I am trying the other fig scented perfume in the set of fall/fig themed oil perfumes from TJ Maxx. You can read the previous review, which is of White Fig, here. This perfume is supposed to be similar to Noyz’s Shitty Day. I do not know this brand or perfume. This is one of 3 10 ml bottles in the set. The last bottle in the set is just a vanilla with no fig and supposed to be similar to Nest Madagascar Vanilla. I am not super interested in vanilla so I will probably not even end up trying that one.

Top Notes: Blackcurrant, Black Pepper, Lemon
Middle Notes: Fig, Violet, Powdery notes, Green Leaves, Lavender
Base Notes: Cedarwood, Amber, Musk, Fig tree

I have confirmed that the box I have has different notes than this, so here they are: lemon, fig, violet, lavender, cedarwood & amber.

Also, the ingredients listed on the box include Iso E Super which is not included on the site. That ingredient is definitely prominent in this! I also realized here that these aren’t really oil perfumes since the carrier isn’t oil, its DPG. Oops. Since it feels like an oil perfume and goes on like one, I will still tag it as such on my blog.

This has such a prominent papery smell. It smells JUST like when you would read a magazine and get a sample of perfume sprayed into the crease of a page and you would pry open the glue to open the page and smell it. Thinking back, that was truly a wild idea and I have no idea how those were supposed to even keep the smell around without it dissipating in transit. They always had a very generic department store smell plus I feel like the glue and magazine paper had a smell itself. I smelled this magazine + generic perfume smell ALL day. It didn’t really evolve or change over time. I tried to apply a bit more today so I did like 4 drops on my neck and I think that was a good amount. I believe the Iso E Super gave this woody papery smell since I don’t even see any actual cedarwood listed in the ingredients and since it is an essential oil/potential allergen, I think it would have to be listed. I wonder if this is the wood shavings/pencil smell people get from Glossier. I don’t get any blackcurrants, or lemon, or lavender. If I smell the perfume directly, I could maybe get a hint of a dusty fig from this but mostly, it is magazine paper and y2k perfume so I would categorize this as just a very woody fragrance. Overall, I don’t think I like this but its not terrible. It is androgynous and maybe even a bit cologne-like in nature.