Megamare

Fragrantica should add a new meter on the longevity rating slider, right after eternal should be "megamare". Longevity? Yes, this is another level. I sprayed this on a face cloth, 3 sprays and hung it in my bathroom last Friday (8 days ago, 180 hours ago), and when I walk in my bathroom I still get a whiff of it. Now mind you this is not putting my nose to the face cloth and still smelling a scent, this is 6ft from the door to the towel rack, (I measured it). I don't come closer than 2 feet to this face cloth and I get an occasional spritz of megamare. Which brings me to projection. As far as projection goes, it acts exactly the same as the face cloth on my towel rack while you're wearing it. This does not radiate and fill up a room with a permanent inescapable scent that your constantly smelling everytime you inhale. It may be attached to the wearer or an object and filling an area with it's molecules, but you only get mild whiffs of it typically with movement. So it sits silently and reveals itself in the gusts of air passing your nose. How does this smell? To me quite simply it's a mature slightly salty, musky, cold ocean air. There is warmth to the fragrance almost like the warmth of the ocean water acting like a blanket when you're submerged on a chilly day. But aromatically it's reminiscent of gusts of a salty cool ocean breeze. The aquatic smell/note here is very raw, definitely synthetic, not very realistic to any real smells of the ocean but it's simplicity is very elegant and it does what it's intended to do "be marine". I definitely get a musk in this and probably ambergris or some synthetic version of it, both giving the marine note a mature fragrance vibe and adding perhaps a slightly salty sweaty vibe(not b.o.). This wears like a perfume, it does not smell like you were near, around or in the ocean. It's not a scent projecting out an aquatic environment. It's a mature refined, relatively simple aquatic fragrance. It's classy. It has deep down a root that's present in all of the orto parisi fragrances, it's carries a particular vibe that you really need to smell to understand. This is not a challenging scent, the only challenge to this fragrance is making a commitment to putting it on and figuring out how to get it off. On skin this will survive a shower and sometimes multiple showers, on my skin it's actually hard to detect after about 8 hours, but it's still there. On clothes this is another story, I've managed to get it out of a tee shirt lightly sprayed after just one wash(laundry mat, commercial washers). Although I have had tee shirts that keep the scent through just one wash cycle. I wore this to the gym on a sweatshirt and forget it, it still smelled pretty strong of megamare after one wash, so I just dedicated it to wearing this scent. Fortunately I don't have much of a wardrobe it's mostly hoodies for the gym and plain white tee shirts and work clothes. If you have an extensive wardrobe and like to wear fragrances on clothes like I do, and you really like this scent, perhaps start planning on buying 2 pairs of everything, one for you and one for megamare. I've worn this multiple times now, and this is really a scent that needs multiple wears to really appreciate. It's become quite an addictive captivating fragrance. I first tried it from a 1ml dabber and really was underwhelmed, It wasn't what I was expecting from the reviews I read, I thought it would be very loud and polarizing. Although I could tell there was depth to the fragrance and really needed to spray this thing and test it out a few times so I just went ahead and ordered the 50ml bottle. I would definitely order another bottle of this if or when it runs out. It's quite unique. Back to the face cloth on my towel rack in my bathroom, still spritzing out wafts of this aroma, 8 days now. I'll try to update this review with the time in which this continues to not quit. Edit: Day 10 now, this hasn't let up on the face cloth. Still catching whiffs of it in and out my bathroom. Day 11, four times now today caught whiffs walking into my bathroom. I think sometimes it's getting stronger. Day 14, now 2 weeks on the face cloth, I caught a whiff earlier today taking a shower. Day 16, I thought this was gone because I didn't recall smelling it in my bathroom yesterday, but today I got a big whiff of it walking in the bathroom and then again this afternoon. Day 20 just when I thought it was gone, nope. Megamare creeping into the shower this morning. Day 21 (3 weeks now), got whiffs of this walking OUT of my bathroom as it travelled in the steam created from the shower. Day 25 ok so I think this has finally thrown in the towel(no pun intended), the past couple days I haven't gotten wafts of it in my bathroom, but I can smell it if I put my nose to the face cloth. So I think it's safe to say you could classify megamare as a bargain fragrance. If you plan on wearing the same clothes for 25 days, you won't need to reapply. :)

