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Fresh & Aquatic

Aquatic fragrance is a modern family: marine notes over citrus and green stems, built to read as cold water and clean air rather than as flowers or wood. These are the lightest scents in the Essent range, in alcohol-free 8ml roll-ons and eau de parfum, blended in India. Notes and wear time are published on each product page. Light material fades first in heat, so the guide to making attar last in humidity is worth reading before summer.

Roll-on attars and eau de parfumsNotes listed on every product80 fragrances
80 products

Products in Fresh & Aquatic

Essent White Floral Attar 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — white floral

White Floral

Ponds

$10.80
Essent Fruity 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — fruity floral

Fruity Floral

Fruity

$10.80
Essent Classic Black 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — woody

The Colleague

Classic Black

Safe, sharp, never wrong.

$10.80
Essent Blooming 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — fresh citrus

Fresh Citrus

Blooming

$10.80
Essent Swiss Friday 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — fresh citrus

Night Out

Swiss Friday

Friday, and he already changed his shirt.

$10.80
Essent Cardamom 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — amber oriental

The Host

Cardamom

Elaichi in the chai, and in the room.

$10.80
Essent Khus Vetiver 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — earthy green

Papa Who Needs Nothing

Khus Vetiver

Khus, like the curtains at nani's in May.

$10.80
Essent Patchouli Pure 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — woody

Papa Who Needs Nothing

Patchouli Pure

He has worn the same thing since 1994.

$10.80
Essent Kewda 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — white floral

White Floral

Kewda

$10.80
Essent Flower 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — floral

Pooja Mummy

Kenzo Flower

One poppy, quietly.

From $15.00
Essent Crystal Noir 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — floral

Boss Didi

Crystal Noir

Says no without apologising.

From $15.00
Essent Teak Wood 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — woody

Chill Bhai

Teak Wood

Reads on the terrace, ignores the group chat.

From $15.00
Concentrated attar oil being decanted from a glass vial

Why attar?

An oil outlasts a spray.

An alcohol spray pushes scent outward fast, then fades. An attar is the oil on its own, with no ethanol, so it stays where you put it and unfolds over hours instead of minutes. That is why a small roll-on outlasts a much larger bottle of eau de toilette.

Read the full guide

About the Fresh & Aquatic collection

Aquatics are the easiest fragrances to love: clean, cool and universally wearable. These blends keep the freshness alive for hours instead of minutes.