Cool Water Deep
An apple-led top — green and slightly tart rather than sweet — gives way quickly to clary sage, the herbal pivot that pulls the opening away from anything fruity.
The scent fingerprint
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- Fresh50
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- Woody
The note pyramid
- Apple
- Apple
- Sage
- Clary Sage
- White Musk
- White Musk
By the editors · 2 min readAn apple-led top — green and slightly tart rather than sweet — gives way quickly to clary sage, the herbal pivot that pulls the opening away from anything fruity. The middle stays spare and cool, a single aromatic line rather than a bouquet.
The base is where the perfume settles into itself: guaiac wood lends a smoky, slightly tarry depth, labdanum thickens the air with a soft resinous sweetness, and a clean white musk smooths the seams. Mandarin in the general profile suggests a brief citrus shimmer somewhere underneath.
It reads as a cool-weather casual scent, close to the skin after the first hour, better-suited to walking weather than enclosed rooms.
Scent twins
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