Navis
Navis by Liquides Imaginaires is an unisex eau de parfum in the niche price tier. It opens with ambrette seed, pink pepper, grapefruit and bergamot, moves into seaweed and dries down to oakmoss, amyris and cedarwood. Expect around 8 hours of wear, and it projects at a moderate level.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Ambrette Seed The only natural musk. Pear-like, warm and slightly boozy.
- Pink Pepper Fizzy, rosy and bright. Adds sparkle without heat.
- Grapefruit Bitter, slightly sweaty citrus. More grown-up than lemon.
- Bergamot Sharp citrus with a faint bitter edge. The opening of about half of all men's fragrances.
Heart
- Seaweed Salty, green and faintly funky. Real coastline rather than a bottle of 'fresh'.
Dry-down
- Oakmoss Damp forest floor. Bitter, green and the backbone of every chypre.
- Amyris Soft, sweet, sandalwood-adjacent. Often stands in for the real thing.
- Cedarwood Dry, pencil-shaving woodiness. Clean and structural.
Smells like this
- Issey Miyake Le Sel d'Issey
- Nishane Hacivat
- Lattafa Art of Wood
- Ormonde Jayne Isfarkand
- Heeley Sel Marin
- Goldfield & Banks Pacific Rock Moss
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