Sea Island Cotton (Eau de Toilette) by Bath & Body Works

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Sea Island Cotton Bath & Body Works 2007 Eau de Toilette

6.6 / 10 38 Ratings

A perfume by Bath & Body Works for women, released in 2007. The scent is fresh-floral. It was last marketed by L Brands / Limited Brands.
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Main accords

Fresh

Floral

Powdery

Aquatic

Sweet

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Cotton

Blood orange

Floral notes

Green pear

Pear leaf

Tangerine

Heart Notes

Cotton flower

Cyclamen

Freesia

Jasmine

Lily of the valley

Orange blossom

Base Notes

White musk

Sandalwood Talcum

Talcum

Vanilla

Ratings

Scent

6.638 Ratings

Longevity

5.629 Ratings

Sillage

4.626 Ratings

Bottle

5.827 Ratings

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Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/03/2023

Gourmandgrl
313 Reviews

Gourmandgrl

1

Favorite clean/fresh/laundry scent of ALL time

If you've smelled Bath & Body Work's "Sundrenched Linen" candle, this is that smell in lovely perfume form. To me, it's:

- "neutral" laundry detergent (no "cologne" or "masculine" undertones)
- "fresh/aquatic" crisp white linens (but no bergamot)
- light, powdery-fresh florals (the "cotton" part of the fragrance)

Clean, comforting, and exactly what you'd expect it to smell like - best "clean detergent/cotton/powdery aquatic" scent I've ever found. Longevity is decent, projection is mild - but it creates a lovely scent bubble for your personal enjoyment.

*Note: BBW's pre-2022 "Sea Island Shore" mist is the exact same composition (I own "Sea Island Shore" mist, and the "Sea Island Cotton" EDT - I've sniffed both side by side and they're twins), and the body spray has surprisingly longevity. It might even project better than the EDT. So if you can't find this formulation, snag that one instead! (The newest version released for the BBW 2022 SAS has been changed quite a bit, so look for one on a resale platform instead.)

09/12/2022

Mlleghoul
465 Reviews

Mlleghoul

1

soul-soothing dreamy treat

This spray from Bath and Body Works is an old friend and my ultimate comfort scent. It's what I used for years before I began scenting myself with what I guess we tend to think of as "proper perfume." I think this was originally called Clean Cotton Blosson, and when I went to repurchase it was Sea Island Cotton but now I think it's just plain old Cotton Blossom. And it is a fairly plain and simple scent. It's essentially dryer sheets composed of white musk, soapy florals, and a hint of linens drying on the line on a crisp, green, spring day somewhere near a seaside cliff. It's what you might consider a fresh, powdery aquatic scent, and those are typically my least favorite fragrances, but this one is somehow special, it's a dreamy treat, wrapped up in nostalgia and hope, and it never fails to soothe my soul.

10/13/2012

9Scent 7.5Longevity 2.5Sillage

FrauDingens
39 Reviews

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FrauDingens

Top Review 9

Summer on Cape Cod

A long summer is coming to an end and the bed linens are fluttering on the line between the two apple trees. It’s time to winterize the summer house - to keep out the sea winds, to fight against salt and decay. We throw white sheets over delicate furniture. We bid farewell to a summer that has been and will return next year.
The air is already autumnal and I see apples ripening on the trees.
One last time, I bury my nose in the Egyptian cotton of the bed linens - then a long car ride awaits, school, the city, a snowy winter.

This scent is carefree in its freshness and it embodies the South that I only knew as a child from stories, books, and movies. Mandarin trees and shimmering heat, over endless cotton fields.
Antebellum, plantations, carriages, crinolines.

There are days when I need this scent as desperately as there are days when I crave cinnamon muffins and sweet potato casserole.
And then Sea Island Cotton envelops me gently and smoothly after spraying, wrapping me like freshly washed bed linens and yet, I can always smell it, only the first note fades away. What remains are my childhood and the summers on Cape Cod.

10/05/2011

2Scent 2.5Longevity 2.5Sillage

Fran
253 Reviews

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Fran

Helpful Review

I'm Not Ready for This Island

The cotton on this island smells synthetic and weak. Unfortunately. However, the ozone above this island emits a strong odor.

My heart is big and open to clean and fresh laundry scents. And a few fragrance treasures from this (I know, often frowned upon) scent direction have indeed managed to convince me. The Sea Island Cotton from Bath and Body Works, unfortunately, does not.

The opening is very artificial. I can almost recognize a similarity to the air freshener "Cotton" from Brise. Those who know it understand: that's tough stuff. Synthetic, piercing, oh dear.
Then Sea Island Cotton slowly becomes softer, and a fine cotton note comes through. It definitely smells like freshly washed laundry, but it lacks the final touch to give this scent a truly wearable perfume quality. Yes, I know, fresh laundry scents are inherently unnecessary for many and can never really be considered perfume. Discerning noses can find fine differences, though. And here it remains quite one-dimensional and not so well done. It stays somewhat artificial.
And then it becomes really artificial when this ozone note comes in. Fresh air that smells "clean" inevitably gets this synthetic note in perfumes. A bit powdery, a bit sweet, a bit clean, a bit fresh. I can hardly believe that all these scent notes from the fragrance pyramid are supposed to be in here *astonished*

To me, it all feels a bit too clean and smooth, pore-deep clean, so to speak; I miss a few livelier nuances. Additionally, Sea Island Cotton smells extremely subtle, if not weak. It would get very boring for me very quickly. After a short time, I would definitely want to spray something else over it. You couldn't call that layering, because the island cotton also disappears quickly.

Let the cotton stay on the ozone island. I'll stay here.