# Anyone remember Naturistics Sea Splash cologne? What WAS that smell? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 18, 2017, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-naturistics-sea-splash-cologne-what-was-that-smell/791554 "2017-07-18T05:17:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Magicicada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@Magicicada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magicicada)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-naturistics-sea-splash-cologne-what-was-that-smell/791554/1 "2017-07-18T05:17:50Z")
Late 80s into the 90s there was a rash of sea-related scents available. Sea Splash is the one I remember best, but Avon also had Soothing Seas, and I can remember also owning assorted no-name sea-scented candles and bath salts. What were those fragrance notes called? It was a really fresh, sharp scent, and I’ve not come across it since. (Both Suave and Avon have some sort of ocean scent, but it’s much more generic and just not the same.) ---
**Author:** ![Magicicada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@Magicicada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magicicada)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-naturistics-sea-splash-cologne-what-was-that-smell/791554/2 "2017-07-18T21:36:21Z")
_Stands self-consciously in a corner, fighting tears_ ---
**Author:** ![anomalous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-naturistics-sea-splash-cologne-what-was-that-smell/791554/3 "2017-07-18T21:58:35Z")
METHOD brand hand soaps have a lot of different ‘water’ scents. Try those, just go sniffing around at the stores. I too love the “sea” scented stuff, it smells relaxing lol. Those hand soaps are the best i’ve come across. Let me check my sinks…yeah, “Waterfall” and “Sea Minerals” by Method foaming hand soap. They carry them at Target and Marianos, Publix and Meijer. Should be able to find them there. Sorry can’t be more of help, I was born in 88. ---
**Author:** ![Ornery\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/da6949/32.png) [@Ornery\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ornery_Bob)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-naturistics-sea-splash-cologne-what-was-that-smell/791554/4 "2017-07-18T22:36:13Z")
Believe it or not, there are lots of dedicated “fragrance” forums out there. A place called [BaseNotes.net](http://BaseNotes.net) even has a board dedicated to vintage perfumes. They might be worth a try. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-naturistics-sea-splash-cologne-what-was-that-smell/791554/5 "2017-07-18T23:36:56Z")
> [@Ornery\_Bob](#): > > [BaseNotes.net](http://BaseNotes.net) Not too darn bad - everything I needed to know about [Hai](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtwh3nQP5Uo). [Karate](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vq94cxeCw8). [(but was afraid to ask)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hfAEb0uQm8) ---
**Author:** ![Magicicada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@Magicicada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magicicada)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-naturistics-sea-splash-cologne-what-was-that-smell/791554/6 "2017-07-19T01:02:06Z")
> [@Ornery\_Bob](#): > > Believe it or not, there are lots of dedicated “fragrance” forums out there. A place called [BaseNotes.net](http://BaseNotes.net) even has a board dedicated to vintage perfumes. They might be worth a try. Yeah, I should have mentioned in the OP that I had tried searching some of the fragrance sites. All I could find were vague references to sea salt or sea mist, which reminds me of perfumers who describe their scent as having “base notes of white roses”, as though white roses have a specific smell. I’m just trying to figure out what fragrance notes create that distinctive scent. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-naturistics-sea-splash-cologne-what-was-that-smell/791554/7 "2017-07-19T07:51:04Z")
[Calone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calone) is what’s used for sea-scent in those 80s perfumes. ---
