Salish Sea

I sat on this perfume for two months before reviewing it; because I wasn’t sure how to categorise the feelings it gave me. In short- I can’t. It feels like.. longing? As an Australian; my ideas of ‘beach’ tend to skew hotter than the cold aquatic this perfume offers. In my collection; the closest I would pair it with would be “sea of gray” by solstice scents paired with a men’s aquatic. However, my ongoing quest for SALT led me to this suggestion time and time again. And honestly- I’m so glad it did. This perfume is moody; it’s complex; it’s brine. It smells like rocks on a shoreline covered with a salt crust. It smells like a grown up vodka on the rocks in a sea shanty; with a photo of a scorned lover in your hand. Most reviews peg this as masculine, but there’s something so mermaid feminine about this/ If you want your date to double take; pair with a red lip and a fisherman’s jumper on a date over candles. There might be an undercurrent of sea kelp for some; but for me it’s just sea salt and cold air. My partner who hates most perfume loves when I wear this. This is now a top ten forever favourite for me. Five stars; bravo.

Salish Sea is a gorgeous naturalistic marine scent that successfully captures the smell of an untouched shoreline and the flora that grow on the sand dunes nearby. The aromas of salty ocean water, delicate honeysuckle, and strands of beach grass all make themselves known on my skin. I grew up on the east coast, and Salish Sea doesn’t smell a thing like the ocean of my childhood — but it *does* smell astoundingly accurate to the coast of the Pacific Northwest. Amazing how different the two shorelines smell when compared to one another. This perfume is clean and refreshing without smelling synthetic or overly “perfumey.” Really nicely done. Impressive longevity, too!

quietly & antigravitationally beautiful, like a ghost finally being sent to rest, dissolving in a million drops of mist & fleeting memories....now set forever to the wind. i used to live in Seattle and my favorite place in the world is still the puget sound shore along Discovery Park. this smells just like a rainy walk up the beach path through the mud and ferns and fragrant bushes and rocks and and and....it's so nostalgic and so true to my memories, it makes me tear up a bit :') soooo special to me.

The first time I smelled this it made me a bit emotional to be honest, it brought me back to my days spent working at sea as a diving instructor. The first notes are very herbal, I can definitely get the rosemary on the top. A burst of fresh, cool salty sea breeze. The initial punch of herbs give way to driftwood and the florals coming in on the breeze, and it all gently calms down into something very sensual but still light and fresh.

Salish Sea is cold. North Pacific cliffspray, kelp on the wind, sand and rocks. It doesn't develop too much, I just spray it and teleport back to Ocean Beach in 2017. Realism always impresses me, because not everything boils neatly into aromachemicals, but realistic air is something else. Amalfi lemon haters and marine sticklers, you are home.