Coastal Cypress & Sea Fennel by Molton Brown bottle
Molton Brown

Coastal Cypress & Sea Fennel

4.1/5 · 182 votes Unisex 2017
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Fragrance notes

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Character

Longevity2.7/5
Sillage2.3/5
Day93
Night20
Summer100
Spring75
Fall19
Winter8
Our take

A salt-crusted fig leaf tossed onto sun-baked driftwood, that is the first impression. Coastal Cypress and Sea Fennel opens with a sharp, green burst of fig leaf and bergamot, the cardamom adding a faint, peppery warmth that keeps things from turning too aquatic. The heart is where the sea notes and violet leaf dance together, a cool, almost mineral breeze with a whisper of jasmine that never goes soapy or floral on you. It dries down to a clean cedar and cypress skeleton, softened by a skin-hugging musk that feels like the last trace of ocean air on your shirt after you have come inland.

The overall character here is a curated, upscale coastal walk, not a wild surf crash. It leans natural and composed, a mainstream woody aromatic done with taste, but its weaknesses are plain on the page. With longevity barely scraping 2.7 and sillage that stays close, this is a personal scent, a quiet meditation rather than a statement. Spring and summer days are its true home, especially when you want something crisp but not screechy. It suits anyone who values a refined, fleeting freshness over projection and who does not mind reapplying. Skip it if you want to fill a room or last through dinner. This is the fragrance equivalent of a single, perfect seashell found and set back down.

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