Black Salt

I got a sample from purchasing the beach goth perfume set and I do not think this is a summer goth scent personally. However, I do quite like it for what it is though. I was a little disappointed in that I couldn't really detect any of the salt notes on me here (I am learning that salt notes probably do not come up very well on me personally). But the reason why I like this quite a lot is because it reminds me a lot of my home country. When I smelled this out of the little sample vial I got, my first words were "it smells like the Philippines." I feel like I must have smelled a similar fragrance in a shopping mall or a cafe or a bar that I went to either when I used to live there or in more recent times when I have visited. I'm not sure. But reading the fragrance notes, I think it makes sense because the citrus in this reminds me of the calamansi fruit commonly found in Filipino cuisine, the white florals remind me of how jasmine sambac is the country's national flower and the aquatic notes here to me is reminiscent of the country's tropical climate. Black Salt also kinda reminds me a bit of a fizzy fruity cocktail I might drink on a warm summer day. The dry down smells a bit like lime coke lol but I don't mind that at all. This makes this perfume surprisingly gourmand adjacent to me. In saying that, even though I find Black Salt to be quite a typical summer scent in many ways, I feel like there is something about this that makes it not reminiscent of the popular touristy beaches. To me, it's more of a smaller seaside town beach that only locals to the towns around it go to. Similar to beaches in towns like Zambales, for those who know where that is in the Philippines. The beaches are just as nice to go for a dip in the water, but it's a little quieter and the locals have their own urban legends they've been telling each other for generations about mythical creatures that might roam around the seashore and beyond at night time. I am contemplating about getting a full size once the sample is out, especially because the longevity of this on me has been pretty good at around 10 hours. But it is going to be a bit of splurge...

Nosferatu for California girls. :D On me it smells like San Diego in winter - briny, cold, aquatic, like going for a beach walk in 62 degree weather (frigid!!!) at dusk, slipping down the cliffs and popping one of those kelp bulbs. Your feet are chilly and coated in that black silt (hmm, one letter off, gang) that you can't brush off. Your jean hems are soggy and salty. You are happy! Mine has macerated for 4 months and now it’s stronger on the eucalyptus and seaweed and salt without tasting like a mouthful of ocean water, and the lime doesn’t make it smell like a marg. It doesn't read sweet at all on me. It makes me feel fresh but not clean, if that makes sense - like you DID wash your hair after surfing, but just at the public showers that spit more than rinse, and no shampoo. On my spouse I want to die, like yes please let me drown in THIS ocean. Holy guacamole. It's beautiful and citrusy, the rose breathes out, the salt is bracing, the petrichor intoxicating.

The scent I didn't know I needed. I got a sample when I ordered a Nosferatu sample to fill up a sample box. The lilac nosferatu perfume was what I was looking for but wow did Black Salt come to the top. I like it very nearly as much as Nosferatu. It doesn't have the lilac but the salty seaweed petrichor heavy scent of Black Salt with the added floral notes that isn't feminine is so good! I live in the Seattle area and go kayaking in the sound and hiking in the mountains all the time. Black Salt smells like the sea, misty stony beaches, the rain in the mountains, the last bloom of october tea roses in the yard. Wonderful. It lasts a long time on me too, a lot stronger and longer than Nosferatu, and Black Salt isn't limited edition and it's a very close second to Nosferatu just without the lilac.

I got it today! I really really love it! It doesn’t hit that gothic point for me but I definitely really enjoy it and it’s very summery. I’ve only had it on for about 30 minutes but the lime has stayed strong. The salt comes in with a little bit of a sting but it’s enjoyable. It smells like a margarita lol. It’s very fruity but I can still smell the salt. Tiny bit of black pepper, maybe a little bit of the jasmine and rose. Tiny bit of petrichor. No seaweed. In the best way, it smells like a celebrity fragrance lol. I will probably wear it a lot this summer! If you like fruit this is for you but it’s not very unique or like I was expecting! Maybe it will change over the course of wearing it. SAFE BLIND BUY!

The first time smelling this perfume immediately reminded me of Santa Cruz. I have long associated eucalyptus with trips there. The scent of the coast coming in from the driver's window and redwood forests through the passenger side as you're driving up the 1. It also evokes driving through the marine layer on a particularly early drive before the sun has burned it all off. I don't get many dark qualities from it, perhaps other than a clandestine adolescent bonfire down on the beach. Not as many d*mn vampires as you'd expect in Santa Carla. I never thought I'd be drawn to marine/mineralic scents. Oud Minerale opened me up to the possibility. This one convinced me. It's dripping with memories.