I was going to post on one of the new Xerjoff Oud Stars but I’m still futzing around with this blasted infection (note to self: do NOT refuse prophylactic antibiotics for oral surgery – EVER!. Mouths are germy things! Ew! I remember reading an ad that said mouths contain more germs than the floor of the average NY taxicab. ……who knows if that’s true but considering the time it’s taking to get over this drama I am willing to consider it.
But enough about my stupid mouth. It’s fine. It’s just got a few more days of amoxy then we’re good to go. But the drugs sort of wonked up my nose and allergies are HIGH right now and it’s 90F in the shade and…and…pant!pant!pant! Honey, it’s HOT!!!
I wanted something cooling. And citrus (even my beloved Agraria Bitter Orange) just got beaten to a pulp (HA!) by the insane heat. So I’m drinking ginger ale and spritzing Heeley Selmarine. Okay, I’m lying through my busted gums. I’m drinking tequila with a splash of Roses and spritzing Selmarine. The tequila has no salt on the rim. I’m usually not a Salt Girl. I never think of salt in summer, except as something to wash off, should I actually go in the ocean (which I rarely do, having been chased back to shore by a nurse shark when I was 8. Granted the shark was nearly dead, having been torn up on the coral and all – and he was shorter than the average barracuda…but hey, I was 8. It had a dorsal fin. You do the Screeching Math. So it’s not that I don’t actually LIKE salty scents – I just don’t think about them much. I can’t even tell you what prompted me to grab this decant but I’m thrilled that I did. Nothing cuts the heat and gives the illusion of watery coolness like a salty fragrance, which makes perfect sense, now that I think about it. It really does evoke a day at the shore. Note that I didn’t say ‘beach’ – it doesn’t have a beach vibe. No suntan oil and no thongs. It’s more nautical. It’s shore-y, Not Jersey Shore – more like you just came in from a day on the ocean and are sitting on the deck of your catamaran, talking about whatever it is folks talk about when they tool about on a katrillion-dollar yacht. 
The notes are deceptively simple: lemon, Sicilian bergamot, sea salt, seaweed, vetiver, birch, cedar. The whole composition is just refreshing, without trying too hard. It didn’t give me much of anything like this when I sampled it at Barneys and I’m not a big Heeley fan in general – so I was prepared to dismiss it – but Bradley told me to be patient. Glad I hung onto it and I am so glad I retried in the scorching 90s. If summer turns out HOT I think I’ll have to get a full bottle of this, as there isn’t a snowball’s chance in July that I’mo be invited on that katrillion-dollar yacht.
My sample came from Barneys.
My yacht is yet to be found…sigh …
So…do you reach for salt in the heat? What’s your favorite ‘salty’ fragrance?
Hope you’re doing better hun! I, probably like some others here haven’t tried this line yet. But it’s on my to-do list now! Thanks.
I am better, thanks!!!. I’m just a weasel about gum pain. I am not overfond of this line – but I am in LOVE with this particular scent!!!
xoxo :Devil:
So sorry to hear your tooth misery has persisted. I got an infection after having my wisdom teeth removed (and I think I took the antibiotics; just got the infection anyway). Took forever and a day to resolve. I hope yours passes much more quickly!!
As for salty fragrances, well, I don’t much like Eau des Merveilles but I adore Parfum des Merveilles. (Wow–I haven’t smelled that in a while…must search out my teeny tiny precious bottle.) I also had a sample of Miller Harris Fleurs de Sel that I remember liking, tho I don’t remember more than that. That sample is long gone…now I want another!
Salty goooood.
Wisdom pain baaaad.
I think I’m over the hump. As I said to Tom, I think I’m mostly being a big baby about this. The infection is gone. Or, at least, 99% gone. I now have the cleanest gums and teeth in IL. I brush and saline-rinse after every breath!! LOL!
xo :Devil:
I’m a shore person. Oceans? No thanks. Fish poop in it. I’ll take an ocean view and a nice heated pool..
And some of that tequila would be very welcome!
Hope you’re better soon; tooth problems suck.
Sweetie, you and me, at the pool. I used to spend February in Puerto Vallarta and every. stinkin’ time I went to the beach something stupid happened. Pool? NO problems. I quite like The Pool. Know why? There’s always a bar nearby. Or in. Or…if you’re lucky and the pool is at your house ….you can have the whole bottle of teq. and a bit of Roses…right next to your chaise lounge! Even better is if you had a pool man to cater to your every whim…but I never got quite that lucky, alas.
