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Greece 06:00 in the morning. You are awake because a slight earthquake has woken you up. You can no longer fall asleep. Hubby grunts contentedly and refuses to keep you occupied just yet. You grab a towel, reach into the fruit bowl again, apply some cream, put on a bikini and walk to the beach. The sun is slowly rising. It's the only time of day when the air smells fresh. As clear as the sea, which you also smell. You carelessly throw your things under an olive tree and plunge into the calm water. At this time of day, the world is silent both under and above the water. You decide to lie under the olive tree for a moment. Its scents are almost meditative. Luckily, you've taken something from the fruit bowl. Now you can nibble your fig with satisfaction. Your fingers, salty from the seawater, are searching for every piece of flesh.
Your skin smells of summer and light-heartedness.

All the pictures painted here in statements and reviews are correct. And images are the best way to describe this fragrance. I can smell everything that is stated in the top and heart notes. At all times, without any progression. Nevertheless, it creates a wonderful overall concept that makes you dream. The perfect summer-in-Europe fragrance.
Its bottle is not so perfect. It would have had potential, but the quality is subterranean. No glass, only plastic is the motto here.

On the other hand, I find the durability surprisingly good. Yes, it's more of a close-to-the-skin fragrance, but it lasts and lasts and lasts. I find that a very exciting combination.
I would have found the price reasonable with a higher quality bottle, so it's a bit too much for me. Or not because the fragrance character is so great. You have to know friends, I can't tell you everything.

I've already tried quite a few fig fragrances. Really many. Some have remained in my collection, others have not. So there's not much left to impress me in that respect.
And yet one fragrance has made it. Namely Cèdre Figalia by Aterlier Materi.
Now you're probably wondering what's wrong with the old lady, we're here at Jovoy after all, but it all started with Marteri.
I tried Cèdre Figalia in a small, sugar-sweet perfumery in Prague and was in love. But not with the price. I could have bought it but there was a man standing next to it who said "If there's a 1 in front of it, I'll buy it for you"
So I smelled through the whole range but no fragrance came close to the Materi. One last desperate reach went to the Jovoy shelf, L'Arbre de la Connaissance, what a sh** long name, nobody can remember it. But the scent, I have memorized it.

L'Arbre de la Connaissance starts off very green. Somehow I have the impression that I am standing in a typical Alman garden and smelling the excellently tended herbal plants. The fragrance is therefore initially very refreshing, invigorating and tart. The fig then joins in perfectly balanced. Fruity and juicy, it counteracts the astringency well. Somewhere in the background, I smell woody notes. Is that the fig tree? Did they put fig branches in there?
Anyway, that makes the whole fragrance even more complex, even more interesting. Finally, I get a little creaminess. I suspect this is sandalwood. Sandalwood can often be very present but here it just adds its softness to the fragrance.

Fig is often linear. Sometimes particularly green, sometimes particularly juicy but rarely with a lot of fragrance progression. This is exactly why L'Arbre de la Connaissance totally flashed me and picked me up.
The price is absolutely reasonable, I was even surprised because I thought Jovoy would be much more expensive.
While the fragrance starts off quite masculine, it is completely unisex for me afterwards, if I had to choose then with a feminine slant.
The bottle also impresses me across the board. The sillage is moderate and suits the fragrance, and I think the longevity is really great for such a character.
For me, this really is an outstanding fig and anyone who loves them as much as I do should try the fragrance.

This fragrance haunts me. So it's only logical that it's finally part of my collection. But from the beginning.
La Danza delle Libellule has popped into my head several times, either because a Youtuber I like mentioned it or because it was mentioned here in the forum. So I got a bottle of it, I liked it, even wrote a statement and then? Then I don't know. I forgot about it. I'm usually very impulsive when it comes to putting it on my wish list or buying it straight away, but nothing happened here and I wonder why.
When I was told that the fragrance was available again for a very small price, I rummaged in the depths of my bottles and found this one again.
The second test left me speechless and I was blown away and the buy button was pressed very quickly.

