Oceanus Perfume Oil

If you were a teenage girl in the 90s you were either a dewberry girlie or you weren’t. I liked it fine, but THIS!!! While my friends were fighting over the dewberry tester I was huffing the ‘ocean air’ smell of this, convinced I could catch the hint of salt from inside my deeply suburban shopping mall. It explains how I easily transitioned from spraying this on myself after school to spraying Eau d’Eden on myself in 2000. There was an uplifting freshness in them that perked me up after a long hot day. Happy to leave both discontinued scents in my memory where they can stay perfect, as that particular aquatic note has never come back. RIP 90s Body Shop.

I don't think this smells like Escape though they're both aquatic scents (Escape is peachy and alot sharper, 'detergent-like' in comparison, irritating to me)...this one is quite soft and the scent does bring to mind the ocean...it smells clean and serene, soapy with a mild floral sweetness and just a tinge of something in-discernibly fruity. It makes you want to sit alone by the sea early at dawn and contemplate the meaning of life. It's a beautiful scent especially in oil formulation, very long-lasting on the skin, and I really miss it :( It was my favorite Body Shop scent growing up.

So many years passed by I was almost a teen and I still remember it. It was my very first love and it played a defining role to my taste loving violet, jasmine, rose, lily of the valley and musk. I just bought one of these new perfumes from fragrancenet Bliss by Symetrie and they share a few notes and it reminded me of it altho Bliss is less aquatic.

My best friend used to wear this and let me borrow some. It worked well for both of us and I loved it. If I got a whiff of it now, it would surely bring back memories. Shame it's not available anymore in stores, though. At least not where I live.

I remember falling in love with this, along with Aramis' New West. It reminds me of my time at University and long, happy Summer hols. Far pleasanter than most of today's Body Shop fragrances.