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Figue Narcotique

Name: Figue Narcotique
Brand: Petite Histoire
Price: 125.00 USD
Availability: InStock

EAU DE PARFUM - 30ml (1 FL. OZ)

$ 125.00

Cardamom and fig milk bewitch like moonlight on the swelling tide. Jasmine, sandalwood, and leather are the narcotic depths of night.

Top: Jasmine, Cardamom
Middle: Fig Milk Accord
Base: Labdanum (botanical leather), Sandalwood, Vanilla

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Due to the subjectivity of perfumery and the intimate nature of personal care items, all fragrance sales are final. Each scent is crafted in limited quantities, and we are unable to accept returns or exchanges.

For those discovering the collection for the first time, we recommend beginning with a Collection Sampler. Fragrance is a matter of nuance and personal chemistry; we do not offer refunds based on preference.

Should your order arrive damaged, kindly notify us within 3 days of receipt, including clear photographs, and we will review the matter with care. Replacements or credits may be extended at our discretion.

Made in USA

We began in Manhattan, and we're still made by hand in the USA. Our ingredients come from global partners, and the majority of our suppliers are French.

100% Natural

Formulated to the standards of International Fragrance Association (IFRA) ISO Norm 9235, our 100% natural raw materials are defined as being physically obtained from plants using distillation, expression, and extraction.

Naturals provide subtlety and nuance; the lush, intoxicating sensory experience they deliver is unparalleled. Our scents are designed according to European guidelines, with carefully regulated safety and allergen standards.

Ingredients

NO: phalates, parabens, sulfates. Vegan Formula. Cruelty-free. Ingredients: ALCOHOL DENAT.*, PARFUM** (FRAGRANCE**), AQUA (WATER)

Figue Narcotique

$ 125.00

Figue Narcotique

The Backstory

There are perfumes that behave like mirrors. Others like locks. Figue Narcotique is neither. It is a tide — slow, sensual, and certain — and it pulls.

Cardamom opens first: not sharp, but golden and low — the spice of skin still warm from secrets. Jasmine follows, white but thick with night. No trellis sweetness here — only its shadow, its weight, its irresistible curve toward surrender.

Then comes the fig. Not fruit, but milk — green and creamy, just split from the stem. It swells at the center of the composition like breath between silk sheets. Ripened, yes, but restrained. A sweetness you reach for without realizing.

Sandalwood anchors the drydown with its sacred hush, and labdanum — botanical leather — darkens it with texture: a scent that clings like memory to fabric. Vanilla traces the edge, not to soften, but to seduce — warm, low, and nearly imperceptible, like the moment just before you’re kissed.

This is not a scent of day. It was made for after. For those who glide through shadows without apology. For those who know that the most dangerous kind of desire is the one dressed in calm — and the most lasting seduction, the kind that begins with a whisper.

Key Notes

To understand a scent is to know its materials; to know them is to surrender, briefly, to their power. What we call ingredients are, in truth, obsessions: roots and resins, blossoms and bark, each chosen not for purity but for the way they behave when touched by heat, air, and skin. They are molecules with memories, ancient travelers that have passed through temples, greenhouses, and human hands before finding their way here. Some calm the pulse; others quicken it. Together, they tell the oldest story in the world—the meeting of matter and desire.

Cardamom

Cardamom is the perfume of intellect—bright, sharp, and dangerously smooth. Its oil, heavy with cineole and terpinyl acetate, flashes like metal on skin before melting into warmth. Once traded across the Silk Road as both spice and spell, it was said to stir memory and appetite alike. In fragrance, cardamom is a paradox: cool and hot, cerebral and carnal. It lifts a composition’s heart like laughter at midnight, reminding you that clarity and desire often wear the same scent.

Fig Milk

Fig milk is the scent of secrecy—the pale sap that seeps when the fruit is broken open. Lactic, green, and faintly creamy, its accord recreates the tension between leaf and flesh, sweetness and sap. Rich in coumarins and lactones, fig milk blurs categories: neither floral nor gourmand, neither innocence nor indulgence. On skin, it smells like skin—sun-warmed, private, alive. It’s the whisper before the bite, the softness that conceals the knife-edge of green.

