Basilico & Fellini Eau de Parfum By Vilhelm Parfumerie

My favourite from the house. It was love from the first test even though I went to buy a different fragrance.
It's so beautiful, fresh and green with pleasant fruity sweetness.
To me it smells a bit like blackcurrant leaves and a little bit of fresh dill still in the garden, not only like basil. I love it, it's perfect for summer time.

Starts out with a milky fig, followed quickly by the briefest flash of basil then enveloped in sweet meadow hay, like rolling in the grass with tiny wildflowers. It doesn't make sense, you wouldn't think this combo would work until you smell it for yourself. Lack of longevity is the only reason I'm not rushing off to purchase it. Edit: it took all of three days to break and order a fb, I couldn't take it any more--this was a must-have for me

My sample of Basilico & Fellini is my first experience with the Vilhelm Parfumerie house, and I have to say I'm impressed! It's really good, and really original too - I got the sample from a perfume shop with a purchase of Philosykos, with the remark that it's a different kind of green fig, and that's exactly right: I've tried a ton of fig scents over the years, and I've never smelled anything like this one. At the same time, it smells kind of obvious, in a good way: I would never have thought to put basil and figs together, but it's a match made in heaven. It's a super light and airy composition, but not at all unsubstantial; obviously very high quality. Except for fig and basil, I mainly get fresh hay - which adds to the overal greenness of the fragrance, while softening the vegetal, borderline "culinary" aspect of the basil note and complementing the sweetness of the fig. It's unisex, and perfect for summer (this unexpected summery week in late September was a great time to test it).

Opens with a nice balanced and feminine aromatic and sweetened basil. Figgy sweetness and creamy earthiness ensues.

Smells lovely. Safe blind buy for someone looking for something fresh for the summer. This is my favorite of the brand that I've smelled so far. -

I’m the only one in my family who enjoys fig scents and I love to torture them with this one. It is sweet fig and green basil in the opening and remains sweet throughout, even when it settles to a simple hay skin scent. Thankfully it never becomes bitter or musky as so many green scents do.