Description
The name of the new fragrance comes from the Provençal word “to court” or “to flirt,” indicative of the concept of using local ingredients in the formula, such as clary sage and a special “jasmine marmalade” accord recalling a delicacy that perfumer Dora Bagdriche-Arnaud consumed locally. The fragrance also uses such Mediterranean-evocative notes as fig, mastic, pine needles and oak notes.
The promotion will include images of dancer Gudrun Ghesquière, shot by American photographer Michael James O’Brien. Launch is scheduled for April 2013 and the concentration of Caligna will be an Eau de Parfum, available in 100 ml flacons. The nose behind this fragrance is Dora Baghriche.
rgc102JeomiWogkig – :
This is hands-down the best blind buy I’ve ever made, I only regret not ordering another bottle for backup. WOW. This is a rare concoction IMHO, a gem. Not only because it’s beautifully formulated (I get clary sage and jasmine marmalade, absolutely, but also hints of tea, white pepper and bergamot?), but mainly because it is a masterful, acrobatic balance between opposites. It’s both fresh and warm, uber chic and sexy, both smooth and piquant. How can something so discreet be so powerful? This juice elates and grounds you at the same time. It evokes the French campagne perfectly but is also skin-like. This is not Philosykos for me (as other reviewers mention), another old favourite of mine. I understand how comparisons would arise but this is an entirely different beast altogether. It is a lot richer and deeper but equally fresh, another contradiction. Very satisfying longevity and sillage. How to describe it in one word without overselling it? Masterpiece. Sorry, can’t help myself.
EDIT: I know this is borderline sacrilege, but (when no one’s looking) I spray this on top of MFK’s Baccarat Rouge 540. They are meant for each other, I swear. They play off each other’s notes and solidify into a multi-layered accord that lasts and lasts and lasts. Heaven.
сowboy120 – :
~LIKE~
I have a sample of Caligna. I love fig but Caligna is too earthy for me. It’s a little too green and watery without any sweetness. The pine and clary sage just do not work on me. It’s fresh but not the kind of fresh I like.
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EDIT
I’m sampling this one again today on a warmer day and I’ve changed my mind. I like it more than the first couple of times I sampled it. Today Caligna smells similar to my beloved Philosykos, so I guess the heat brings more fig/freshness and less earth.
steateboisago – :
Unisex, bright lemony fresh fragrance. This is the best,most natural, and one of the brightest citruses I have ever smelled
I do not find this particular fruity or having a lot of figs. I get the smell of banana peel or the essence of fruit and the muskyness of figs. It is unique,quality, something with understated complexity, like serge lutens froide has.
I think this is a brighter and more tropical kumkwat wood, where this manages to be full or rounded without oiliness,sweetness, resins, or woodyness somehow. That is a magic act if I ever smelled one
I recommend this over bergamote 22 and I get 5 or 6 hours with good to fair projection.It really lingers on clothes too
A masterpiece !!!
nikiBra – :
Sweet Fruity fig with musk in the drydown . I get 10 hours longevity on neck . Solid fig scent . Season spring
EDDIE – :
I bought this based on the top notes because I love fresh, green natural scents, and this is certainly that. The sage is prominent, I think, and projects the scents of a walk in the woods. Sage is everywhere where I hike and is lovely. I do also perceive strong fig from this one as well, but I do not perceive any jasmine or rose. I do think that I would reach for this if I need to surround myself with nature but can’t get there, but I don’t think I would use this when in my business suit dealing with clients. It seems to be just a faded skin scent after a couple of hours.
plyxin – :
I wore this for a week straight by necessity–I had been traveling and decided to limit my luggage as much as possible. In the New Orleans spring, Caligna blossomed. The freshness of the clary sage, combined with the succulent, almost fleshy sweetness of figs, beckoned the promise of warm days under the sun. I felt confident, grown, and entirely natural. A very successful blind buy.
visotskiy.roman – :
I have always been fan of sage smells, so I was kind of hyped to get my nose on Caligna as I haven’t really found that many scents that has prominent clary sage note. The fragrance starts with strong and sweet clary sage that has this nice dark green herbaceous feel to it, though I always start to look if there is some anise as it reminds me of it, but no anise in Caligna.
