Sex and the Sea by Francesca Bianchi is a Oriental Floral fragrance for women and men. Sex and the Sea was launched in 2016. The nose behind this fragrance is Francesca Bianchi. The fragrance features Coconut, Ambergris, Pineapple, Civet, Immortelle, Mimosa, Iris, Vanilla, Benzoin, Myrrh, Sandalwood, Labdanum and Rose.

Notes: mimosa, pineapple, coconut, immortelle, rose, iris, sandalwood, myrrh, labdanum, benzoin, ambergris, civet, vanilla.This is an extrait de parfum, so use sparingly as the concentration is 25%. It has a great longevity (an average of 12h)During my childhood and teenage years I used to spend lots of time at the seaside. One of the strongest memories of that time is the smell of my skin, which I liked to sniff like a junkie. Eventually my parents sold the house at the seaside, and university, work, boyfriends etc. brought me far from that memory. Five years ago I moved to the Netherlands and I forgot the smell of my sweaty, salty skin.Sometimes back I bumped into a face cream of L’Occitaine containing Immortelle. The odor of that plant was actually not so pungent in the cream, nonetheless it was strongly pulling out of my head the childhood memory of my skin.I confess I had totally neglected the essential oil of Helicrysium which was sitting on my shelf. But now I smelled it again, with a new nose. I worked on a special amber accord, I would say — a human one. A Civet tincture reinforced this intimate atmosphere, while a special ambergris molecule added the mineral-salty touch.So this was the starting point: a sun-burnt, sweaty, salty skin — one of the most comfortable, and probably weird memory I had in my heart.

Main accords:

amber
sweet
powdery
animalic
coconut
vanilla
fruity
warm spicy
tropical
balsamic