SIRIUS

Top
Cardamom, fig, vanilla, pink pepper, elemi

Middle
Osmanthus, black tea

Base
Mysore sandalwood, tonka, vetiver, benzoin, olibanum

Fig scents are often either green, meaning the bright, bitter bite of the fresh flesh of the fruit, or the stewed, jammy fig sweet with cooked, sugary fruit. Both can be marvelous. 

In Sirius, we wanted to play up both facets of fig. At the top, an achingly beautiful cardamom from Guatemala, –somehow both sharp and smooth, bright and deep–is paired with  bitter, green elemi resin. Topnotes are defined, in part, by their fleeting impact. But here, cardamom and elemi open Sirius with a bright burst, but stay with the wearer through the drydown, past the green fig opening into the soft chai velvet it becomes.

If you like your fragrance to envelop you like an expensive cashmere sweater.