When drydown comes the clary sage still dominates the whole scent, there is just slightest hint of some woods and bit of something ambery. I wanted sage scent and I got it, but I’m not really that in to it, guess I don’t know what I really want now do I?
For longevity and sillage I’d say Caligna is average, meaning I get wafts every now and then without trying to smell it and it lasts most of the day on me so that’s perfectly fine for me. Scent feels like it would work the best on either autumns or springs and more on casual side than formal I guess.
I wonder if I just needed something along the clary sage to make it something that I really wanted to wear, as I still like the scent but I just feel no pull towards it, even if everything seems to point that I would love it, but it just feels ok. For clary sage lovers this would likely be something to look at, maybe you would find other facets to support its main note and not to just run over pretty much everything else in the composition.
alekseika – :
I’ve seen Caligna described as a fig scent for people who don’t particularly like fig scents, and I can see why, although as a bonafide fig lover, I adore it too.
Personally, I’d bathe in fig scents if I could – I love everything from the sharp green scent of the leaves and branches of the tree, over the earthy fruitiness of the real fruits, to heavily sweet interpretations of fig nectar. But I can understand how any of those can easily seem “too much” for those less in love with this note, and Caligna does seem like a great option for them.
It’s definitely still a fig scent – really, the fig is as juicy, sweet and delicious as any I’ve smelled. But it’s quite subtle: there’s no sharpness here at all, and no heaviness: the fig is balanced wonderfully by the softer, herbal sweetness of sage and pine. Very natural, and so uplifting! A clear summer scent, but just as lovely now, in the darkest days of winter – reminds me that there’s better days ahead.
karpenco – :
This is really nice. You get a really nice fig note somewhat reminiscent of Atelier’s Vetiver Fatal, but I actually like this one better. This one seems more natural and smoother.
The dry down has a very clean vibe to it that lingers all day. All in all I am very pleased with my purchase and would rate this a strong 9/10.
Manjak – :
Pleasantly herbal with a brief bit of sage, then a quick musky dry down. This seems like a tourist perfume, something that you discover in a little shop in Italy that sums up at that moment your experiences and you purchase it hoping to carry away a bit of holiday. It’s nice and pleasant and good for the heat, clean smelling without going into lavender territory though to my nose it smelled like a subdued lavender, but that was the sage. Not my favorite from the house but won’t offend. Fresh with white musk dry down.
aleksei-5891 – :
I disagree with the previous poster. Sure, it’s just an average pleasant scent, but it lasts crazy long on me. 24 hours at the minimum. It powers through a night’s sleep and a searing hot 15 minute morning shower, and still manages to radiate like I had just sprayed it on. Nothing else I own can do that. Not even Pure Malt.
966 – :
I used up a decant of this on a scorchio mini break in Edinburgh and it fit the bill perfectly.
It’s very light so it feels good spraying all over in the heat very refreshing. I’m not mad on fig usually but I did enjoy wearing it as a change, it clicked for those couple of days. Not sure I’d go for a full bottle but if you like fig this is a good one, not super lasting be prepared to respray respray!
npopov_63 – :
Smells like ancient mediterranean romantic story. Very elegant, decent and sexy sage+fig composition which lasts just for an hour and disappears as if never existed. I prefer to overspray my wrists while very busy focussed computer hour with the headphones on.
Music: Maurice Ravel. Daphnis et Chloe.
Book: Robert Harris. Pompeii
Movie: Ridley Scott. The Gladiator
Painting: Botticelli. Youth of Moses
gera.pol – :
When middle aged Brits see ‘K’ and ‘9’ in close proximity we just think of a rubbish metal dog robot with vacuous space inside from ‘Doctor Who’.
Just saying.
Whilst we’re dissecting language intimations, n’that.
ccciiijjjqqq – :
More fig from Artisan. Very nice and fresh without being wispy and feeble.
12345ee – :
I blind bought this beauty and it is rocking. my. world. If you love breezy, green, natural, and sweet smells this one is one of the best that I’ve tried.
The fig here is prominent but is comes off gentle. The scent is sweet and closer to skin. I agree with commenters that I get more leaf than fruit.
But wow, what a beauty. I am in love.
omen89 – :
This green fragrant is great for the hot weather. I love the wood and the slighty flower note.
ysb599elipseskism – :
To me this is Philosykos Diptyque – very nice!
