Osaïto

Osaïto arrives as a bracing collision between oceanic spray and sun-split citrus—Geoffrey Nejman has crafted something that smells less like a traditional fragrance and more like the sharp intake of breath you'd take standing on a windswept cliff face. The marine notes aren't the fuzzy, vaguely salty abstractions that plague aquatic fragrances; they sit shoulder-to-shoulder with rock samphire, that halophytic herb with its green, mineral bite, creating an effect that's almost uncomfortably saline. Grapefruit cuts through with a bitter-white intensity that prevents this from becoming merely oceanic wallpaper.

What distinguishes Osaïto is its restraint in the heart. Rather than pivoting toward floral sweetness, the everlasting flower (helichrysum) reads as dried and papery, dusty even, whilst myrtle contributes a peppery, almost medicinal greenness that keeps the composition tethered to its aquatic origins. There's a subtle spiciness threading through—not warm, but cool and sharp, like cracked pepper suspended in sea air.