12 Marina Soleil

a more unisex, fresh, cucumbery version of Fierce from Abercrombie. very easy to wear, I love it. it lasts about 2 hours, which is unfortunate. very easy summer reach for when you cant decide what else to wear and dont want to offend anyone.

Perfect summer scent in my opinion. Salty, beachy, and fresh. Eating watermelon and drinking cucumber lemon water on a beach. Not too sweet and impressively long lasting for a citrusy aquatic.

Ok, definitely a summer, hot weather scent. Aquatic citrus that does lean a bit more masculine, probably why I enjoy it.

I liked this new release, but I don’t think it’s for everyone—even though it’s an easy summer reach. If you’re not a fan of aquatic or salty fragrances, you may want to skip this one. Personally, I love aquatic scents, florals, and anything salty, whether it leans sunscreen-like or not, so this was right up my alley. To my nose, it’s mainly salty, ozonic, and cucumber-forward. I don’t pick up many of the other listed notes, but honestly, I don’t mind. There’s a subtle green nuance in the background, though I wouldn’t call it a green fragrance. This is very much a summery aquatic scent that evokes a sunny day at the beach, without the typical sunscreen vibe. If you’re looking for something fresh and easy to wear this summer, I’d definitely recommend giving it a try—especially at this price point. The cost-to-quality ratio is excellent. P.S. I don’t find this one similar to Riviera Lazuli, I can’t tell about the Salt & Stone one as I have not tried it. I have quite a feel aquatic scents, but I don’t own anything like this one.

Like an aquatic chypre with cucumber

I don't like this as much as I'd hoped. I love all the marketing and visuals around this so wanted to love it, but its not for me. Definitely unisex. I don't think this is ever something I'd wear myself, I'm not getting a lot of salty/ marine vibes which is surprising - straight sporty shower gel.

I wanted to love this. It’s nice, with an effervescent texture, but the aquatic aspect doesn’t balance well with the crisp juniper/sage/citrus edge. Similar to Isla Coco in texture, but Isla is sweeter and smoother. Marina comes off as a bit too harsh/salty sea.

Definitely salty, herbal, fresh scent. Not sweet at all. The citrus is like a fresh squeezed lemon in your water. If you like things like sailing day and eau des merveilles bleue you may like this. Squarely unisex. The cucumber is there, adding a slight vegetal tone, nothing melony at all. More like spa vibes. I almost imagine a bowl of fresh thinly sliced fragrant cucumber, salted, with lemon vinaigrette. I like it as I really like salty scents and always love to find summery scents in this vein that do not have coconut. Thank goodness. Not all summer scents need coconut.

I do like this and I typically love all marine/salty fragrances so that’s probably why. However, this does lean slightly masculine. So keep that in mind.. Edited: after wearing this for a full day today, I wanted to be sure to add that this has lasted over 12 hours and I can still smell it on myself. It’s STRONG for being an aquatic. Definitely unisex and it’s really nice for summer. Fresh, salty, herbal..a bit spa like but summer version.