Costa Azzurra

Lemon and cypress on top; oakwood and driftwood through the heart; cistus absolute and salty amber in the base.

The Mediterranean rendered drier and more grown-up than the standard blue-fragrance cliché. Lemon and cypress on top, oakwood and driftwood through the heart, cistus and salty amber underneath. It does not smell like sunscreen or piña colada. It smells like a windward terrace at the end of a long, hot day. Worn through summer and into early fall, daytime almost by default, but the resinous base keeps it from disappearing as evening comes on. A coastal scent for adults.