A couple of months ago, I went to a spring preview for Other Stories, H&Ms super-chic, higher-end sister line, at a plush suite in the Gramercy Park Hotel. In the bathroom stood an array of the brands much-loved beauty offerings, leading me to walk out with one of my favorite-ever body products,the sold-out “Fig Fiction Body Oil,”Ive used in a while.
The stuff is just great – I rub it into some of my dryer patches of skin immediately after I get out of the shower, before lotion – but its the smell thats really charmed me.
In official terms, the sites product copy describes it as the following: “Plump currant berries and exotic pink pepper tinged with the freshness of bamboo and wild fig are enhanced with Brazilian rosewood and dark plum. ”
In me terms, it smells warm, fresh and vaguely musky, like your favorite jeans on a breezy summer afternoon in a slightly overgrown backyard.
What does that even mean? I dont know! Fragrances make us write the craziest things.
Regardless, I love the scent of the body oil so much (especially when it lingers on my clothes or pajamas, and I catch a whiff of it later) that I plan to buy the six-milliliter perfume oil version of it to keep in my bag and apply throughout the day. Even if Im the only one who smells it, I dont really care – its that delicious. Aromatherapy at its best!
Fig Fiction Perfume Oil, $20, available at Other Stories.
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