Elite Mare Divino
Seaweed is a rare thing to find in a fragrance at any price, and it is the whole reason to look at Saphir Elite Mare Divino Eau de Parfum 100ml. The note row holds three materials and no more, one in each position, which makes this about as short a composition as the shop sells. Amber comes first, warm and rounded, with that enveloping quality that makes a scent feel soft from the first second. It is an unusual choice for an opening, since amber is normally kept for the end of a fragrance, and putting it at the front means there is no bright introduction at all.
Seaweed is the middle, and it is the material that gives the bottle its character. In perfumery it reads as salty, green and slightly mineral, with a damp, cool quality closer to wet rock and tidal air than to anything edible. Set against the warmth of the amber it makes a strange and rather good contrast, cold over warm, and it is the part people will ask about. Musk closes it, soft and clean, smoothing the join between the two and keeping everything against the skin. That is the entire fragrance. There is no development to wait for, no bright top to burn off and no surprise in the last hour, so what you smell in the first minute is the proposition in full, which is worth knowing before you order rather than after it arrives.
At eau de parfum strength it has reasonable staying power and sits close rather than travelling. It reads as unisex, suits warm weather and daytime, and at 100ml it is an inexpensive way to try a style that usually costs a great deal more. Saphir makes everything it sells in Spain, at its Zaragoza plant, and has been in the fragrance business since 1940.
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