Laboratorio Olfattivo
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Lemon zest and sea salt detonate immediately, sharp and almost stinging, while pine needle adds a woody-medicinal note that prevents the citrus from becoming fruity or sweet. The opening is deliberately unsettling—brisk, mineral-edged, utterly lacking in conventional charm.
The aquatic heart deepens as spindrift and myrtle emerge, creating an almost salty-green landscape where lavender's herbaceous edge plays against vermouth's bitter, wormwood-tinged character. The fragrance settles into a complex, slightly soapy-herbal territory that feels more abstract than traditionally pleasant.
Cedar grounds the composition with woody warmth, whilst vanilla and white musk provide a subtle, barely-there softness that prevents the scent from becoming entirely austere. The base lingers pale and whispered, retaining saline undertones but losing the opening's vivacious bite, fading into skin-scent within a few hours.
Salina arrives as a bracing collision between Mediterranean minerality and crisp botanical austerity. The sea salt doesn't whisper—it announces itself with the saline bite of actual ocean spray, supported by lemon zest that cuts with almost aggressive clarity rather than the typical sweetness citrus lends. There's a piney, resinous character that recalls pine-needle tea, grounding what could otherwise feel ephemeral.
What separates Salina from generic aquatic fragrances is its heart's refusal to soften into floral pleasantness. Myrtle and lavender arrive not as perfume-counter staples but as herbaceous anchors, their green, slightly medicinal qualities intensified by the presence of "spindrift"—that specific marine-salt aerosol note—and vermouth's bitter botanicals. The synthetic accord (64%) doesn't cheapen this; rather, it amplifies the aquatic's structural clarity, preventing the fragrance from dissolving into vagueness.
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