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Dockessegenueopc – :
Profumum’s Ichnusa marks the celebrated house’s try at a green fig scent, something I’ve only experienced in D.S. & Durga’s Debaser.
Fig remains a challenging note for me to enjoy, so I try to be especially patient with it, and Ichnusa does a nice job with it, the best that I can tell.
As with most of Profumum’s offerings, Ichnusa is fresh and smooth, conjuring a natural-smelling blend of aromas rather than something that is clearly meant to conjure fantasy. I don’t detect any specific notes apart from a general fresh greenness accompanying the fig.
Ichnusa, like most of Profumum’s even warm weather offerings, performs well, as well, especially with respect to longevity. It’s not likely one I’d buy but I’m pleased with it.
7 out of 10
nikita48 – :
This is the green scent to end all green scents. I’m almost angry that I had to wade through seemingly endless puddles of mediocre soap waters before I reached this one.
Unlike with other reviewers below, this fig does actually turn a bit sweetly milky on me but it provides a gentle creaminess, a quiet countermelody to the composition’s sharper, bolder plant notes. I sense quite a bit of grass and myrtle and a touch of hay. While this has a familiar greenness that is available in other perfumes, it’s arranged by a more expert hand. This never enters shampoo territory and would make an excellent summer scent (or a sunny pick-me-up in the colder months).
Seepttahded – :
My first real fig fragrance, and what a knockout. This is great, geen and pleasant and fresh. Good for warm weather, day or night. If you want to smell fresh, this is it. Noy a sexy fragrance so maybe not on adate night. Another great one from this excellent house.
Irelle – :
Green , Fresh, Lovely fig they say…
Mission accomplished, well…
I got some help, but I am so happy !
By my local lake there is a lot of pines and when going to this lovely beach in summer, sun is heating the fallen pine needles from last year and make a delicious smell !
I’ve talked with several parfumistas in many Years to find this awesome smell in a scent. The great and certainly intense and skilled on his duty parfumeexpert at NK perfume Stockholm, just picked this one for me on an instant,
when telling him my cravings.
He told me pine doesn’t smell by itself and to get close, you have to go for fig – leaves and fruit. Now this Profumo has more of a cool wind coming over the lake pine, but together on my hot skin it’s the closest I’ve gotten so far! Thank you for finding it for me NK Parfym , Stockholm. I love it ❤
arcandDrorret – :
A fig scent so realistically green it’s like crushing fig leaves between your fingers and having the sap and juice run down your arms. It has an astringent quality to it, the kind that is present in unripe fruits and will leave a furry taste on your tongue and stick to the back of your throat. Ichnusa is simultaneously tactile and gustatory: an instant and complete botanical amalgamation with the Ficus Carica a la Daphne with the laurel. This makes all the other fig scents, from Phylosikos and Premier Figuier, to Ninfeo Mio and Ashoka, seem like mere custardy dessert with token garnishing of figs. If you’re tired of coconutty, creamy, lactonic fig fragrances and just want to have a handful of bruised greens in your face, Look no further. A totally underrated and undeservedly ignored fig masterpiece.
dj_martin93 – :
I’ve been on a fig bender lately and I have finally found the one. Most fig leaf perfumes have a lovely opening, but turn soapy after an hour or two on my skin. I love the coconut of Ninfeo Mio and Philosykos, but am lost in a sweet sea of bland vanilla soap smell all to quickly.
Ichnusa takes me right to a fig tree, somewhere with a salt breeze rustling the leaves. Fresh broken new growth green that stayed true for almost 4 hours before drifting quietly to a cozy, sun-warmed skin scent. Skin that got a touch too much sun, wind and saltwater.
I could easily picture this on a man. For me, I feel like Diana, tracking something quiet in a grecian wood.
wya860speagoessenda – :
Scent – fig leaf, fig tree & grass.
Season/Time of Day – I prefer to use this one in the warmer months, day or night.
Projection – I didn’t get noticed, I didn’t get a compliment.
Longevity – I get 8hrs consistently.
anefianquiz – :
Simply gorgeous.
Ichnusa and Philosykos are the best fig scent in the frag world, but while the first one is wild, greener, pure fig leaf and myrtle; the second one is more fruity and creamy, woody in the drydown, with a beautiful touch of fig leaf at the opening. IMO both of them are masterpieces.
