Summer 26

Gosh, this is the loveliest Ffern perfume I've had so far. I find them hit and miss, but I feel like Elodie has been on a winning streak for a while: Winter 26 was extraordinary, and I also loved Summer 25 (I have skipped or returned the ones in between). But this one is really something special. It's a sweet perfume. There is sweet clementine, like candied clementine, in the opening. Then there is sweet pea, sweet basil, sweet jammy rose, and a sweet wheaty, powdery base, which is probably the bran note. The whole thing is sweet through and through, in a fresh, nuanced, well-composed way. It smellls like jam: it's both fresh and full-bodied. It's very sweet for a Ffern perfume. It doesn't have that citrus sourness that can make them smell like cat pee when it gets too hot. The rose also works far better than I expected. It all smells like a summer garden party, something with cake and pitchers of elderflower juice. It's fantastic.

I recently joined the Ledger for Winter 26 - which I loved - and skipped Spring 26 for fear of it being too feminine and floral (M,27 here). The announcement for Summer 26 (with the reveal of notes) had me excited. I was looking for a citrusy-green scent. Upon trial, it was almost too sweet rather than green-citrusy. Almost returned it, but I found myself coming back to it. Strong juicy citrus opening, into a light green and warm rose warm-down on my skin, which over time transforms into an earthy and summery grain with floral notes. Rose is present throughout, but not overpowering nor overly feminine. It's a unique, unisex scent, one that is outside my comfort zone. I received multiple compliments on the scent when wearing the trial, and kept finding myself wanting to smell it. So decided to keep it :)

Upon completing her perilous quest, the female knight victoriously rides her white horse back to her village's town square. She is greeted wth thunderous applause as her community drapes her in garlands and wreaths of floppy, fragrant roses, heavy with dew. Later in the evening, the townspeople come together to enjoy a banquet in the knight's honor, complete with a dessert of refreshing clementine and blackcurrant sherbert. The dragons have been slain, the kingdom has been saved, and now it's time for everyone to dance to the lute underneath the glittering lanterns hanging from the willow trees. They all lived happily ever after...

Opens with a beautiful intense grapefruit with a hint of bergamot and orange rind... you feel as if you are picking citrus fruit from a tree, the wind in your hair as an airy ozonic note wisps around you... the smell quickly dries down to smell like dry field, when the sun has been radiating for days on end, turning the grass into grey hay-like strands... and the hay smells so prominent, probably the vétiver... regardless I think it is a very summery sent that would not be out of place at almost any daytime occasion, my favourite ffern by FAR! Love it and wear it a lot

Soooo juicy and delicious with the jammy citrus notes, then the basil and bran forms a gorgeous earthy backround for the bright fruity floralness of it all. I've only tried the 2026 Ffern perfumes so far, but this one really stands out to me! I don't normally like fruity scents, because they often feel "generic" to me, but this scent is so addictive and complex. I just wish it lasted more than 15 minutes on me... I'm probably gonna go through my bottle really fast.