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vulture1982 – :
Layer this over Axe Excite and you get the complete suntan lotion at the beach effect. The combination also compensates for the fact that individually they are each very simple fragrances.
Antonberes1989 – :
Full marks for capturing this scent in a bottle. The first time I tried this out was in a large department store one Christmas with a member of my family. On first sniff I was immediately transported to all the seaside places I love to visit. I got quite excited and tried to make my companion understand but was told to pipe down by them as my tone was embarrassing! Oh well, scent is a personal experience after all… the fragrance itself is a lovely clean salt like sea spray. This perfume is a lot of fun.
lfdbl72 – :
I bought Salt Air because I love the smell of salty sun warmed skin.
It smells like sweet salt air, clean, oceanic, sweet. I can just see myself at the beach watching the frothy roils, rubbing coconut oil on my body, having a rummy cocktail.
There are subtle whiffs of fruit notes, it is a sort of cantaloupe or honeydew scent with green undertones.
Sillage and longevity is very weak but the bottle is easy for me to carry to respray.
Salt Air is soo gorgeous when layered with Alkemia’s Ambre Gris or Sandscape!
keks67 – :
I tested this on a paper strip at Boscov’s. I thought this fragrance was quite reminiscent of mid-Atlantic coast salty ocean air. Think of standing by the beach, or a few blocks away. There seems to be a dash of something fresh in there too.
I like this a lot. I’m not sure if I would wear it (home fragrance?), but it would be good if I felt homesick for the East coast. It smells somewhat similar to Aqua Kiss by Victoria’s Secret (which I bought for a friend).
SeddigDergo – :
Wow, I sprayed this on my boyfriend, and I swear, it’s the longest lasting scent I own! It lasted all day. I’m not a huge fan of the scent itself, but seriously, it has killer longevity for a Demeter scent
Медина89 – :
White flowers and green notes. Very very pretty, love it, but not salty sea air. I have tried the roll on oil and it lasts okay, with very little sillage
billij321 – :
Salt Air = Kahala Hawaiian Surf.
Same scent just renamed/rebranded.
nice oceany light fragrance perfect for summer.
sweeter than notes listed, more than what is listed is in this. definitely unisex.
getting 6 hrs out of it so far but sits close.
Reminds me of being on the beach smelling surf in the air.
EXebraJammobe – :
this is so nice, it smells just like sun warmed, sandy skin. It is so fresh, quite masculine and reminds me of the seaside 🙂
longevity and projection on my skin were good, moderate.
ubu307speagoessenda – :
One sniff of this and I was taken back years. Holidays by the sea when I was a child. It is the seaside in a bottle. Fresh, salty air with a hint of suntan lotion. Those little newsagent type shops that sold souvenirs, the racks of postcards outside, everyone eating cones of soft ice cream. It’s all there in this little bottle. I sprayed today and I will buy tomorrow so I can be transported back whenever I feel like it.
_Kust_ – :
I bought a few Demeter splashes blind to try them out as I’ve been looking for something new for the summer, and today is Salt Air.
Like Thunderstorm, another aquatic with mild sillage. This is much more marine—it’s as advertised. Clean, fresh salt water! When I smell it, I can feel the salt taste buds on my tongue salivating and trying to figure out what’s going on. While I would say this is a unisex scent, there is something mildly sweet under the surface, and it’s not a floral for me. More like… melon? Cucumber?
Overall: it’s very mild salt water with a mild fruity undertone, but nice nonetheless. Could be a good on-the-go day scent for when you want to wear something light and summer-y. I ended up blending it with BPAL’s Jolly Roger, which is a little nutty on my skin, and the salt really popped the rum notes on that perfume into something gorgeous. I think as other people suggested, this might be a fun one to experiment with other marine or aquatic or summer scents.
leo11 – :
This simply doesn’t smell like real salty air by the sea. It is rather synthetic. It has a pleasant clean marine smell and would make a great room scent, though.
None of the oceans I’m familiar with smells this sweet and rounded out. I don’t get the rough texture of salt that makes the ocean the ocean.
That said, it’s a relaxing fragrance that is reminiscent of the ocean, so I’ll probably buy a bottle considering the low price.
