Kingston Ferry

The Pac Northwest has always been my favorite part of the country, and Seattle my favorite city. For me Kingston Ferry is the perfect mix of mentholated evergreen, herbs and briny air and is evocative of a coastal breeze blowing off of Puget Sound on one of those near-mythical warm, sunny days. This is a very “Calgon, take me away” fragrance because I can just close my eyes and pretend I’m there. There is a suggestion of seaweed and ocean water, no icky weird fishy notes, and I do get a bit of a melon vibe from it, but thankfully we entirely avoid Cool Water territory. I also notice a nice driftwood note, possibly the best I have smelled. It actually smells like weathered wood. Thank you to my perfume buddy who gave me a travel spray to try out. I have worn this fragrance for 4 days in a row, a very rare thing for me to do. I will require a full bottle. Update: I’m finding it has excellent performance. I only need a dab, and it lasts all day, staying true to the scent. Now my absolute favorite from Olympic Orchids.

my bf is on the lookout for a new fragrance, so i thought i'd try this out and see if either of us liked it. well, he doesn't and says he only smells licorice, and it is a lot more herb-heavy on him and stays that way. but i really love this. it really does have this strong but not unclean saltiness, and the kind of herbaceousness in this isn't really like anything i've smelled before in an aromatic leaning scent... within a few minutes, it turns to heavenly soft florals with a bit of lingering, almost anise-y tarragon and a little less woods. i don't often go for aquatic types but the saltiness keeps it interesting. the bf never got to the floral stage that i did but i think even if it had it would still be very workable on men. sillage is low-ish, and i think it lasted me maybe 5 hours or so, maybe a little more

I'm not familiar with the Kingston Ferry in the Pacific Northwest, so it was odd that this fragrance brought out such strong scent memories for me. It reminded me of summer vacations spent at a mountain lake, which was surrounded by deep pine woods. One whiff of Kingston Ferry took me back to long days full of laughter and devoid of responsibilities spent out on the water. As far as specifics go, KF is a clever mix of aquatics and greens. Straight up marine fragrances often turn me off, but KF lacks the added citrus and other fruits that spoil those frags for me. Instead, it has a sharp twist of tarragon and chamomile that is much more satisfying to my nose. KF wears close but is quite long-lasting. Made with obvious care, and priced with reason. Thank you, Fragrantica for the sample of this great little gem.

Kingston Ferry is quite simply remarkable in it's structure. The driftwood note here is very distinct, and along with seaweed (not fishy!) is evocative of agarwood or oud in its saltiest and driest presentation. Incredibly, its this note that reminds me of the cystine note in Costume National's Scent Intense. The lavender and tarragon provide a wonderful bracing Pacific Northwest facet, just like wind whipping off the salty grey docks and stinging the nose ever so slightly. Woody, salty, dry, and tasty. I feel like a dog with its head out the car window tasting the air during a grey, overcast coastal drive. Somehow uplifting in a melancholic kind of way.

This is another of Dr. Covey's Scents of Place that really describe the olfactory landscape of a specific location. I have been on the Kingston Ferry too many times to count and this IS the smell of the Puget Sound at the ferry dock on a cool morning. When I first tried this sample I just smelled it in the bottle. That didn't work at all. I could only smell the smoke, salt and seaweed until I applied it to my skin. Immediately the fresh watery element appeared, then the flowers and finally the tarragon, myrhh and lingering woods. I can definitely imagine this as a masculine fragrance. I would wear it in the Fall.

I feel like I'm walking along a beach boardwalk- smelling snatches of the salty sea breeze, but also the dry, grassy dunes, washed-up driftwood, and somehow even the warm sun overhead. I'm not very interested in aquatics, but this perfume is AMAZING! Kingston Ferry is a very unique but accurate aquatic that is easy to wear, unisex (leaning masculine) and a pleasure to smell. A definite must-try for every OO, aquatics, or fine perfume fan.

Aromatherapy in a bottle! Without looking at the notes I could not tell what is in it... It is so different from anything I smelled before. However, with help I recognize tarragon, lavender, cedar and aquatic component. Kingston Ferry is such a serene and tranquil scent and so pleasant from opening to drydown. I love it and will order a full bottle.

Ok, I am fully convinced that I am at the dockland area, moreover, in Kingston. This fume is just more than a perfume. It is more like a video projection to me. That impressive.

Oh god, I'm just too amazed to write anything intelligent. I just sampled thin on my skin moments ago and I'm just in love. It's so uplifting, fresh and invigorating!

This surprisingly new marine scent, I expected something salty aromatic, but it's green and great, even warm... and aquatic.

Aquatic scents is usually not my cup of tea. But this isn't bad. It's not a favourite of mine, but there are moments when this scent really takes me places and makes me feel comforted in a way. It's a very atmospheric and evocative scent (like many of the perfumes from this brand). And it is extremely well made. I usually find aquatic perfumes to be too thin and watery smelling, too fresh - but this scent has a lot of substance and a certain kind of thickness, like a foggy feeling, to it. It starts off a bit harsh. I can smell salty, wet seagrass, engine oil from a ship and something very patchouli-ish, that in this particular blend smells a bit like guano (sea bird droppings). It's a very natural smell. I can feel the sea breeze in my hair and hear the seagulls crying when I sniff this perfume. The saltyness lingers, but the harshness goes away, and leaves room for softer, floral notes. It smells like a meating of ocean and land. Like you're on a boat (a ferry if you will), and heading for shore. The salty sea breeze is still prominent, but when the ship comes closer to port, whiffs of sand, driftwood and green hills filled with wild flowers starts to emerge, slowly and softly. I'm taken back to the time when I travelled from Calais to Dover by ferry, when I smell this. It's a lovely memory for me, and I love this scent just for reminding me of that trip again. I can detect chamomile, which really softens the saltness in this perfume, and in the heart of the scent a very mild and well rounded lavender blooms. I'm not very fond of lavender in perfumes, but it works for me here. It just gives the scent a cool, almost moist, foggy feel, that still smells floral. Sillage is medium, and longevity is 6-8 hours. I'm tempted to buy a small size (5ml) of this, just to sniff it now and then. The scent has atmosphere and a sense of movement, which I really like. :)

