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Salty tea in lighthouse
I am starting my week of marine/aquatic perfumes, 1 fragrance/day and starting with Squid on Monday.
I remember trying it in colder weather and totally dismissed it as something secondary and boring, but as summer came I was actually craving for sea, sea air. I was born on the sea and used to take it for granted and here I am, have not spent time on the sea side for at least 10 years, maybe even more.
But Squid to me is not about the sea nor about sea-food. It's a very sophisticated scent actually, in the beginning it is very peppery, even dry. Then it turns into something that I would call "black tea" - tannic, slightly astringent even. Ambery sweetness and salty tones come in waves, like you maybe having this cup of tea on a sea-side and sweetness of your tea blends with watery-salty air and even water. This smell takes me to the not summery sea, maybe Istanbul or coasts of Black Sea in Bulgaria.
In the dry down I clearly feel incense, but not strong like in church, but dry and fresh incense and it reminds me more of earthy qualities, smell of wet soil, like you enter a lighthouse build with stone and clay.
I find this very wearable and not dark at all, this is a comforting scent that does not over project, it stays close to the skin. As I mentioned more amber than salt, more insenc-y than resinous. It is not "natural", this is definitely perfume smell. I see why people love it, I might consider a bottle, especially because Zooligist bottles are so beautiful.
I remember trying it in colder weather and totally dismissed it as something secondary and boring, but as summer came I was actually craving for sea, sea air. I was born on the sea and used to take it for granted and here I am, have not spent time on the sea side for at least 10 years, maybe even more.
But Squid to me is not about the sea nor about sea-food. It's a very sophisticated scent actually, in the beginning it is very peppery, even dry. Then it turns into something that I would call "black tea" - tannic, slightly astringent even. Ambery sweetness and salty tones come in waves, like you maybe having this cup of tea on a sea-side and sweetness of your tea blends with watery-salty air and even water. This smell takes me to the not summery sea, maybe Istanbul or coasts of Black Sea in Bulgaria.
In the dry down I clearly feel incense, but not strong like in church, but dry and fresh incense and it reminds me more of earthy qualities, smell of wet soil, like you enter a lighthouse build with stone and clay.
I find this very wearable and not dark at all, this is a comforting scent that does not over project, it stays close to the skin. As I mentioned more amber than salt, more insenc-y than resinous. It is not "natural", this is definitely perfume smell. I see why people love it, I might consider a bottle, especially because Zooligist bottles are so beautiful.
Guszi
