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Perfumes that smell like the ocean

These perfumes capture the ocean through seaweed, sea water, and sea salt, whose briny, mineral freshness evokes the shoreline. Myrtle and the aromatic and marine accords add a green, airy lift that rounds out the sea-breeze feeling.

1. 01Lorenzo PazzagliaBlack Sea★ 4.14 · 1,614 ratingsWith salt, myrtle, sea notes
2. 02DavidoffCool Water★ 3.89 · 20,853 ratingsWith sea water
3. 03Profumum RomaAcqua di Sale★ 4.15 · 2,560 ratingsWith salt, seaweed, myrtle
4. 04Simone AndreoliOcean of a Midnight Moon★ 4.00 · 407 ratingsWith sea water, myrtle
5. 05Maison CrivelliRose SaltifOlia★ 3.87 · 1,035 ratingsWith sea water, sea salt, seaweed
6. 06ZaraSalty Ocean Bouquet★ 4.11 · 315 ratingsWith sea notes, sea salt
7. 07ManceraWave Musk★ 3.83 · 925 ratingsWith sea notes, sea salt, seaweed
8. 08GivenchyOblique Fast Forward★ 4.24 · 630 ratingsWith sea water
9. 09Lattafa PerfumesAtlas★ 4.13 · 3,160 ratingsWith sea notes, salt
10. 10Lorenzo PazzagliaArtik Sea★ 3.92 · 520 ratingsWith sea notes, myrtle, salt
11. 11Issey MiyakeLe Sel d Issey★ 4.30 · 4,655 ratingsWith sea salt, seaweed
12. 12Michael Malul LondonOcean Noir★ 4.55 · 1,168 ratingsWith sea notes, seaweed

Chosen by matching each fragrance’s notes and accords to the impression, among fragrances with at least 300 ratings, one per line so flankers don’t crowd the list. “Our pick” marks a fragrance our editors add by hand.