Sailing Day
Sailing Day was built to evoke Paros Island in 2001, the specific coordinates of salt air and cedar resin that make an island unforgettable. Sea notes and coriander open with an aquatic freshness that red seaweed deepens with an actual marine character: not the synthetic ocean of lesser aquatics but something more specific and saline. Juniper adds a resinous sharpness in the heart before cedarwood and woody notes settle into a base that smells of the ropes and timber of the boat rather than the water itself.
Why We Carry This
Sailing Day is among the Replica line's most technically accomplished aquatic compositions because the red seaweed and coriander combination gives it a specificity that generic marine fragrances lack. The cedar base grounds the whole composition in the material world of a sailing boat rather than the abstract world of a blue accord, and the result is one of the line's most convincing memory constructions.
Scent Profile
Top notes: Bergamot, Sea Breeze, Lemon, Grapefruit
Heart notes: Ambergris, Iris, Jasmine, Violet
Base notes: Driftwood, White Musk, Sandalwood, Cedarwood
Character
Accords: Aquatic, Fresh, Salty, Woody, Clean, Musk
Perfumer: Violaine Collas
Launched: 2016