La Danza delle Libellule starts very, very fresh. We are greeted by an authentic green apple, with dewdrops still clinging to it. A slight sweetness is already recognizable, the cocoa takes off to be omnipresent in the further course of the fragrance. In general, I find the progression of this perfume to be one of the most beautiful and complex I have ever smelled.
While I was still talking about smelling cinnamon in my statement, I no longer get it. Rather a general, light spiciness. This joins the cocoa and later the vanilla can also be clearly smelled.
The musk takes the wind out of the sails of the gourmand scent. It makes the fragrance light, a little powdery and more transparent. Sometimes I still catch a hint of apple, but it is more subtle. For me, it then has the character of an exclusive, expensive body lotion.

I perceive every facet of La Danza delle Libellule clearly and at all times. The sillage is also very pleasant and not overwhelming. It lasts so well that I can still smell it the next day.
The price-performance ratio is absolutely top and justified at the original price. If you can get it cheaper, it's an absolute bargain.
The bottle often looks kitschy and cheap in pictures, but it is beautiful. Delicate golden ornaments adorn the lid of a transparent, heavy bottle. A feast for the eyes.
This gourmand is for all those who find gourmands difficult.

Acqua e Zucchero, water and sugar, sounds simple, but it is.... something.
A fragrance where you think you can tell immediately from the name and the notes what it smells like, you could even go for a blind buy.
And somehow that's true, because you get exactly what it says on the tin. And yet I find the fragrance incredibly complex and completely different to what I would have imagined.

Acqua e Zucchero gives the impression that sugar has been made to smell. Delicious sugar. Logically, it is very sweet, but also very wearably perfumey.
You might think you've smelled orange blossom so often that it can't surprise you. But far from it, it is incredibly exciting in this fragrance and not at all as typical as we are used to. The vanilla naturally supports our sweet and sugary impression. There is a very slight fruity note in the background. I would have called it berries in layman's terms, but I can't say which berries they are (I can rule out ice and brown bears)
And that's it already. No progression but incredibly well interwoven notes. Simple but still captivates you. The fragrance is perfectly unisex with a feminine twist. It doesn't come across as cheap as the 500g packet of sugar, no, it is clearly recognizable as a perfume and smells absolutely high quality.

And just like sugar, it sticks to you. So does Acqua e Zucchero. It sticks incredibly well with just a few sprays. It is also clearly noticeable. And yet it's still not a board and I find that really interesting, as it actually has this character. But it has a lightness that brings it down a little. The sugar water seems almost transparent to me.
The bottle is not one of my favorites, it's nice to look at from a distance but looks cheap up close. The price-performance ratio is just about acceptable because the fragrance really is absolutely incomparable.
If you think you know what Acqua e Zucchero smells like just from the notes. Then you're right. And you're wrong. Go out and test it.

If you fall in love with several Contes de Parfum fragrances and have to choose, it's like torture. Each bottle is unique, rich in detail and a feast for the eyes. The stories and perfumers behind them are always exciting. Of the four I tested, 3 were direct hits but only one was allowed to go.
Sevilla was chosen not only because of its overly beautiful lid but also because it is probably the easiest tomb you can make.

Sevilla is a flawlessly clean fragrance. You could actually stop here, but that wouldn't be fair to the fragrance, so let's continue.
Clean, pure without a disturbing laundry note, it combines the feeling of security and care.
I am sitting in my white linen shirt under orange blossoms on a soft spring day, a light linen scarf tied around me because of the morning freshness, enjoying a lovely cup of tea.
White laundry hangs on my washing line, washed with subtle! floral fabric softener.

There are plenty of white laundry fragrances, but Sevilla is simply outstanding with its quality and the combination of its notes.
Huge collection and no idea what to wear? Take Sevilla!
You just want a fragrance that goes with everything and never offends? Take Sevilla!

It also lasts incredibly well. Sillage isn't huge, but I think that's logical with this kind of fragrance - you don't want to be suffocated by the mountains of laundry. You waver between "Is she freshly showered and moisturized?" or "Does her new blouse smell so fresh?" or "What is that pleasant perfume?"
I think the price-performance ratio is really good. You can get quality at every corner. The bottle is heavy in the hand and I adore it every time I wear it. The fragrance quality is just as impressive. The packaging is also lovely and exquisite.
This fragrance has signature potential.