Italian Summer Fig
The Body Shop's Italian Summer Fig opens with the milky-green sweetness of fig, more fruit flesh than leaf, evoking sun-warmed orchards rather than Mediterranean countryside.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Green65
- Woody50
- Sweet50
- Fruity
The note pyramid
- Fig
- Saffron
- Fig
- Rose
- Amber
- Amber
By the editors · 2 min readThe Body Shop's Italian Summer Fig opens with the milky-green sweetness of fig, more fruit flesh than leaf, evoking sun-warmed orchards rather than Mediterranean countryside. It's approachable and undemanding, the kind of brightness that sidesteps heavy photorealism in favor of gentle suggestion.
As it settles, saffron and rose emerge without drama—the saffron brings a dry, faintly honeyed warmth rather than leathery sharpness, while the rose stays soft and blurred at the edges. These elements never overwhelm the fig; instead they deepen it slightly, adding a whisper of exoticism to what remains fundamentally easygoing.
The amber in the base provides modest grounding, a hint of resinous sweetness that keeps the fragrance from floating away entirely. This is fig for everyday wear: unassuming, cheerful, built for accessibility rather than complexity. It suits those seeking something light and pleasant without pretension, a summer memory rendered in comfortable shorthand.
Scent twins
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