Description
Just before Summer 2013 the collection of L’Esprit by the house of The Different Company has been expanded by three fragrances—South Bay, Kashan Rose and White Zagora. All three compositions are signed by perfumer Emilie Coppermann, who enriched them with refreshing summeriness and a dashy stamp. Fragrances of the L’Esprit collection are available in flacons of 90 ml EDT with tags bearing the names of the fragrance and the olfactive pyramid of each announced composition.
South Bay is intensively luminous and offers a woody structure above which lays fresh citrusy shades. The composition opens with a luminous blend of grapefruit, mandarin leaves and tamarind. Woody accords of grapefruit tree with freesia flowers and eglantine (Rosa rubiginosa) become stronger in the central layer of the composition, enhanced with creamy sandalwood, vetiver and suede creating the base of the perfume.
The nose behind this fragrance is Emilie (Bevierre) Coppermann.
samson12121212 – :
The grapefruit and vetiver combine to make a sharp pine tree in summer scent. It’s a clean and manly scent that dries down sweeter than its opening. Quite nice but not exactly my thing.
gimnast_kostik – :
Lovely fragrance. A grapefruit like no other. Usually grapefruit tend to be too synthetic, harsh and in some cases it can borderline body odor.
But somehow The Different Company achieved the impossible, to tame grapefruit and transform it into a vessel that carries the other notes on a wonderful journey.
magnificent.
jpj820Unlogrere – :
همیشه بحث قیمت و کیفیت در خرید عطر، از جایگاه ویژه ای برخوردار بوده، هست و خواهد بود. این بحث در مورد خرید عطرای خنک و تابستانه بسیار پر رنگتر میشه و جای تفکر و تأمل زیادی در پرداخت قیمتی بالا برای عطری که بیشتر استفاده ی روزانه داره و چیز خاص و غافلگیرکننده ای در اون نیست؛ وجود داره.
قطع به یقین سوث بِی یکی از این عطرا و در واقع سردمدار اوناست! یه کار خوش ساخت و با کیفیت اما بسیار گرونفیمت که نظر بنده در موردش مشخصه!
سوث بِی با گریپ فروت و لیموی تازه، آبدار و ملس که حس سیتروسی-گیاهی پتیت گرین رو هم در کنار خودش داره باز میشه و خیلی زود تم خاکی-دودی ضعیفی از جیر بهش اضافه میشه و با همین مرکبات آبدار و ملس، بعد از جا گذاشتن سبزی پتیت گرین که کمی با جیر خاک آلود و کدر شده بود؛ حالتی کرمی و شیرین به خودش می گیره تا مهیای ورود به قلبی فلورال و پودری بشه که همچنان تحت سیطره ی شادابی مرکبات آبداره.
با خشکیده شدن نتهای فلورال و کمرنگ شدن حس پودری، عطر وارد پایه ای چوبی و کمی اسپایسی-دودی میشه تا در خنکایی که حالا مرکبات اون با آکورد چوبی متعادل و کمی خاکی شدن، به پایان برسه.
سوث بِی حسابی انرژی داره، شیطون و نافذه. شیک و درخشان و سیتروسی شروع میکنه؛ فلوارال و پودری و آبدار ادامه میده و چوبی و خنک و خاکی تموم میکنه.
ماجرایی که با ماندگاری حدود 5 ساعته و پخشی که با ارفاق میشه گفت متوسطه؛خیلی زود به انتها میرسه.
اینکه سوث بی عطر خوب و با کلاسیه درست، اما اینکه برای یه عطر مفرح با فضایی آشنا چنین قیمتی بدم رو اصلا نمی پذیرم و خیلی راحت از کنار این عطر میگذرم و فقط میگم:ممنونم دیفرنت کمپانی!
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vlad999 – :
It is a refreshing summer fragrance. The name is well chosen it’s like a refreshing breeze in the South Bay somewhere on Caribbean islands with the hot weather all year long.
In the beginning it’s a strong scent tending to the masculine side with the burst of grapefruit and strong spices but in several minutes it calms down. Then it remains still grapefruit fragrance with 2 other well recognisable notes: liquorice and rose hip. The sweetness of liquorice is subtle enough comparing to other fragrancies. I do not like liquorice as it tends to over-helm me with it’s woody sweetness. For example Lolita Lempicka fragrancies just turn my stomach with it’s liquorice. But in South Bay liquorice is not so extremely sweet and just gives enough sweetness to this fragrance making it unisex and not just masculine. Rose hip is beautiful. It lasts all duration and mixes with woods in the dry down. I do not detect the leather and barely notice freesia (I have other freesia fragrancies like forever and ever Dior for ex). The flowery note here is rose hip.
The longevity is decent enough with 8h on fabrics with a moderate trail. I like a lot this natural perfume and it’s very aromatic. I bought 90 ml at a good discount price and enjoy wearing it.
doctorklo – :
One of my favorite grapefruit/freesia scents!
SobAwaixtaxia – :
A pretty summer scent made of wonderful, natural smelling grapefruit – the bitter and raw kind with soft and sweet florals at the back.
What I did enjoy the most about “South Bay” even though the very low presence I got out of this is the drydown – I did have to try hard to smell anything at all, but when at some points I did manage to get whiffs of what’s on my wrists – I got a wonderful, pleasant vetiver which made the whole base of “South Bay” a wonderful beauty.
Nevertheless, “South Bay” has a decant staying power – 6 hours, but it does stay very close to skin.
Two words I could easily describe this scent – “very nice”. Worth a try. Worth a buy on at least 50% discount as I can’t seem to justify spending the price they are trying to ask for this for such a fleeting and “very nice” scent.
Karateli – :
South Bay is a dry wood scent with tart grapefruit. There’s no sweetness whatsoever to this scent; it works well as a unisex fragrance for this reason. It’s very linear overall. I get dry grapefruit with a lot of petitgrain, vetiver, and wood. Petitgrain is a bitter mess on me unfortunately, so I’m not a huge fan of this one. It would probably smell very nice on a man though! At $125/90mL I think I’m going to pass.
Sokol2012 – :
Fresh citrus scent summer. Heat Community. It should be more than the light perfumes.Gorgeous.
steebyAtrossy – :
At first it is fresh and pleasant, but after some time it loses its all power and I can barely smell anything. Not bad, but it lacks character.
gyx002intitytek – :
I feel respect and admiration for The Different Company and this fragrance is no exception as to quality and originality. The grapefruit here is really natural smelling, a bit sweeter than the usual grapefruit: if you have Pamplelune in mind, for example, think again. This is sweeter and juicier, a bit like tangerine, as opposed to the bitter note you smell in Pamplelune. The fresia which is not immediately detectable, adds a sweeter edge to the composition.
But what makes this fragrance outstanding is the robust vetiver base, which is not obtrusive, yet it does give it some depth.
The base is made softer by some wood and the slightest leather accent.
I hope it delivers freshness when the warm season comes.
It’s a really interesting fragrance!
vorotakrasnodar – :
A wonderful woody, grapefruit scent. Possibly the most natural smelling grapefruit I’ve experienced in a perfume. Smells exactly like the real thing.
Slightly floral, but the florals aren’t dominating. A very clean and fresh vetiver as well.
All in all this is straight up grapefruit to me. Lasts 4 – 6 hours it seems.
Probably best suited for warmer weather, but I’ll use it regardless of temperature because it smells so damn good.
Very nice.