BloodSmoke – :
I jut purchased this one and though it really isn’t a winter scent, I am enjoying its summertime vibe. It has a salty, metallic (think Pure Turquoise) air to it plus added floral notes…I am thinking lily of the valley. A small white flower at the beach. It really is a nice pick me up on a snowy day.
pupzzz – :
This smells like salt air…but it’s not pleasant. I wouldn’t wear it alone.
ira9624 – :
My Demeter Library is small but within I have my “Likes” and my “LOVES” . This one is my “ADDICTED”. Smells like REAL sea spray when the waves crash! Has a very very light sweetness. EXCELLENT for layering but longevity is blah. Total “Pick me up” from a long hard day at work or just feeling depressed. Blind Buy with confidence as I did !
smoliackow – :
At first spritz this was nice — really mild, like that first whiff you get when approaching the beach. (Doesn’t smell like the actual beach itself, though. It’s literally just the air.)
After 30-60 minutes, though, the saltiness faded from my skin, leaving a note I don’t much care for. I can’t describe it, other than to say it’s also an element in Fresh Hay. (Which I also liked very much initially…and then I changed my mind after an hour and had to wash it off.) In between the salt and the hay there was a vaguely salty-floral scent that I liked so much I sniffed my wrists every few minutes. If *that* note had ultimately lingered instead of the hay, this perfume would have worked very well for me.
Still pleasant to sniff from the tester, but it’s not something I can enjoy wearing.
Merninfidiz – :
Salt Air.. On me it smelled slightly Johnson and Johnson’s Baby Powder, a few minutes later…. water and salt. Gosh, it’s so hard to describe. I used to love to boogie board; I looked forward to the weekends when my family would travel up the coast to our beach house for a few days. The first thing I would do is drop my luggage, change into my swim suit and paddle out. When a swell would come, I would paddle just a bit faster to catch it, and when the wave broke, all I could ever remember smelling was that salty spray. I’d ride that wave in till I hit the sand and immediately paddle back out.
Demeter’s Salt Air reminds me of the earthy salty sea spray scent one gets when a wave breaks. Ah, those were the days, that is before I saw the movie Jaws and never went into the ocean again. Thanks for the acquired life long phobia Steven Spielberg.;)
This is a really lovely scent that brings back those memories without having to go in the water, Score!
vitalii1985 – :
I can imagine this smells interesting layered with something else, but on its own, it smells just like Radox bath salts to me. For a more sophisticated take on the concept of a sea scent, I’ll stick to Eau des Merveilles.
Bufferofe – :
I adore this, but as many have said the Demeter perfumes do not have much staying power.
aleksei-5891 – :
I agree with dna. All I can think of when I smell Salt Air is air freshener, and cheap air freshener at that. I expected something more along the lines of Demeter Ocean, which I like. But Salt Air is cheap, light florals on me – Plug-ins, not even Wall Flowers 🙁
Сну Смумрик – :
I just got a HUGE mail order box from Demeter, and this was the very first one I tried.
At first, it reminded me a lot of Innocence by Chloe, with some sort of flowery and very powdery note, but as it dried down I got an actual scent of sea salt breeze – that smell you get after spending a day at sea, and I just LOVE IT!
I can smell salty skin (it reminds how, as a child, I loved licking the salt off my skin after a swim in the sea), and a very light flower/powder residue.
I think I’ll get a big bottle of this one in my next order.
Longevity is pretty good, yet the sillage, as many have mentioned – minimal.
UPDATE –
I sprayed it before leaving for work, and for the first hour, driving in my car, it was a sillage monster. Maybe I oversprayed it, but I actually had to open the windows just to get a whiff of fresh (not salty) air. Gladly it mellows down after a while 🙂
doland – :
Yes, I want to smell like I spent the day at the beach; fresh ocean breeze, salty sea water, and the likes, which is why I purchased Demeter Salt Air. The reviews here are mixed regarding if this fragrance actually smells like it’s name. Like other reviewers mentioned, I too get a salty-melon-cocktail vibe from first spritz (so yes, there are more notes then salt and seawater as listed). I asked my friend if she thought it smelled like a fresh ocean breeze and she said “not really, but if that’s what you want it to smell like then that is what it will smell like to you” What a head trip! but she is absolutely right. Smelling it on myself now I get suntan lotion, melon, and salt – easily reminding me of a day at the beach – so I am satisfied with this fragrance (by itself and for layering purposes). So what if it doesn’t last hours and hours on the skin? The bottle is 4ozs and inexpensive compared to other fragrances.
