Note

Sea Salt

Pure sea salt has little smell; the perfume note evokes briny air, damp skin and mineral dryness. It adds a savory, airy contrast through the heart and base, especially beside woods, citrus and marine notes.

In 40 perfumes. Usually found in the opening.

Opening
57%
Heart
29%
Drydown
14%
Found in Dans le bleu qui pétille, Cinque Terre and Intense French Riviera

Most popular with sea salt

The best-known perfumes carrying it anywhere in the pyramid.

Often paired with

Notes that show up next to sea salt more often than chance would predict.

How it reads

Salty and woody above all. Reaches for marine and mineral far more often than the catalogue as a whole.

  • salty
  • woody
  • sweet
  • citrus
  • marine
  • mineral
  • musky
  • fruity