Luckyscent Videos: Heeley - Sel Marin Eau de Parfum

One of my favorite smells in nature is the smell of the sea. I just love that briny, salty air. Maybe because it reminds me of when I was a kid and the first few times I went to the ocean and it's summer vacation. But that smell, to me, is just liberating. I'm always in the mood for that smell. It's great, especially in the summertime.

And maybe because of that, one of my favorite fragrances to wear, especially in the summer, is Sel Marin by HEELEY. This is such a great fragrance by a really great brand. What I love about the HEELEY fragrances is that each one is very specific and tells a very specific story and has a point of view. So they're unique but not overly look-at-me unique, if you know what I mean. They're not trying too hard. They're very laid-back and easy to wear.

This one tells the story of sea air. And I would like to call it marine, although that's a little tricky because I feel that most people, when referring to marine fragrances, they're referring to this specific style, which is a melon-like freshness. There's an aroma chemical called Calone, super popular in the 90s, and it smells kind of like melons. And it's in a lot of those fragrances that we consider marine and fresh. Like think Aqua Di Gio from Giorgio Armani.

This has nothing to do with that style of marine. This actually smells like salt, brine, maybe a little bit of seaweed, washing up onto the shore. When you first spray it, you get a little bit of that citrus freshness, but it's not an apparent citrus note, really. You just get a light saltiness, which might come from vetiver because I've noticed that vetiver sometimes can resemble salty in some fragrances. And then you get really nice light woods like birch and cypress, maybe. I'm not really sure. It doesn't smell woodsy. I mean, those are