It opens on bergamot and mandarin: clean citrus, no surprises yet.

Ginger arrives as the heart note and does the actual work, adding a spiced edge that keeps the fragrance from settling into generic fresh. By the base, ambergris takes over: salty, woody, with a faint marine quality that reads more like a memory of the ocean than an attempt at reproducing one.

It's unisex, currently sold out at Beauty House alongside most of Velixir's men's lineup. With this brand, that's turning into the expected state of things, not the exception.