JokerMay – :
You try one fig, you tried them all right? That was almost true till I discovered Ichnusa. It’s good to know Profumum didn’t go the Philosykos route like many others. Diptyques treasured jewel is the one to beat, so how does Ichnusa fare against the champ? Hugely fresh, packed with herbs with generous amounts of fig. This is already showing its serious side with complex greens and a light, natural texture that also brings out the wood. Not as safe and ubiquitous like most figs on the market, this lends its contrariant touch to be desired.
dreanei94 – :
This stuff is incredible – the greenest, freshest scent I have smelled so far. It’s beautiful.
I tried a few of the Roma range – not all were hits with me, I didn’t see what they were trying to achieve.
But this… this is going to be my “Amalfi” coast scent for sure. Fresh figs, green leaves, deep and luscious, longevity, happiness, sunshine, health, freedom and an ocean breeze tousling your hair…
It’s good, good juice…
10/10
Lubbedojerb – :
Oh my goodness this is delightful! I just sprayed it on my boyfriend and I LOVE IT on him so far! Very strongly green and herbal, sweet enough for my taste from the fig tones. It has something animalic in it (from the hay, maybe?) that I can’t place but I find it intoxicating. I get whiffs of it easily from a normal sitting distance beside him.
Mmmmm…. will definitely use up the whole sample! Longevity is yet to be determined.
2nd night spraying it on bf: can’t stay off him. Must. Nuzzle… ^^
Meanp599intitytek – :
I love fig scents, and probably own too many, but decided I had to buy this one as soon as I’d sampled it. Why? Because on my skin, it is an exploration of a completely different aspect of fig. My other fig fragrances are milky, coconutty, fruity, jammy, boozy, or slightly green, and I love them all for these different facets. I love Ichnusa precisely because it is not these things. To me, Ichnusa is deeply green, woody, dry, slightly bitter, and unsweetened. It is not a gentle, romantic fig. This is a young, unripened fig, along with its broad leaves, thick stems, and woody branches. It softens over time, but never loses its verdant aspect.
To me, this is an utterly unisex fragrance. I have yet to find another fragrance from this line that I like (and to be honest, some I find just awful), but Profumum did a masterful job with Ichnusa. If you like fig scents, you owe it to yourself to try a completely different side of this note. If you are a fan of green scents, you will likely love the interplay of fig leaf, grasses, and sharp green myrtle.
vadon1996 – :
All I smell from this is pine. It’s a nice pine scent, but not at all what I was expecting. Did I get the wrong sample? I don’t know how others could get suntan lotion or coconut. This is straight up, very realistic pine.
arshak69 – :
Best fig I have ever tried!
fresh bitter
very natural!
over many other fig scent,here there is not milky note.
don’t worth the price
sayat – :
Opens very green and herby almost bitter, and I sense in the background like a branch of a fig tree. Then it quickly evolves into a warmer rounder scent, still green and woody but from time to time I get little hints of coconut, or something like it that is like the milky sap of the fig tree. This is nice, and def unisex. I can live without it but would buy a bottle if money were no issue.
Upon trying again I don’t feel like this is me it’s just slightly too bitter/herbal.
Tarasikys – :
Seven hours later on a hot summer day and amazingly there’s still a trace of this glorious perfume on me! I was hoping that I’d be unable to find yet another composition by this house that I liked, but unfortunately I find myself falling deeply in love with Ichnusa! [sigh] I’m trying not to think about it… but it’s so evocative of cool, green, Mediterranean woods!
Update: bought a bottle, and I simply love wearing it- the atmosphere it creates is beyond compare to any other “green fig” out there, and is always eliciting compliments!
nikasi – :
This is basically a slam dunk for me. I LOVE fig, and myrtle is great too! This is about as green as green gets.
Alright, so it wanted to channel a wind-swept coast. Done. With craggy, gnarled tree trunks and sand blasted rocks as accessories. Love it!
Longevity is modest, But I don’t need much to get the effect that I long for. IN all, a great, earthy fragrance that keeps me coming back for more.
slavik092 – :
This smells like coconut on me, with maybe a hint of vetiver. It reminds me of suntan oil. I don’t like it much.
rene-25 – :
This smells like a cross between Diptyque’s Virgilio and Jo Malone’s Wild Fig and Cassis, and costs three times as much as either of them. Doesn’t last long on me.