next, for sparing you xoxo ~the end. However, if you're wanting something different other than your good ol' run of the mill, regular, "safe" tourist brochure escape, keep on reading you adventurer dare devil you. ~_^ Ready? Okay. This one is a hella dirty, adventurous spirit, naughty babe (male or female) at a "locals" beach. Again, this is not the touristy smooth clean and family friendly beach. No, sir. You're sick of the office, and your everyday lifestyle. You cashed out your 8 days of PTO, booked a flight to a beach town you don't know on Groupon, and packed everything you need for those 8 days in a backpack. I mean, how much clothes will you actually need? You passed on the resort accommodations, and agreed to play it by ear. Welcome to (insert foreign country name here) you will now be staying at a hostel that your friendly cab driver, Ja'Dai, from the airport recommended. Welcome to Playa X This is a hot black sand, sharp pebbles, cinnamon colored and ever so slightly scented driftwood local's beach. The water is cold, dark, and salty, with waves just a tad intimidating to an amateur surfer. You're excited, and a little uncomfortable because everything is different than what you're used to. But hey, you're here just for that. You are ready to try a new adventure, meet new people, try different foods, and surf waves you're not used to. This isn't a pretty or delicate fragrance. I didn't pick up any floral or citrus notes, but I did get some spiciness almost a faint cinnamon, and a pinch of smokiness. This is fun and sexy in a "I live my life dangerously seeking the next adventure vibe". Salty ocean dried up on the skin, sand in the hair, some minor cuts from the sharp pebbles on the feet, bruises from the surfboard hitting you a few times, and a gorgeous smile on your face from the great time you've been having! Its night time, you've showered, you're soapy clean. Your skin is warm from the sun you've taken in all these days. Yeah the beach is a little dirty. Yeah things aren't like back home, but as the fragrance dies down, and your crazy vacation begins to wrap up. You're left with a soft, almost sweet musky skin close scent. As if to let your senses relax and rest up. This Salt by Ellis Brooklyn is an experience. Its not an everyday fragrance, and its certainly not to be appreciated by everyone. If Salt has chosen you, your senses to accept it as it is for what its meant to be, than you're a lucky unique spirit. If its not for you, its okay, too. Not everyone is made for dangerous excitement. Even some rides at Disney have health precautions. I hope you enjoyed my review of this artistic fragrance. (◠‿◠✿) Not a safe full bottle blind buy On me it lasted 8+ hours Silliage will of course depend on how much and where you spray. The scent on initial spray is pretty sharp. As it dies down it of course becomes more a skin scent but its smooth, and dare I say delicate at the end.

The first "real" (as in not random and extremely cheap) perfume I bought for myself when I started taking more of an interest in perfume. It is a first love I can't let go of. Not very complex, longevity and projection isn't great. But it's so comforting to me and lifts my mood. Ever since the first time I tested it, I swear that the opening is like tequila, which actually made me love it. It doesn't smell like that past the very first moment, and I may be the only one who has that opinion anyway, so you are not walking around smelling like booze when wearing this. It's an easy summer day, salted ocean kissed skin in the late afternoon coming back from the beach on a weekend trip. A beachy, coastal fragrance that feels familiar from the first encounter. I keep reaching for this as soon as spring starts to get hot and I may carry a torch for it for a long time, but I think it could one day be replaced as my summer go to.

I’ve had Salt on my ‘to try’ list for so long I can’t even remember why it’s there, and I have finally got a sample of it. I love it. Clean, fresh, cool and summery with light, salty florals and a little bit of depth from the musk and sandalwood. I have been searching and searching to find something like my forever favourite (and heartbreakingly now discontinued) Bottega Veneta Parco Palladiano VII: Lillà, and while Salt is a different perfume it has the same sort of vibe - the distant scent of flowers on a cool breeze drifting over a clear blue lagoon through newly washed white muslin curtains. The musk adds some sun warmed skin to the mix. Salt is more tropical floral and less ethereal than Lillà, but still lovely. This is a very subtle fragrance - the longevity is moderate on me and it doesn’t have much projection, but I’ll wear it for me and nobody else.

Blind bought this and it’s NOT what I expected. I’m realizing the ambergris shifts the profile from your typical tropical white floral to something very different. Unisex and slightly masculine leaning, almost like ozonic rock and salty shores kind of petrichor, but there’s still a warmth. Contemplating whether I want this for myself or want to give to my husband. It’s a lovely summer scent, either way, but don’t expect the tropics based on the Tiare and yellow florals. Update(04/09/26): So I decided to keep this for myself! It really grew on me and goes well with other spa-like scents that I own. I used Saltair’s Seascape bodycare line and fragrance mist for my bed time shower with this and Lake & Skye 11:11 and it’s really lovely, clean, and calming.

I got this from an Ipsy sale. It was a great price for a 30 day bottle. So I grabbed one. I fell in love with it first spray. It's so different and unique. It's a summer scent without all the suntan lotion heaviness like cocoa butter or coconut oil. It does remind you of after a long day at the beach and you've been out in the water all day and you take a quick beach shower and put on a hoodie because you're sunburnt and chilly. It lies very close to the skin it won't fill the elevator up. It's beachy but at the same time, mature and well rounded. If you're looking for something very different and summery and light but extremely unique, SALT is it. You won't be disappointed. 💙🩵💙🩵💙