Thyme & Mandarin Fig

Thyme & Mandarin Fig is a green, sun-warmed citrus fragrance built around an orchard: ripening mandarins, fig trees and aromatic herbs carried on the breeze. It opens with mandarin, orange and petitgrain, a juicy, slightly sharp lift that softens quickly. The heart turns herbal. Thyme gives the dry, aromatic edge that stops the fruit going sugary, lemongrass and black pepper add crispness, and jasmine and lavender smooth the way in. Fig arrives in the dry-down, creamy and slightly green rather than jammy, and settles with patchouli, amber, coumarin and a touch of orange blossom into a warm but airy finish. The result is fresh without being fleeting, and it reads as a fruit-and-herb fragrance rather than a sweet fruity one. It is made as an extrait, which gives the citrus a base to rest on. Customer reviews on the brand's page describe it as deliciously fresh, figgy and citrusy, lingering all day, and one wearer calls it the scent of summer. Another says it is always noticed and admired. The house lists it under both its fragrances for her and for him. The thyme is the point of difference: it separates this from a plain citrus-and-fig scent and gives a crisp, slightly peppery green edge that keeps the fruit defined. It is most natural in spring and summer, works as a clear-headed morning scent, and has enough fig and amber to carry into a mild evening.