Isle

This is one of my top favorite fragrances. It’s not the most complex or fancy fragrance you can find but this just hits the spot for me. This has some of my favorite notes and it’s just delicious. It’s got that aquatic beachy aroma but there isn’t any of the typical sunscreen fragrance dna like coconut and yellow florals. Instead you get a lovely combo of cool floral bergamot, warm sweet cardamom, and a cozy creamy sandalwood. The main show of this fragrance is cardamom, so if you love a warm, sun kissed cardamom...this is it. This fragrance lasts about 4 hours and it projects a couple of feet for the first two before sinking down to a skin scent. (I have the older round bottle which is an edt, the new square bottles are edp so maybe it performs better now) I have to say. I don’t wear perfume for compliments and I don’t generally receive any, except from my wife. This perfume was an exception. I wore it to my son’s appointment because it wasn’t very loud and I only had sprayed two spritzes from a tiny sample size. When the doctor walked in the room he said “wow, something smells good like the beach!” So, there you have it folks, Isle smells good like the beach.

I have the roller ball version of this so I imagine spraying it would be different. I really like this one. It stands out to me as having a very relaxing scent, I love sniffing my wrist with this on it truly transports me to ‘island retreat vibes’. I agree it doesn’t project much or last as long as I’d like. ..But I actually really enjoy the scent of this.

A safe blind buy if you like a soapy scent that no else can smell because it's gone in 30 minutes. Sigh great but zero lasting power or sillage.

I love the salty, non-floral-ness of this perfume. It's simple but smells so good.

Love this perfume fresh and beautiful scent

I'm a big fan of aquatic scents and woodsy scents though I don't know if I've encountered them together before. It took me a while to pick up on the notes here, it's not overtly aquatic - I get the subtle spice of cardamom first, then sandalwood and aquatic. And while I do find the fragrance pleasant I think it's too light. On it's own and in comparison to the rest in the skylar line-up (as, if you pair any two as they encourage, the other fragrance quickly overwhelms Isle). I think I'm more intrigued by it, the combination of the cardamom notes with the aquatic, than anything else. I do appreciate Skylar's "clean" formulas, as someone often sensitive to mainstream fragrances. It's due to this that I'm not as disappointed in the wear time as it's those ingredients that often cause headaches. However kept in mind with the price, you may go through it faster than expected due to reapplying slightly more often.

If you like Chapter One by Jennifer Aniston or clean baby powder scents, you might like this. Very light, airy, and breezy. I have to laugh a little at the advertising which shows the model spraying it oceanside in a big breeze. Don't do that! It costs too much to send it into the wind, lol. Not that the price is outrageous for natural ingredients, but you do need to respray to keep it going. This would work for a teenager or a man too. Better ingredients mean I can spray it on my pillow. And I do like the simple bottles. I wish they would make body oil to intensify and lengthen the fragrance. Wow, the perfumer is Sarah Horowitz. I love her Perfect Coconut but cannot afford it. The oil is amazing.

Similar to Leila Lou by Rosie Jane, the same perfumer has created a pleasant, light warm weather fragrance. But this time, Sarah Horowitz composed an aquatic where the top note is cardamon. Then I pick up salt and sandalwood. I’m sure there’s more to it, but my nose can’t explain it. The best part is that Isle smells so natural; the worse part is the performance. No projection from two sprays, and it disappears in less than 90 minutes. I don’t dislike it though, and to make something using mostly natural ingredients, longevity is often sacrificed. I can’t fault the perfumer, I just wish it wasn’t so expensive. A solid like from me.

I really like this one! It's how your skin would smell after a day sitting beside the ocean in a place like Cuba: warm (from the cardamom), salty (from the ocean), and just a touch of brightness, from the bergamot. I don't overtly smell the sandalwood, but the scent does have grounding to it. Overall, it's lovely. I am not usually a fan of aquatic scents, but this is one I will finish with delight! PS: I don't find it similar to "Reveal" (a scent I dislike) at all. It's salty, but not peppery, and has more in common with "Beach Walk" (although they aren't actually very similar either).

this has such a fresh salty profile to it that i find myself so attracted to for some reason. to me this smells a lot like snow angel by philosophy as well. wish this projected a bit more, as it's kinda hard to smell on the skin after you sniff it for a while. needed a nose pallet cleanser. the cardamom comes out a lot more during the dry down, but the oceanic notes are absolutely my favorite part of this. soft and almost soapy. really like this scent, if i didn't already have snow angel i'd consider picking up a full-sized bottle of this for sure!!

This review is for Isle Escape. If Omnia Crystalline and EL Sensuous had a baby this would be it. This scent is very sandalwood heavy on me. I don't get any sea notes. I do get the cardamom and I like how it punctuates the sandalwood. It's a very soft and calming scent but as I already have Crystalline it's not something that I feel I really need. OTOH Crystalline is a beast on me in terms of the actual scent and longevity and I'm not always up for that. This is like Crystalline Lite.with extra sandalwood.

A Beachy skin scent without florals, coconut or sweetness? Yes please! I thought this was great. Not groundbreaking, but comforting and fresh. It’s mostly a soft cardamom with a spray of salt water grounded by sandalwood. I like some other non-floral non-sweet beach scents like Calvin Klein Reveal and Jo Malone Sea Salt and Sage, but sometimes the excess salt leaves me feeling a little nauseous. The cardamom used instead here feels peaceful - like you should feel on vacation.

Like most of Skylar's fragrances, this is... fine. It's pleasant, inoffensive, and uninteresting. I get mostly bergamot and salt on initial spray, and then salt and wood in the dry down. I actually think the salt note is quite well done, but for a citrus+salt+wood combo from Skylar, I think Pink Canyon is leagues better than this.

This actually does smell like you are at the beach. I feel like it has a very very veryyyy mild saltiness to it. Im so glad theres no notes of ylang ylang because that would have made it smell like suncreen. This is a fresh unisex soapy scent.

VERY light scent, but fresh and clean. It's a more complex fragrance than most feather-light scents I have tried. It would be good for those who are sensitive to fragrances or just want something unobtrusive.

Nice. One of my favorites from the brand’s originals. Yet, like most of Skykar’s fragrances, it had short longevity and little sillage.

I dont usually care about aquatic scents. but this was so fresh, light and lively. I would but a fb if I had any longevity at all.

Love this fragrance! It smells like a typical ocean fragrance with a subtle hint of cardamom. The longevity is horrible though.

to me this smells like hedge apples. very green/citrus smelling and lasts about an 30 minutes to an hour

Isle Escape is a fresh saltwater scent with a little warmth from the cardamom.