Salted Muse

This is a perfume that will have a different "feeling" and overall projection of scent depending on your skin's chemistry and your essence. Don't smell it in the cap, don't spray it on a strip. Spray it on your clothing and your wrist and do something else for a while. Warm up in the sunlight for a different perspective. Take a few minutes for it to mingle with you before you decide whether or not you want to walk away from it. Salted Muse is objectively unisex in its scent; There's something about it that balances masculinity and femininity well. It works very well on me as a tomboy with long hair, possessing something almost sultry and wanting but concealed by nicety with a outdoorsy playfulness. I don't get as much for woody notes for a majority of the wear. While I do get a nice basis of a dry, rough sandalwood in the beginning, I primarily smell oceanic, "hyaluronic" salt with olive and lavender. I think the pink pepper- a note I have in an oil-based fragrance not listed here, "Nefertiti" from House of Nisa in which the note does similar- and fig keep it bright and forward. Imagine "AEGEAN BEACH" or "SHORESIDE BONFIRE". After the scent wears off, approximately seven or so hours later, I smell primarily sandalwood and cedar in my clothes. Salt and olive oil is still something that I can weakly envision being massaged into my skin for an exfoliating pedicure at a comfortable spa at this point. It's a very seriously sensual combination that's hard to explain. Fleeting and close. Imagine "SPRUCE SAUNA". I love to generously mist my clothing and bedding with it. It's a scent I cannot get enough of. I'm sad when I can sense it leaving. It layers well with the Hempz Triple Moisture lotion if you would appreciate a tropical and fresh dimension to the salty goodness. It makes for a slightly more feminine suggestion. Salted Muse is suitable for daytime or eveningtime wear. ☼ I would argue that basking in sunlight brings out the "fresher" notes of lavender, salt, and olive with a charming vivacity. Imagine "SEAGLASS". ☾ Lack of heat or sunlight brings less emphasis on these notes and makes way for a "broader" and more masculine all-encompassing woodiness faster. Salt is still present. Imagine "DRIFTWOOD". Unbelievably inspiring. I've written fifteen pages and approaching 4,000 words of fantasy lore almost entirely based on the imagery and noetic sensations Salted Muse anoints me with. I never sat down to write a word of it without a healthy dousing of this fragrance and a cup of mint tea. I disagree with the impressions of pickles, fish, burnt hair, etc. This may be due to skin differences. Do not be so concerned with "spoilage" at the notation of oil. Cosmetic chemistry is not so terribly jet-lagged. I'm prone to epileptic symptoms from migraines and this fragrance does not trigger them. I agree that it can smell like a tea shop, a spa, a mojito, or a margarita. A sexy, salted- or sweet- rim with indulgent and herbal contents that you want to drink to savor. If I had to prescribe sound to this scent, it would be two songs: "La petite fille de la mer" & "Le singe bleu" off of the L'apocalypse des animaux by Vangelis, in that order. Representative of initial spray(s) to drydown, respectively.

the day I got this, I had initially gone to ulta to reacquaint myself with burberry her. I found myself missing it and wanted to throw another fragrance I was intimately familiar with into my rotation to cut down on how quickly I went through the financial nightmare that is br540. I bought it, and on my way out, noticed the orebella display I had missed on the way in. salted muse was already on my radar since I LOVE a salty note, so I ofc tried it. I sprayed it on a tissue and took it with me. I’m not kidding when I say about 5 minutes into my drive home I flipped a uey, went back to ulta, and returned the purse spray of her I had just purchased and bought a full size of salted muse instead. It was so salty, earthy, and marine that I was instantly captivated. those cold ocean perfumes are like catnip to me—even though they aren’t necessarily similar in smell, it’s the same reason I love womanity. I do get pickles in the opening! if you’re not a big fan of that phenomenon, this is not the blind buy for you. I personally don't mind it—I’m pretty well-acquainted with a handful of the le labo fragrances that start out in pickle city. on my skin, it diminishes as soon as it dries down and that delicious salt and pepper wrapped in wood and earth comes through. this is not a sweet perfume at all to my nose, and I think the use of notes that pull more herbal than sweet, like the olive and lavender, is what really makes this fragrance an interesting stand-out. sweet perfumes can become so one-note so fast, but this is astonishingly dynamic for a mainstream release, let alone a celebrity one. I love that this is marketed as a women’s fragrance, because the cedar and amber become quite stereotypically masculine deep into wear. I like wearing cologne, so I personally love this facet of it, but if you’re not a big fan of masculine fragrances, I don’t believe this will be your favorite. but that wood and late-game warmth really grounds this and makes it feel alive—the opening is skinny dipping in a frigid PNW beach, cold air and gruff salt whipped into your skin and your hair, but the dry down is after you’ve stepped out of the waves and caught your breath, laying down to let the sun dry you as the scent of the surrounding forests envelops you. the price point on this also seems pretty damn good as compared to other high end perfumes. you’re getting around the same out of a bottle of this as you would for 100-200+ from brands that are frankly putting out much less interesting and multifaceted stuff. this one definitely won’t be for everyone, but what memorable perfume is?