Kingston Ferry captures the smell of a dense forest carried by a crisp sea breeze. The marine notes form a hefty base that really allow the biting tarragon and herbaceous chamomile to shine, with a subtle but imminent florality smoothing out the transition between the top and the base. I really am impressed by how this fragrance eskews the citrus typical in other modern aquatic compositions, and still manages to smell crisp and fresh for hours on end. It's hard to immediately identify any woodiness on the nose, but I can kind of tell it's there bolstering the more plant-forward aspects of the scent. though intially, Kingston Ferry is powerfully herbal, almost leaning medicinal. I chalk this up mostly to the chamomile listed in the notes by the perfumer. However, I have noticed this medical-herbal element in many of Olympic Orchids other formulations, but I think this signature blends in the best in this fragrance.

Initial spray is LOUD. I yelled “holy black licorice” before peeking at the notes. I’ve grown Texas tarragon in my garden and that’s exactly what smacks you in the beginning. After about 10 minutes the tarragon pulls back slightly to reveal a smooth mix of light salt and seaweed. Not heady and thick like the real thing, but like what a photo of a PNW beach might smell like in a small gift shop. After an hour it is a smooth, clean marine flower. While the first sniff had me thinking this was going to be a beast to wrestle with, it dried down into a unique but clean and inoffensive green aquatic. I think it will be gorgeous on cold fall and rainy spring days. I grew up in Kitsap County and tested this to see if it was something to add to my shelf for when I’m feeling nostalgic or homesick. While it is a beautiful fragrance, it doesn’t trigger any scent memories for me.

This opens with idolic florals and maybe hyrax like a mens urinal trough at a baseball game. But, this is indie niche perfume, it's an adventure sometimes so I waited through it. After that it gets aromatic with chamomile, tarragon, vetiver, and a dusty heather. Then I get a brilliant driftwood, seaweed, and a musty, slightly smokey nuance. This is one of those fragrances when I read the inspiration brief, it fits perfectly with the description. You can picture a foggy beach in the morning with the faint smell of driftwood embers from the fire the night before. I love artistic fragrances, and this fits the description perfectly. I'm not sure where I'd wear this, but it's awesome perfumery nonetheless. It reminds me of camping on the beach. 🏕️ 🌊 Scent 7/10 Performance 8/10

this is quite the masculine fragrance on me, herbs herbs herbs! and salty air is all I get. If you love the aromatic smell of everything about the seashore, the herbs and flowers, driftwood, and seaweed; get it. you won't be disappointed. Not quite my style, but wow is it ever a great deal, and unique! It is so fresh, flowery, and woodsy in the drydown, like the smell of warm salt air baking on the rocks in the sun. oh my... this may call for a FB! I've never smelt anything quite like it. Very unique, dry yet salty and wet! The myrhh is a turn off for me, it just overwhelms on my skin. but it does round out the fragrance and give it a lovely resinous base.

Herbal, ozonic, salt, floral, strong anise and slight mint from the tarragon (I guess). Gasoline. Really marine, wet blue green. I didn't sniff much in the open because I was relatively repulsed, but that was only when up close, and the sillage isn't far, so I wouldn't worry about offending others. I keep sniffing out of curiosity and entertainment, but certainly not for pleasure. A little anise and floral. For some reason I get morning vibes with this. I'm wearing it at bedtime now, and it's weird. Feel like I belong on a ferry, starting my day. As it's drying down, it's growing on me. A little lavender, pepper, and wood.

So much bracing salt and seaweed with a hint of charred wood underneath it all. It’s nearly unpleasant, vulgar. With a little time, the seaweed takes on more of an inky marine quality. Like water rushing down an ice cold stream. You can smell the sea life and the foamy greenery the stream has accumulated over time. It’s like a force of nature washing up against a pile of diesel fueled burning wood, like a ritual to the sea gods of modern day. The herbs add an almost sacred quality to it. It’s a weird one. A little too bracing on first application but it dries to something meditative and almost, almost lovely.

Olympic Orchids’ Kingston Ferry is meant to evoke the windswept beaches of the Pacific Northwest. It’s a powerfully herbal scent; at first bitter and earthy, then dominated by an odd, unfamiliar, cooling scent, not quite anise but somewhere in the neighborhood — I’d guess the tarragon, which is after all an Artemisia. It’s a strangely blue-green scent, cleansing without at all evoking soap. The myrrh and chamomile sing a pleasantly earth-toned backup. It’s a unique addition to the genre of unisex nature-evoking scents, and I enjoy it.

Tarragon ! It is strong and natural like the one you would pick from the garden. Then I can sense the chamomile and some abstract florals on a woody (driftwood) base. It has a fresh aspect which makes it some sort of marine scent I guess. It is very nice. Completely unisex and I don't smell anything repulsive or weird in this one. Not at all. It is actually quite wearable if you like scents based on aromatic herbs. It is long lasting like most Olympic Orchids perfumes. At the price it is definitely worth a full bottle.

Love this. I just got my sample in the mail and am ordering a bottle. It's the beach in late summer/early fall I have been looking for a scent like this, it reminds of a rainy garden at the same time. I didn't think i would like the green mix with the aquatic but The green is just the perfect amount, not too light but not overwhelming either. You can definitely smell the saltyair, and the spice. The scent made me reminisce, just for that it deserves the sale.