Neo-Animism

Very impressive sea mineral notes that I have waited over 30 years for. Not exaggerating, throughout the 2000s, companies have been pushing "sea notes" and "water notes" that smell like a screechy chemical mess of freshness. This actually smells of the ocean salts on your body after a dip, sun drying out, and putting clean clothes back on. If you're baffled by the notes, you could call it Lemon and Salt, drying into almost pure mineral. There is some kind of waxy feeling that reminds you of older soap brands like the one this perfume is meant to replicate. I don't recognize it exactly, but it reminds me of the soaps my grandmother would give our parents growing up, as she hoarded such things and randomly gave them to us in big Ziploc bags. All kinds of cheap hotel soaps, rubbing off on another, sniffing the bag with a big inhale, you get citrus, florals, and even some evergreen barbershop-type vibes mixed into an overall muted, airy cleanliness. Kind of cool to have a South African cologne in my collection now!

I love Neo-Animism! It's such a cleeeean (unsurprising, I know - considering it's inspired by soap!), superbly blended smooth, fresh scent that manages NOT to smell like cleaning products or another banal "clean fragrance." This one is really interesting and refreshing to wear - it has decent yet moderate sillage with impressive longevity (two major pluses in my book). I've never smelled African Green Soap but am enchanted by the very specific inspiration behind this fragrance. Neo-Animism smells like the lesser celebrated beach vacation type scent: it's not about coconutty sunscreen or fruity cocktails but instead about the smell of the surf, sun warmed-sand, and this beautiful soap you use after a day in the hot sun. Very cool, original and unlike any other 'clean' or 'beachy' fragrance I've tried. Happy to have this in my collection - and that amazing green bottle is divine!!!

It smells like soap and the sea. I thought I hated soapy fragrances but here we have a fragrance that's explicitly meant to smell like soap and I love it! It's just so bright and refreshing and makes me happy. I've never smelled Sunlight, the South African green soap this is based on, but I'm very tempted now to find a bar to compare. The sea salt/mineralic quality really makes this fragrance so evocative. I feel like I'm waxing my surfboard with the sea breeze blowing in my hair. It's great for hot weather, but I'm wearing it now in the winter to give me that summer feeling.

This is a high quality, incredible freshie, Aquatic fragrance. This is what I hoped Creed Silver Mountain Water would smell like. It’s salty, mineral rich, fresh, SUPER clean with a natural smelling soap facet. Very smooth and beautifully blended, I absolutely adore this fragrance, and can’t recommend it enough. It’s easily jumped to the top end of my favorite Freshie list. Nothing else I’ve smelled smells like this it’s a must try for Aquatic lovers. Completely unisex.

This is a high quality, incredible freshie, Aquatic fragrance. This is what I hoped Creed Silver Mountain Water would smell like. It’s salty, mineral rich, fresh, SUPER clean with a very subtle natural smelling soap facet. Very smooth and beautifully blended, I absolutely adore this fragrance, and can’t recommend it enough. It’s easily jumped to the top end of my favorite Freshie list. Nothing else I’ve smelled smells like this it’s a must try for Aquatic lovers.