Elektra

The first few moments of Elektra are a bit psychedelic: we are presented a fig so preposterously magnified it's as if we are the wasp swallowed up inside of it! This kaleidoscopic juiciness quickly mellows into a manageable but still intense green fruitiness- it is the sharp exhilaration of getting too high and eating cold fruit straight from the fridge. Quite an exciting opening that has me yapping every time I show the scent to someone if I'm being honest. This is not a typical jammy, cartoon fig note. This is a pile of bisected green figs resting on your counter; pieces of diced parsley are still stuck to the kitchen knife. As the scent dries down (about 20 minutes in) we exit the kitchen- that acute garden greenery becomes but a sparkling ornament to a beautiful, warm base amber. Sounds strange on paper but Covey knows what's she doing. This is a divine experience from start to finish! In the privacy of home, Elektra is complex and hyper-evocative. But being beautiful in both the personal and the universal, she performs as a compliment-getting gourmand in the day to day. As specific as this sounds, it also occurs to me this would work lovely as a room scent for a farmhouse style house. Overall, I love Elektra and consider her an underrated Olympic Orchid scent.

I think the initial green note was unexpected quite forceful in fact but that doesn't last too long and it does provide a direct contrast to the sweetness that starts to unfold. The depth of the ripe black current and slight coolness of the mint is quite beautiful. The fig is amazing and the soft rounded amber notes meld everything together creating a soft, rich and voluptuous fragrance. Quick up date: I have now purchased a bottle and love it! For anyone that likes sweet fruity perfumes this one will be a winner. It has the most amazing sillage and longevity. Great buy!!

This ranks among my favorite green scents, and I'm tempted to describe it as a fruit for fruit-haters. The jammy fig is a presence but takes its place in the elegant order of things and never seems cloying or overly pronounced. The amber serves to balance nicely the greens and the fig/cassis. This is a gorgeous scent and is in the running for my favorite amongst the Olympic Orchids stable. Very nice.

This frag almost repelled me, but I'm glad I persisted. I don't normally go for green scents, they remind me that I have allergies. This one stirred memories of a fig tree in the backyard of a childhood home. In the middle notes I get a blast of mint, and it is cold. The drydown then gets slowly juicier with fig and black currant, but the green notes never disappear. A well balanced fragrance.

I love this. Crisp, the smell of green flowing sap, amber and most of all... FIGS! the real kind, not powdery or dried; but these are still on the tree kind! I love this... I need a FB of this.. it may become my signature scent... Vie Cafe nailed the review, i couldn't have put it any better myself. although i will add in that it is not waxy like some figs can be.