But when three people in a crowded elevator smell of burnt sugar, praline, and cinnamon buns at once, a slight claustrophobia sets in. By spring, you want to escape from the confectionery department to somewhere with air, informs Ukr.Media.
Figs are a brilliant antidote to this, especially if you live closer to the south and know that real figs are dusty, rough leaves, sticky fingers, and a salty wind from the sea, not a plastic imitation from the supermarket.
If you want that morning, market freshness, when the vendors are just laying out wet greens, I usually take New Study by Miller et Bertaux . It opens with bitter grapefruit zest and watery coconut. No nauseating pina colada – more like a feeling of having washed away a hangover with ice water. Very brain-clearing.
A similar story, but with a greater emphasis on botany, is told by the Greeks with their Avgoustos (Korres) . They mixed green, still hard and unripe figs with crushed lemon leaves and dried lavender. It saves on those days when the asphalt is melting outside the window, you have to work, but you just want to lie in the shade.
But figs are not always so innocent. Koreans BORNTOSTANDOUT called their bottle Fig Porn , and believe me, they were not kidding at all. It is a heavy, juicy fruit that has overripe in the heat to the state of jam. They generously splashed pear syrup on it and covered it all with peonies. It sounds impudent, it sits tightly on the skin. Pouring this on yourself before a morning meeting is a crime, but in the evening it is exactly that.
And if you are physically irritated by any sweets, try to find Soffio Zenit by Brunello Cucinelli . I once tested it blind and was sure that it was some kind of harsh pharmacy collection. There is rosemary, cumin and dried to a crisp fig on thorny woody notes. A very detached smell. It smells like a person who has already understood everything in this life and is in no hurry.
For real weirdness, head to Liquides Imaginaires . Their L'Ile Pourpre smells like figs left in a glass of absinthe. The perfumers have added the icy pulp of shiso herb. The trail is a bit otherworldly, as if you've wandered into someone else's abandoned garden at night.
And to finish the topic (and your man's shelf at the same time). Le Beau Paradise Garden by Jean Paul Gaultier . Yes, it says pour homme, but who's stopping now? Coconut water, wicked prickly ginger, peppermint and green fig skin. It smells like a good shower gel, wet hair and a long-awaited vacation. You can wear it when complex feminine compositions are already making your jaw drop.
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