Wavechild

I really like this. It’s like cold vanilla ice cream that’s salted and sprinkled with the white powder found inside a gum packet. It’s a great hot suntan scent as it’s a salty-sweet lotion scent. It shares the Room 1015 DNA of black pepper with a salted vanilla base as found in Jasmine Freak but without the additional sweet mango fruit - Wave Child is more minimalist. It’s salty warm sun-kissed skin that’s been creamed with soothing aftersun. FYI: I tried Atlantis Extrait by French Avenue and it’s meant to be a 1:1 dupe and longer lasting but it’s a much sweeter pure red (not blue) fragrance which smells like red Haribo that’s been sucked already, and there’s zero saltiness. These dupe’s are indeed powerful, but unrefined, bolshy and stomach churning. It’s the saltiness of Wave Child with the very delicate whisper of watermelon which makes it unique and wearable, it’s not a smack-in-the-face with some kid’s pre-sucked candy like Atlantis is. I don’t even like tribute bands as I’m not about rough copies. The 10ml of Wave Child is the same price as a full bottle of the candy-store-copy, so I’d prefer pocket sized refinement.

Ocean water(melon), meets tanning lotion, meets fresh air and Mounds bars... This IS an aquatic gourmand, slightly reminiscent of my dearest Eau de Star by Mugler. The perfume 'love of my life', Eau de Star, was the very first one, in 2007. Maybe that's what I like this perfume so much. It's not exactly like it, the patchouli is missing, but a very nice attempt nonetheless. It's that age old, "you remind me of something I loved.."🥹 It's the drydown I love so much..about 20 minutes in. You will read reviews claiming this smells cheap or juvenile, but I must strongly disagree. This is a trip to Venice Beach!.. there's lots of youthful exuberance there, but then, even the old lady in the purple sunhat feels 25 again, reading her Gossip rag in the shade of a leafy tree. Since when is it a crime to feel young? The performance is good and I certainly have had more than a few compliments. The perfect summer scent for hot sunny places..or when you long for one, in the dead of winter. Wavechild is meant to take you to happy memories of lovelier days..🌞

Unpretentious summertime sugar-high. I get synthetic watermelon, amorphous citrus, and small pat of coconut lotion. This is a dead ringer for the Bullfrog brand sunscreen of my childhood. It’s a wearable watermelon Jolly Rancher. It’s a swim meet in the 90s. I wore Wavechild to work and wanted to call my boss “big dog.” It’s femme leaning, but sporty. Think tomboy twin to Byredo’s Sundazed. Longevity is pretty rad, as I can still smell it on my scrubs. A body mist could never, my bros. Mental Snapshot: Your favourite television show just came on: Wavechild. Otherwise known as The Adventures of Skyler Shaka, Teenage Merman. You demolish a family-size bag of Sour Patch Kids halfway through the episode, just like old times. You cancel all your meetings for the rest of the week. “Hang loose,” You remind your boss. And, surprisingly enough, the kahuna agrees. tl;dr: surf camp nostalgia 🍉🏄

Wow I love this - absolutely a love at first sniff for me! This is so perfectly watermelon, like slightly leaning watermelon jolly rancher, but also refreshing and juicy! The coconut is so pretty, it does not over power the fragrance as I was afraid it may (I am very picky with coconut) and it doesn’t smell suncreeny to me. I can’t wait to wear this all summer. A lot of the reviews I’ve read for this state that this smells like a “cheap body spray” and while I agree it sort of reminds me of something I’ve smelled at bath and body works or Victoria’s Secret, I don’t think this smells cheap at all. Sometimes I just want a sugary, juicy, fruity perfume that is reminiscent of those body sprays. This has an aquatic quality that makes it more elevated and it lasts about 8 hours on my skin, and on my clothes for 12+ hours.

God of Fire, Carioca Heart, Loumari Porthole and Wavechild all are very similar DNA. Sure the top notes differ, but they all feel like 85% the same. I find Wavechild to be the freshest of the "2025 summer bangers", but like I said they are all very similar after 5-10mins. Which is to say they all have good performance and are pretty heavy frags. These aren't light citruses. They all smell good in the air for others. These get compliments. But none are the type of frags you want to spray to bed to enjoy the art of the perfumery. To me this is 3rd below God of fire and City Rythem Miami. Solid 8/10. To be fair, Its not a DNA I'm really attracted to, despite buying 5 of these. Best situation for these is like a poolside party.