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· floral heart
**Rare Reef** opens with a cool citrus flash: bergamot and lemon bring a clean brightness with a faint saline edge. After a few minutes, the marine accord rises on skin—not watery or aquarium-like, but dry, like wind moving along a rocky…
Shared notes: cedar, musk
Where it differs: bergamot, lemon, marine notes, pink pepper
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· floral heart
Released 2019
**Silver Blue** opens with a cool citrus clarity and a dry veil of spice. The bergamot here is not sparkling but slightly smoky, touched by the shadow of cardamom.
Shared notes: oakmoss
Where it differs: bergamot, spices, cardamom, lavender
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· fresh aquatic
**Wave Musk** opens with a cool saline flash, like wind moving over the water early in the morning. The bitter citrus edge of grapefruit and the green accent of grass give it a dry, almost mineral start with no syrupy sweetness.
Where it differs: grapefruit, black currant, marine notes, grass
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· woody backbone
by Pierre Montale
Shared notes: cedar, oakmoss, musk
Where it differs: juniper, marine notes, spices, bergamot
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· floral heart
Released 2015 by N/A
Initio Parfums Privés Magnetic Blend 8 opens with dry incense smoke and a resinous bitterness that immediately sets a strict, almost ritual mood. At first it feels dense and direct: resin and smoke lead without a sweet cushion underneath.
Shared notes: oakmoss, musk
Where it differs: incense, olibanum, rose, jasmine sambac
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· woody backbone
Released 2018 by Olivia Giacobetti
**En Passant Limited Edition 2018** feels like spring air just after a short rain: cool, transparent and lightly green. The lilac is not powdery or retro here; it smells damp and alive, like a branch leaning through an open window.
Shared notes: lilac, cedar
Where it differs: cucumber, petitgrain, green notes, wheat