Bohoboco
Bohoboco
83 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Pink pepper and lemon burst forth with zesty, almost sherbet-like intensity, immediately tempered by a distinctly salty-mineral blast that feels more swimming pool than Atlantic spray. The sea salt sits unnaturally bright, a synthetic shimmer that announces itself before the sweeter elements can establish themselves.
As the citrus evaporates, the algae and bay leaf emerge as curious, slightly soapy-green accompaniments to a caramel note that feels more bittersweet than indulgent. Jasmine attempts to add florality and elegance but reads as thin and powdery, overwhelmed by the competing aquatic-sweet tension at play.
Brown sugar and cedarwood provide a modest woody-sweet conclusion, though the synthetic base continues to dominate, lending the fragrance a flattened, one-dimensional character that lacks genuine depth or staying power. What remains is primarily sweetness—the aquatic and fresh elements largely dissipated.
Bohoboco's Sea Salt Caramel occupies that peculiar middle ground between gourmand and aquatic—a fragrance that feels caught between two competing impulses, neither fully committed to either direction. The opening salvo of lemon and sea salt suggests something bracing and coastal, yet the synthetic accord (clocking in at 88%) immediately softens this promise into something distinctly artificial, more novelty candle than seaside walk. What emerges is a candied interpretation of oceanic life: the algae and bay leaf heart notes provide a seaweed-tinged greenness that sits uneasily atop the brown sugar and salted caramel base, creating an effect rather like taking a bite of toffee whilst standing in a marine biology laboratory.
This is a fragrance for those drawn to the *concept* of seaside indulgence more than its authentic execution. The salted caramel accord—theoretically the centrepiece—never quite crystallises into something genuinely creamy or indulgent; instead, it reads as thinly-veiled sweetness propped up by aquatic synthetic molecules. The cedarwood base attempt at grounding everything falls short, offering little more than a woody whisper beneath the dominating sweet and aquatic notes.
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