No.488 Wood Sage & Sea Salt

No.488 is Eden Perfumes' take on Jo Malone London's Wood Sage & Sea Salt, one of the most widely worn coastal-aromatic scents around, and the brief here is faithful. The opening leads with a bright, briny sea salt accord alongside a touch of grapefruit freshness, before herbal sage and a soft ambrette warmth settle in through the middle. The base brings a gentle driftwood and musk finish that echoes the original's understated, sunlit-beach character. Where it diverges from Jo Malone's cologne is in balance rather than substance - the salt note is pushed louder and more immediate on application to make an impression quickly, while the woody-musk base fades sooner, giving it noticeably shorter longevity and a flatter, less textured dry-down than the real thing. It still delivers the same clean, breezy, minimalist mood that makes the original so easy to wear day to day, just with less persistence and depth over the following hours. As a cheap layering base or an everyday alternative for anyone who loves the coastal-aromatic genre, it captures the spirit convincingly; anyone chasing the exact refined sillage of the designer cologne will notice the gap by the afternoon.