Xeroxywuxi – :
To Kl99: Seriously? Who cares what it means on Italian or associated with it? Caligna – Its just a Goddess of Dreams. Great perfume. Fresh, woody and dreamy…
Safer – :
This is a light, refreshing green floral. Zesty, even without any citrus. It’s a fascinating composition; I actually like clary sage (it’s a widely used essential oil, prized for its healing properties) but would never have imagined that it could be used in a perfume. The opening has an almost cologne-like quality, but complex, with hints of spices and something slightly soapy/shampoo-y. A good light but interesting fragrance for warmer weather.
T6i6m6u6r – :
I’m not a fig lover, at least not on my skin, but this fragrance does a great job in keeping the fig pulp really subdued, hidden inside envigorating swirls of sage and leaves. The green elements possess a slight citrusy vibe that may be reminiscent of a traditional French cologne, but then, flowers and a touch of amber provide a nice substantial density that definitely say “perfume”.
Great on a woman, equally interesting (challenging, I’d say) on a man graced with all the charms of a Troubadour.
Helena-ana – :
Well I can’t say if in Italy that perfume has never been a best-seller, but I don’t think so. Cause of the name.
In italian it has bad sound. We could have word jokes about like:
Caligna la Cagna Maligna. (trans.: Caligna the evil bitch)
Cagna is the female of the dog (m.:cane; f.:cagna)
Maligna is Malignant/malicious.
Than Caligna in italian immediately recalls two not nice things.
Do more search before to choice a name would be better.
The fragrance is nice. Fizzy, acid, pungent, became warmer step by step.
Margokv – :
Blind buy based on the beautiful reviews and on the pyramid because patchouli is not listed and on my skin this note is at first pleasant and seductive but after a while it becomes so boring and overpowering that I need to wash it off.
I own many fragrances by l’AP but I never tested something by Dora Baghriche-Arnaud. Wow Caligna is wonderful! Simply wonderful! It’s a painting of summer without heavy colours, storm or dramatic aspects. A sunny day when the whether is warm but non deeply hot. The fields are touched by a soft air that brings me the smell of figs, flowers, dry grass and aromatic herbs. I ear the chirring of the cicadas and I’m so relaxed and serene. Everything seems to last forever perfectly calm and slow. Nowadays my mood is not good. Often I feel worried, anxious and sad and my future seems so hazy. Caligna hits my heart. I’m not so sensitive about fragrances even if I’m always looking for emotions testing a scent. Caligna is a delicate painting of good days. I’m Italian (sorry for my bad english)and I love so much a little special country named “Oltrepò Pavese”. Caligna is Oltrepò Pavese at the end of the summer during a sunny, lazy and happy journey. Touching and poetic! A little gem! Great job Mrs Dora!
awailanguag – :
For those who love the summer fragrance , intense, penetrating of the fig with hints of herbs and plants of the Mediterranean is a perfume absolutely to consider.
Good longevity.
qwertin – :
I have made thia my signiture fragrance, and #1 L’Artisan.
Exquisitly natural fig, fresh, warm, supreemly relaxing and enjoyable.
I never have to look for another fig fragrance, it cant get any better than this one.
I’v purchased 3 other fig fragrances after getting Caligna; Ninfeo Mio, Jardin Mediterranee, and ADP’s Fico di Amalfi. Caligna is by far the best of the fig frags I have, although all of them are great and different.
Caligna seems to focus on the sweet milky fig fruit, no sweetness added, just naturally sweet like a ripe fig.
The Clary sage, lentiscus resin and pine seamlessly make an accord with the fig, somehow highlighting or accentuating the fig. So all these beutifull quality notes are working in this fragrance, yet it feels so simple and well blended.
The first weeks of wearing this I just felt it’s a luscious fig fruit scent and not much more jumps out at you.
Then as I got to know it better, I’m picking up on the nuances of the other notes and appreciating all they add, making this a great fragrance. It’s the most luxurious fragrance I know that’s based on a fruit note.
Rating 10/10
God bless you. John 3:16
AlexRaven – :
Bought as a blind buy. I generally enjoy fig scents but they don’t do much with my chemistry. It smells like rotting grapefruit peels on my skin – I’m assuming that is the sage & another note doing something funky together. Not for me.
