Amberfig

Amberfig is a small Brazilian niche house founded in 2014 by perfumer David Magalhães, who worked alongside collaborator Felipe Peixoto to build a catalogue of warm, ambery, fruit-and-resin compositions — a register the brand telegraphs in its very name. The house operates out of Brazil and remains one of the country's better-known artisanal fragrance projects. The line favours rich orientals: amber, fig, oud, leather, dried fruit, incense and dense gourmand notes such as honey and tobacco, with occasional cleaner solar exits. Concentrations are high and compositions long-lasting, with bottles sold mostly through niche e-tail and a handful of South American and European boutiques. New releases continue to appear regularly into the 2020s. It suits wearers attracted to the Latin American niche tradition of generous, sweet, sun-warmed orientals — fragrance as something tactile and enveloping.