02/26/2024
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Jump into the waves
Hello fragrance fanatics, welcome to a new fragrance review from me. This time I have put my nose into the fragrance 23NAO - North Atlantic Ocean by Agua de Surf! As you can tell from the name, it's a brand founded by surf lovers, so it's no wonder that here comes a fragrance that bears the name of the North Atlantic Ocean.
According to the description, this fragrance is reminiscent of both the cold and salty seawater of the ocean and the typical vegetation of coastal areas, such as sea cucumbers that grow on the rocks of the coasts... ha ha, that was a joke, I KNOW that sea cucumbers are animals, after all, I know a lot more about animals than plants :D
Anyway, the whole thing sounds quite nice, after all, you have certain associations with something like that, like a great vacation and such. Yes, I'm sure most people are already wishing for summer anyway, now that it's still cool and rainy... sigh, I'd rather have fall because of Halloween, which I love so much and recently put up some great decorations and carved a pumpkin. Well, I had to hand over almost my entire supply of sweets to sticky, squishy children's hands on Halloween evening, but what the heck, it only happens once a year! :D But I digress, once again...
So back to the smell of surfing. Well, I don't know anything about surfing. I like jumping into the waves in the water, but then I often lose my glasses (fortunately only cheap glasses, if I don't have contact lenses to hand and therefore have to go into the water with glasses). The fact that this always happens when the waves cause a good friend's bra to slip and expose her and I can't see ANYTHING but blurry skin on an otherwise very interesting part of my body because of the lost glasses is much more tragic... *sigh* :DD And of course it always has to happen to ME... I really need to get contact lenses again!!!
Soo, let's smell what this fragrance smells like. Or rather, I smell and write, and you read and criticize me :D
As the fragrance progresses, the oud returns a little and smells about as intense as the vetiver. From the middle section onwards, woody notes also emerge, which become more intense over time and also smell very good. These woody notes can then be clearly identified as cedar wood. Due to the distinctive cedar, however, the fragrance seems more masculine than unisex to me.
Towards the end, the fragrance remains woody and sweetish due to the cedar and amber, and a little later it becomes a little more earthy and tart... I think after the sweeter notes have faded, you can smell the oud and vetiver better again.
Secondly, precisely because of the cedarwood and the slightly Barbarshop-like aura, I would say that the fragrance is for the most part more masculine and therefore suits men better than women.
Otherwise, as mentioned, it is a solid and fresh (although not quite as fresh as citrusy fragrances), woody summer fragrance that starts with a few scent notes, but then "specializes" more in cedarwood, amber and some vetiver in the base. It can be used mainly in spring, summer and even in fall as a daytime fragrance, as it is a little too unspectacular for going out.
So you can give it a try if you like woody and aquatic fragrances. And that's it from me again, I wish you all a nice evening! See you next time :)
According to the description, this fragrance is reminiscent of both the cold and salty seawater of the ocean and the typical vegetation of coastal areas, such as sea cucumbers that grow on the rocks of the coasts... ha ha, that was a joke, I KNOW that sea cucumbers are animals, after all, I know a lot more about animals than plants :D
Anyway, the whole thing sounds quite nice, after all, you have certain associations with something like that, like a great vacation and such. Yes, I'm sure most people are already wishing for summer anyway, now that it's still cool and rainy... sigh, I'd rather have fall because of Halloween, which I love so much and recently put up some great decorations and carved a pumpkin. Well, I had to hand over almost my entire supply of sweets to sticky, squishy children's hands on Halloween evening, but what the heck, it only happens once a year! :D But I digress, once again...
So back to the smell of surfing. Well, I don't know anything about surfing. I like jumping into the waves in the water, but then I often lose my glasses (fortunately only cheap glasses, if I don't have contact lenses to hand and therefore have to go into the water with glasses). The fact that this always happens when the waves cause a good friend's bra to slip and expose her and I can't see ANYTHING but blurry skin on an otherwise very interesting part of my body because of the lost glasses is much more tragic... *sigh* :DD And of course it always has to happen to ME... I really need to get contact lenses again!!!
Soo, let's smell what this fragrance smells like. Or rather, I smell and write, and you read and criticize me :D
The fragrance:
I smell sage, black pepper and a fair amount of oud at the beginning and wonder why a fragrance named after the North Atlantic contains oud... but the oud soon fades, even though the fragrance doesn't smell aquatic (yet) despite a certain freshness. After a few minutes, however, this actually changes, giving the fragrance an aquatic touch, and together with the ambery sweetness, it doesn't smell bad at all. The oud is now more in the background, but a somewhat earthy note emerges with the vetiver, which fits in well with the rest. As the fragrance progresses, the oud returns a little and smells about as intense as the vetiver. From the middle section onwards, woody notes also emerge, which become more intense over time and also smell very good. These woody notes can then be clearly identified as cedar wood. Due to the distinctive cedar, however, the fragrance seems more masculine than unisex to me.
Towards the end, the fragrance remains woody and sweetish due to the cedar and amber, and a little later it becomes a little more earthy and tart... I think after the sweeter notes have faded, you can smell the oud and vetiver better again.
The sillage and the durability:
The sillage is okay at the beginning, then weakens a little, but is generally more intense than most other summer fragrances. This is probably due to fragrance notes such as oud, vetiver and woody scents. So you can certainly smell it for a while when it's close to you. I would put the longevity at eight to ten hours, which is pretty good. The bottle:
The bottle is rectangular and has a thicker base. On the front you can see the name and brand, as well as the logo in the form of a fish silhouette. The lid is particularly beautiful and creative. It appears to be made of stone and is slightly bent. Some blue has been added to the top of the bent area. This means that the lid represents a cross-section of a coastline, which is pretty great and creative! All in all, the bottle turned out really great precisely because of the lid. Conclusion:
Soo, first of all two things: the fragrance smells fresh, but doesn't necessarily remind me of the North Atlantic or the ocean at all. It smells much more like one of the shower gels that I actually quite like using: Duschdas Noire, which has quite an intense cedarwood scent. Perhaps this is also due to the slightly synthetic aftertaste of the fragrance, which reminds me of a shower gel. Secondly, precisely because of the cedarwood and the slightly Barbarshop-like aura, I would say that the fragrance is for the most part more masculine and therefore suits men better than women.
Otherwise, as mentioned, it is a solid and fresh (although not quite as fresh as citrusy fragrances), woody summer fragrance that starts with a few scent notes, but then "specializes" more in cedarwood, amber and some vetiver in the base. It can be used mainly in spring, summer and even in fall as a daytime fragrance, as it is a little too unspectacular for going out.
So you can give it a try if you like woody and aquatic fragrances. And that's it from me again, I wish you all a nice evening! See you next time :)
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