Labdanum

Labdanum is civilization’s oldest perfume—the resin scraped from wild Cistus shrubs and once combed from goats’ beards. Its chemistry is a symphony of amber molecules: labdanoic acid, resinoids, and shadows of smoke. The scent is deep, leathery, sun-cured—like warm skin after dusk or a church left smoldering. In perfume, labdanum is the anchor: it makes light heavy, beauty mortal. To wear it is to let time slow and heat remember itself.

OUR APPROACH TO Sustainability

We work with ingredients suppliers who lead in sustainable practices, from rainwater capture to certified harvests, ensuring the global communities that nurture our raw materials are also respected. While no brand or product is perfect, our commitment to sustainability is manifest in our practices and perspective. We believe in the magic of naturals, and in doing things things the right way, even if more difficult.

the nuance of beautiful ingredients

how to wear natural perfume

Natural perfume is alive—it breathes, moves, and changes with you. Unlike synthetics, its molecules are volatile by design: they bloom with warmth, fade with cool air, and settle into the skin instead of hovering above it. To wear it well is not to control it, but to collaborate. Apply to pulse points where blood meets air—wrist, throat, collarbone—and let it evolve through the day. Don’t rub; let it bloom. Every hour reveals a new facet, shaped by your chemistry, your climate, your mood. It doesn’t mask who you are—it translates you, molecule by molecule.

Wear More, and Ritual

Naturals scents have a sheerness that can be layered to increase scent intensity. Two to four sprays are usually best, but it's personal taste. Our scents are designed at high concentrations for long-lasting wear, and reapplication throughout the day is a part of our ritual.

For a louder scent experience

Our dry mist atomizers diffuse the scent for an indulgent cloud-like experience. Spraying closer to skin can provide for a stronger scent experience. Allow to dry without dabbing, rubbing, or blotting. With naturals, you can "build" scent strength using layered application.

For a linear scent journey

Depending on your unique skin chemistry and the scent, a more concentrated application can also offer a more delineated experience of note evolution. Applying scent to fabric or hair can also offer a longer scent experience.

Frequently asked questions

Natural perfume doesn’t behave like the fragrances most people know—it breathes, shifts, and refuses to stay still. Each formula is alive with volatile botanicals that change with time, light, and touch. Think of it less as something youwearand more as something youinvite. These questions aren’t about fixing its unpredictability, but understanding its nature: why it fades differently, smells unique on every skin, and deepens when you least expect it. Natural perfume isn’t meant to perform; it’s meant to reveal—slowly, honestly, and only to those close enough to notice.

What makes a perfume “natural”?

A natural perfume is composed only of plant, resin, and mineral extractions—no synthetic aroma molecules, no stabilizers. Each ingredient carries its own irregularity, which is precisely what gives it life. You’ll notice variation between batches, the same way wine changes with weather. That’s not a flaw; it’s the fragrance breathing.

Why doesn’t natural perfume last as long as traditional perfume?

Because nothing living should. Natural perfume evolves with your body’s warmth and disappears as the oils return to the earth. Longevity comes from density, not authenticity—and ours are built to move with you, not overtake a room. Reapply when you wish; each layer becomes part of your own chemistry.

Where should I apply natural perfume?

To the places where the body whispers rather than shouts—wrist, collarbone, behind the knees, along the spine. These are the landscapes of heat and pulse. Allow the oil or mist to absorb; do not rub. Let it bloom at its own pace.

Why does it smell different on me than on someone else?

Because it’s supposed to. Natural ingredients respond to your skin’s pH, diet, and temperature. What’s powdery on one person may turn amber on another. It’s not chemistry gone wrong—it’s chemistry gone personal.

How should I store my natural perfume?

Keep your perfume away from light and heat, as you would a good wine or a love letter. Natural materials are sensitive to time and oxygen. They’ll deepen, darken, and grow more complex with age—just like you. The hexagon keepsake box our perfumes are packaged in are meant to be kept as protective vessels for your scents.

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