ANTSLON – :
This is an amazing fragrance, mostly because the base is my favorite where typically its the top. To my nose, the following notes predominate:
Top Notes: Fig Fruit
Middle: Sage (?)
Base: Hay, grass,
The fig comes on strong but bows out quickly giving way to a pulpy weediness in the mid that I find very off putting (I suppose its the sage). What ever it is, it sticks around longer than the fig (which is unfortunate) but, if I keep with it, the reward comes in the form of the base.
Overall, this is sunny and bright, it brings to mind a summer walk in the meadow, with the scent of varying types of plants heavy in the air.
Longevity is in the 8-10 hour range.
Nirewol – :
I bought this blind for a very good price from TK Maxx. My phone died just as I loaded this page. It’s a jasmine scent for grown-ups. It mellows down to an unexpected woodiness after the first floral hit. I love it. I spray extra on myself just to relish in it – which is rare for me as I don’t like feeling overpowered by fragrance. It’s 2:30am and I’m chilling with my friends at a grown up slumber party. I’m drinking a gin cocktail and this goes wonderfully with it. I put on more just so I smell it when I sleep. I sprayed it on my friends and they love it. Yay.
pionchyk – :
lasts forever. 12 hours + on me.
it is herbal. sage, mint, pine needles. and a very distinct fig for several hours.
for me there is dry down of herbal violets and jasmine.
it smells like a L’Artisan bottle lid feels like to hold. cool, smooth and heavy.
it can fill a big room. and the rooms smells nice.
or in my case, last night at bedtime meant the entire flat smells of clary sageyness this morning.
lovely.
but each time i wear it, i can’t decide whether i enjoy wearing it, or whether i just enjoy what it smells like…if that makes sense.
this is a calming smell.
like a massive hug in warm sunshine.
gufich45 – :
It smells like the end of summer turning into fall. A hot and dusty day when the hay is turning yellow and the heat is dry, when the herbs in the garden still have freshness but the flowers are past their prime. Herbal bittersweet delicate beauty, this is not perfume. It is a scent, very poetic and evocative, a little melancholic .
I believe it is asexuate , not even unisex, as that would be something to be worn by men and women…. This is more of an scent for your surroundings than for yourself . I can’t define exactly specific notes, except myrhhe , hay and sage, Very well blended, it has nothing vulgar , fashionable , sexy or even elegant. It’s the quintessence of calmness .
Silage is minimal and lasting power far from good , unless sprayed generously on clothes when it lasts a long time. But overall it is beautiful in its nature and unique as a piece of well written poetry or a watercolour painting.
Sesser777 – :
I have a 5ml mini bottle of this as a part of a coffret/case of 6x 5ml. A try out with 6 different scents from L’artisan. Mint note no doubts followed by mandarin leaf, it could be also thee. I can’t smell the other notes as fig or roses. It is soft, semi sweet and as the most of L’artisans a skinscent fragance. It is indeed a nice scent, perfect for office and also for a casual day wear. Right now I keep getting a fresh waft of… tooth paste. I know it sounds crazy but it reminds me fresh cleaned teeth. In a good way as it smells clean and it brings a forrest air. Would I buy a FB of this? Not at this moment, but i must say it is not bad at all. Maybe a few more tests.
I would like to add a comment. L’artisan scents are totally different from anything else I smelled before. From a lot of brands I can get headache but not from L’Artisan. It smells just so natural, so clean.
alexisfresk – :
Coalinga is a lovely scent, but on my skin it turns to a sort of lotion smell that isn’t to my liking.
Would be nice on a scented sachet for the closet or a drawer.
Wouldn’t call this a safe blind buy, unless going for a decent first. 🙂
click74 – :
I absolutely love this little gem but what I can’t get over that it has no mint note in the list and I can’t believe that no one has connected this smell with Paul Smith London for men which is one of my all time favourite frags but for some reason they seem to have stopped making 100ml bottles of it wether this is just a supplier problem in my area I’m not sure but I can only find 30ml bottles which they are asking silly prices for so I am so glad to have found caligna as it smells very similar to Paul Smith the only difference for me is ps is more frosty mint where as caligna is a smoother mint almost like wrigleys double mint gum but in a very appealing way so all in all 9 out of 10 for caligna on all fronts
hameyka – :
It snows outside. And I got my 5 ml mini of Caligna..
