Thalasso Therapy

If you are one of the many who have no idea what the air smells like near the sea, rocks, ocean and salt flats, then this aromatic perfume that costs next to nothing could be for you. This little gem, composed of a light blue metal bottle, hides the essence of the ocean inside, like a shell that preserves the smell of the sea ambient. Imagine a large shell half immersed in the sand, wet by the waves and kissed by the sun. The sea, algae, sand and salt scent releases and fills the air all around. This is not the usual marine smell you get from calone, which imitates the smell of fresh water, melon, and watermelon. We should not think of associating the perfume with the aquatics that took over in the late 80s and 90s, such as “Cool Water (Eau de Toilette) | Davidoff”, “Aqva pour Homme (Eau de Toilette) | Bvlgari”, and many CK summer flankers, rich in fruity aquatic notes, with a strong sweet component that is often cloying and nauseating. This is the smell of algae and salt slowly emerging in the salt pans rising on the seashore. The sun and the wind evaporate the water, and the white gold crystals take shape. Between the Adriatic, Mediterranean and Tyrrhenian seas, the culture of salt is still alive and flourishing. Italy has always been one of the Mediterranean countries where salt is not only an ingredient but also an industry. There are several active natural salt pans that, besides representing an extraordinary ecosystem, are also places for the production of this precious mineral. Since ancient times, salt has been used as a currency of exchange and to preserve perishable foods. There are three ways to get salt. There is sea salt, obtained by flooding the coastal basins and allowing the water to evaporate. Then rock salt, extracted from real quarries. Finally recrystallized salt, extracted from the ground where millions of years ago there was a salt lake. What we smell in TT is very similar to sea salt, enriched with salty aquatic notes, those of algae. If I had to classify this perfume, I would put it in the same group as “Kenzo pour Homme (Eau de Toilette) | Kenzo”, “Fiore Dell’Onda | L’Erbolario”, “Acqua di Sale | Profumum Roma”, and Rem by Reminiscence. The latter are the ones that share more vibrations in common and that are perceived as more salty, ozonic, and mineral. Thalasso Therapy is an amber, salty and aquatic that fits the salty vanilla movement of recent years. It opens with a tamed citrus accord. Despite the many citrus peels, none of the bergamots or mandarins are too sour, suffocating or overdosed, but the lemon. Together with the vanilla, lemon creates a sort of creamy effect, a salty lemon curd aroma. Instead, the first guest to do the honours is sea salt. This combination of citrus peels and salt creates a feeling of freshness and spaciousness, of freedom and relaxation. Although reproduced by a synthetic molecule, this sea salt smell is not annoying and does not remind you of the freshness of ocean-scented cleaning products, home and car air fresheners or even shower gels. On the contrary, salt, lemon and vanilla create a fresh sensation of salty cream, which brings with it spicy and citrus facets. As the heart starts to beat faster and make itself felt, the nuances of talcum intertwined with the salty and spicy ones rise. Talcum, grains of salt, green algae and vanilla pods form a fresh, dry, sweet and salty aroma, which evokes the atmosphere that you breathe in the spa. This perfume is truly therapeutic. Its aroma relaxes and releases all tensions, transports us to silent, deserted, sunny places, bathed by the waves and refreshed by a light breeze that brings with it all the scents of the sea. I also feel a spicy, resinous, and waxy note, which adds a slightly glistening and spicy touch to the saltiness that makes the overall impression more natural. Under the ocean breeze are tender flowers. I can detect a delicate touch of blueish lavender, not as prominent as in Cool Water, intertwined with silver sage and geranium that adds a rose feeling to the composition. The floral accord is at its strongest in the opening and then fades away. The presence of seaweed is notable, a mix of seaweed that gives a particular twist to the fragrance. Then the coumarins, presumably both vanilla and tonka, come out to add some warmth to the base, while the ozonic ocean notes never fade away. Depending on your skin, there might be a bit of woodiness, more from the cedar or more from the sandalwood. However, the woods don’t overwhelm the last phase, which is all about the soapy musk and waxy elemi. I can barely smell the patchouli, which maintains the right balance between the aquatic, salty and spicy accords, without forcing its natural dirtiness. You don’t know it if you don’t know it’s there. Instead, the vanilla, salt and seaweed are the accords I detect most strongly. I must admit that it took me a while to convince myself to try this perfume. The Tesori d’Oriente brand is familiar to me, for its first and outstanding White Musk, but also for the latest releases that recall some trendy niche perfumes. I discovered a pleasant sea scent that lasts for many hours on the skin, sticks to clothes, and releases a very delicate, recognizable talc marine trail. I think it is perfect for warm temperatures, from late spring to early autumn. During the day or in the evening, it suits perfectly the summer events in the open air, evenings by the sea. Without spending a fortune, this precious perfume could surprise many sceptics who, like me, have ignored it without a valid reason. I have received compliments for the beauty of its smell and for its delicacy, that talc marine trail that makes you dream as if you were lying in a hammock in Fiji. I wrote my review based on a bottle that I have owned since August 2024 (BC 22455L01D).

