L'Artisan Parfumeur
L'Artisan Parfumeur
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A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The galbanum and fig leaf announce themselves with aggressive greenness—herbaceous, almost grassy—whilst the peach provides momentary brightness, like a shaft of morning light through a kitchen window. Within seconds, you're holding a crushed stem between your fingers.
The fig emerges properly now, tempered by that curious almond milk which gives the composition a faint, almost powdery texture. Dried apricot and fig concentrate blend into something resembling a figgy biscuit's interior, but restrained, elegant, never cloying—the dried fruits feel like archaeological deposits rather than fresh sweetness.
Pine needle and sandalwood come forward with surprising prominence, the coconut milk reduced to a bare suggestion underneath. What remains is woody, slightly resinous, contemplative—more like holding a piece of driftwood than wearing a fragrance.
Premier Figuier arrives as a radical proposition: a fig fragrance that refuses sentimentality. Olivia Giacobetti sidesteps the creamy, almost maternal quality that typically defines fig compositions, instead constructing something distinctly herbal and green-skinned. The galbanum cuts through with a bitter-green backbone—think crushed fig leaves rather than the fruit itself—whilst the peach adds a whisper of stone-fruit tartness that prevents any lapse into gourmand territory.
What makes this particularly compelling is the almond milk in the heart. Rather than sweetening the composition, it introduces a subtle creaminess that feels almost savoury, like the faintest hint of marzipan dust on a cloth napkin. The dried fruits anchor this into something closer to a Mediterranean herbarium than a fruit bowl, whilst the fig note finally reveals itself—not honeyed, but slightly astringent, the kind of fig you'd find in a rough compote.
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