What can I say that hasn't been said already? Not a lot if I'm honest but i will anyway as it's worth repeating. What I do write will be purely my opinion and emotional response, whilst doing my best to disregard all others views both positive and negative, nah scrap that bit about others views, impossible with such an infamous scent. Just my true feelings it is then! Firstly, I became interested in Megamare for two reasons; 1. I was already a huge fan of Lorenzo Pazzaglia' Black sea, a truly immense fragrance. This was recommended as a slightly darker take on that fragrance. 2. I also wear Orto Parisi' Cuouim. The depth and spectrum during the wear of this scent is just mind blowing. So it seemed a perfectly natural evolution and a no-brainer to invest in a bottle of Megamare. Right, here we go. As recommended, I decided on two and a half sprays for my first try. I waited a few seconds after application to take in my first inhalation expecting an initial hit of citrus. Yes , it was just about in there, but only a minor note in comparison to an all powerful cascading, stormy sea at midnight. Gale force winds, sea salt and the oceans very own vegetation enveloped me completely, never once did I feel out of my depth though! This IS a darker, slightly more menacing brother to Black sea, was the best comparison that came to mind. I knew instantly I'd began a journey. I am now into a couple of hours of wear, still unbelievably relentless waves of angry ocean are washing over me constantly and rhythmically. Just absolutely stunning, even more so with the occasional offering of plant life. A further several hours down the line and it's pretty much the same, if anything a little darker but the strength, sillage and projection have not noticeably declined. Pure unadulterated wild ocean. It's a linear fragrance in that it seems to persist in it's saltiness and algae/seaweed/citrus notes but it's changed in its intensity and balance, seemingly angrier. So I guess it evolves too in a manner! Now, a natural comparison to Black sea. The Lorenzo Pazzaglia scent is a storm approaching with the waves picking up and wafting sea spray and Myrtle over you time and again whilst driftwood accumulates on the beach as you walk along the dunes. The fragrance is a good hard slap in the face possibly two! Megamare is standing in the ocean waist deep at midnight in dark gale force winds being momentarily immersed time and time again whilst covered in seaweed between hits. There are numerous wrecks littered about this rocky outcrop, in various states of decomposition. If black sea is a slap around the face then by comparison this fragrance is a full on headbutt followed up by a couple of kicks to the stomach as you try to pick yourself up off of the stormy, wreck ladened beach! I love them both dearly, I really do. On a day I feel I want a little oomph and a reminder of what I love about the coast, I'd choose black sea. Other days when I'm feeling especially emotional or just need to feel something deep and even more stirring then it's Megamare. By contrast it's nice to wear them on reverse of what I said above too, a bit of an emotional juxtaposition. Megamare is not a pedestrian fragrance at all. It's an emotional journey in a bottle, just what an indie/niche fragrance should be in my opinion. Yes it's a Kraken in its strength and projection but it's also got an inviting and compelling quality that is comforting and life reaffirming at the same time. It forces you to feel alive, a sense of worth and of adventures and experiences to come! So, who wears this. Anyone who likes it! Try it and see, you'll never know otherwise. Male or female, young or old it doesn't matter. Megamare isn't bothered one jott. Wear it whenever and wherever you like, if you take to this scent then you are unlikely to care for others opinions anyway so make yourself happy! If you don't enjoy it, I personally respect your view but Megamare still doesn't care! Just strap yourself in and enjoy the ride. If it's too much, have a ride on the slightly tamer roller coaster that is Black sea. Either way you are truly in for an exciting and compelling experience. Sorry for droning on but I felt compelled to give this product the review it truly deserves. I love it completely, just as I also adore Cuouim from the same house and the above mentioned Black sea. Super powers of the perfumery world 🌎. If you find something that provokes a response against the gloom and monotony that can be everyday life, grab it and hold on to it!