It reminds me of rays of sunshine waking me up on a Sunday morning during the summer. The blue sky above and fresh air inviting you to start the day and make the most of it, instead of laying in bed.
Gorgeous, uplifting, sunny.
bulat199701 – :
Clary sage is one of my favourite pure essential oils. I love to place a few drops on my pillow to invoke lucid dreams. The clary sage in Caligna is most definitely natural and of the highest quality. I love this scent so very much. As a perfume it is extremely light, and like others have mentioned, it sits very close to the skin. That is how I like my scents.
Whomever is lucky enough to greet you with a warm embrace could be in for a beautiful journey. They will be instantly transported to somewhere, elsewhere. A place that is comfortingly familiar like a long forgotten memory; a dream within a dream.
Never before have I found clary sage so well presented or complimented (by the inspired addition of the jasmine marmalade accord). Caligna is a quiet masterpiece. This perfume could almost belong to the Jardin series by Hermes, particularly Jardin Monsieur Li. It is soft, light, minimalistic, exquisitely executed and utterly beautiful. I would say that although unisex, this leans slightly towards the feminine side but that does not concern me personally.
Edit: I have already grown so fond of this that I’ve bought a back-up bottle. I know once Spring is here again that Caligna will be my favourite fragrance to wear when the sun is peeping through the branches of trees that are clothed with new life. One of my very favourite L’Artisan’s.
Edit 2: oops. Two back up bottles now. I’ve gotten in a habit of substituting putting real clary sage oil on my pillow with spraying Caligna on my pillow instead. Sweet dreams are made of this.
madstaff – :
Lovely fresh herbal woody scent. I smell sage, fig, pine, wood and mandarine leaves the whole time and maybe just a little hint of rose somewhere deep in the composition. I get no fruit and no other flowers. No sweetness whatsoever also. The sillage is skin and its very neighbourhood, longevity maybe 2-3 hours. Very natural, easy to wear in summer and spring. Definitely unisex.
зотов виктор – :
It’s a natural scent. The most natural perfumes I’ve ever smelled so far belong to l’artisant parfumeur line. It’s a green herbal clary sage cloud with an accent put on young milky and not rape green figs. Resembles to a clary sage medicinal decoction used for prevention of some health problems.
Resinous basis (mastic) is quite strong in the very opening and hopefully then gets down and melts with airy jasmine. This resinous basis accompanies other notes all long and quite detectable at every stage including dry down. I think it adds an unisex caracter to this fragrance. Quite a good mixture of ingredients but not so long lasting. Lasts all the day with 5-6 sprays. Pleasant and quiet perfect for summer hot days.
innaore – :
I thought it was very light, but leaning toward the masculine rather than the feminine side. It seems I don’t know what fig smells like, because I smelled woods with something fruity-acidic (thought it was citrus – I guess NOT). In the dry-down, it has gotten creamy. I thought it was good, but nothing to write home about – would like to try again.
EDIT: I did try again, and I like it quite a lot now! It’s a different kind of fig, not the milky, sweet, honey-like kind. I like it better than Timbuktu and this time, I actually thought it was indeed unisex.
Max2106_83 – :
I grow clary sage and its very potent stuff. In aromatherapy it is used to cheer up your mood. I can easily identify it here. Just a smidgen to beautifully enhance the fig and rose. It is a pretty and fresh fragrance that would be perfect on a warm day.
helikopter – :
I am literally on the fence leaning towards a buy for Caligna. I had a small random sample from LuckyScent and hadn’t really given this much attention.
Over the last week, I’ve played with this scent and the fact that I don’t just scrunch up my nose and dismiss it tells me something…
It is a clean, woody, green scent that goes down the same road as Bvlgari au The Blanc, Voyage d’Hermes and EA Green Tea….
So far, it works wonderfully on cool, rainy days!
mgd817intitytek – :
I love Caligna, I especially like the way it lends itself to be worn in hot and cold weather. Its like a cold forest, green with a “frosted” flower/fig sweetness. It makes me feel like a benevolent ice queen..LOL
In hot weather the sweet fig and sage are more prominent and aromatic.
