Sea Fever Eau de Parfum

This fragrance started out as a limited edition Perfume of the Month, but at the urging of my clients, I have added it to the permanent collection!

A song about the sea inspires this marine fragrance. In addition to training in perfumery, I also trained as an opera singer. One of my favorite maritime art songs is “Sea Fever” by the English composer John Ireland (lyrics by John Masefield). I won several vocal competitions singing this song, and despite living far from the sea, I always felt like quite a bit of a pirate when singing it.

I wanted to capture the feeling I get singing this song in a scent. This is a unisex marine fragrance that is slightly masculine-leaning, but by no means would this smell out of place on a female. It is crisp & ozonic, with hints of salty sea air, coastal bergamot and orange blossom, slightly metallic seaweed, driftwood and ambergris…a mariner’s dream!

Top: Bergamot, Salty Sea Air

Heart: Orange Blossom, Neroli, Seaweed

Base: Driftwood, Ambergris, Mineralic White Musk Accord

“Sea Fever” by John Masefield:

I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea's face and a grey dawn breaking.

I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide,
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume and the seagulls crying.

I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry tale from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.