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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 Black Opium 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — amber gourmand

Boss Didi

Black Opium

Runs the group chat and the family finances.

From $15.00
Essent Suav Age 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — woody

The Neighbour

Suav

The one everybody already likes.

From $15.00
Essent Bleu De 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — fresh citrus

Techie Bhai

Bleu De

The safe bet he will actually finish.

From $15.00
Essent Phantom 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — fresh citrus

Techie Bhai

Phantom

He read the spec sheet before buying it.

From $15.00
Essent Pour Homme 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — fresh citrus

Chill Bhai

Pour Homme

Clean shirt, no fuss, every single day.

From $15.00
Essent For Him 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — fresh citrus

Chill Bhai

For Him

Never late, never loud.

From $15.00
Essent Libre 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — fresh citrus

Boss Didi

Libre

Made her own rules and mailed you the list.

From $15.00
Essent Crave 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — fresh citrus

Fresh Citrus

Crave

From $15.00
Essent One 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — fresh citrus

Fresh Citrus

One

From $15.00
Essent Aqua Di Gio 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — aquatic fresh

Techie Bhai

Aqua Di Gio

Runs on cold coffee and clean code.

From $15.00
Essent Orchid 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — fresh citrus

Quiet Didi

Orchid

Notices before you say anything.

From $15.00
Essent Pursuit 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — fresh citrus

Gym Bhai

Pursuit

Chases the personal best, then the plate.

From $15.00
Essent Aqua Pour Homme 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — aquatic fresh

Techie Bhai

Aqua Pour Homme

Smells like a fresh start to the morning.

From $15.00
Essent White Musk 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — musk

Quiet Didi

White Musk

Journals, tea, long comfortable silences.

From $15.00
Essent Kewda 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — white floral

The Devout

Kewda

Kewda, like the water sprinkled at the mandir.

From $10.20
Essent Musk Tahara 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — musk

The Devout

Musk Tahara

Tahara. Clean, in the oldest sense.

From $10.20
Essent Heaven Blue 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — white floral

Quiet Didi

Heaven Blue

Sky, and nothing else on the list.

From $10.20
Essent Vanilla 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — amber oriental

Sweet Behna

Vanilla

Soft, steady, always there.

From $10.20
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.