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Showing posts with label marine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marine. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

What are Marine Fragrances?

Fragrances can be classified by certain olfactive families, or themes, or accords.

Marine:

themes are one of the newest members of the fragrance family. These notes are also called aquatic, oceanic, aqueous  and these fragrances evoke the odor of fresh sea air. It is virtually impossible to capture the true essence of oceanic air, so to create this special note, the ingredient Calone is added.



Other notes are used to evoke the watery scent of freshly fallen rain these include florals such as water lily, water hyacinths, lotus, as well as fruits and vegetables such as melon, and cucumber.



Fragrances that are classified as Marine are:
  • Acqua di Gio by Giorgio Armani
  • Aqua Motu by Comptoir Sud Pacifique
  • Aquawoman by Rochas
  • Aspen by Coty
  • Bleu Marine by Pierre Cardin
  • Charlie White by Revlon
  • Cool Water Woman by Davidoff
  • Dune by Christian Dior
  • Escape by Calvin Klein
  • Flore by Carolina Herrera
  • Ghost Myst by Coty
  • Inis by Innisfree
  • Kenzo Pour Homme by Kenzo
  • L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme by Issey Miyake
  • Nautica by Nautica
  • Nilang by Lalique
  • Ocean Dream by Giorgio Beverly Hills
  • Polo by Ralph Lauren
  • Ralph Lauren Blue
  • Sunflowers by Elizabeth Arden
  • Sunwater by Lancaster
  • 360 degrees by Perry Ellis

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