Ile Pourpre is a unisex chypre fruity fragrance that launched in 2016 and was created by Nadege Le Garlantezec. It embodies the mystery and enchantment of an unknown island. A solitary passion, an escape from reality, this scent is as rare as the fruits that grow on this island. The purplish juice that trickles from the island's trees is sought after across the Mediterranean for its deep, unfamiliar flavor. From this precious liquid, a rare perfume is extracted, a subtle alliance between the cool of the night and the sensuality of black fig. It features top notes of shiso, angelica seed, incense, Italian bergamot and ginger; middle notes of black fig, fenugreek, davana and iris; and base notes of cedar, patchouli, Cashmeran and Ambroxan. Ile Pourpre is an eau de parfum, edp.
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Fragrantica: Sweet, fruity, spicy anjelica opening morphing into green fig and patchouli. The base is creamy musk and lots of ambroxan. A fig scent for people who don’t usually like fig maybe? Unusual and addictive. Fades very quickly for an EDP so I’m not sure it’s worth the price tag. I do absolutely love it though, would probably still buy it.
Fragrantica: Love it, totally giving serious dinner party full of everything indulgent. Fancy place settings and eating with your hands. Gravitated to it for the fenugreek and stayed for fig ginger and shiso. Pungent but warm.
Fragrantica: This is surprising, and this juice is definitely sweetly addictive, I get the same smell firstly as the candy necklace, but it settle into something soft, sweet definitely tangy, I was drawn all day to my wrist in order to get a whiff. This one is strangely warm and fresh at the same time and the balance is beautifully done. I bought myself a bottle, and yup totally worth it, obviously sampling before hand is the key, but this is so unique and addictive, it’s a real love, like a love a first sniff. I’m not often awestruck to this extent by a perfume.
Fragrantica: One word: glögg (mulled wine). This is exactly what I get from it: dried fruits, slightly winey (not as in alcoholic, more like overripe fruits?) and slightly green as well. I found it beautiful but sadly, on my skin it's very short lived, like 1-2 hours projection then skin scent for another 2-3 hours. It's a shame because it's a very pretty scent. It's juicy yet green, earthy and tart. Medicinal, even. I find it very natural and comforting. Perfect scent for a cold rainy fall day. Definitely unisex. I see it as less of a wearable day scent for work, more as a centering, self-aromatherapy kind of deal. Either way, I dig it.
Fragrantica: The opening is beautiful and intoxicating with ginger, a dark fig accord and some tartness from the bergamot and shiso. Has a fruity character but very well grounded in a woody/patchouli chypreish base. Unique, elegant and restrained, unisex leaning masculine. It quickly dries into a captivating fig/ambroxan/patchouli base. Intriguing composition but rather short-lived.
Fragrantica: I was testing / browsing a long while back. I told the gentleman at the counter what notes I liked. I mentioned fig. It's like he read my mind. Literally the first fragrance he pulled out was this. My brows went up and I remember telling him it was so different, dark even. I stopped my search that day, at this first choice. It is perfectly blended. Nothing is overpowering anything else. The ginger is subtle, only enhancing. The fig is cold, almost metallic and juicy. There is also a very soft, earthy, woodiness. The fragrance as a whole is an ethereal and purple scent, like a Venusian elixir.
Fragrantica: This is a masterpiece. It's a spicy and warm fragrance that opens green with some ginger but then dries down with warm and creamy fig that's powdery with the slightest hint of sweetness. This fragrance is not for anyone who enjoys sweet gourmands. It's mature, dark and mysterious. It is intoxicating with an almost booziness but not a cloying one due to the powderiness.....its very dry. This fragrance lasts 10 hours on my skin and days on clothes if left. I can't stop smelling myself when I wear this. It can be worn during winter but also in the summertime. Best for evenings/nights.
Fragrantica: Ha! I'm really loving this one. It is a really great mix of a fresh green/botanical fragrance but also the sweet profile of some of the more modern women's perfumes of ginger/bergamot/sandalwood. It's like someone brought the two sides together here in a really intentional way. The onset spray is pleasant, sort of a green with a little ginger- but it doesn't stay that way long. That is when the sweetness steps up with the fig, whipped cream, and fenugreek which is sort of a maple-syrup smell if you've ever had it before. The cedar is its base and just brings it all together- the green elements and the sweet all coming together on the platform of cedar but it's not a 'woody' scent. Does remind me of the deep woods- but like at evening when things are damp/green/foggy. Its like what I imagine a really rich woman would wear to her expensive Adirondack cabin. It's rustic but sweet, mysterious but also natural. Very smooth regardless. Somewhat reminiscent of Yesterday Haze by IA but stronger on the cedar and more like an intentional perfume than a room scent. Also similar to Le Labo The Noir 29. I might buy this for the autumn.
Fragrantica: This is so gorgeous! That warming opening with ginger, Shiso and bergamot over the fig, blended with that base of cedar and ambroxan just does it for me! Such a fantastic blend, and it keeps getting better. I wore this on a breezy, mild summer evening and it was just spectacular! Super sensuous and classy. I didn’t expect this to be a love, but it just is. Full bottle worthy immediately.
Fragrantica: The perfume strapped on little rocket boots and launched itself to the top of my favorite figs. It’s a jammy fig, warmed by ginger and garnished with the intoxicating greenness of shiso. So many fig scents use their own leaves for their green accord and I just can’t put into words how unique, beautiful and complimentary the choice of shiso leaf is here.
Fragrantica: This a beautifully composed fragrance! Spicy and creamy at the same time it’s makes me think of a watercolor painting. Each note has a certain level of transparency but is still very present. I think the shiso/fenugreek/ginger trio add a really cool vegetal vibe and keeps this fragrance from a fruity genre. At no point does it get sweet on my skin which I find rather cool considering that figs usually do have a tendency to sweeten up. Really unusual, I think I need this in my life.