My gums are sick to death of my bitchin’. They say it’s time to woman UP and get over it. They’re right. This is the last amoxycillin and I think I’m pretty okay. Just being a Great Big Baby over here!
xo :Devil:
I don’t think you’re bitchin’ at all. That shi7 HURTS.
I would love a pool. I like to swim and if I had one I’d likely use it daily. In addition of course to sitting under a large umbrella next to it in large sunglasses reading and drinking a gin and tonic so severely iced I could be called in for alcohol abuse..
As for salty fragrances, I’m normally not a fan, except for Miller Harris’ brilliant Fleurs de Sel, which was available for about 15 minutes at Saks then disappeared along with the rest of the line.
Not to enable or anything – ha! – but last time I checked, Fleurs de Sel is available at a (small) discount at parfum1.com. They are getting all kinds of stuff available.
The first and only time that I was at an ocean beach was when I was in Hawaii two years ago. I don’t know what it is about beaches that scare me. I think that it is because I’m always afraid that I’m gonna step on something that’s not good (broken glass) and something that is venomous. Then I learned that I’m not really a water person. I can’t recall trying anything salty perfume wise though.
I’m laughing as I read this ONLY because I ‘get’ you, sweetie. My idea of a great beach is being in a private villa ABOVE the beach, poolside, looking down at the beautiful sand and water. Occasionally I will do the sand/surf thing but like you I am not all that comfy with it. The U made the oceans for the animals IN the ocean. It made pools for us. That way we can avoid stepping on scorpions or getting nailed by jellyfish (done both),
That’s my philosophy, anyway. 🙂
xoxo :Devil:
I don’t believe I have ever smelled a salty perfume; it has never sounded like something I”d like. But of course this review has got me lemming one now!
IMHO, this is the time to call upon Auntie Vi. The worst is over, and you can allow her to mellow the lingering harsh. Auntie Vi with some Oreo cheers, dagnabit!
I’m liking the idea of that combo!
xoxox :Devil:
That sounds like a perfectly delightful combination, the salty water and soil. And I love Noxema – especially in the summer. Like coconut suntan lotion, nothing says ‘relaxing summer day’ like a hit of Noxema on sunbaked skin, apres-bain.
xo :Devil:
I love salty fragrance in the summer! My favorite is probably Profumum Acqua di Sale…the opening is somewhat Noxema-ish but it dries down so nicely, salty water and a bit of soil. I also really like Lostmarc’h Aod, it’s very salty with gardenia and coconut. It looks like I may have to stop being cheap and just buy a bottle….I can’t find a decant of it anywhere!
Howdy, Auntie M! Sorry you’re still in the gum wars, but at least it sounds like the final stages and hopefully it will be over soon. Have not tried anything by Heeley except their Cardinal, a nice incense scent, so will have to check this one out. BTW, when I win the lottery, that katrillion-dollar yacht will be yours!
Oooh! thanks! but can I have a diamond instead? I really love diamonds. Big, D-color emerald-cut diamonds. LOVE THEM.
I really have never gotten that whole ‘yacht’ thing. I used to hang out with a guy who owned a HUGE sailboat and…I dunno…all I could think of is “if this thing sinks” I mean, they put these things out – WAY out. And once you’re out there…..
xo :Devil:
though the one I ogled, when I was writing the post, comes with Jet Skis, etc and I’m sure it has lifeboat(s) – heck, it’s like a mini oceanliner!!!
Well, Ms A, I was hoping all your tooth/gum stuff would be over by now…hope you see the light at the end of the tunnel. Hasn’t the weather been bizarre? This morning as I type this, it’s like 55. Almost too cold to have the windows open, and yet we were definitely sweltering in the shade of the maple tree just a couple days ago..
I am actually looking for more salty scents, so this comes at a good time. L de Lolita is salty caramel in the heat, but I really like the thought of a shore scent. My favorite beaches ever are on the great lakes, with big trees, cool breezes, hot yellow sand, cold water – ahhhh. But alas, no salt. The Heeley goes onto my sample w/l. Hope that tequila helps a little. Big hugs.
This weather is ca-raaazy~ after two weeks of blistering heat we had that deluge on Monday night. Then the coolness. Blessed coolness. My brassicae and lettuces are going gangbusters!!!
