Un Jardin Sous la Mer

Absolutely fascinated with the scent. Such a fresh and unique departure from all the vanilla variations! I appreciate no vegetables in it too. And no milk. I love the bitter mineral scent which lifts you up instead of placing you into a comfort zone. I am impressed by how many people dislike the scent. Not a single wow review I found. I kind of like that! To me, this scent is captivating, different, it is not the scent that “I want to love”. It is the scent that I failed to ignore! To my nose it has nothing to do with bathroom smells. But I must admit - it is NOT banana, vanilla, tobacco, milk. It has character and spine. Like I am alone on the abandoned beach, checking my social media just to see the blast of downvotes. I put away my cellphone and walk on the shoreline - tall and alone. Disapproved and content with who I am! And after this walk I will go to have a nice meal with CARBS and wake up thin next morning 🤩 This kind of vibe

tiare is a very sensitive and beautiful note, it is still a gardenia at the end of the day though so the scent isnt exactly all the way “clean” . many mainstream houses have yet to step away from the terracotta or yves rocher monoi formula of opulence and coconutty amber sweetness when it comes to it . i love jardin sous la mer, for the reasons other people have mentioned . its not typically sweet, but theres an odd savory aspect beside the lightly decadent tiare . the nutty scent is similar to raw shea butter in my opinion . its still in hermes or french tradition, not too gussied up or trying too hard . if you like sea notes and white flowers its worth it to test . unisex in the way that kelley calache is worn by some men . i kinda picture a white horse on the beach with this one . i tried ‘Eau de Rhubarbe Ecarlate’ from nagel a couple years ago, this style felt familiar here

To me it smells like a lush bathbomb or pez candies at first, then dries down to a very light sea-like clean scent, also it's quite soapy in the drydown. I like it, it's unique for today's standards.. edit: actually, I LOVE it now..Woah such a special scent..and it's very long lasting! But I understand why it's so polarizing, it is a weird scent and there's something very austere about it. I always wanted to try demeter's funeral home and i wouldn't be suprised if it smelt a bit similar to this edit 2: scary part is that I wont even deny that the smell of this perfume is VERY reminiscent of a gas station toilet, but in a clean way lol? Still I like it more and more, to be honest I think I have good associations with gas station toilets because my *dEaR* father wouldn't allow me to pee until he felt like it was time to stop at one #traumatized

Having read all the negative reviews I was prepared for the worst when I gave Sous la Mer a try - and wow, was I surprised: I expected something repelling and instead found a beauty. But rather then being just pretty there was something in it that caught my attention and it took me a while to put the finger on it: Sous la Mer is one of the rare perfumes that, upon smelling, give me a tactile sensation. I knew that from Dior’s Dune: Whenever smelling this I can nearly feel hot sand running through my fingers. Sous la Mer evokes a similar reaction but here it is the salty-sticky feeling of dried seawater on your skin after a long sunny day at the beach. I find it incredibly creative and yet easily wearable and I immediately broke my rule not to buy any full bottles this year.

if you know, you know. not really underwater because Tiare is a flower and Tamanu a nut (used in Polynesian medecin in oil form, very spécial scent), but if you have been to Polynesia you will know. very unique, very modern. Entering a high end luxury French Polynesia Hôtel, surrender by Tiare and a nearly woody vibes from the Tamanu oil, and the Pacific Ocean nearby (the metallic, oceanic notes) not mass appealing, very niche. i am stucked on how nice and différent it is, and how the perfum master did it. waow day time, sunny tropical, polynesian wear. speachless.