Ellis Brooklyn
Ellis Brooklyn
89 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Violet leaf's peppery greenness collides with ylang ylang's honeyed warmth, then immediately a mineral saltiness diffuses everything into cooler air—it reads almost herbal despite being entirely floral. The aquatic accord surfaces within seconds, preventing any cloying sweetness from establishing itself.
Magnolia's creamy indole unfolds gradually, creating a soft florality that now sits paradoxically against the salt-green foundation. Tiara adds an almost laundry-fresh dimension, making the heart smell oddly clean and textured rather than conventionally pretty.
Sandalwood, ambergris, and musk create a creamy, almost musky skin scent that bears only a whisper of floral memory—the fragrance becomes less about smell and more about presence, clinging with quiet warmth.
Ellis Brooklyn's Salt is a fragrance caught in the tension between restraint and sensuality—a study in how florals need not shout to seduce. The ylang ylang and violet leaf absolute create an immediate impression of green-tinged femininity, but there's an unusual restraint here, as if the floral declaration has been filtered through a screen of sea air. This is where the aquatic accord earns its 76% weighting: it's not the synthetic ozonic blast of mainstream aquatics, but rather a briny, almost mineral quality that keeps the opener honest.
As the composition settles, the Chinese magnolia and tiara notes emerge with creamy softness—magnolia bringing that distinctive indolic warmth whilst tiara (which reads as gentle, almost linen-like florality) prevents the composition from tipping into powdery sentimentality. The interaction between the green top notes and these softer florals creates something akin to white flowers viewed through a gauze curtain: present but diffused.
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