Sea Water

Group: Non-organic raw materials

Marine fragrances, graced with sensual and salty note of sea water, are most appropriate for hot summer days. Sea note is used in various perfumes to create a fresh composition and lend a distinctive sea water aroma that refreshes our mind and our senses. It is not unusual to find new versions of some old fragrances offered in a special edition that delivers a refreshing sea water twist. This is something that many famous perfumers often do each summer, when they introduce new watery compositions to cool down and invigorate our spirits.

Water is the source of life, surrounding us from all different corners of the world and it many different forms. Depending on its cycles, it can be liquid, solid and glassy, or even almost invisible in the form of a mist. The largest surfaces of our plant are covered in water – as many as 71%! The world’s sea is composed of oceans and seas linked together in a mysterious blue watery carpet that covers a large part of our world. World Sea is full of salty water and its salinity can reach up to 1.025 g/ml on oceans' surfaces.

Sea water note is usually found in the top notes of a fragrance with a purpose to introduce fresh and clean composition right from the opening. Sea water note is often combined with other fresh and clean notes, while fragrances for men often include fruity notes, herbs or flowery bouquet.

Cool and fresh interpretation of sea water is found in men’s editions such as Davidoff Cool Water and Acqua di Gio . Other interesting and fresh marine fragrances for men include Antonio Banderas Blue Seduction for men and Jil Sander Sun Men Fresh.

This note is also used in niche perfumery. For example, the house of Montale offers two interpretations of sea water note in Embruns d'Essaouira and Sandflowers .

This note is usually used for men fragrances, and it is rarely found in the composition of perfumes for women. However, there are a couple of exceptions such as M by Mariah Carey , Rochas Aquawoman , summer fragrancy romance which refreshes aura, romantic Ella Mikao:Yujin Amour , and Reminiscence Etoile de Rem .

Fragrances graced with sea water note often have characteristic bottle designs which are supposed to follow the symbolism of the fragrance. These editions are usually delivered in blue bottles, shaped like water bottles ( Puma Aqua Man ) or like frozen ice cubes (212 Men Summer on Ice 2003). Bottle design is often transparent, simple and clean.

Perfumes and Colognes With Sea Water