A great scent. The vetiver notes really sparkle in this one. It's like a walk on the beach with a gin and tonic in your hand. Salty, mineral-y, grassy, citrus-y. Everything you want in a summer sc...
Notes: grapefruit and cardamom; tahitian vetiver, bourbon geranium, ylang-ylang; orris, patchouli and bourbon vetiver. This fragrance opens with the unmistakable smell of brine: I see water, salt an...
Smells like herbs to me. Smell is very close to that of The Herb if you know what I mean.
it gets 5 stars for a name that would make someone want to buy it - so many people fall for a dream but if you care about how it smells to someone who doesn't - it smells like hairspray. something in...
This is a Holy Grail scent for me. (Yes, there is more than one Holy Grail in my world.) Almost every perfume that calls itself an ocean, or ’beach’ scent offers the aroma of tourists laying by the mo...
The first 90 seconds of this fragrance are all kinds of wrong: menthol cigarettes, road tar, lawn clippings, seaweed, and cannabis. It settles down for a smooth green middle section of patchouli and i...
There seem to be a lot of "nice, but meh" responses to this fragrance. To which I respond, "Meh? MEH? REALLY?" And I'm not one for caps. This fragrance is so lovely I had to lie down when I put it on....
Sel de Vetiver, composed by Céline Elena, is fascinating. On me, it smells like the Atlantic; cool, slightly gray, peppery, earthy, and smoky. On my husband it smells like the Pacific; warm, salty, gr...
The top started to smell too masculine for me; I didn't like it. I love cardamom, but I guess it has to be in something sweet. It's not so good with grapefruit and whatever else is up there. Howeve...
How intriguing this is! My DH's a wine gourmand and this is one perfume that doesn't hit just the olfactory senses it even makes my mouth water with its salty (hence 'sel) overtones. Am not one for ...