Megamare – Orto Parisi I reached for Megamare because I read: "marine, salty, intense, controversial." And I got exactly that. Only in the version: everything that has ever gone wrong with the sea. The first hit smells as if someone took an old rusted fishing boat that has not seen a dry foot in forty years, poured in a bucket of Baltic stormwater, and left the whole thing to ferment at 28°C. After an hour, a clear note of wet, rotting mooring rope arrives. Old fishing nets full of dead jellyfish. The bottom of a hull where someone has been vomiting pickled herring for a decade. In the base there is a beautiful accent of salty, rotting whale skin, washed ashore one summer and never cleaned up. There is also the subtle but unmistakable smell of an old waterlogged diving suit found in a dead sailor grandfather's wardrobe — the kind of object that should have been buried with him, for legal and emotional reasons. The whole thing smells like the inside of a rusty barrel where fishermen kept salted herring for thirty years, and then someone urinated in it. Longevity? Like trauma after a ferry disaster in a winter storm. On skin it sits for sixteen hours. On clothes — until laundry. On the soul — for life. Marketing says "For lovers of marine scents." They should have written "For people who want to smell like the bottom of the sea after an oil spill and the death of three thousand fish." Rating: 9.5/10 I deducted half a point because if you spray this on your bedding, for a week you dream you are drowning in the ocean with dead mackerel as emotional support. Recommended. Especially if you want people on the street to turn their heads and whisper: "Something died here... but elegantly."

Megamare – Orto Parisi Kupiłam Megamare, bo przeczytałam „morskie, słonawe, intensywne, kontrowersyjne”. No i kurwa... dostałam dokładnie to, czego prosiłam. Tylko w wersji „wszystko co złe w morzu”. Pierwsze uderzenie pachnie jakby ktoś wziął starego, zardzewiałego kutra rybackiego, który od 40 lat nie widział suchej stopy, nalał do środka wiadro wody z Bałtyku po ulewie i zostawił to wszystko fermentować w temperaturze 28 stopni. Po godzinie dochodzi wyraźna nuta mokrej, gnijącej liny cumowniczej, starej sieci rybackiej pełnej martwych meduz i dna statku, na którym przez dekadę ktoś rzygał śledziami. W bazie pojawia się piękny akcent „słonej, zgniłej skóry wieloryba”, który wyrzuciło na brzeg w lipcu 1998 roku i nikt go nie sprzątnął. Do tego subtelna, ale wyraźna woń starego, nasiąkniętego wodą kombinezonu nurka, który ktoś znalazł w szafie po dziadku-marynarzu, co utonął na Heweliuszu w 1993. Całość pachnie jak wnętrze starej, zardzewiałej beczki, w której rybacy z Helu trzymali solone śledzie od 1987 roku, a potem ktoś do niej nasikał. Trwałość? Jak trauma po rejsie Heweliuszem w sztormie. Na skórze siedzi 16 godzin, na ubraniu – do prania. Na duszy – do końca życia. Projektanci napisali „dla miłośników morskich zapachów”. Powinni napisać szczerze: „Dla ludzi, którzy lubią pachnieć jak dno Bałtyku po wycieku ropy i śmierci 3000 ryb.” Ocena: 9.5/10 (odjęłam 0.5 punktu za to, że jak spryskasz tym pościel, to przez tydzień śni Ci się, że toniesz w oceanie w towarzystwie martwych makreli). Polecam. Zwłaszcza jeśli chcesz, żeby ludzie na ulicy odwracali głowy i szeptali „kurwa, coś tu umarło... ale elegancko”.

I definitely think this is a love it or hate it scent. It definitely gives off oceanic, but not in a stinky unpleasant way. Seaweed often smells fishy but here it's very well balanced with just enough to give ocean, but not overpower the other notes. It reminds me of the the smell of a northern road, Rocky coastal beach, like in the Pacific Northwest. It's cold, it's wet, but it's definitely not unpleasant. The best way I feel I can describe it is like a waterlogged piece of driftwood on a rocky beach in cold weather. All of the notes blend really well together and are easily identifiable on their own, and each of them blends a depth and well roundedness to the scent. As for the longevity, it absolutely lives up to its reputation. It is 38 hours since I have initially applied the perfume and I still smell the Cedar notes well enough that I cannot put on something different and it has not washed off. I did not apply lotion or any moisturizer. Before applying the perfume, because I don't always moisturize before applying a perfume and I don't think that everybody is going to consider that when putting a scent like this on. It can and will transfer you to your clothing even if it is dry on your skin before you put your clothes on. A little goes a long way. I used two sprays on one arm transfer that to the other and one spray on my sternum. The arm that had the transfer lasted about 12 hours. The arm I sprayed on still carries the scent. Normally I wait to write a review until after the scent has completely disappeared from my skin. At this point I don't know if it's ever going to disappear fully.