MBlackthorn

Many Italians who grew up in the countryside have a very close relationship with fig trees. They're a common sight in fields, woods and gardens and provide both shade and yummy fruits in the scorching summers. This perfume is an almost perfect photograph of my summer and autumn afternoons spent in my grandpa's garden when I was a kid, playing around a huge fig tree with my younger cousins and their dogs.
The fragrance opens with green leaves, you can almost feel the fuzziness of the fig leaves. In the heart a sticky, natural sweetness comes forward, well supported by a hint of wood. With time, it develops in a mature, creamy, ripe fig. It's never overly sweet or synthetic.
It makes me feel both carefree and nostalgic, and, on a rainy day, a bit of a bittersweet melancholy.
To me, this is the perfect fig fragrance. It's not extremely long lasting, but it's so unoffensive to anybody that you can dare to overspray. I really hope more people will discover this wonderful fragrance.

Summer isn't the best season to try this perfume, but I fell in love with it nonetheless.
It's first and foremost a smoke bomb. And I love smoky fragrances. But it doesn't end with a blast of smoke. If given the time, it evokes a vivid painting of a forest fire: but the flames are long gone and all that remain are smoldering wood trunks and ashes. You can feel the warmth, but everything that was once green is gone.
In a desolate landscape, you stand in front of a bonfire and are asked: will you rekindle the flame?

I tend to lean towards complex fragrances, something that tells a story, evolves and takes time to fully understand the notes. This isn't it, at all. It's mango.
But oh wow, if it's a fun mango. On my skin it retains a bit of acidity and green vibes, never turning creamy or overly sweet. It is sweet and tropical, but it doesn't evolve in a synthetic or ice cream scent. It's a ripe, fresh, juicy mango.
That said, a friend of mine tried it, and on her skin it became unbearable. She described it as "it's like when ice cream melts on your hands and you don't have time to wash them, so you're left with sticky sugary fingers". So I'd say that it has to be tested on skin, because it can behave very differently on different people.
On me it's a fun, light-hearted scent that gives you exactly what it promises, and lasts a whole day. For its price is more than I can ask for.

To my nose, this is a chypre fragrance at the core. It can be read as a perfect blend of masculine and feminine energy. On my skin tuberose and rose open the fragrance with a very bold statement, but they quickly settle as sandalwood comes forward. It lasts the whole day, but it stays intimate, becoming creamy and woody. It's a beautiful fragrance with a shy attitude, not loud, not opulent, but comforting.
It has its own soft elegance which doesn't stand out, but it's there.
Not really my kind of scent since I prefer fragrances which have a lot to say and aren't afraid to say it out loud, but I can definitely appreciate the appeal of a classy and well blended perfume.

This is more of an experience than a regular fragrance. But man, what an experience.
If I close my eyes I'm shifted deep down, in a pitch black cave, alone on a rock in the middle of a freezing cold lake. I can't see anything, but I know the water is cold and pure.
This fragrance is evokative in a way that strikes a special cord in me.
Earth, water and wet stone are predominant, with something green that makes the composition feel alive... In a static, eerie way. Like something is about to happen, and the air is tense with anticipation. Yet nothing happens. Just silence, darkness, stillness and, somewhere, the echoing dripping of water.
If I had to pick a single adjective, "eerie" would be the right one.
Very unconventional: I can understand why some people don't like it. Either it vibes with you and you vibe with it, or you don't.
I fell in love with this perfume.