Your muse, obsession. A passionate night coated in sweat. The next morning you steal his tee shirt and from then on it smells like most intoxicating smell, even though you know to someone else it might not. Weeks later you taste the salt in your tears after long conversations of sharing stories about the journey of your lives, you’re obsessed, in love. The shape of their back, the sarcastic grin. They are your muse. Years later you laugh until midnight playing chess on a sheep skin rug in front of a fire in a cabin. On your road trip you argue, make up and find heartfelt moments watching the sunset on crisp northern CA beaches. You can taste the salt on their skin and smell the redwoods and cedar trees flanking the beach. Salted muse is a perfect name for this lover’s fragrance. It’s not the deep florals, or tropical vacation and fancy dinners love story, but the raw real muse journey. It’s passion, cooking together, wandering together and enjoying the grit in the journey. I smelled this at the store, and thought about it for a month until I decided to try it on my skin. I was cynical as it is a celebrity fragrance of which I typically don’t enjoy. Opens salty sea air, pink pepper, Himalayan sea salt and olive accord. First dry down is briny opening , olive leaf, cedar and lavender. An hour later a more sandalwood, lavender, vetiver and deeper floral/sweet fig accord lingers with a hint of the sea salt. I love that it’s based in alcohol free composition, you don’t get that astringent essence upon first spay. It is slightly oily which I don’t mind at all. I compared the dry down next to my Santal 33 because it does end in a santal-esque way but it is different. More vetiver, olive oil, sea salt and lavender lingering. This may be a polarizing scent, it is unisex and some may find that briny pickle smell, like a high end charcuterie spot. This fragrance is mesmerizing to me and it brings up so many feelings and memories. One of the most interesting and unique scents I’ve experienced in a while. Just ordered the large bottle. 10/10

When I initially smelled this fragrance, it transported me to a fancy hotel suite bathroom, unwrapping an olive oil and lavender-infused miniature soap bar left in the complimentary soap dish by the staff. Then the salt immerges. Not a warm, tropical beach island ocean salt, but an early autumn North Sea brine. It's rather soothing and spa-like; refreshingly unique and unisex compared to typical female celebrity fragrances that are mass-marketable sweetness-bombs. It maintains the cooling freshness of a summer fragrance but is softened around the edges with the cozy woodsy amber note that becomes more alluring in the dry-down—nice throw and staying power for the price. Something about it is truly a muse, something mysterious yet inviting, down-to-earth yet out of reach, rare yet familiar, hot yet cold. Let's talk pickles. Honestly, it was not my experience, but after seeing so many people say it is a bit pickle-esque, you can't help but notice it afterward. It's really not an overt pickle smell to me, just salty, there's no sour or vinegar qualities like a jar of pickles. I believe it is balanced well with the lavender, cedar, and amber, the sweet earthiness adds harmony to the otherwise rogue salt variable. So I asked my boyfriend, friends, and family whether I smelled like pickles to put this to the test. I got the same reaction from every person: a confused look as they whiffed my wrist and a shake of the head, "No, you don't smell like pickles," many then asked what fragrance I was wearing. So if this fragrance is giving pickle, it is undoubtedly the fanciest and sexiest pickle from the jar that has a rather intensive but therapeutic self-care regimen.

The most dreamy and perfect marine woody scent ! 10/10 Another masterpiece by Orebella. Ointment of the Sea. This is spectacular on a man, i feel it more masculine for sure. Perfect gift for your boyfriend, dad, brother, gay best friend. The man that wears it it's a dreamer, with a heart full of love for adventure and wonder. A modern sailor. He has a beautiful leather cover journal where he takes notes and sketches when he travels the world or just goes out for a walk. He may live in the city, but his heart expands near the sea, his hair are like the waves, the fall so perfect so effortlessly. He's calm and sweet, strong and creative. A free spirit at heart. The woman who wears this was once a mermaid, or the soulmate of the sailor above. She sings with the wind, observes birds and flowers. She is wild and untamable. Gorgeous. People need to understand these are oil based perfumes, must be shaken before use, and it's moisturizing oils will penetrate the skin so deeply, they become part of you. They are all free of the bad chemicals that disrupt your hormones and health, and they nourish your skin. For something "this clean" as a brand, it's astonishing how they smell better then regular, famous and super expensive " synthetic" traditional Perfumes. Don't even get me started on the bottles, reusable and to collect. They are heavy, like treasures. This one is truly a sea shell crystal found at the bottom of Atlantis , forget by Poseidon himself. Orebella blew my mind LOVE ! 10/10 LOVE will always re-purchase, i am a lifelong customer now