Perfume Parlour 2019 EDP

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Great Sea

Name: Great Sea Eau de Parfum
Brand: Perfume Parlour

Perfume Parlour Great Sea is an Eau de Parfum launched in 2019. Great Sea opens with Aquatic, Bergamot, and Lemon, settles into a heart of Seaweed, Calone, and Hedione, and dries down to a base of Musk, Cedar, and Ambroxan. Perfume Parlour's Great Sea carries a Favourite verdict, a fresh-led wear.

A budget take on Orto Parisi Megamare. The salty, algae-tinged marine accord over a clean ambroxan-musk base captures the original's stormy-sea intensity; wearers find it close but a touch less airy and nuanced, and it gives up some of Megamare's famously beastly 10-plus-hour longevity.

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Fresh
Bold
Energetic
Confident
Uplifting

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Inspired by

Megamare by Orto Parisi

87%

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Megamare the original Great Sea inspired by

Scent Profile

Composition

Timeline

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Topas listed

Aquatic42%

Bergamot30%

Lemon28%

Heartas listed

Seaweed37%

Calone35%

Hedione28%

Baseas listed

Ambroxan38%

Musk32%

Cedar30%

Top, heart and base are the brand's own listing, not a timing claim - the industry classifies a note by its character as much as by how fast it fades. Each curve here is modelled from that material's own volatility, so groups can overlap when a house lists long-lasting materials in its heart.

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Notes

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Heart

Base

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Performance & Mood

Performance

Longevity

Moderate (4-6h)

Projection

Moderate

Intensity

Moderate

Mood

Mood Energising

Calming

Character Playful

Serious

Sentiment Uplifting

Brooding

When To Wear

Best Seasons

Best For:

Spring Summer

The salty, storm-fresh marine accord is built for heat, shining in spring and summer and feeling out of place in the cold months.

Best Occasions

Best For:

Casual Sport

Also Works:

Office Date

A bold fresh aquatic ideal for casual days, sport and the office that carries comfortably to daytime dates.

Ingredients and allergens

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About

Great Sea chases one of niche perfumery's most distinctive aquatics. It opens with a tart citrus shimmer of bergamot and lemon before crashing straight into its dominant marine heart - briny seaweed, oceanic calone and airy hedione building the salty, slightly algae-like sea-spray accord that gives Orto Parisi Megamare its arresting, almost stormy character. The base settles into clean musk, ambroxan and cedar, adding just enough warmth to stop it turning thin or fleeting. The original is a polarising love-it-or-hate-it powerhouse with nuclear projection and 10-plus-hour longevity; this dupe captures the salty, storm-fresh signature convincingly but reads a touch less airy and complex, and while it performs well for the money it gives up some of that beastly reach and staying power. Best in spring and summer, it is a bold, fresh aquatic for casual days, sport and the office that carries to easy dates - a recognisable, gutsy budget stand-in for Megamare.