Rem

Just coming back to appreciate this beautiful and simple creation that pioneered a whole new genre together with Aqua Motu and Acqva di Sale (though a tad different and less preferred personally). Rem is my go-to summer salty skin, seawater, sea breeze scent all year round for many years delivering the same quality at a fraction of the cost compared to similar perfumes, and I appreciate that a lot. It layers perfectly with neroli/citrus colognes if Rem alone is quite boring or meaningless for you. It might smell off-putting to people who are used to "perfumey" perfumes if that makes any sense. Rem is one of those anti-perfumes, taking a feeling, a concept, and presented in perfume form. I don't think it was made to smell good, i think it is meant to smell like "something". I read a lot of harsh reviews below, which I only can explain by consumers who are used to aquatic perfumes, but this is a "marine" perfume. I'm most curious about the demographics of the consumers of such fragrances. I believe anyone who lives/lived in a seaside Mediterranean city would like this perfume easier as the feelings evoked by it would be much more vivid compared to a person whose taste shaped up more by the countryside, mountains or just urban/city. And lets mention that the seaside is not all "nice smelling" stuff. You have the dimethyl sulfate iodine air, the dirty seaweed penetrating at times, vegetation of coastline, and the salty skin after a swim. It's not always coconuts and perfume smelling lotions. The stereotypical genre of "aquatics" that we know from 90s and 00s are not realistic representation of the marine IMO. But the genre of "marine" where Rem is a pioneer of, is. So it is totally understandable when someone loves aquatics but truly hates marine fragrances. Now if we look at the notes, it makes sense. Overall this is a tonka (Coumarin), Calone (slightly raw eggy, seaweed, watermelon note), salicylates (leftover sunscreen smell that might pass as a bit chemical or hairspray) and vanilla perfume before anything with salty herbs on top, fenugreek being the most obvious one. The lilac note probably coming from the anisic ingredients such as Anise Aldehyde, jasmine from the airy Hedione, rose from the metallic Phenyl Ethyl Alcohol and Geraniol with powdery musks. I can't pick any patchouli that might have been blended to create a different effect. I'd like to urge anyone who are let down expecting something else to try this creation more on their skin, especially in warmer temperatures, and have the connection when they visit seaside locations. Marine breeze is one of the tricky accords to turn into a perfume and I think Rem is one of the best (if not the best) perfumes that can capture it. 10/10 fragrance in my book for what it's intended for and how much value you get out of it with a very reasonable pricing.

Mi sono avvicinata a Rem con timida cautela, ci ho impiegato 20 anni ad acquistarlo perché ne ero quasi intimorita. Quando uscì, alla fine degli anni ‘90, era una chimera: non si trovava nelle profumerie commerciali, era nuovo e diverso, era unico. Lasciava una scia di mistero a chi lo indossava. Non so quante volte, ma sono tante, l’ho testato sul polso per poterlo poi comprare: nulla, virava Sull’ acido, una sorta di odore di cimice nauseante. Tutte le volte ero delusa, perché poi sugli altri era estremamente affascinante. Ho provato diversi Marini negli anni, ma nessuno per me aveva la stessa aura di Rem. Mi ci è voluto il lockdown per convincermi: bramavo il mare e l’aria aperta e ho acquistato online Il 50ml, nel caso, mi dicevo, lo avrei tenuto come cimelio. Eppure, eppure.... Non so se negli anni sia stato riformulato, ma credo di sì, perché quell’apertura rancida che ogni volta sentivo è sparita, si è addomesticata, pur restando fedele al Rem storico. AMORE. Un amore come poche volte mi accade nei profumi. Rem ha una capacità evocativa ed emozionale incredibile, pur restando un profumo estremamente chic, a parere mio. Una collega lo indossa anche in inverno, sotto i maglioni pesanti ed è un piacere annusare la scia che lascia mentre passa. Ha un’anima dualistica. È freschissimo, ma anche caldo e femminile. Per me è il Marino , l’unico che possa considerarsi tale. Sento moltissimo il fieno greco che tiene le fila della fragranza, fra cui a tratti emergono Sentori floreali . Per me è un capolavoro. Rem non è sempre uguale. Dipende dall’umidità, dalla temperatura , dal ph, non so. Talvolta esce la sua natura selvaggia , come un mare in tempesta. Occorre lasciarlo sfogare, per poi godersi dei suoi inconfondibili sentori.

Ohhh God, this Rem is such a beautiful fragrance!!! It’s a gem. I have no idea how I have not heard of it since it has been launched in 1996, but I have a 2 ml sample of the Rem EDT and it’s aquatic perfection. I love it so much, it makes my soul happy when I smell it. Besides being a light aquatic, marine, salty, vanilla type of scent, it has a wonderful lilac note in the opening that feels very natural and realistic. I love lilac scent the most! Very feminine and ethereal. It’s a bit more complex than just an aquatic floral, with added rose, jasmine, patchouli, clean musk and a note that I am not familiar with: fenugreek. It’s a summer dream kind of scent for me, warm wind, sea breeze... bottled in a gorgeous, turquoise, round bottle. Feels so airy, soft, sweet and warm in the same time. The only drawback of Rem EDT is the performance. As expected from an EDT, it performs rather modes. If worn exclusively on a beach, during extremely hot days, it’s probably better that it is not overly intense and suffocating since it is quite sweet. Being an old release, can be found online for an excellent price, which makes me forget its rather weak performance. From what I currently have in my collection, it’s a more floral, feminine version of Salina. Also somewhat similar to AdP, Mirto di Panarea. On my to buy list for next summer! I plan to layer these next times I”ll be on the beach.

I bought this blind, and a wonderful one it is! I am surprised at how sweet and almost spicy, but the right word is actually savory ! The first few seconds the smell is sharp, almost like blue medicinal alcohol, but maybe there is a color association at work here as well. Then the real scent unfolds, and the sunny salty and sweet air takes over ,in a sweet almost gourmand kind of way. The fenugreek note is proeminent and vanillic . I am very familiar with this smell, as I took the fenugreek supplements before. The closest I could describe it is maples syrup and vanilla. The fragrance doesn't develop much, but in the dry down there is a hint of something bitter, like burned skin in the sun. Must be a bit of patchouli? It is very lovely, and most of all carefree and happy , like an all inclusive vacation at a good five star resort in the Carribean , Sillage is only moderate , but longevity is pretty good, but it is such a pleasure to reapply anyway that I really don't mind at all. Happy and young!

For young girls ... Ah Ah ah. Let me laugh... Or I am weird, am I ? I'm a man, 27 years old. For the little story, all my perfumes up to now were mainly woody/oriental ones, for cold days. Except Image (which lasts NOTHING on me) and Narciso Rodriguez for Him (very versatile), I hadn't any true summer perfumes, so I blind bought this one. So... Girly ? Childish ? Nevermind, I'm in love with that one ! This is really an amazing beachy (but not bitchy ... Ah ah. Hum, sorry ._.) one. Sand and sea on the sun, that's exactly it. My favorite perfumes are ones which recreate a natural landscape, and this is exactly it. I don't get floral notes, but spicy ones instead on the background, in a gourmand way. It's like you eating a very special spicy cake on the beach in summer. True smell of holydays. I don't regret my blind-buy at all, as a very first summer/woman fragrance, this is really a beautiful one. You're the sun on my wardrobe, Rem ! ^^