Taskeen Marina

It was a blind purchase and has become one of my favorite summer scents. For me/on me, it's a perfect vacation scent 😊 It evokes this mood for me: Morning/afternoon bright sunlight, a cool, wet-salty breeze coming from the sea, which brings the scent of the surrounding plants with it, you walk carefree on the seaside promenade, the wind catches your clothes, you look at the bright sun, the cool mist rises from the sea. My other summer favorite is Elie Saab Le Parfum Resort Collection 2017, it's also a real happy summer scent, but it's fruitier, sweeter, more tropical, more playful, maybe even more youthful because it's main character is rather tropical fruitiness, Teskeen Marina is somehow more ageless, more reserved, cooler, fresher, the slight scratchiness of the grapefruit evokes the cool-salty sea mist in the scent. For me, it's an instant love, I even ordered an extra one, just in case it becomes unavailable. 😊 It's really hard to find a true summer happiness scent that lasts at least somewhat, I don't like coconut or particularly watery scents, and most summer scents fade from my skin in seconds. This scent performs quite well, I would say it has medium longevity and sillage if I spray it a lot, which I do with peace of mind due to its great price 😊 I'm very glad I found it, it will definitely remain one of my favorites for many summers.

First of all, let me copy the notes I find on other websites because I am smelling more than what is listed here. Top Notes - tropical orange and grapefruit, pear Heart Notes - bergamot, jasmine and peach Base Notes - musk, black currant and amber, watermelon This is a very summery scent. You may not like it, but I don't see anyone hating it. It can smell a little soapy for some. Also, this feels a little synthetic, but nothing to be concerned about. It feels so fresh. The watermelon is definitely there. The fragrance has a fruity feel to it, but more like a fresh squeezed mixed juice, where the fruits are picked just when they are ripe; nothing over-ripe or tart. Last around 5 hours on skin. Both male & female will enjoy this scent. Blind buy safe.

This fragrance is a fresh, fruity lovers dream! This smells like an ice cold orange, grapefruit, and peach LaCroix! It is bright citrus that doesn't lean too sweet or too masculine with a super fresh, aquatic quality that also doesn't come off like men's cologne like aquatic often does. This is a summer scent you can actually wear outside without fear of becoming a bee magnet! I'm in love with this!

One of my new favorite summer scents. Its light, refreshing and clean. You can easily layer it with a stronger fruity scent as this one does not last very long. (Maybe 3hrs before skin scent when worn alone.) I have paired it with EOS Strawberry lotion and LOOOOOOVE IT! Indomitable is good to layer under it as well. I will be getting a back up of this.

A citrusy, juicy fresh fragrance for those summer days! I'm loving it nowadays, light me up instantly after wearing this fragrance! lasts for about 4 to 5 hours on me!

I wear this all day any day... love it. Its a lady freshie and usually grapefruit and blackcurrant goes armpit on me. But not this one. Its perfection.

This is my favorite casual summer daytime fragrance - it is so light, citrusy and beautiful! I only wish it lasted a little longer. Still love it.

Avery described this perfectly! "A tropical fruity bodywash." Its very fruity and tropical but also clean as well.

Very good summer/fall perfume. I became addicted to this great fresh smell.

**Thank you—whoever added this page on Fragrantica—I can finally review it.** I am getting juicy. I’m getting fresh. I’m definitely getting summer in a bottle. The mood of the fragrance couldn’t have been reflected any better by the bottle. It’s something that you would want to spray on to feel light and uplifted, and it gives off a feeling like you’re swimming in the ocean during sunset, and the water is infused with sliced grapefruits and ice cubes. If this were a Starbucks drink, it would be a refresher. However, it’s dense in a way, and it reminds me of a car freshener. The dry down has vintage male cologne vibes. I’m not in love with it, but it’s that cooling sensation that keeps pulling me back to this fragrance. The bottle is verging gaudy, but then it’s not? I was about to sell it, but I just loving holding it in my hands. It makes me so happy.

I can say I like the smell of its dna. Definitely comes off aromatic, very fresh, a little green & I can tell it has those florals in it. Although I don’t get that citrus & grapefruit necessarily. I can only tell you what I smell. Yet a very nice unisex fragrance that isn’t feminine leaning. Perfect for the gentlemen if he wants to wear it. Now I haven’t really pushed this fragrance to get longevity & performance, but I can say the test I did do on skin, it lasted less than an hour. Might need maceration. 🤷🏾♂️(I know) I need to spray it more than (twice) on skin and put it on my clothes as well as (8-10) sprays and see how it holds up then. Then I will truly know of its performance and longevity. I’ll update later.

Grapefruit and black currant did not sound very promising notes to me; I often smell something.. unpleasant when these notes are strong. Yet I bought this fragrance without testing first. I was happy to discover, that Taskeen Marina smells very pleasantly fruity and floral, all notes in harmony. This is nothing unique but for an easy reach summer and holiday fragrance it is very pretty. Happy, sunny, no bad vibes. Affordable. The bottle is heavy and very pretty. Longevity is bad, lasts about 30 minutes on my skin.

This is a fresh and citrusy summer scent, which is really refreshing and bright. I don’t think it smells like any of the other lemon-forward fresh scents I own - the grapefruit is sharp and zingy. I can definitely smell watermelon and musk in here too. Because it’s so citrusy, it doesn’t last for an eternity, but that’s fine. It’s not my favourite kind of scent profile but I’ll take it on my next holiday and spray it with abandon!

This is pretty good. Regardless of the notes listed here, the grapefruit is the main thing you will smell. A zingy, delicious, fresh grapefruit, accompanied by watermelon, a bit of peach and what seems to me as salt. This is literally the perfect little thing to spray while sitting at the beach, fresh out of the salty water. Unpretentious, simple, fresh, likable, safe blind buy.

This is simple, cute, playful and an easy grab scent. It is like a fresh, citrusy shampoo scent turned perfume. Light and airy and cute. Any age could wear this but it's not kiddie if that makes sense. I've worn this to bed a few times to get some air in the bottle to mature this a bit if possible. I would love if it got more floral and fruitier by summer.

while i agree with everyone that this has a “cheap” smell adjacent to a body care product like shampoo or body wash, i really enjoy this. this is the perfect summer scent to wear to the beach when you just want to smell super clean and girly. i’d picture mermaid barbie merliah wearing this before she turned into a mermaid. super y2k surfer.

On a paper test I get immediate citrus, and kind of a sweet soapiness? It does remind me of the water for some reason, might be considered an aquatic. I find it to be feminine and inoffensive but I don't know that it's going to be anyone's signature scent.

I am still testing, but I do wish it lasted longer. Grapefruit is one of my favorite notes and I really want this one to work. It starts off strong with a fresh citrus, but it does fade rather fast. I'm still deciding if it's full bottle worthy.

Finally picked this up. It's good but very fruity, synthetic sweet. Reminds me of hair gel or a body wash scent. I will layer it anyways like I always do with something to contrast it.

Crisp clean juicy Grapefruit. A little salty, a little floral. I like it.