Welcome to the weekly Perfume Chat Room, perfumistas! I envision this chat room as a weekly drop-in spot online, where readers may ask questions, suggest fragrances, tell others their SOTD, comment on new releases or old favorites, and respond to each other. The perennial theme is fragrance, but we can interpret that broadly. This is meant to be a kind space, so please try not to give or take offense, and let’s all agree to disagree when opinions differ. In fragrance as in life, your mileage may vary! YMMV.
Today is Friday, June 14, and I took my last dose of Paxlovid this morning — hurray! As some of you know, I came down with COVID last weekend. As it turned out, my husband had it first and probably caught it on the plane trip home from France, then both my daughters and I came down with it. I was able to start Paxlovid on Sunday evening, and I’m grateful to have had it although it did leave a bad metallic taste in my mouth all week. Luckily, it doesn’t seem to have affected my nose, and I’m told the bad taste stops by the day after one’s last dose.
Meanwhile, I received a free sample of Parfums Dusita’s newest fragrance, Pelagos, in the mail and I like it very much! The name means “sea”, but this is not an aquatic fragrance. Per Fragrantica, the notes are: top notes: Cypress, Oakmoss, Bergamot, Pine, Litsea Cubeba, Clary Sage and Orange; middle notes: Orris, Thyme, Tonka Bean and Jasmine; base notes: Sandalwood, Patchouli, Vetiver, Amyris, Ambrette, Benzoin and Incense. It is more of an aromatic fragrance than anything else, with a strong hint of chypre. Truly unisex, it would smell great on anyone. It comes in extrait strength, which is also very appealing. I’ll have to spend more time with it to share any deeper thoughts, but it’s a winner so far!
Do you have any favorite beach or ocean scents?
Serenity Now Scents and Sensibilities 
I’ve been wanting to try Pelagos. All the Dusita scents are so well done.
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Good to hear you’re on the mend. Great description and photo. I’m wearing Pelagos today, and I pick up a lot of orris. Certainly, it’s woody and aromatic more than marine. I guess the sea breeze accord the brand mentions in the notes comprises the pine and cypress notes. Thankfully, not a hint of calone to be found here. Some of my other favourite marine scents include Sel Marin from Heeley and Wood Sage & Sea Salt from Jo Malone.
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Glad your C19 is over and you’re finishing your antivirals OH. Good news is your family now has immunity for a while. YAY!
Love an ocean scent. Salt water added to most major perfume notes works well for me.
I’m not such a fan of an extrait though, unless it’s an add on to give extra depth. I love the pop and diffusiveness of the lower concentrations.
Portia xx
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I’m not a fan of the marine genre of fragrance. The exception was Miller Harris Fleur de Sel. I had planned to move it on. I had enjoyed the sample, then found it very cheap at TK Maxx but never unwrapped it. The joys of overbuying.
I had got it out to photograph to move it on, didn’t photograph it when I got round to doing photos cos it had gone! I didn’t realise, then a couple of weeks ago DH asked what I thought of his fragrance. You guessed it, he’d nicked the Fleur de Sel cos he’d enjoyed the sample too. It’s his now & smells wonderful on him!
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I love that story! It’s so nice when a family member enjoys one of “our” fragrances.
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Oops pleased you’re all on the mend
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Thank you!
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