Wood Sage & Sea Salt

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Wood Sage & Sea Salt

Jo Malone London · Eau de Cologne (EDC) · 2014

≈ $170 · 100ml · approx. retail

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An abstract, breezy rendering of a British coastline — cold sea salt and mineral seaweed against sun-warmed sage and soft driftwood musk. It was Christine Nagel's final creation for the house before her move to Hermès, and has become one of Jo Malone's most consistently reordered scents worldwide.

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Perfumer

Christine Nagel

Swiss · 25 in collection

Christine Nagel is a Swiss perfumer who has been the sole in-house perfumer and director of olfactive creation at Hermes since 2016, succeeding Jean-Claude Ellena; before Hermes she trained at Firmenich and created acclaimed work for Narciso Rodriguez, Dior and Jo Malone London.

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