Warm Cotton Clean

The citrus and vervain notes arrive with sharp clarity, crisp and almost astringent, but they're immediately undercut by a synthetic marine breeze that smells like ozone and clean air freshener. Within moments, you're enveloped in that distinctive aquatic "cleanness" that dominates proceedings before anything remotely warm develops.

The cotton accord emerges as the synthetic base asserts itself, creating a soapy, almost powder-like embrace that flattens the orange blossom's potential vibrancy. The fruity notes skate across the surface without landing, whilst the musk begins its tentative climb, adding a vaguely skin-like quality that fights against the aquatic's continuing dominance.

By hour four, what remains is primarily musk and amber attempting to create warmth, though both feel diluted and distant on the skin. The fragrance doesn't so much fade as diffuse into an almost imperceptible second skin, leaving behind a faint, generically clean impression that could belong to anyone.