"Two worlds that converge with the salty aromas trapped by the icy waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the terrestrial breeze that caresses its vegetation!"
There are many things made for surfers. Surfboards, wetsuits, wax, traction pads, surfboard travel bags, etc. There are many more things not made for surfers, though, or at least not explicitly. Paper towels, frying pans, Persian rugs, wooden fruit bowls, etc. Well, today is a fine day because perfume can be crossed off the second list and added to the first.
That’s right, your Christmas shopping just got a whole lot easier because two enterprising Spanish gentleman have just created the world’s first unisex perfume specifically inspired by surfing/surfers and let’s learn about it.
Idil Bazán and Marc Conca, founders of Barcelona’s Surfcity Festival, decided to materialize their passion for the sea in a new fragrance aimed at conveying the sensations experienced when riding the waves.
23NAO (North Atlantic Ocean) is the first product released under the Agua de Surf umbrella. The duo spent three years developing the brand and the debut fragrance.
23NAO is the first of a unique collection inspired by the most representative oceanic regions of the surfing world.
“It is a unisex perfume that evokes the irrational immensity of the seas reaching out to the coasts incessantly. Two worlds that converge with the salty aromas trapped by the icy waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the terrestrial breeze that caresses its vegetation,” underline Bazán and Conca.
“23NAO is an ode to the sea, a perfume born out of experiences lived around the world in search of waves.”
Boom. Stocking Stuffer City but how does it smell?
The new surf-inspired perfume was created using natural molecular ingredients from the North Atlantic Ocean, and curated by the prestigious perfumer Ramón Monegal including the olfactory notes of:
Oceanic gray amber
Cedarwood
Sea breeze
Sandalwood
Bergamot
Black pepper
Oud wood
Vetiver
Nutmeg
Amber wood
Cypriol with salvia sclarea
Oh. I like but I was thinking it should have olfactory notes of:
Rotting neoprene
Urine
Sewage run-off
Misanthropy
Old wax
Nuclear isotopes
Kelp
Rusty fin keys
Sour deodorant
Nick Carroll
What’s missing?
Now that we’re here, Josh Kerr, Bede, Parko and Mick Fanning really should have launched a perfume instead of a beer. Don’t you agree?
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The Gudang crossover ? I was convinced if the Surfers crossed over each other on a wave that Even without hindering the scoring potential of the surfer with priority must be deemed an interference ?
whos got a bottle of ocean mist?
Just ordered a dozen on Amazon. My side chick is gonna freak…
I think you are missing the point of why people shell out good money and apply man-scent to their person while performing their toilet..
What’s missing…
-Sandal Toe Jam
-10 day worn board shorts
-20 hr flight body aroma
-And let’s not forget about the forgotten wetty in the outdoor storage shed…on the bottom of everything.
….? stench à la bong-water
Throwing fuel on the fire .
My personal favorite scent is ‘sunbaked seal carcass’
Does it match or surpass dead dolphin ?
Depends if the dolphin has been dragged behind a car in Coolangatta at 4am
Even better when you accidentally stick your foot in it.
The only thing ‘irrationally immense’ about this cologne is the amount people will wear. Flashy brazzos bathe in the stuff.
I would buy that for my wife.
Eau de WSL
*This product is not intended for consumption*
E l‘eau d‘Eau klahoma .
For Oprah‘s man with a Hawaiian tan ?
pong de elo.
odeur de sueur de pagaie
Kramer was first.
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I kinda want to be their copywriter. Just string some nonsense together and win!
it also stings like a blue bottle, after a few hours this subsides to itching reminiscent of sea lice
with hints of nipple rash , sun burn ,wetty rash and the Budgy Smuggler‘s Delight , Scrot Rot ?
I want a scent that evokes middle-aged spaz with 20 Carbon Wraps in the garage and a receding hairline.
Ah yes, the guy with $10k worth of surfboards in his garage that can’t do a proper cutback.
CRISIS a fragrance for middle aged men doubting their potency in bed and in the water ?
Wetsuit B.O.
I wonder if anyone has tried to make bread or beer from the strains of yeast colonies isolated from wetties?
Could be a selling point!!!
X-Famous Pro Crotch Yeast Sourdough.
Why does it contain notes of Sandalwood if it is the essence of the North Atlantic, yet Sandalwood is from Hawaii?
