Eau Des Merveilles Bleue

Mostly salty and mineral, like sea spray. Underneath that, dry and warm, like cedar shavings or the inside of a wooden drawer.

It opens on sea notes, moves through patchouli, sea notes and woody notes, and settles on patchouli, sea notes and woody notes.

• sea notes: a general salt-and-air impression, invented rather than extracted
• patchouli: dark and earthy with a sweet edge, somewhere between damp soil and a second-hand bookshop

It lasts an average amount of time and sits close to the skin after the first hour.

Built from the note listing and the measured performance figures. We have not smelled this one.