Fig Vulva

[Jenjin]

Purple fig, almond cream, sweet Indonesian patchouli, white sandalwood, hay absolute, and guava.

[jiggahava]

Fig and guava blend so beautifully together. It's an earthy yet creamy fruit blend. It reminds me of a beloved fruity shampoo I used when I was young, and that's not a bad thing! It's soft and easy to wear. A beautiful,  juicy pick me up. 

[sea turtle]

This smells as if you're eating a dried fig (one of the fancier, chewy ones) while browsing a quiet antique shop, complete with complete with dust particles floating through the stream of sunlight from the front window. Very heavy on the dried/earthy elements and not as fruity or creamy as I expected! I will add the caveat that my decant had about an hour's rest out of the mail.

[s feral]

jammy fig at first, leaning very berry purple with the addition of the cherry like almond, then tart guava moves the scent from sweet jam toward sour unripe fruit. the fruits rest on a bed of dry sandalwood & sweet hay- those two notes meld well with the almond fig but are kind of at odds with the tartness of the guava. the almond gradually blooms & the creaminess unifies the scent. for most of wear this is an almond cream scent on me with a little dry sandalwood, chewy sweet hay, & a teeny bit of tart guava. almond can be really intense & overpowering to me but the almond cream here is light bodied & silky.  i was expecting more patchouli oomph from this & wouldn’t mind if that’s the direction it ages, but it’s quite pretty in its current form too.

[samanare]

Spiced fig. This is mostly a fig scent with a little bit of spice from the patchouli on me. The fig is definitely deep, purple, and slightly towards the foodie side. The added spice reads more as baking spices to me than patchouli. I don't get the other notes, but the fig is noticeably vibrant, in addition to being earthy with the added spice.

[Elspethdixon]

In the imp: sweet tropical fruit plus almond cream (more guava then fig)

 

Wet/freshly applied: fruity almond, with just a hint of something sour/musty that might be the patchouli. The throw from a few inches away is a slightly fruity sandalwood.

 

On my hair (freshly applied): creamy, fruity sandalwood and almond with a hint of something sour/rancid (why does patchouli exist?)

 

After about five minutes the off note vanishes from my skin and a sweet/warm hay note starts to come forward.

 

The guava is stronger on my hair, where the overall scent after the initial drydown is fruity/tropical with a hint of sourness (the rancid hint from the patchouli sticks around longer after the initial drydown, alas, but eventually vanishes after about twenty minutes), while the hay/almond/sandalwood is stronger on my skin, where after the initial almond fruit smoothie blast it fades down into more of a soft, sweet “your skin but better” scent. Unusually, it actually has a much longer wear time as a skin scent then it does in my hair: the tropical sour-sweet guava scent lasted on my hair until about midday, but I could still get faint traces of Fig Vulva on my skin at bedtime if I put my nose to my wrist.

 

[VetchVesper]

This is reminding me a lot of Tweedledum, though it definitely has its own vibe, along with more complexity. Ripe, earthy fig and woody patchouli are the most prominent notes on me, with the hay note joining the party during dry down. I don't really get a purple vibe, nor do almond cream and guava make an appearance other than, perhaps, to add some sweetness. It goes a bit masculine on my skin actually, and I'm a bit bummed about it. BUT - if you're into fig scents and/or Tweedledum, you'll probably enjoy this.

Edited Saturday at 01:50 AM by VetchVesper