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frutiger aquarium
My mission to find a fragrance that vibes like a y2k aquarium lamp is fulfilled. Seahorse smells exactly how it looks: a high-saturation turquoise. It’s a brine-free marine with plenty of buoyant, melon-toned calone. The algal note plays more like the squeaky-clean cucumber from DKNY Be Delicious than anything that you might scour out of your goldfish bowl, but just kelpy and salty enough to stay oceanic. It’s on the same wavelength as that “Caribbean lagoon” smell you might find in cyan-hued body washes, scented candles, and beach house AirBnBs. Also reminds me of the same artificial beach I get from TF's Neroli Portofino, but more aquatic and less sweet or floral. Think snorkelling, not sunbathing. Lasts a full, frolicky afternoon on skin for me (~5h). My favourite Zoologist to date. But don't think too hard. You're on holiday.
Mental Snapshot: A glossy trinket, endemic to aquariums gift shops and cruise ports. A utopian biome, encased in a key chain's acrylic. A coral reef, immortalized in a snow globe. A mousepad of neon blue goo, little clownfish bobbing within. There’s no pollution here. Not when everything’s already plastic.
tl;dr: some might call it fake, others ~fantasea~
Mental Snapshot: A glossy trinket, endemic to aquariums gift shops and cruise ports. A utopian biome, encased in a key chain's acrylic. A coral reef, immortalized in a snow globe. A mousepad of neon blue goo, little clownfish bobbing within. There’s no pollution here. Not when everything’s already plastic.
tl;dr: some might call it fake, others ~fantasea~