Steel

The structure is minimal by design. Five materials across three layers. Most aquatics stack complexity, Steel doesn't. The lavender and violet leaf top is where the intent lives: lavender brings that slightly medicinal, aromatic quality that stops the whole thing from smelling like generic shower gel, while violet leaf adds a green, dewy note underneath. Marine and moss hold the heart together, aquatic accord meeting something earthier, so the scent doesn't float away. Cedar anchors the base. What makes it unusual is the restraint. Raynaud chose clarity over depth, consistency over drama. That's the Swiss way.

The evolution

Steel opens fast, lavender and violet leaf arrive together, almost instantly, giving you that cold-water-clean feeling without any preamble. The sea notes come in quickly too, woven with moss so the aquatic reads more mineral than synthetic. Twenty minutes in, the top is gone. The heart takes over, and it holds there, steady and unspectacular, for a couple of hours. The drydown is cedar, quiet, warm, close to the skin. That's where Steel lives longest. Three to four hours total on most skin, maybe longer in cool weather, but it never becomes loud. A skin scent that knows when to leave the room.