Exiniakat – :
Mint, Peach Tea dreams on a warm summer day, in the woods. This to me is the most beautiful of fragrances. It’s everything I want Keiko Mecheris’ Peau de Peche to be, but just quite isn’t. So, here’s my little secret to making this THE hands down, most perfect fragrance that I’ve been searching for all my life. I won’t tell anyone but you, Fragranticans, and only because I know I can trust you and that you’ll appreciate it and not tell a soul…one spritz Caligna, two spritz Philosophies Fresh Cream. Minty, woody, sugared peachy goodness, AND you smell real real expensive and mysterious yet totally transparent and mesmerizing…and all that good stuff you expect from your perfume. Hey it ain’t cheap to smell like a goddess, but at least you can buy ethereal beauty in a couple bottles of juice and become the girl (or guy) of your own dreams.
mikamid – :
Caligna is an earthy, herbal ,musky, woody scent which is enough to refresh you in warm months but cosy enough to be worn during winter. Fig gives a thick, creamy and fruity quality while herbs such as clary sage add a wildness in the woody drydown. On me it’s a skin scent that melts beautifully with my chemistry. A well balanced skin scent. Lasting power is quite good with a soft sillage that wraps the skin.
саботажник007 – :
I don’t like it for *ME* but I do like it a lot. I’ve always said that L’Artisan makes grown-up fragrances for big boys and girls and leaves the childish stuff for others.
Caligna reminds me of herbal (by not minty) breath-freshening gum. I’m not sure if those from America would be familiar with it, older generations, maybe. The clary-sage + mastic + pine combo is mind-blowing. I feel like I’m walking through a wet pine forest after a light summer rain every time I close my eyes.
The fig and jasmine give this a sweet twist, but don’t skew too feminine. Caligna is most definitely unisex.I am not familiar with Dora Baghriche-Arnaud’s other works but she has definitely got that L’Artisan signature down: High quality + an olfactory journey + something unexpected yet enchanting. I hope they allow her try her hands on more perfumes soon. I’m totally impressed by this.
If I ever go through another “Bonding with mother nature while smelling fabulous” phase, this one will definitely be in my arsenal. I can’t stop smelling my hand and it’s hard to type!
Try before you buy because to me this is one of those ‘I love it but where do I wear it?’s..
spoorosnile – :
Creamy milky fig, a little like Premier Figuier without the green. Very delicate and sweet, pretty, also more mossy than Figuier. The amber and florals are very restrained, this is a well-mannered scent; unusual, maybe slightly herbal, but not bitter. I like it for the creaminess and the delicacy of the composition. A win. 🙂
balda – :
Even though I typically d not like pine or oak in my perfumes, I was taken by how smooth and creamy the opening was in this one – almost a whisper. A delicate beginning, unravelling into a graceful composition which made me feel so warm and peaceful. I would love to by the EDP. In general, so far I have fallen in love with every L’Artisan Parfumeur fragrance I have tried, and I do not give out compliments lightly…
iraleha2011 – :
In short: figgy green-jasmine tea.
More a cologne than an eau de parfum, office-appropriate, fresh and pretty.
dima12081974 – :
Sweet fruit backed up by herbs and a rich pine. Fruity and fresh but still warm — a bit spicy too. The florals are light and not overpowering. Would be great for work or casual wear. Great for anytime, lasts four hours.
Geimer295 – :
Beautiful herbs like juniper and sage, crushed pine needles, fragrant woods, and sweet yellow mimosa. Such an uplifting and happy scent. It somehow took me back in memory of time spent with family on a summer vacation in Big Bear. We went for a hike in the mountains. The evergreens were lovely, and the air and dirt were dry. There were lots of wildflowers. This perfume is delicate like the columbines, bouncing on the air, and the sun was shining brightly. Great memories, great perfume.
mainben – :
Opens with creamy fig, jasmine and fresh fir. Then the ambroxan kicks in and the scent becomes more pungent and sour and starts to smell of tar and motor oil. Doesn’t work with my skin chemistry, what a shame! It does smell lovely in the tester vial, creamy and herbal, as long as it doesn’t touch my skin..
stepan070793 – :
Woah, am I sniffing the right sample? It smells a lot like Bois Farine on me, which seems to make no sense. It is a professionally labeled sample so I’m assuming it’s correct.
(From memory now) this was very very interesting, not at all what I was expecting! It had an almost creamy, sweet vibe to it. I was expecting sharp pine and mastica (which also smells like pinesol) so I surprised at how much sweetness I got up front. It did not strike me as masculine at all as I was expecting.
