Spindrift
Laminaria
Coriander seed
05/19/2025
Ursaw
142 Reviews
Ursaw
2
Smoked fish and mosquito coils
It's... a lot. Seaweed, and seafoam (the rancid murky kind that piles up on the shore) and a very aggressive coriander on top. It's aquatic, but in putrid way, and rather warm. It's a love-hate relationship. It's horrible. I want to learn more.
The smokiness feels very weird at first. Like someone lit dried kelp and horse manure on fire. I keep cringing, and then I keep going back for another sniff. And another. And another. Alright, let's do just one more...
Seaweed and incense, and something rotten below. Local witch coven decided to skip their usual forest spot and do something different this time – so they're dancing naked by the huge fire at the edge of the shore. The spring air is still cold and the so is the sea, but the smoke from the fire brought to me by the wind is warm. I think it's melting my eyes. Ow. Ow.
The sillage is not too huge, but the trail is heavy. And once it gets in my eyes and nose – it kinda burns. It's damp driftwood that someone keeps trying (and failing) to light on fire. It's a Byzantine church swallowed up by the sea long ago. Barnacles clinging to faces of every fresco. Compared to the other perfumes in Matin Lutens selection – this flavor is like a sudden slap to the face. Wrong, unsettling.
Thrilling. Out of the 4 miniatures in my discovery set, this is easily my favorite.
It plateaus about an hour in and becomes almost cozy. And by that I mean that it smells like a smoked fish market where every stand has its own lit mosquito coil. It very slowly gets softer from there without further changes in flavor profile. You're driving away from the market, but the fishiness lingers on your clothes.
Lingers long into the night once it's soft. Altogether lasts about ~10 hours or so. Fascinating. I struggled with it, but now it's gone and I already want more.
The smokiness feels very weird at first. Like someone lit dried kelp and horse manure on fire. I keep cringing, and then I keep going back for another sniff. And another. And another. Alright, let's do just one more...
Seaweed and incense, and something rotten below. Local witch coven decided to skip their usual forest spot and do something different this time – so they're dancing naked by the huge fire at the edge of the shore. The spring air is still cold and the so is the sea, but the smoke from the fire brought to me by the wind is warm. I think it's melting my eyes. Ow. Ow.
The sillage is not too huge, but the trail is heavy. And once it gets in my eyes and nose – it kinda burns. It's damp driftwood that someone keeps trying (and failing) to light on fire. It's a Byzantine church swallowed up by the sea long ago. Barnacles clinging to faces of every fresco. Compared to the other perfumes in Matin Lutens selection – this flavor is like a sudden slap to the face. Wrong, unsettling.
Thrilling. Out of the 4 miniatures in my discovery set, this is easily my favorite.
It plateaus about an hour in and becomes almost cozy. And by that I mean that it smells like a smoked fish market where every stand has its own lit mosquito coil. It very slowly gets softer from there without further changes in flavor profile. You're driving away from the market, but the fishiness lingers on your clothes.
Lingers long into the night once it's soft. Altogether lasts about ~10 hours or so. Fascinating. I struggled with it, but now it's gone and I already want more.
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