Santal Greenery

Smells like a luxurious spa day at a 5-star hotel somewhere in paradise scent breakdown - Opens up with juicy, green, sweet fig, the edges and holes filled with bright citrus, like grapefruit and bergamot. As it begins to dry down, the greenness is bolstered with green, ozonic, and slightly powdery violet notes, resting upon a slightly creamy, wood shaving-like sandalwood base. In the deep, dry down, the creamy facets of the fig and sandalwood mix together to form a lovely, comfortingly refreshing end. personal thoughts - Wow. One of the most nuanced, smoothest, and highest quality fig + sandalwood fragrances I've ever smelled. A lot of modern analog fig fragrances I've smelled, like "Philosykos", "Primier Figuier", "Debaser", etc., find themselves falling within a similar creamy, fruity, and green smell profile, with slight variations to appease different palates and tastes. With that being said, I've been fairly unimpressed by a lot of recent fig-focused fragrances I've smelled recently; save for this one and "The Matcha 26" by Le Labo. Whereas TM26 takes the fig and extrapolates the greenness and makes it bracingly modern, Santal Greenery decides to fill out the edges and nuance the simplistic profile to make for a more interesting, refreshing, and thicker wear. performance - Easily one of the best performing freshies on me with 11ish hours longevity on my clothes and skin with strong to moderate projection throughout the first 4 hours. rating - 9.8/10. Signature Scent Worthy. when to wear - Yoga + Gym + Spa day on the beach; Business conferences in Honolulu, Hawai'i; Slightly hungover breakfast with friends and family at some bougie resort song vibe - People Everyday - Metamorphosis Mix by Arrested Development TLDR - fruity-sweet, refreshing fig + sparkling bergamot & grapefruit + green, ozonic violet leaves + creamy & woody sandalwood. A great fig that exemplifies nuances, and walks the line between the two main styles of fig fragrances that have become all too common in the modern era, with green, citrusy, and refreshing to creamy, sweet, and comforting. One of the better unique fig releases of the last couple of years, and honestly a must try for fig fans if you can source a sample or smell it in store somewhere. If you're bored of the same fig you've been wearing since the 90s and want a thicker, more nuanced upgrade, this is worth checking out.

I absolutely love this out of all of Dries Van Noten’s line. I can’t stand the rest of them, with the exception of Raving Rose but when I smelled this I fell in love (not an understatement). I love figs so I have a bias but this is a very well done version. I also have to admit that my skin turns every perfume sweet so I don’t get a strong grapefruit or harsh fig. My skin just turned this perfume into a creamy sweet fig musk. The initial spray is green (but not harsh). The fig is slightly sweet (unlike Philosykos Diptyque) and the bergamot adds this instant freshness that isn’t screechy or harsh. The grapefruit adds a slight tartness that rounds the initial opening beautifully. Then the dry down (on my skin) is this creamy slightly sweet soothing, almost milky, warm sandalwood musk with the fig and bergamot still punching through, making for a “my skin but better” scent. I can see this being a great signature scent if you can afford it. It’s very safe. It lasted on my (lizard dry) skin for 6 hours and outperformed Raving Rose. It’s a very clean smell; it smells like a very beautiful expensive body wash or soap (which I know sounds unappealing) but it really smells super clean without smelling *cold* or *harsh* like a neroli perfume. Is this a unique perfume worth its price tag though? For most people absolutely not!! It’s nothing new in DNA, and there are so many beautiful fig renditions out there from Dior, YSL, Floris, Fleur de Figeur, and so many others. The scent itself being so safe objectively isn’t worth 250 pounds because you can get a similar experience from Floris Mulberry Fig for half the price with their cedar wood base. If this perdume was around the £200 mark it would be more appropriate. I love it and will buy a bottle. But I would only buy the bottle for the refill ability that Dries Van Noten has for all their perfumes (which I think is what you’re actually paying for - the bottle).

Man, I love this fragrance! This is me in a bottle. It opens with a refreshing burst of citrus notes, followed by the smooth and creamy scent of green fig. Finally, it settles into a seductive blend of sandalwood and white musk, making it my ideal choice for spring and summer. I might not always reach for this fragrance in the winter, but it would work just fine if you are having a warm fall. (But also... WEAR YOUR FAVORITE FRAGRANCES WHENEVER YOU FEEL LIKE IT.) I'm perplexed by people labeling this scent as outdated/boring, as it's a well done contemporary interpretation of timeless ingredients that are widely recognized in the fragrance industry. I'm absolutely smitten with this scent and will be making this my signature scent for this spring/summer. Cheers!

I love sandalwood but it has to be smooth also, not a big fan of fig if it’s dry and too green but this one is absolutely beautiful; it’s a bit ripe and sweet. I wore this during the summer and got many compliments. It’s a clean fragrance and mostly natural ingredients but it still lasts (4 hours on skin) and projects. This is a bright, sparkling fresh clean opening from the non tart bergamot softened by the violet leaf. There’s no pickle juice smell here thankfully. The fig, musk and sandalwood are smooth and balanced so perfectly wow! No coldness nor sharpness. Smells sophisticated, natural and intoxicating. It performed beautifully well in the heat definitely full bottle worthy 9/10. It’s not too complex but it’s highly addictive.

I’m not a figman, I tend to steer clear of fig and fig adjacent scents . Look I’m past the 34 years of age mark and I used to love figgy scents , figgy bubble baths and as a kid I used to devour every stash of raisins in sight . I don’t know what happened after a decade of fig madness , it dwindled , I do not like figs or raisins . Now back to this , it’s the creamiest scent I own , so creamy the fig amplifies the sandalwood’s creamy qualities . I wore it 8 times since I got it last Christmas, I am sure I’ll wear it more this fall . I am a hoarder, so sometimes I’d think of it and will be amped up to wear it , then I chicken out of it because I have to go through so much crap to get to it .