Swimming Pool
Parfum, Bibbi (2023)

Before I start, I hate this whole house. I like the bottles, but the smell of every single one is at best a disappointment and at worse a insult to humanity. Certainly I felt sickened. That rarely happens, anyway Swimming pool didnt make me sick. I just dont think the name has anything to do with how it smells. I like mint as a note, but there is a house note that I just dont get on with. There are less offensive herbal and mint perfumes out there. Please try those.

Swimming Pool opens with a big ole’ feisty blast of mint and basil, ultra fresh and bold. The whole thing is wonderfully bright and freshly cut, chopped by the bunch-load. It’s a bracing start, but a pleasing one, like finding a spot of shade on a scorching day, or slipping into a cold swimming pool. That’s where the pool vibes begin and end for me - there’s no chlorine here, thankfully, and nothing aquatic or airy-fairy. Ginger lurks in the background, so things never become too chilly, and the geranium note is light and credibly fresh, the stuff of a newly arranged bouquet. The sweet hints of grass arrive a little later, softening everything down into something warm and woody, far more shy and retiring as it sits closer to the skin. A delight.