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I just read on NowSmellThis that Estee Lauder has a new scent coming out in April (a limited edition) called Azuree Soleil Eau Fraiche Skinscent. It's a redo of the oldie Azuree scent, that Tom Ford redid for Lauder.
The body oil of this came out last year, and quickly sold out. Now Lauder's releasing a eau fraiche liquid and the oil again.
'Warm sand' is one of the notes, in the scent.
Link here: http://nowsmellthis.blogharbor.com/b...1/2821841.html

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I didn't think sand had odor. Are you sure this isn't the emporer's new note?

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If there's a sea salty, mineral yet warm smell associated with sand (or maybe just the concept of beach itself) this for sure is Eau des Merveilles hands down. Luv da stuff!

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Thank you everyone!!!

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Anyone who can come up with 'Dune' as a viable answer to the sand fragrace question has a mind like a Stainless Steel trap.
sand smell's an awful lot like quartz. if you have some crystal wands, any amethyst or citrine at all, crystal balls or egss, smoky quartz, geodes with quartz inclusions. Give any of them a sniff. also any sand in a bottle from the painted desert, death valley or the new jersey shore are sure fire ways of getting the sand fragrance.
I must also add that quartz can only be scratched (leaving a gouge) by one other stone.

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If, when you say sand, you mean something a bit salty, a bit dry and kind of earthy, then try The Different Company's Sel de Vetiver. I've never really got it with Dune; I enjoy the perfume, but I don't get sand dunes from it!

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Vetiver being made from the roots of the plant and the plant often growing in the Caribbean in a very sandy soil might be the best of both worlds. Sand and something to go with it. I bet in Indoneshia and India and all the other places Vetiver grows it probably does best in sandy soil.

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Originally Posted by supermarky I didn't think sand had odor. Are you sure this isn't the emporer's new note? Hi buddy - you never go to the beach, never played beach volley? I think this sand picks up most of the smell from the sea and we pick up the mix from the air plus a little sun tan oil. But in construction when you mix concrete, or simply sand and water - that does smell too. It's a rather dry, light kind of smell, but distinct. I can smell it just writing this, and we have snow outdoors.
The air of Morocco, the countryside - you drive across the country, no street recognizable except for your guide - there is a smell of land (sand and sand dust)....I am sure they guys from the Paris Dakkar rally know it. Very different from Tauer's sweet incense juice L'Air du Désert Maroc'! And probably that's why I find his name choice ridiculous. - How would the land of Burning Man smell? It looks so attractive.

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The most common constituent of sand, in inland continental settings and non-tropical coastal settings, is silica (silicon dioxide, or SiO2), usually in the form of quartz, which, because of its chemical inertness and considerable hardness, is resistant to weathering. The composition of sand varies according to local rock sources and conditions. The bright white sands found in tropical and subtropical coastal settings are ground-up limestone. Arkose is a sand or sandstone with considerable feldspar content which is derived from the weathering and erosion of a (usually nearby) granite. Some locations have sands that contain magnetite, chlorite, glauconite or gypsum. Sands rich in magnetite are dark to black in color, as are sands derived from volcanic basalts. The chlorite-glauconite bearing sands are typically green in color, as are sands derived from basalts (lavas) with a high olivine content. The gypsum sand dunes of the White Sands National Monument in New Mexico are famous for their bright, white color. Sand deposits in some areas contain garnets and other resistant minerals, including some small gemstones.
Black Rock Desert home of Burning Man is a playa, also known as alkali flat or sabkha, is a dry lakebed, generally the shore of, or remnant of, an endorheic lake. Such flats consist of fine-grained sediments infused with alkali salts. Their surface is generally very dry, hard and smooth in the summer months, but wet and very soft in the winter months. While the playa itself will be devoid of vegetation, they are commonly ringed by shadscale, saltbrush and other salt-tolerant plants that provide critical winter fodder for livestock and other herbivores
During the lake's peak around 12,700 years ago, the desert floor was under approximately 500 feet (150m) of water.
from wikipedia

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Ah, alkali flats. I love the Mojave desert - we usually end up there once or twice a year, and in February drove nine hours from Las Vegas to Lake Tahoe through desert, desert and more desert. Absolutely glorious, although I suspect it wouldn't suit everyone! I've not been stuck in a wind storm in the alkali flats, but I understand that it can be very irritating to the nose and mouth if you are.
This desert smells freshly dusty, and warmly tar/woody from the creosote scrub if you happen to be right up against a bush. (It's a little like the hot, woody scent of a sauna, but barely discernible.) This smell is not at all strong and is not pervasive; you'll only find it in certain areas of scrub. Most of all, I get a smell of hot, natural cleanliness from the desert, quite different from the hot vegetal smell you get in very hot *humid* environments. Think warm rock, like a rounded version of the stone note in Messe de Minuit.
The Mojave is surprisingly full of life, even with the extreme temperatures and the lack of water. In one small area last year I saw a couple of burrowing owls, some chipmunks and a whole load of lizards. If you can stand the heat, it's worth staying very still for a while, looking, listening and smelling.