Sea Water

Oceanic, fresh, vegetal, powerful, water melon, clean

Sea water notes are often described interchangeably with terms like “marine,” “aquatic,” “ozonic” or “oceanic.” But they all have one thing in common: they derive from a petrochemical product which reproduces the airy, breeze-like scent of fresh water. Often described as vegetal and aquatic, sea water notes are used in a myriad of fragrance compositions—including water fruit accords, to give a marine-like effect.

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History

The decidedly breezy scent of Calone was developed—accidentally—by researchers at Pfizer in 1951. The chemical compound didn’t delight the olfactory senses of everyday consumers until it was marketed in 1966 and then patented in 1970. But even so, it wasn’t until the 80s and 90s that synthetic sea water notes really started making waves—most notably when Aramis used the note to create their iconic New West for Her in 1990.