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post #1 of 14
6/14/10 at 9:53am
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What is the smell of water to you?

I am happily wearing Tonatto's Oltre, Montale's Sandflowers & Embruns d'Essaouira, Lostmarc'h's Iroaz and, occasionally, Hermes' Eau des Merveilles -- but I'm also longing for a variation.

In all of these fragrances, I smell water & sea, but I'm not a fan of "marine" scents.

Some more loves of mine: Lutens' Muscs Koublai Khan; CB's I Hate Perfumes Black March Water; carnation scents, including Coup de Fouet; Diptyque's L'Eau.

Any recommendations or insights will be welcome.

xo, Marie
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post #2 of 14
6/14/10 at 11:32am
If you are wanting the smell of fresh water, I haven't experienced anything better than Ineke's Derring-Do.
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post #3 of 14
6/14/10 at 12:14pm
+1 for Derring-Do. It's very nice and fresh, certainly worth a sample.
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post #4 of 14
6/14/10 at 6:31pm
Eau de Rochas.
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post #5 of 14
6/14/10 at 7:34pm
There are a couple I find to be quite evocative of their names (or vice versa depending on which way you look at it ).

L'Eau d'Hiver by Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle (lit: "winter water")

L'Ombre dans l'Eau from Dyptique (lit: 'the shadow in the water")
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post #6 of 14
6/14/10 at 10:50pm
Closest scent to water I've smelled (not salty sea water, but the water of say, a placid lake) is Six Scents Series 1 No. 2 "Wicken 3000."
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post #7 of 14
6/15/10 at 4:02am
I'm interested in trying many of these. I love the scent of the ocean , and recall that Beth Terry's Mare was very nice. Has anyone tried any of the Micallef 'sea' series? I'm especially interested in Black Sea. (I know...we're not really talking about 'doctored' water, like the scent of salt water, right?)
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post #8 of 14
6/15/10 at 4:51am
Issey Mikaye's Reflections in a Drop is a beautiful one....

reine
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post #9 of 14
6/15/10 at 5:12am
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Originally Posted by ronni View Post

I'm interested in trying many of these. I love the scent of the ocean , and recall that Beth Terry's Mare was very nice. Has anyone tried any of the Micallef 'sea' series? I'm especially interested in Black Sea. (I know...we're not really talking about 'doctored' water, like the scent of salt water, right?)

I've tried all of the Micallef Sea range, samples from http://www.ausliebezumduft.de/ Black Sea is very spicy with a slight scent of flowers (not too feminine) and is sweet without going overboard with it. It's very nice, long lasting and certainly unisex. Red sea and yellow sea were my favourites.
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post #10 of 14
6/15/10 at 6:23am
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I've tried all of the Micallef Sea range, samples from http://www.ausliebezumduft.de/ Black Sea is very spicy with a slight scent of flowers (not too feminine) and is sweet without going overboard with it. It's very nice, long lasting and certainly unisex. Red sea and yellow sea were my favourites.

Thanks for the comments. Sounds like Black Sea does NOT smell like the ocean!
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post #11 of 14
6/15/10 at 9:55am
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Thank you to all who have replied! (I welcome all future responses, too.) I'm going to start researching & acquiring your suggestions.

xo, Marie
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post #12 of 14
6/15/10 at 2:13pm
try Aqua Motu (Comptoir Sud Pacifique) - I prefer it on warm weather, otherwise it tends to smell like wet basement.
Aria di Mare (Il Profvmo) has similar watery note. Nostos (L'Erbolario) is more of marine scent, but also nice.
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post #13 of 14
6/15/10 at 5:12pm
Black Sea smells nothing like the ocean.

White Sea smells a bit like the ocean. It's limey and a bit salty, with a hazy iris note, over a slightly darker base of patchouli and some light woods. It's nice but smells a bit chemical and saccharine sweet to my nose. I found that to be the case with almost all of the Micallefs I've tried. It's a house style, I think, and people seem to either love it or hate it.
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post #14 of 14
6/16/10 at 3:58am
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Originally Posted by coldwaterswimmer View Post

What is the smell of water to you?

I am happily wearing Tonatto's Oltre, Montale's Sandflowers & Embruns d'Essaouira, Lostmarc'h's Iroaz and, occasionally, Hermes' Eau des Merveilles -- but I'm also longing for a variation.

In all of these fragrances, I smell water & sea, but I'm not a fan of "marine" scents.

Some more loves of mine: Lutens' Muscs Koublai Khan; CB's I Hate Perfumes Black March Water; carnation scents, including Coup de Fouet; Diptyque's L'Eau.

Any recommendations or insights will be welcome.

xo, Marie

The closest I have come to a scent that evokes water on its own, is Black by Kenneth Cole.
To me, its like a tall, cold glass of water. Pure, cool, and thirst quenching.
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