There’s an Eddie Rothman joke somewhere here, can’t you smell it?
“Sandalwoods are medium-sized hemiparasitic trees, and part of the same botanical family as European mistletoe. Notable members of this group are Indian sandalwood (Santalum album) and Australian sandalwood (Santalum spicatum); others in the genus also have fragrant wood. These are found in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, Indonesia, Hawaii, and other Pacific Islands.“
Besides, the sandalwood these guys use has a bottle opener on the bottom.
CB can you make sandals out of them ? And did they eat sandwiches on the Sandwich Islands and did they Cook the meat or eat the Cook or was Cook the meat ?
I think there are many a scholar who would love to know if Cook was truly eaten. Claims abound, but Jebus (and Lono) only knows now.
Thanks for the honest reply and can’t blame them if they did eat him because the whole world loves a bit of Yorkshire Pudding .
Imagine you stepped in dogshit wearing those thongs with a bottle opener in the sole.
Yeah, that’s what I always thought. I don’t want to crack a beer in a filthy divot on the bottom of my shoe. Plus, can’t every guy who is not an idiot crack a beer open on anything within reach that is hard and has an edge? I can just pick up a rock and crack a beer open. Metal seatbelt clips work great.
Can’t wait for the release of your guys’ new fragrance!…
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Introducing SHARTS, with olfactory notes of:
Blood
Cigarettes
Sage
Isolation
Unworn wetsuit
Hot Pockets
One-ply toilet paper
Sandalwood
Specialty surfer chum (certified Ballina harvested)
String cheese-like body odor
Shag carpet
Petrol
Tears
I like the “fragrance for degenerates”. Ain’t that the truth. Who is the third guy behind Dez and Chas? The fake cancer guy who was shot down by police in Colorado?
That’s the handsome and dashing Longtom you bad man.
Pipe down Nick Carroll we’ve already heard your opinion.
Thanks BG, I guess it does look like longtom. I’ve only seen picture of him in his aqua-camo and derby hat . I knew it wasn’t Rory, I thought it might have been Chaz-Michael Michaels because I’ve never seen a picture of what that Scottish bloke he looks like in real life.
Yeah all right. Though I will say it looks a lot like a picture of longtom moments after he tried to put on a wetsuit I’d lent him…backwards
haha..
I think the blue one in the corner is Jen See who also writes on this website – I’ve seen her before.
I’ve only seen her from behind, jumping. Even from behind, she has a better figure than that guy in the corner(Longtom). I just now saw that he was holding a nice tuna, if I saw that before, I would have known who it was due to his fishing prowess. If I remember correctly, he’s the only male writer on Beach Gurt who really likes to fish. Even with Chas being from the great northwest fishing grounds of central Oregon, Coos Bay, I guess he never got the fishing addiction that many in that area suffer from.
Longtom probably enjoys a nice feed of fish from time to time.
Could I suggest Herr Professor Doktor Von Fanningstadt a drop of essence de booty juice for purveyors of luxury from Subpolar Climes .
Hmmmmmmmm… I like it, a sharp haloperidol with a slight whiff of exceedingly profuse butt crack sweat will be added for the future release of Shit Heaving and Real Tiger Sharks Formula Two, otherwise known as “2SHARTS: For Non-Amundsen Men!”
Rename it “QS Warrior” and I’m in Karl.
Inspired from tears of frustration and years of trying with a tinge of remembrance of youth.
Plus the odour of intellectual fear from when you realise you know the inference rule and how to put on your jersey correctly, but fuck-all else and you desperately need a job.
After watching yesterday‘s action at the Hawaiian Pro I’m not even sure the judges know the interference rule ?
Danke sehr mein Meister .
Hahaahahahh!
Unfortunately I don’t think any cologne should have ‘Grit’ in the name…
TRUE !
Should really by roll-on covered in sand.
Well if it is salty it should hide the notes of sperm ? Oops forgot my glasses and thought it was 23 SAO . Remaining on a theme a Sperm Whales Ambergris could make it all stick together as a fixative ?
Surfers 4 is prolly easier to drink than Balter.
Is it no good?
Another very forgettable micro brewery wannabe.
Yeah so forgettable its been voted Australia best craft beer & brewery the last two years in a row.
You drink it, then comment.
It is not cheap .