Ellis Brooklyn · Pierre Negrin

Salt

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Ellis Brooklyn asks $115 for 50 ml
50 ml$115

VersionEau de Parfum

Floral ylang ylang and green violet leaves over creamy tiare and magnolia, drying to salty ambergris-like musk and sandalwood.

Ellis Brooklyn says

You’ll smell Ylang Ylang, Violet Leaves Absolute, Tahitian Tiare, Magnolia Dianica, musk, ambergris (Vegan, sourced through NaturePrint) and sandalwood.

More from Ellis Brooklyn’s description

It also mentions Vegan ambergris.

The house’s page

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The drawn Salt bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Salt’s scent picture, a draft: ylang-ylang, violet, tiare, magnolia, musk, ambergris drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Salt, when you spray it: Ylang-ylang, Violet, Citral (lemon)

As it settlesheart notes

Salt, as it settles: Tiare, Magnolia, Eugenol (clove)

What staysdry-down notes

Salt, what stays: Musk, Ambergris, Sandalwood, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Ellis Brooklyn names

Ylang YlangViolet Leaves AbsoluteTahitian TiareMagnolia DianicaMuskAmbergris (Vegan, sourced through NaturePrint)Sandalwood

What the label names

12 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender4 florals1 sweet3 spices1 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral (lemon)

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals4

Benzyl salicylateCitronellolFarnesolGeraniol (rose)

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices3

Eugenol (clove)CinnamalIsoeugenol

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)
6 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell6

AlcoholWaterBenzyl alcoholBenzyl benzoateCitric acid, not in Ingredients yetTetrahydroxypropyl ethylene diamine, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

Smells like it

For less

A*MenMugler · Some of its own wearers say it smells like Salt$98 for 100 ml · about half of Salt’s $115Its notes add coffee, lavender and patchouli and leave out tiare and magnolia.

“If you like Le Male and XS you might like it. It’s sweet and salty with patchouli mixed in.”

Reddit comment, r/fragrance, 2023 · 1 vote

Shoppers call a cheaper stand-in a dupe.

What wearers say, set beside the price each house asks. Noses differ.

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Reflection WomanAmouage · shares ylang-ylang, violet (sweet violet), magnolia, cashmere knit and 1 more$395 for 100 ml
BoraboraGiardini di Toscana · shares ylang-ylang, tiare and ambergris$170 for 100 ml
Mojave GhostByredo · shares violet (sweet violet), magnolia, cashmere knit and sandalwood$330 for 100 ml
See 5 more12 more share half its notes
Mojave Ghost AbsoluByredo · shares violet (sweet violet), magnolia, cashmere knit and sandalwood$400 for 100 ml
Iris PoudreFrédéric Malle · shares ylang-ylang, violet (sweet violet), cashmere knit and sandalwood$470 for 100 ml · about twice Salt’s $115
Aventus for HerCreed · shares ylang-ylang, violet (sweet violet), cashmere knit and sandalwood$460 for 75 ml
Dia 40 WomanAmouage · shares ylang-ylang, violet (sweet violet), cashmere knit and sandalwood$550 for 100 ml · about twice Salt’s $115
FidjiGuy Laroche · shares ylang-ylang, violet (sweet violet), cashmere knit and sandalwood
See 5 more7 more share half its notes
HummingbirdZoologist · shares ylang-ylang, violet (sweet violet), cashmere knit and sandalwood$200 for 60 ml
Quelques Fleurs L'OriginalHoubigant · shares ylang-ylang, violet (sweet violet), cashmere knit and sandalwood$250 for 100 ml · about the same as Salt’s $115
Beloved WomanAmouage · shares ylang-ylang, violet (sweet violet), cashmere knit and sandalwood
Club de Nuit MilestoneArmaf · shares violet (sweet violet), cashmere knit, ambergris and sandalwood$50 for 105 ml · about a fifth of Salt’s $115
Woody SandalwoodDossier · shares violet (sweet violet), cashmere knit, ambergris and sandalwood$79 for 100 ml · about a third of Salt’s $115
See 2 more2 more share half its notes
Club de Nuit SillageArmaf · shares violet (sweet violet), cashmere knit, ambergris and sandalwood$50 for 105 ml · about a fifth of Salt’s $115
Bella BlancaOscar de la Renta · shares violet (sweet violet), cashmere knit, ambergris and sandalwood$114 for 100 ml · about half of Salt’s $115
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.