Figment Woman

This is remarkable. This smells like wilting decaying flowers in a vase, when you walk by the vase you get a big whiff of THIS scent. It's not the smell of the pungent rotting stale flower water in the vase, but the smell that the flowers radiate when they are dying, maybe a day before you start smelling that rancid stagnant flower water. This brings me to the house I grew up in, both my mom and dad loved flowers and would put together little bouquets of flowers on the dining table, sometimes just a couple flowers my mom probably picked while outside on a nature walk or from her garden. Figment woman, the opening especially, reminds me exactly of walking by that dining room table and getting a big whiff of this smell when those flowers were past ripe. I sampled this from a 2ml, first on paper last week and immediately I said nope, no way that one would not work for me, way too floral and feminine. So I'm working my way through 23 amouage samples and last night after showering before having a bite to eat and getting to bed, I said why not spray half this sample on because I can't see myself putting this one on to test out in public. And wow! This needed to be worn, because on paper I didn't get any of that wilting decaying flower smell. I also got a beautiful spicy pepper that I really wish there was more of. So I went to sleep and woke up, having sprayed this on 6 hours prior, and it was still strong on my clothes. This smell was just so addicting and it's the type of female floral fragrance I would never dare to wear out in public and especially not to work (a bakery). But I just wanted to keep smelling it. So I showered before work and put the rest of the sample on. This radiated for about 5 hours, like strong, then fades down, still quite airy, to intimate projection. On my skin it was mostly gone by the time I left work , but still projecting off my clothes. It was hot today and always even hotter standing next to an oven all day, so I'm sure this would last even longer in an environment that doesn't so easily compromise a fragrances longevity. I just love this smell, like I said this is typically the type of fragrance I would never be able to wear. I haven't sampled many floral fragrances marketed towards women, but the ones I've smelled are just way too feminine, sweet, powdery or artificial. Figment woman definitely feels feminine, although because it doesn't smell artificial, but realistic and unique, (to me anyways, I don't know if there's anything else that's like this?), I found myself never self conscious about having this on. I really would like to get this one, Id love to try layering this with figment man, or even myths woman. They all share a sort of realistic environmental aura. Edit: I'm adding to this review as I'm smelling it resprayed on my hand. I think what makes this fragrance so successful and for me, wearable, is it's not trying to recreate a natural smell of "pretty" flowers. I find most florals in an attempt to create a natural smelling flower with synthetics, come across as cheap smelling. This doesn't smell cheap. Figment woman seems to instead be attempting to re-create the lesser desirable smells of flowers, or the moments which flowers still have a scent, and actually more noticeable, but not necessarily associated as being "pretty". The lesser inviting aspects to the flowers scent life. In this effort it comes across as a natural smell. Quite brilliant. Edit again: Got a 100ml bottle of this. It's just so good.

So I will update review after getting more opinions, but I love it?? To me the name is super apt! It smells like a luxury greenhouse/orangery whatever at night in some eastern country, when the blooms are at the highest and just after a rain. You enter from the rain, and smell the rare expensive blossoms, then you settle in with a book. I guess I could describe it as like fantasy movie in a bottle lol— magical, mesmerizing, crafted, wild— imagination at its finest. It doesn’t smell like swamp/jungle/Bhutan to me, but to each their own. I blind bought a whole bottle for a variety of reasons: I’ve been wanting an Amouage but can’t afford them (but I still want the pretty bottles), and I’ve been eyeing this one based off of the notes and the intriguing reviews. So I got it a couple days ago and it’s at once gardenia, minty, peppery, and even aquatic masculine sort of scent and then it warms to lush flowers and then settles at that papyrus/incense scent. Exactly as advertised, I smell most of the notes listed there, but the highlight is the tuberose. Sounds like it’s a skin chemistry problem for sure for others, but I smelt a little metallic during one wear (orange blossoms probs, I love ‘em so won’t complain), but my friend didn’t smell it so maybe it was just me. I get the swamp nymph scent that some people say, but I feel like on me it smells more like a magical sorceress scent— it’s VERY regal and lovely, but it settles rather gently. I think it’s gonna be a signature scent for me, but I will update if anyone tells me that they hate it. Obviously this is a very contentious perfume, which intrigued me because I’ve been wanting a scent no one else wears. If this helps anyone: My skin normally smells a little vanilla and animalic but overall I have a rather subtle natural skin fragrance. My friend who does not like incense scents did not love it, and smelt the bottle and did not like it, but told me it was lovely if someone did. She also said it smelt like I got out of a shower, that there was a soapy/clean/warm scent to it— and said it smells like me, so there is definitely an animalic note to it. Basically, a lot going on, but at the end of the day I can’t stop sniffing my wrists, and doesn’t seem offensive in any quality but we shall see! Questions for others: do your lovers/partners like this scent on you? Asking out of curiosity hehe Another note: packaging and bottle is stunning, so effing pretty, when the light hits it right it looks like the photo but otherwise it’s this marvelous blue glass bottle.

