Salty perfumes

The salty accord is a scent family that gives a mineral, slightly tangy impression of sea salt, dried seawater on skin or salted caramel. It can add both freshness and a warm, skin-like naturalness to a fragrance.

Salt itself has no smell, so the effect is built as an illusion using ambergris-type molecules, seaweed, Calone, mineral notes and materials such as ambrette. Salty notes are usually felt in the heart and base. They pair often with marine, aquatic, woody, caramel, vanilla and coconut accords. Salty fragrances suit summer and seaside days in particular, while sweet-and-salty gourmand versions are popular in cooler seasons.

The Salty accord appears in 2,648 perfumes in the Fisfis catalogue. Below are the most popular scents where it leads.