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If you're at all plugged into the beauty world, you already know Uni. The Australian-inspired brand (a Bustle, Forbes, and Byrdie award-winner) has become the de facto bodycare brand for it girls thanks to its hydrating formulas, lightweight feel, and fan-favorite scents. Now, appropriately, they're stepping into fragrance.
The brand's first two scents, Sunset (the same scent as the 24-hour body serum) and Rain, are water-based fragrances, meaning they use water as the carrier instead of alcohol. It's a gentler formula that's more hydrating for your skin, and it wears more subtly than a traditional eau de parfum.
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A trick with these, per Uni: apply to the creases of your knees and elbows, where body heat will amplify and extend the scent. It's a small thing, but it makes a real difference with a water-based formula.
While aptly describing a fragrance is a tall task, I’ll do my best:
- Sunset opens with cedar leaf and lemon before unveiling smoked sandalwood, amber, white cedar. In short, it smells like you’re on vacation (in Ischia, more specifically).
- Rain, on the other hand, leans into petrichor (the incredible word for the smell of post-summer rain). Grapefruit and rain notes up top, mimosa and peony in the heart, patchouli and oakmoss anchoring the base.
The same skin-loving ingredients that make Uni bodycare stand out (and soak in) – sea water, Kakadu Plum, Finger Lime – show up here too. Take it from someone who’s sensitive to powerful fragrances: these are simple and wonderful and feel good on the skin.
Both are available in a full 50ml ($72) and a 10ml ($28). I’d recommend stocking up with at-home and on-the-go versions, as the brand is a heavy hitter, and I have a sneaky suspicion they won’t last long.