First impression: So, I really wanted to try a perfume from Amouage, and as I'm not a really patient person when it comes to getting a sample first, but I am sort of into blind-buying, I got a full 50ml bottle of this perfume, because it was the most affordable Amouage to try, and the bottle it gorgeous. 🙈 Also, another reason why I fell for getting this perfume were the polarizing reviews - it just sounded enough interesting for me to try it, as I like complex, polarizing, even experimental perfumes. I have a deep love for the unusual. I know fragrance is a subjective thing, but honestly, even though I was a little bit nervous when first trying this, in the end I was actually surprised that this scent has such a negative score. First of all, yeah, it's quite complex - the beginning is quite peppery, even minty and masculine/even aftershave leaning, but at the same time it's really nothing awful-smelling, nothing scary, on the contrary. It gets your attention but not in a negative way. :) After that, the lush creamy, a little bit sweet white florals are popping up, with a very slight animalic note (not really a fecal one, though) while still being a bit peppery and minty. Very lady-like, very feminine. There is also this interesting earthy, or more like paper-like note. This perfume has so many distinctive facets, but somehow, it works very well alltogether. :) I will test it a little bit more when it comes to longevity and sillage, but it already seems to be quite potent, leaving a nice trail. To conclude, I think I will happily wear this to work, or for any other occasion. To me, it's a very inoffensive, elegant perfume. It's slightly sweetish, creamy, clean-smelling, and overall has a very charming character and soothing effect on me, it works like magic... And the bottle, overal presentation is so nice. :) also, it really blooms in this hot, but humid weather. 😍 It seems to change according to the spot on the skin I spray it on as day goes on. For example, near my elbow, it's very minty and paper-like, very refreshing, while the white florals are a little bit muted. On my wrists, it's more of sweet white florals. Wow, I really like it. :) one reviewer said it always smells like a different perfume each time you wear it, it may really be like that. The drydown, or more precisely, the several versions of the drydown are pure bliss. :) I don't think I have ever experienced a perfume that has such a chameleon-like drydown.

AMOUAGE Figment Woman Dorothée Piot 2017 (Not Karine Vinchon-Spehner like mentioned here) This is an absolutely amazing unique and artistic perfume like nothing else I have smelled and it’s totally underrated. White florals are done here in a mysterious way, they are covered with many different notes which each of them bring different kind of earthy and fresh feeling to the rich white floral heart. Figment Woman opens up with beautiful earthy menthol like freshness and a sharp peppery kick. Gardenia and Saffron together make it intoxicating and I think the menthol feeling - it’s just a feeling, not like you would have a menthol pastil in your mouth - comes from greenish Gardenia. Smell of the soil is absence which is not the case in Figment Man (gorgeous scent as well though but more challenging). In the heart together with white flowers you can feel an intense spicy and aromatic aroma from Cassia which is sometimes Cinnamon-like but here it doesn’t develop into that level. Papyrus in the base is very powerful and it turns the earthy vibe into dry smoke which is transparent and clean, not like from T***cco. Incense - Amouage’s signature note - finishes the base together with Patchouli and Orris. White florals are VERY unique and evocative. The whole concoction is crispy and cold. Despite of an extraordinary scent profile which can be polarising I don’t think this is offensive and therefore this can be worn easily at work too. This works as well year around like in different kind of temperatures as well. Thank you for reading, I hope my review was helpful. I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG and/or YouTube (English subtitles): @ninamariahperfumes It gives me a lot of motivation to write more. 🤗

This one took me on a journey for sure From ohh i hate this... bummer ..too ohh i crave it .. I got this last summer on a very hot day . Sprayed it right away after months of going back and forth trying to figuere out if i found a way to test it before buy ,i dident so i ended up buying a 100 ml untested . I was so mad at myself . the first impresion was plastic flowers ugh.. my hubby asked what it was that smelled like burned plastic .. it was not a nice feeling . I had it stored away until now when i desided i should give it a proper try full wear . Sprayed it away from my face .just a few sprays . and magic happend.. I was getting an whole other story with this scent now. i have always had a soft spot for Gardenia .not nesesarly in perfumes but in real life .So elegant . This time the scent just bloomed on me Wafting like a bouquet of white flowers around me ,so uplifting so bright and vibrent. No plastic ,no dirty madnes . only beautiful white florals with green natural feel . The gardenia is the star for sure . Tuberose following with green foliage ,lilys ,jasmin and a touch of ylang .I cant find much patchouli in here . but there is a hint of spice . but to me no foody spice .just floral spicynes and sweetnes mixed very well . How did this go from uhh i cant even smell the bottle ,to i crave wearing it .. Magic . So sophisticated crisp dressed ladylike. This blooms in colder weather aswell , i fealt like a queen wearing this out in the snowy lanscape . im so so glad i gave this a second chance .<3 so if you are unsure about it .test in different weather and away from the face . let it settle on skin abit and it might be something you like .