I decided to wear Sorce’s Serpentine perfume oil today. I bought an oil sample from Ajevie since Sorce’s website only sells samples in EDP format and I prefer oils. This scent does not seem nearly as popular as their others but I love figs and cardamom. I also like Iso E Super in things but I don’t think I can really pick it out. I think some people find it to be a pencil like or wood like smell that stands out to them so some people want to avoid it. 

Notes: Ripe figs, fig leaf, cardamom, caramelized honey, vanilla, Peru balsam, Cedar, Iso E Super

This is a delicious, syrupy, fig with cardamom. It smells incredible. The figs are realistic and super ripe and the cardamom is blended so well. I feel like cardamom can have a tendency to come through too much and this is the perfect amount. I don’t get any green from the figs but I think it works out just fine. I also think some figs get too much coconut blended into them from a lot of perfume houses and I appreciate that I don’t get that from this fig.  The fruitiness of the fig is perfectly supported by the caramelized honey, cardamom, and Peru balsam to add a candied aspect and sophistication. This perfume would be sparkly brown-purple if it was a color. The scent reminds me a bit of cola because it is syrupy and spiced. I have heard that oils can bring out different notes versus the spray so I wonder if the spray has more green and woody notes. I can’t really pick up cedar in this. Overall, this reads as fruity and spiced to me, and I would see this as more of a feminine-coded perfume. 

This perfume lasted all day for me and remained at a good strength so I could get a few whiffs through the day. I have been using my sample more recently so I have decided to get a 5 ml rollerball from their site.