ALTAIA

Atacama

Eau de Parfum

Femme
  Unisex
Masc
Fragrance Notes

Salt grains, freesia, jasmine, clary sage, tonka bean, cashmere wood

Fragrance Style

Floral, Green / Herbaceous, Floral - White, Salty / Oceanic, Woody - Fresh

Scent Bar Staff Video Review for Atacama

Video Transcript

Atacama by ALTAIA is named after a section of desert in the Andes, and though I have never come anywhere close to being in that desert, it is supposed to encompass the kind of beauty and vastness and aridness of that climate. When I smelled this fragrance, there was something so familiar to me about the picture that came into my head. It was actually going to the beach, of all things, when I was a kid.

When you're walking on the pathway, and there's these gorgeous flowers blooming all around you, there's notes of jasmine and freesia in here, and there's a saltiness, of course, from the ocean, and a little bit of that suntan, lotiony vibe. But then the dry down is this beautiful, sweet tonka. I think if you like vanilla vibes from Juliet Has a Gun, you would absolutely adore this. This is Atacama from ALTAIA.

If you like Atacama Eau de Parfum, we recommend you try:
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Upon initial smelling.......I WAS FLOORED!!!! Then I used a testing strip and I loved it even more!! BUT THEN....... I tried it on my skin.....and I was so disappointed! The salt grain note really came through and it made my skin smell dirty, like someone rubbed straight up grains of dirt on my skin. The drydown allowed the salt grains to ease after an hour or so and the other beautiful notes pulled through, but I still couldn't get the initial sour dirty smell out of my mind. I was about to instantly purchase a full bottle, but thankfully I didn't. This is all upon initial impressions, so I will give it another chance and see where it goes because the drydown was beautiful.
By   - Waitress from California on 8/17/2024
I stalled on writing this because I wanted it to remain my secret. Maybe my favorite perfume. An underappreciated gem. I'm torn between feeling smug about having this great secret, and feeling bad that it doesn't get the attention it deserves. A couple friends came over recently and we had a big blind smelling session. Both of them chose this as their favorite before seeing what everything was. To me, this perfume smells like lone, spectral flower. Softly sweet in a vast expanse of space. Understated, pretty, free, young, natural. I don't really get the whole desert thing except for this huge sense of space. My friend says it smells like springtime. Love it so much. Wish the first couple hours lasted forever.
By   - Healthcare from Burlington, VT on 2/19/2022
I've tried a few scents by this house in the last 2 days, and I get a fantastic "fresh" sensation that I can't define as a smell-- strictly speaking. I have a grape vine that's flowering right now that gives the same impression. This frag really just whispers "fresh beauty" over and over.
By   - retired from mount aukum on 5/25/2021
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