Fiona

I’m having a looooovely relationship with Fiona. She’s unbelievably complex, changes by the hour, and then—just when I thought she was done with me—I heat up and she blooms again, as only natural perfumery comprised of top-shelf ingredients can do. I mean this quite literally: 12 hours after 2 small sprays, some of which got into my shirt, I worked out. On getting hot and sweaty, a trainer on the second floor (!!) of the open-plan studio said, “someone smells REALLY good in here.” I smiled and said inside, privately, “That’s my girl, Fiona.” On my skin, the trio of ouds emerge first with a tangy, chewy assertiveness countered by a fruity, almost smoky leathery accord, itself Animalic but never outlandishly so... Then the flowers bloom on me, and like the great perfume loves of my life (think of Guerlain’s floral accords), they are so happy together it’s hard to isolate just one... I don’t smell this parfum; I breathe it. She’s just beautiful. This is what perfumery once was and is again. I’m in love.

this is one of my favorite perfumes, rich, complex, deep, animalic but not skanky in anyway, its beautiful, James is a very talented perfumer who I believe will only get better with more experience as this is still a relatively new venture. anyone into natural perfumery with no love for " mall fragrances " should 100% try this and the other he has produced, in my opinion they are at the same level as Prin, ALD & Auphorie to name a few. I know Fiona 2 is currently macerating and I cant wait for it. keep em coming James

Lucky to have gotten the #6 batch after eyeing Friona for many years. Straight off the sprayer you get a well blended heavy oud with that gourmandish white flowers feeling, it feels very animalic without being able to pick-up any specific animalics except for what i think is goat-hair, it has a cheesy roughness that doesn't go away. it lasts good hours on skin but it stays close to skin for something that has this many animalics & oud... which allows me to wear it outdoors without offending anyone.

Seeing someone write they didn’t like Fiona because it felt familiar is why you should never listen to these reviews and smell for yourself. There isn’t anything else in HISTORY that smells like this, and while it’s not the always desired “beast mode” nonsense it does have a very strong presence. In my opinion this is the single greatest composition ever created. Can’t speak for any other version than Batch 1 but I hear they are all pretty similar. If you ever come across it GRAB IT with confidence

Even though it has all the animalic ingredients it’s not shanky or challenging at least to my nose.Florals,vanilla and oakmoss plays an important role with animalic ingredients.Its same level as prin,bortnikoff and Russian Adam’s blends.As James moved away from making perfumes this will be hard to come by.Batch 5 was my favorite as it had a ton of Mysore sandalwood which made Fiona being more creamy in nature.Enjoy