let me begin this review with a disclaimer: this perfume is far from my usual fragrances in terms of notes, so i sincerely apologize in advance if my review of it ends up making little sense if not at all. the bergamot and lemon opening is so soft. it's definitely mixed with something else that's not in the pyramid. feels like i'm putting on a bergamot after-sun lotion, it's a creamy bergamot. it's not a tropical scent, no no. this is very soft. i definitely smell the algae and the salt. it really feels like i'm at the beach or even at the pool, playing with a ball in the water, maybe drinking some veeery slightly milky/coconut beverage while you're chilling on one of those inflatable mattresses? it's like the scent that stays on you when you get out of the water. especially sea. it also makes me think of, maybe a kid who's playing with the sand and making a castle, some of his sun lotion gets stuck on his hands so now he smells of both sand and lotion. or you're that person chilling under the umbrella, with sun glasses on, sunbathing, undisturbed, you don't want to hear anything from anyone. the wind sometimes brings a little of sea breeze to your nose and it feels nice. but mostly i would say this smells like you just came out of the water after a swim and you're wrapping yourself up in a towel, ready to go take a shower. or it smells like the scent that remains on the towels after a day at the beach. you used them for a lot of different things, you lied down on them, you used them to dry yourself up, so they're all filled with that salt water and sand scent. that's what it smells like. and definitely there's a bit of sun in there. it makes me think of a sunny day. it doesn't feel like you're wearing perfume (one aspect of the tesori brand that i love). perhaps it's because they make body washes and shower creams of the same scents as their aromatic perfumes so i'm being brainwashed into thinking that their scents are mostly soft, but it really doesn't feel like perfume. it feels like you acquired the scent from the environment. it doesn't leave a trail. despite the fact that it feels like being at the beach, i wouldn't say that anyone could tell that you smell of "the beach". like, no one would complain that you smell of salt and sand. it gives me lotion vibes, more than anything. as if you used a summer-y lotion on yourself or as if you put on some expensive hair oil. it's been so many years since i smelled a nivea sun cream or their after-sun lotion but i wonder if that's what it's reminding me of. it's sea in a bottle. the concept of sea. the concept of vacation. i love it but i think this is a strictly summer (maybe spring) scent. i'm definitely curious to try it in a colder temperature, though. 10/10. the execution is flawless! it's so evocative. i love that it feels like a non-perfume. i truly love it.

I am obsessed with this. I have recently discovered it and I am totally mesmerized by how beautiful the algae notes meet the marine & salty ones, then the citrus comes in and the cedar settles everything down. To me it's the ultimate spa smell, so relaxing, ticklishly cold. It is indeed unisex but it tends to go towards feminine as I also feel some floral sweetness in all that sold and sharp marine notes. For more than a half of year am looking for a better longevity alternative to this as this would be the sole drawback- it only lasts around 4 hours on may skin :(. I'm ok with reapplying as it is soooo cheap, but I actually love the dry down a lot so i prefer this part to last longer. My search let me so far to: - REM REMINISCENCE UNISEX - YES! 110% copies of each other. But REM REMINSCENCE lasts about 4 hours also on my skin, and it's more expensive, so Thalasso wins. - REM REMINSCENCE MEN - NO. No algae, no spa feeling,, just a nice manly marine salty smell. It's nice but it is not that I am looking for. - MONTALE SANDFLOWERS - ... hmmmm not that close. On me MONTALE is very sharp in the beginning, the juniper note sits sooo bad on me :((((. It turns the entire perfume intro something sour and bitter. And this part laaaaasts and laaaaasts many hours. I swear, it's like i put pickled olives on me. You know that sour - bitter smell? It's not like a perfume at all, it's like ...eating sour pickled olives. So that's my problem with MS. Otherwise, around that bitter & sour smell there's a cloud of Thalasso around me which I love. Eventually it settles down into something similar to Thalaso, so I am quite happy with that, but the first 2-3 hours are a pain. What I did to make that work, is to layer MS with Thalasso and that was a good idea. I get the longevity I crave for, but also I get the beautiful marine, salty, algae notes I dream of. - Bvlgari AQVA Marine - NO. Again no algae, just a men's perfume, with lots and lots of citrus, rosemary & cedar. Again, nice for a men, but not what I am looking for. - Bvlgari Aqva Amara - NO. Beautiful perfume. Awesome bitter citrusy deep & a bit marine smell. But not similar to Thalasso in my opinion. Not even close. - Olimpea Paco Rabane - NO. It's something else entirely. Just because it is salty it doesn't mean it's in the same family of perfumes. Profumum Roma Acqua di Sale & Fiore dell Onda - i did not get the chance to test unfortunately.

I really don't understand what's not to like about this. To me this is effervescent and elusive in all the best ways. In my opinion, there is nothing sharp or offensive about this scent. The best way to describe how this smells is: you live in a beautiful beach house, you just got out of the shower after a lazy day of tanning at the beach and you pick up a freshly washed linen shirt that has been drying outside and has soaked in some saltiness from the sea air. In other words, wearing it makes me feel like clean and sun-kissed and transports me to a the seaside! In my opinion this is a pretty safe blind buy if you like musky or marine scents (the musk is VERY strong with this one). I personally can't get enough and will be stocking up on backups! Longevity is amazing on clothes and pretty poor on skin if you care about that kind of thing from a £5 perfume. Ah and I can totally see both genders pulling it off.

Taken by a compulsive shopping spree, I emptied the Treasures of the East sector. Having snubbed and / or underestimated it for years and years, despite having appreciated its olfactory performance on several occasions. After reading all the reviews here on Fragrantica I decided to test and experience these cheap fragrances, very synthetic but still pleasant, if I don't want to, I will spray them in the rooms ... Thalasso Therapy by Tesori d'Oriente is a fragrance that evokes fresh, salty atmospheres, marine: I would not define it as a dupe of Acqua di Sale since it is absolutely free of myrtle. Summer fragrance, aromatic that evolves towards balsamic.