(Also, this fragrance reminds me of a lighter and bearable version of TM Womanity)
mr19800804 – :
This doesn’t smell like salt air, it smells like a fruity fresh cocktail with a salted rim.Which is not a bad thing, just not what they marketed.
Silage is incredibly weak, as with longevity.
But I only have the oil rollerball. Maybe the alcohol-based spray is different.
rozhko – :
Cucumber and greenish unripe melon on me, fading very soon to a sweet amber-y warmth like sunset. I could only smell it faintly after the first 1/2 hour unless I actually sniffed my wrist but my fiancé and others could still smell it hours later so I imagine it would be pretty easy to overdo it or re-apply when not needed. I received it as a little rollerball in my July Ipsy Glam Bag and liked it very much for occasional fun summer wear. I don’t consider it complex or something I would wear more than casually.
escape – :
Aquatics are sometimes disparaged by perfume aficionados, but they are my dirty (or not-so-dirty) little secret, and this is one of my favourites.
To my nose, this is a salty-sweet floral in a fresh sea breeze. It’s a beautiful smell of freedom to me, like walking along ocean cliffs in summer. Uplifting, and inspiring.
EDIT: In the dry-down, the smell of seaweed is quite noticeable; I personally love this, it’s part of the scent’s authenticity for me, but it may not appeal to everyone.
ypd530elipseskism – :
Perfect for layering! I have a rollerball, and it’s great to roll some on my wrists before spritzing a different fragrance on them. It’s really pleasant by itself, too! It’s very soft, not harsh or bitingly salty at all. It reminds me of the Sun and Sand candle from Yankee Candle.
cednev77 – :
The name says everything about it: a concentrated breeze of air brought by the wave hitting the shore. It’s fresh, airy, and very salty! The opening is very strong. Towards the drydown I can also get some smell reminding me of sand. The sillage is pretty close to skin and it lasts about 5 hours on me. It’s a fun fragrance while you’re craving for sea. I haven’t yet tried layering it but I think it’s a good option.
PINOK1 – :
This is excellent for layering. I add it to vanilla or gourmands for some bite.
I have the oil rollerball – for such a cheap perfume (under $5) this has great lasting power.
It’s definitely a simple fragrance and is completely a beach ozone smell.
kroha71 – :
This one’s actually not that bad. beach-like, reminiscent of beach, sand and salty sea/ocean water.
It dries down to white floral scent with beach like elements off course.
silage 2 hours max.
Natalilochka – :
This is my favorite base perfume. I use it under other perfumes to give them a bite of salt. On its own, it’s subtle and amazing, but under, say, Marc Jacob’s “Daisy,” it gives the flowery scent a kick of energy.
A word of warning: it’s rather strong, so if you’re using it as a base perfume, do just one spritz in front of you and walk through it. Otherwise, it’ll overpower your main scent.
Kabarikon – :
I love this scent! Smells so summery! Fresh and clean, and sexy too! One of my go-to fragrances. The only drawback is that it doesn’t have great staying power.
ZZinger – :
While this scent is beachy, it is not what I had hoped. The overall experience, as blended with my skin chemistry, was not salty but cloyingly sweet. It clung to me for hours, even though I walked in sun and wind, and I couldn’t stop thinking of air freshener.
fkbcf – :
I love the whole concept of a fragrance library, and Demeter has done a wonderful job of creating single note scents for wearing and blending, as well as some interesting blended scents. Salt Air is one of these…
This begins rather fruity in a light way with a great salty note, like salt on warm watermelon. The fruity hints quickly fade and it becomes much more airy and green, with that beachy tinge you get walking along the ocean’s shore. I can almost see the palm leaves waving in the seaborne wind, and feel the warm sand underfoot. A brilliant capturing of air on water where it meets the land. Gather some driftwood for a bonfire, and mix a pitcher of tropical drinks and the seaside experience would be complete…
Sillage: okay
Longevity: decent
Overall: 3.5/5
I expected a harsh salty note and ozone or aldehydes, but this is really nice! It is more than a single note scent but slightly less than an EDT. I like this much more than I thought I would. Dry, fresh and brisk-it does the seaside thing very well…almost like Set Sail St Bart’s sans exotic fruit and booze.
And, really, who says the salty sea air smell (one I love) belongs to women solely? This is definitely a unisex fragrance.
*A special thanks to you, chelle2513, for the HUGE spray sample!! I’m really diggin’ it…*