Room 1015
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Mandarin and lemon explode with immediate zest, all bright pulp and pith, whilst the aquatic accord immediately tempers any citrus shrillness with a cool, slightly metallic undertone—think standing at the shoreline as waves approach. The opening is properly fruity and fresh, arriving with genuine vibrancy rather than aerosolised perfume-counter brightness.
Watermelon emerges as a watery, almost liquid note rather than a candy-sweet interpretation, playing beautifully against the creamy coconut which adds a fleshy warmth to the composition. The aquatic accord intensifies here, creating an almost skin-scent quality that makes the fragrance feel like it's emanating from the body rather than floating upon it, whilst subtle sweetness (76% accord) provides ballast without tipping into dessert territory.
Ambergris and amberwood form a soft, skin-like base that retains hints of coconut creaminess, whilst cocoa adds a faint chocolatey warmth to proceedings. The synthetic notes become more apparent as the fruity elements fade, though they're integrated enough to read as modern rather than artificial—a gentle ambroxan-like dryness that lingers subtly for several hours.
Wavechild arrives as a brilliantly executed study in humid brightness—the kind of fragrance that feels like it's been atomised directly into salt-laden air. Jérôme Di Marino has constructed something deceptively simple that reveals considerable craft upon closer inspection. The mandarin and lemon topnotes possess an almost squeezed quality, neither perfumey nor synthetic despite the 52% synthetic accord reading, whilst the watermelon heart introduces a peculiar aquatic character that reads less like fruity sweetness and more like the mineral-tinged breath of ocean spray meeting ripe stone fruit.
What makes Wavechild compelling is how coconut doesn't sweeten the affair into gourmand territory—instead it provides a creamy, almost sunscreen-like softness that grounds the aquatic notes. The fragrance maintains an impressive tensility between fresh citrus and tropical fruit without collapsing into either camp. There's a subtle plasticity to the composition, an almost ozonic quality that suggests synthetic musks and amberwood working in concert rather than against one another.
Add fragrances to your collection and unlock your personalised scent DNA, note map, and shareable identity card.
4.1/5 (263)