**Author:** ![plankter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@plankter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plankter)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-naturistics-sea-splash-cologne-what-was-that-smell/791554/8 "2017-07-19T12:47:48Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > [Calone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calone) is what’s used for sea-scent in those 80s perfumes. Thank you for this! The Wikipedia page for Calone provides the name methylbenzodioxepinone, and that let me find [this article](https://www.fragrantica.com/news/Calone-The-Air-of-the-1990s-8150.html) by Matvey Yudov which discusses Calone and other chemicals that produce “aquatic” notes in perfumery. ---
**Author:** ![Magicicada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@Magicicada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magicicada)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-naturistics-sea-splash-cologne-what-was-that-smell/791554/9 "2017-07-19T16:11:48Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > [Calone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calone) is what’s used for sea-scent in those 80s perfumes. > [@plankter](#): > > Thank you for this! The Wikipedia page for Calone provides the name methylbenzodioxepinone, and that let me find [this article](https://www.fragrantica.com/news/Calone-The-Air-of-the-1990s-8150.html) by Matvey Yudov which discusses Calone and other chemicals that produce “aquatic” notes in perfumery. Thank you, thank you, thank you! It looks like this may have been related to the cucumber-melon phase that followed (of which I was also a fan). ---
**Author:** ![Hcarol5555](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/779978/32.png) [@Hcarol5555](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hcarol5555)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-naturistics-sea-splash-cologne-what-was-that-smell/791554/10 "2019-03-03T15:09:27Z")
I have been searching for > [@Magicicada](#): > > Late 80s into the 90s there was a rash of sea-related scents available. Sea Splash is the one I remember best, but Avon also had Soothing Seas, and I can remember also owning assorted no-name sea-scented candles and bath salts. > > What were those fragrance notes called? It was a really fresh, sharp scent, and I’ve not come across it since. (Both Suave and Avon have some sort of ocean scent, but it’s much more generic and just not the same.) I have been searching for Seaspray for years. Anyone have any ideas for something similar? ---
**Author:** ![Hcarol5555](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/779978/32.png) [@Hcarol5555](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hcarol5555)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-naturistics-sea-splash-cologne-what-was-that-smell/791554/11 "2019-03-03T15:16:53Z")
> [@Hcarol5555](#): > > I have been searching for > I have been searching for Seaspray for years. > Anyone have any ideas for something similar? Looking forSeasplash ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-naturistics-sea-splash-cologne-what-was-that-smell/791554/12 "2019-03-03T16:18:45Z")
Focus 21 had a product called [Sea Plasma](https://www.amazon.com/Focus-Plasma-Purpose-Moisturizing-Spray/dp/B01MXFX3WL), marketed as a hair and skin moisturizer…not sure if it’s the same fragrance. Since they stopped making it people are charging outrageous prices for a bottle. (Hmm…I have a bottle in the cupboard, maybe I should put it up for sale!) ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-naturistics-sea-splash-cologne-what-was-that-smell/791554/13 "2019-03-03T20:21:40Z")
> [@plankter](#): > > Thank you for this! The Wikipedia page for Calone provides the name methylbenzodioxepinone, and that let me find [this article](https://www.fragrantica.com/news/Calone-The-Air-of-the-1990s-8150.html) by Matvey Yudov which discusses Calone and other chemicals that produce “aquatic” notes in perfumery. So what we humans recognize as a ‘seashore fragrance’ is actually brown algae farts? Eeeew! ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-naturistics-sea-splash-cologne-what-was-that-smell/791554/14 "2019-03-04T05:27:00Z")
> [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](#): > > So what we humans recognize as a ‘seashore fragrance’ is actually brown algae farts? Eeeew! If that squicks you out, you may not want to know that a lot of perfumes contain[sperm whale vomit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambergris). ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-naturistics-sea-splash-cologne-what-was-that-smell/791554/15 "2019-03-04T06:23:51Z")
> [@Magicicada](#): > > What were those fragrance notes called? [The Beach](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBwKk3G8RMY)? ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-naturistics-sea-splash-cologne-what-was-that-smell/791554/16 "2019-03-04T16:20:57Z")
> [@Hcarol5555](#): > > I have been searching for > I have been searching for Seaspray for years. > Anyone have any ideas for something similar? > **[fragrances similar to naturistics sea splash](https://basenotes.com/community/threads/fragrances-similar-to-naturistics-sea-splash.303766/)** > > I am coming close to exhausting my stock of naturistics sea splash. Can anyone tell me some fragrances that are similar to naturistics sea splash? > > Thanks