I think you would really like this one. It’s clean and simple without being simplistic. Very …hey, you know what it reminds me of? Do you remember those photos of JFK on his yacht?http://www.blogcdn.com/www.luxist.com/media/2008/06/jfkboat_061908.jpg
it’s got that Hyannisport feel to it. All coolness and privilege. This is another one of those scents that evoke a sense of not having to do your own housework, if that makes any sense.
xo :Devil:
Oh, poor you! Damn them gums ( in my head that sounded like Yosemite Sam). I have a small sample of Selvetiver that I adore and it’s the only Heeley I’ve tried! I havent explored many salty fragrances but I do love Eau des Merveilles and Dune- definite shore rather than beach. Dune smells of beautiful people extending the party down on to the beach in the early hours and then napping into the mid-morning sun, leaving their skin smelling fabulous with just a trace of the ‘sexy’ fragrance they wore the night before.
LOL at Yosemite Sam, he’s one of my all time favorite cartoon characters. Dagnabit!
I love the word ‘dagnabit’!!! I use it often, particularly when I’m trying not to swear. Which is always. Because I have a potty mouth. As evidenced by the continued use of antibiotics. So this is All My Fault!
see? Problem solved! 😀
xo :Devil:
Haven’t tried many salty fragrances, but now you have made me want to!! Just want to say, I am so sorry you are still struggling with this silly mouth thing and hope you heal very, very quickly with no more complications!! Love and Hugs!!
Oh, sweetie, thank you! I really am fine now. Just being a big ol’ baby. Cuz I can. I’m back to eating Oreos. So you know I’m just fine! LOL!
check out Selmarine. I can’t believe I’m flogging this fragrance – but in extreme heat it is Just The Thing!!!
xo :Devil:
Hope you feel better fast. I guess I’m more of a shore girl and not a beach girl too. I love the ocean but hate beach traffic and the smelly, sweaty people with loud kids that are usually on the beach. Not my idea of a nice day. Not to mention the fact that last week my company had someone come in and do a mini sun damage/skin cancer awareness screening and I got to see my past sun sins illuminated on my face. She said I wasn’t that bad but boy, those freckles that you can’t see with the naked eye yet are not cute. But, I digress…..
As far as salty scents the only thing I have that is salty is Womanity which I originally hated but have grown to like and got for a great price which I like even more. I don’t think of it as particularly summery though. When I’m trying to beat the heat I reach for more citrus/light floral or almost anything in a cooling body spray.
Poodle, you couldn’t get me under one of those ‘damage’ thingies – I would faint dead away. Even though I am ethnic I am relatively fair and burn pretty easily. And I ride in the summer (motorcycles and bicycles) and even with sunscreen/sunblock. Ew. Nope. Don’t wanna know.
You should try Selmarine when you get the chance. It’s totally refreshing!!!
xo :Devil:
I will put it on my list. I must admit you’ve got me curious about salty scents now.
Dearest Auntie A, yet another reason you are one of my favorite people! I LOVE Selmarine. It’s like the ocean, without coconut oil sunscreen. Clean. Not humid, but brings to mind water. DC is positively SWELTERING – or has been, the past several days. I just walked home from work and it seems the storm we got knocked some of the chutzpah out of the humidity, but I digress. I adore Selmarine in the summer. It has more staying power than Gin Fizz and is less “full” than Lolita Lempicka’s beachy summer frag.
On a separate note, have you tried the strawberry jello trick yet? Mom gave it to me after I had my wisdowm teeth pulled. Make it warm if cold on your mouth is bad news right now, or put it into jello shots if necessitate. It doesn’t sting like juice and the red color disguises any residual bleeding. And it came from a Mom, so the comfort factor is there. Hugs to you!
I like the idea of strawberry jello! And you’re right, it came from a Mom, which means comfort. I’m of a Certain Age and rarely miss my mom in ‘that’ fashion – but I can tell you these last two weeks I would’ve loved to have my mom take care of me. Of course, we’re talking the mom of my childhood. Were she alive today she’d be 94 and unlikely to want to be tucking me in and making homemade chicken soup…but ya nebber know…
xoxo :Devil:
Get well. XX
Portia,
Thanks, sweetie. I’m actually fine. I think I’m just milking this for an extra couple of days because I was so poleaxed by the pain – it’s like my psyche doesn’t quite know how to let go of it yet.
One thing that’s come of this is a renewed respect for people who manage chronic pain. And a renewed gratitude that I’ve been spared that challenge.
xo :Devil:
I love the Heeley line. They have so many good ones, and each is distinct from the others. My favorite salty fume is Bvlgari Aqva- the old one, not Aquamarine. It’s got a salty tang of northern seas, nothing Caloney about it.
Oh, I remember that one! It was gorgeous!! You’re right, nothing calone about it!
xo :Devil: