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Sex and the Sea
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Sex and the Sea by Francesca Bianchi is an oriental floral fragrance for men and women. Launched in 2016, the nose behind this composition is Francesca Bianchi.
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A rare, sticky scent that first wraps you in the dusty carpet of Bois des Iles, then drenches you in milk and coconut to pull you out. The base is powdery sandalwood with aldehydic touches that swing between coconut, giving it balsamic sweetness and a beachy vibe. In the heart, a restrained tug-of-war between milky and salty notes—reminiscent of Secretions Magnifique but less metallic—all dragged along by coconut and powdery sandalwood. Lasts almost forever; feels like a sweet, Renaissance take on beach sex. All thanks to sublimation.
Well, it’s decent, moderately natural, and has good performance, but 3 euros/ml just to end up smelling like a piña colada with pleasant salty touches and a certain mystery. It feels like it’s not my thing. Having pineapple as the main character doesn’t quite convince me, and I’d say the coconut doesn’t either; I’m not sure if it makes me feel childish. I’m sure it has a pleasant trail due to the secondary tones with a certain charm, but I’m not buying it. Haha.
I loved it. It’s true that the price is high and it doesn’t bring anything new to the market, but that’s the same with many oceanic, citrus, and salty perfumes that smell the same, last a breath, and cost just as much or more. It’s expensive, but the quality is good, with high longevity and trail, and a nice sillage. It feels natural, unlike others in the style. It’s a perfume extract. While it smells like a piña colada with sunscreen, it’s one of the good ones.
I loved it. True, the price is high and it doesn’t bring anything new, but that’s the same with many oceanic perfumes that smell identical and cost the same. It’s pricey, yes, but the quality is great—long-lasting, strong projection, good sillage, feels natural, and it’s an extract. Anyway, even if it smells like a piña colada with sunscreen, this is one of the good ones.
It took me a while to learn how to enjoy niche and animalic fragrances, but when the day comes, you spray this and appreciate that natural, delicious floral opening, like smelling a field of flowers through a vintage filter. It has an incredible evolution: it gives the impression of the beach, vacation, and sun-kissed skin. There’s a spicy kick that adds a sexy mischief. Out of all Francesca’s scents, this is the least overtly animalic, yet you still feel that suggestive tone of skin touched with flowers and salt. I love it. It’s really hard to choose between this and Sex and the Sea Neroli. I’ll be enjoying this one this summer. Its projection isn’t high; it’s intimate, but it lasts 12 hours. It doesn’t generate compliments or fill the room, but it’s addictive, bizarre, and smells like your skin improved, like sexy skin. Ideal for the gym, spending a weekend at home, sleeping, studying, loving… for business and parties, go with something else.
Sex on the Sea… it’s like a pineapple nectar. A pineapple base, sort of like French butter with pineapple? Exactly that. Sex on the Sea is the bomb. It’s summery, strong, and different, featuring an atypical coconut and animalic notes I never imagined. It’s also a winter scent, perfect for those miserable days when you’re craving the sun. It’s heavily attar-like and ambered. The creaminess is out of this world, and its originality is interstellar. You find every declared note and more: cinnamon, myrrh, all with a naturalness that’s overwhelming. The sweetness is so beautiful it makes me feel empowered. It’s so dense and ambered that it feels like it should come with a spoon instead of a spray. It’s sexy, wild, and relaxing, the olfactory equivalent of Debussy’s Clair de Lune. Perfect for me, made by and for me. Thanks, Francesca. Just be careful with white clothes; it leaves a ring, but I’ll forgive it.
This one really hit the spot. I get waves of sandalwood, vanilla, and coconut with a tiny salty twist. It’s deep, delicious, and I would absolutely pay for the 30ml bottle. I’m still waiting to see how long it lasts, but I’m hoping it’s super long-lasting. I think this is the most accessible scent from this creator; I can’t wait to explore more.
Sex and the Sea is the boldest truth and the sneakiest lie. It’s what it says and what it hides. Utterly human—man and woman, you and me, not knowing who’s who, clothes torn apart. It’s the salt that dries your mouth and the breath that fuels every impulse. It’s emptying yourself without fear to overflow again. That unforgiven sin, your barest self showing itself to another. The moment you’d want to return to because it was unique and you felt alive. The perfect cocktail of existence, threads tying you so you don’t break. Melted passion, blessed. Running without remembering you have to stop. It’s the selfishness of two souls thinking the world only measures the square meter of their embrace. Basic, carnal, dirty, criminal love—and also the purity of that light lit up in the instant you were one. When your addiction was their skin and sweat. Their life before yours, bathing in the sea.
Sex and the Sea is the boldest truth and the most sleazy lie. It’s what it says it is and what it hides. It’s undeniably human, male and female, you and me not recognizing each other, clothes in tatters. It’s the salt that dries your mouth and the breath of every impulse. It’s emptying yourself without fear to overflow again. It’s that unrepented sin, your most naked self. It’s the unique moment you’d want to return to. It’s the perfect cocktail of existence’s ingredients, balanced so it doesn’t break you. It’s passion liquefied in your hands. It’s running without remembering you have to stop. It’s the selfishness of two souls thinking the world measures no more than the square meter of their embrace. It’s the most basic, carnal, dirty, and criminal love, and also the purity of that light when you were one. When your addiction was their skin and their sweat. Their life facing yours, bathing in the sea.
As I mentioned in the Neroli review, I ordered samples of F. Bianchi because YouTubers placed it in the niche Olympus. Luckily they were samples, because I got something else. I imagined a creamy perfume, sharp with salt, floral but solid as amber, to avoid repeating the fiasco of Wood Sage & Sea Salt by Jo Malone. I expected something with more body and projection. Well, it doesn’t smell like salt, sea, or pineapple. It’s fresh right out of the bottle. I like it more than the Neroli, which is unbearable to me, but this also left me disappointed. It smells like sweat, flowers, and burnt rubber under the sun, with heavy flowers like mimosa. The salt is barely present; it’s not aquatic, but like plastic flip-flops in the sun that annoy you. Negative: it’s not for everyone; after several wears, it smells like rancid salted butter with pineapple. It has exaggerated hype and is expensive, but it’s authentic, original, dark, with a smoky nuance and oceanic without being mass-market. Persistent and full of personality.
I needed to smell this after reading the reviews, so I tried it in decants. To me, it smells like a sweaty, sunburned person after a day at the beach: a mix of sunscreen, coconut, sweat, salt, and sunburnt skin. Does anyone like smelling like this? The quality from Francesca is brutal: a rich composition with incredible longevity. Its sibling Neroli dries down the same way, just with a neroli dry-down.
Finally tried SEX AND THE SEA by Francesca Bianchi thanks to Darkbeat, and I was surprised. I expected something animalic and sweaty, but it’s a classic, creamy oriental, easy to wear. For oriental addicts, it’s a sweet, overwhelming floral amber. It carries rose, jasmine, ylang-ylang, and neroli, all structured and compact. Its sweetness is sharpened with vanilla, coconut, resins, and sandalwood; it borders gourmand without being cloying. The coconut and vanilla aren’t supermarket quality; they blend into a sweet, amber butter. The notesheet says it contains synthetic civet, and sometimes it smells like heavy breath, like treated gingivitis, but not unpleasant, rather attractive. It doesn’t smell like the beach or a sex shop, but rather Arab heritage and ceremony, more appealing than the American vibe. Its sillage is apocalyptic; test before spraying wildly. If it weren’t so expensive, it would be one of my favorites: potent, sweet, deep, and addictive. I’d call it THE CALL OF ISHTAR, not Sex and the Sea.
Finally tried SEX AND THE SEA by Francesca Bianchi, thanks to Darkbeat. I was surprised: I expected something animal, sweaty, and rough, but instead found a classic, creamy oriental that’s easy to understand and wear. Perfect for oriental addicts since the days of Nineveh and Babylon. It carries sweet, honeyed amber, flowers like rose, red jasmine, ylang-ylang, and a bit of neroli, all pasted together and structured. It barely smells like typical florals. Its hallmark is sweetness: vanilla, coconut, sandalwood resins, and amber—creamy red flowers, but not indolic. It borders gourmand without being cloying, which is hard to pull off. The coconut doesn’t appear until late; it’s an oriental coconut, not sunscreen or youthful. The vanilla isn’t supermarket quality either. They blend into a sweet, amber, buttery paste—compact and homogeneous. The official note says it contains synthetic civet; sometimes it smells like heavy breath, like treated gingivitis—nothing unpleasant, even attractive. Reminds me of Sex and the City: a hysterical, flirtatious Sarah Jessica Parker, but I don’t sense Francesca’s fantasies of sex on the dunes or Caribbean salt. It smells more like Arab heritage and ceremony than Wisteria Lane. The trail and longevity are apocalyptic. Test it before spraying wildly; it could knock you out. If it weren’t so pricey, it’d be one of my favorites: potent, oriental, sweet, deep, and addictive. I’d call it THE CALL OF ISHTAR.
Coconut, pineapple, mimosa, vanilla… it smells like having a picnic in summer after a day at the beach. You smell like salt, sand, sunscreen, and you’re off to have horchata for dessert. There are summer pool perfumes like Ralph Lauren or Escada, and others like beach perfumes such as Terracotta or Sex and the Sea. Francesca Bianchi creates stories and narratives with her fragrances. Very interesting.
Starts spicy and a bit nose-irritating with spices, but then that pineapple with salt explodes: a salty, marine, sweaty scent smelling like sun and seawater. On skin it turns creamy, like wearing sunscreen. I love it; it doesn’t smell like sex as the name suggests, but it’s super sexy and salty. Perfect with light clothes; on me it’s feminine, mischievous, and pleasantly dirty. I prefer it to Sex and the Sea Neroli.
It’s a resinous brew of pineapple, coconut, sandalwood, benzoin, and labdanum. The medicinal note some call ‘gummy’ comes from periwinkle, civet, ambergris, and aldehydes like Hydroxycitronellal and Eugenol. It has an initial disorienting and condensed impact, but in minutes it unfolds into an interesting perfume. It smells like sandy clay, like that beach sweat it tries to convey. The drydown is sensual, not an irresistible bomb but it has its stuff. It’s one of those elixirs that undergo transformation. Wait for it to unfold slowly, as if it’s being sincere with your skin. The first time is overwhelming, rough, and insidious. Enjoy it with caution.
Honestly, I fell in love with this scent on the second sniff; the first one I liked but it didn’t perform much, and since the house usually performs well, I went back to try it and it ended up winning me over. I got a bottle and the difference is huge: it’s not the same using it with the 40-degree heatwave we suffered in Spain this summer as it is now with 25 degrees. Yesterday was my fragrance of the day, 5 sprays and it lasted 12 hours noticeable without issues. Everyone smells it the same: coconut, beach, sex, pineapple, and something animalic. I love it and I enjoy it.
I fell in love with this scent on the second sniff. The first time I liked it, but it didn’t perform as much, and since the house usually delivers, I tried it again and ended up completely smitten. I bought a bottle. It’s not the same wearing it in the 40-degree heatwave as it is now at 25. Yesterday was my fragrance of the day: five sprays lasted 12 hours, still noticeable. To everyone else, it smells like coconut, beach, sex, pineapple, and something animal. I absolutely love it and enjoy it.
I got FB samples as a gift and that’s when I discovered this perfume. It smelled like pineapple dipped in butter, a fruit punch with benzoin, and beach sweat. The projection and longevity were so intense that, despite washing my hands several times, I couldn’t get the scent off all day. I see it as original and feminine for informal spring days or nights. However, this one got to me. I hate pineapple—it makes me nauseous—and with ambrette, it gets worse. It’s the only perfume I find horrifying today. If you like pineapple, this salty, buttery blend might be worth a try. Absolutely do not buy it blindly.
I was gifted Francesca Bianchi samples in an exchange and that’s where I met this famous perfume. It smelled to me like pineapple dipped in butter, fruit punch with benzoin, and beach sweat. The longevity was such that, despite washing my hands several times, the scent lasted all day. I see it as original and feminine for informal spring days or nights. However, this perfume defeated me. I hate pineapple and in perfumery it’s nauseating to me; with ambergris it’s even worse. It’s the only perfume I find horrible today, but if you like pineapple, maybe the salty and buttery blend will interest you. Blind buy absolutely not recommended. Pleasant: 1/10 Interesting: 8/10 Versatile: 5/10 Original: 9/10
I smell a lot of pineapple, but what dominates is the civet; it’s not urine, but an animalic scent that I love and makes me feel wild. It doesn’t smell like beach sweat, it’s basically natural civet that gives it incredible fixation. It seems like the real version, not the artificial one, although I would put less civet and more vanilla in it. It’s sweet but not gourmand, with a buttery touch when dry. I tested it at Le Secret Du Marais in Madrid and was surprised how different it smells compared to other houses. It’s very unusual and you have to try it for several days with different temperatures. It doesn’t leave a trail, notes that you wear it, no one else smells like that. It’s that perfume only you wear! I’m already in love and going to buy it, it’s driving me crazy mentally.
Just arrived Sex and the Sea; I was indecisive between the Neroli and the regular one, but since I already had the Libertine Neroli, I went with this. There was a lot of hype and divided opinions, so I tried both. It arrived in the afternoon, I sprayed it on my arm, and noticed a sweet, resinous opening, nothing more; no evolution, I felt disappointed. I tried it again another day after showering hours before bed, same result: zero evolution. But the third time was the charm: I used it a few days later, two sprays before going out. By midday, with 30 degrees outside, I felt waves of pineapple and coconut with that vanilla touch, and finally that dirty civet note. As I got hotter, it projected more without being cloying. Definitely a super sexy scent that reacts with temperature and sweat; contrary to what many say, it’s for hot climates and on the beach it should be a bomb if you moderate the sprays. I loved it and it entered my top favorites.
This was my wedding perfume, on the beach at 30 degrees. With just four sprays, everyone in the elevator was fainting—including me. It’s beastly: quality, longevity, and projection are top-notch. It smells like coconut, but not the classic sunscreen kind; it’s an elegant coconut, zero gourmand. I love it, but you need to respect it. Don’t buy it blindly.
This was my wedding perfume, on the beach at 30 degrees Celsius. With just four sprays, everyone in the elevator was fainting, including me. It’s beastly in quality, longevity, and projection. As for the scent, it smells like coconut, but not the classic sunscreen; it’s an elegant coconut and zero gourmand. I like it a lot, but you have to respect it; I don’t recommend buying it blind.
I haven’t liked it much, leaning towards neutral (though it doesn’t really bother me). To be honest, I don’t know what it smells like. What I perceive most is a dusty scent (some call it buttery or gummy). There is some pineapple, yes, but very soft, mixed with a non-sweet coconut. Everything has that dusty aura. It doesn’t seem animalic to me. There’s a review saying it smells like ‘beach sweat’ and I think that’s accurate, although I’m not sure if it’s something I’d want to smell like.
I didn’t like it much, leaning toward neutral (not unpleasant either). To be honest, I’m not sure what it smells like. Overall, I perceive a powdery, buttery, or gummy scent. Some pineapple, yes, but soft, mixed with a non-sweet coconut, all with a dusty aura. It doesn’t seem animalistic. There’s a review saying it smells like ‘beach sweat’; I think that’s a fair claim, though I’m not sure if it’s something I’d want to smell.
I tested it in a prestige store on my wrist and arm. It was a sunny day with moderate heat. After 10 minutes, it already smelled like unscented candle wax and had zero projection; you have to get within 5 cm to feel it. There’s a hint of coconut, but it’s almost non-existent. It’s a waxy, candle-like scent that barely got any coconut aroma added, and that’s how it stays until it fades. I recommend testing it before buying. For me, it’s a plastic, waxy, sharp scent with no charm.
Bought it blind, and it arrived today. First impressions are complex: it’s a complicated perfume with a serous aroma that smells like vanilla-scented candle—elegant vanilla with a slight salty touch. Up close, it’s terrifying, smelling of pure dirty, salty oil—maybe that’s where the name comes from. From a distance, it’s a different story: very sexy and attractive, pure vanilla and honey with beeswax, without the salty edge. It’s strange. It reacts to heat and sweat, creating an intoxicating yet challenging blend. It’s never ‘pleasant,’ but it’s inviting and very attractive. You can see it develop in the air—rare but attention-grabbing. It’s sweet and dense, designed for warm environments. In cold weather, I doubt it performs the same, but it has great dynamics with air, heat, and sweat, achieving a very rare yet attractive scent.
Bought it blind and it just arrived; first impressions are complex. It’s a tricky scent: smells like a scented candle with elegant, salty vanilla. Up close, if you get too near, it’s horrifying—pure dirty, salty oil, maybe that’s where the name comes from. But from a distance, it changes completely: sexy, pure vanilla and honey with wax, without losing that salty touch. It’s strange, but it reacts to heat and sweat, creating an intoxicating and challenging blend. I’d never say it smells good, but it’s inviting and captivating; don’t sniff it up close, but notice how it evolves in the air around you. It’s sweet and dense, made for heat; I’m not sure if it works the same in the cold, but its dynamic with air and sweat creates a weird yet very attractive odor.