Hm will report back after a solo wearing… had something else on up top and this on my leg a l’addict.
ETA————–
creamy sweet jasmine and the most delectable feminine pine sap smell imaginable. Very enticing. A touch of the inviting, delicate herbal green I associate with myrtle too, must be the clary sage? Very very good. Really enjoying my small sample and may seek a decant. Mostly creamy soft and slightly herbal, I dig everything about it so far EXCEPT the sillage (very soft, but this is again just dabbed from a 1ml sample).
maks30rus – :
I don’t know what to think about Caligna, because on me it smells exquisite and poor at the same time. The poor part is what makes me think of a overused violet accord which is a standard in masculines fragrance. Maybe i notice more evident because i hate this aroma so much that even few amounts made me feel uncomfortable. It’s a noise that i would remove to appreciate best the aromatic aura of this fragrance, which is the exquisite part to me, a good combination of something like green flowers, fruits, and something leafy and with a cool aspect too. Something on it makes me think of Absolue Pour Le Matin, which i love, like a more aromatic version of Pour Le Matin. If i could remove the violet this one would be perfect to me.
KratosBoss – :
Caligna is a wonderful scent for summer and spring. It´s very optimistic, light, aromatic and sensual. It forces you to smile 🙂 The most I smell fig with clary sage and hint of citruses. If only price would be lower I would immediately buy it!
Koeinf – :
Another super aromatic composition, L’Artisan Parfumeur Caligna strikes me immediately upon application as a walk through a fragrant forest. Which is strange, because other reviewers seem to be detecting more fruit than foliage, above all, fig. This makes me wonder, frankly, whether we are actually smelling the same perfume, because to my nose this is about as far from fruity-floral (as one reviewer described it) as a perfume could possibly be! If there is fig here, it is wood and leaf, not ripe fruit, it seems to me. The feeling is clean and refreshing, and green but not sharp. Fir tree pretty much sums it up, and, as a matter of fact, is listed among the notes, at least according to some sources.
Clary sage is apparently the intended star of this show, and “Jasmine jam” from Grasse is also supposed to be an important component, but to me the fir is much more marked. Perhaps I am sensitive to evergreen trees having grown up close to the Rocky Mountains, so that whenever there is the tiniest waft I focus on that? Possibly. In any case, to me, Caligna fits right in with the forest green perfumes which I’ve tried in the past. I won’t seek this out, but I like it and might end up with a bottle eventually. On ne sait jamais…
This comparison won’t be very helpful to most, but there is some overlap with Le Labo Belle du Soir, one of the limited edition Anthropologie releases from a couple of years back which has always struck me as at least unisex and possibly more masculine than feminine. Keyword, again: forest.
skempil – :
…a really blah fruity floral. Some tropical sweetness and a bit creamy jasmin. There’s nothing exiting going on here, no sillage and it’s all gone much too fast to be in this pricerange.
Is this the same perfumehouse that produces Dzing!…?
all152 – :
Bah! Nice opening, a bit of fig and madarine leaf. Where are the floral notes? Very fleeting. The clary sage, pine, and oak are fleeting too, notes which if they had hung on, would make this more interesting. But all I’m left with in the dry down is a smell EXACTLY like Versace Woman.
Anaerlycrelty – :
Amyris pour homme by Francis had a baby with Santal 33 by Le Labo.
Nikeback – :
I have quickly finished a small sample of this. At first I thought “Oh, a fruity floral. It’s very pleasant”, but then I gave it a little time and I fell in love! My favourite part is the dry-down. Picture a stoney mountain path, baking sun, dry earth, a white-hot sky, aromatic herbs crushed underfoot as you climb the hill, dust in your throat, inhaling the fragrance of the parched herbs, sea shimmering in the distance. I don’t get spring though – it’s high summer for me (mind you I do live in Scotland )!
Highly evocative. I love it! Busy saving up for a full bottle.
sjyyufjmaqf – :
This new perfume for spring 2013 is a part of the new Grasse Collection along with two equally new scented candles, Le Printemps and L’Eté. (L’Eté, “summer”, was my favorite!) The inspiration for Caligna was to capture the essence, indeed the feelings and smells of the beautiful countryside around the village of Grasse, the very birthpla