Purple Fig

I’ve loved this since first spray. Sampling it at first with numerous other fig scents, this came out on top. The fig plays so well with the other notes. It’s not heavy like some figs can be but is very transparent, a bit green, and has a fair amount of musk involved. It’s kind of like a greenish lightly floral musk (if such a thing exists) from freshly snipped flower; maybe this is what fresh figs smell like. I don’t know as I’ve never smelled one. It’s lovely in both cool and warm weather, and makes me want to visit the Parisian street (rue overkampf) that inspired this . After wearing this for about a year I’m now realizing that the opening of this smells really similar to Hermes En Mediterrânea, which is a pretty linear scent, but Purple Fig changes quickly and the Galbanum and aromatics take it in another direction that I enjoy more. It’s also super long lasting, with light projection.

Can't wait to wear this in warmer weather. Straight out the bottle it's sweet and green, settling down to an almost fruity musk that I've started to associate with a few of the Vilhelm scents now. My initial reaction to this was 'meh'. Sprayed on paper, it was a smell I could appreciate but wasn't very exciting. However, on my skin, the green fades quite a lot and I'm left with a beautiful fig scent - like you're smelling the inside of a dried fig - but you have to smell quite close to the skin to really smell that. For everyone else, within the sillage cloud, it's quite a sweet but slightly musky smell. This perfume makes me wish I was sitting on an outside veranda on a cliff on the Amalfi coast in springtime, drinking Aperols and watching the sea. I would love to have a bottle of this.

I really loved this scent the first time I smelled it. PF begins with an astonishing opening - a robust, clear lemon undergirded by an earthy mix of angelica and cassis. The fig is gradually introduced, and it adds just the perfect touch. While I wasn’t too sure how fig would mix with the angelical and galbanum it all blends together very well. The intensity of the heart of PF is just right, not too overpowering, but not too light. I smelled more of the sweetness of the cyclamen during the base notes than I did the main part of the fragrance. At least it was more noticeable to me at that point. A floral sweetness with a wood background is a nice ending to a great fragrance that could be worn in a lot of different environments and likely a majority of seasons.

I found this perfume to be very true to the name. Starts off really green (and similar to other fig scents you've smelled before) but quickly develops into a very aromatic, fruity fig, more jammy than green. Pretty solid sillage--I wouldn't call it a full-on scent bubble but I could smell it on myself distinctly for about 4 hours, with 10 hours of wear overall on skin. The woodsy notes come through a little but aren't super distinct on me. Overall, smells clean and fresh but also has something unique and undefinable to it. By far the best performer I've tried in the realm of fig scents.

Picked up a sample of this, smelled it on paper, and immediately knew I had to spray it on my skin. I loved it on my skin, it smells fresh and green and juicy. On the first sniff, my partner said it smelled exactly like Mediterranean food, so maybe that does give credence to the reviewer below me that said this smells like pickles. But after subsequent sniffs, he was as obsessed with it as I was. He smells freshness and greenness with a bit of sensual musk, and we both agreed it smells like you're walking through a forest right after it rained. Beautiful fragrance.