"In the heat of a Greek Summer, 'to get to the sea,' recalls Yves, 'you had to walk through a natural orchard of wild fig trees.' Returning from Paris, Desmond brought back a few leaves of these trees in a little box. Years later, the leaves had lost none of their fragrance. Philosykos, which in greek means 'freind of the fig tree,' is an ode to the entire tree: the green, pungent freshness of the leaves, the wood warmed in the sun, the milky flavour of the fruit." - Diptyque
Well now, i don't think i could have summed it up better myself! I finally gave into my wish list craving and bought the Philosykos perfume. After being religiously only given perfume on my birthdays and at christmas time, i'd never really felt the need to buy my own or delve into other brands of perfume to find a scent that really suited me. I've always been quite particular about scent, not liking smells that are too sickly sweet and fake smelling and preferring something more woody and spicy or something light and florally. Which is why i was presently suprised when i fell in love with a perfume thats described as being fruity! Philosykos is unlike anything i've ever smelled and is so distinctive that you know it couldn't possibly be another fragrance you could buy in boots and i can completely understand why this is Diptyques best selling scent. I smelt it on a whim in SpaceNk after reading a post on fig scented perfumes and body products on Lily's blog What I Heart Today. I sprayed it on my wrist and the whole way home i could not stop sniffing it and i knew it had to make its way into my limited perfume collection. This is my second fragrance from Diptyque (my first is "Do Son") and i absolutely love how original they are and how you can personalise fragrances by mixing and matching to blend scents. To be brutally honest i don't think i'd buy perfume from anyone else anymore, i think they are that good. I've recently been subconsciously buying fig scented products i love the scent that much! & Other Stories have a range of body products that very similar scent to Philosykos which i recently stocked up on when i went down to London for my final second year lecture!
Have you tried any fragrances from Diptyque? Which is your favourite?
