Ego Stratis
Ego Stratis, launched in 2022, is Juliette Has a Gun in a genuinely aquatic register: bergamot and lemon open against calone and sea notes, the marine accord fresh and open without the synthetic quality that lesser aquatic compositions suffer. Blueberry and peach add a fruit warmth to the oceanic opening, neroli threading through the heart with a bright floral quality. Ambroxan in the base is the contemporary material that gives the whole composition its skin-close, radiant drydown. Light enough to suggest the ocean. Persistent enough to stay.
Why We Carry This
Most aquatic fragrances fail by making the ocean smell like a swimming pool. Ego Stratis avoids this because the calone is balanced against bergamot and neroli rather than standing alone, and the ambroxan base gives the composition a warmth that the marine opening does not predict. The blueberry-peach heart is the move that makes it human rather than merely fresh.
Scent Profile
Top notes: Bergamot, Lemon, Grapefruit, Violet Leaf
Heart notes: White Musk, Cedarwood, Iris, Ambrette
Base notes: Vetiver, Sandalwood, White Musk, Ambergris
Character
Accords: Musk, Woody, Clean, Fresh, Powdery, Citrus
Perfumer: Romano Ricci
Launched: 2016