THE SIMPLICITY : APPLE MANGO by FERNANDA (2024)

Sometimes you want gradation; development; shadows; psychology. All of which I experienced last night wearing vintage Hermes Amazone edp on the back of my hand all evening —— what a perfume. But at other times, you just want simplicity. A SMELL.

Fernanda’s Apple Mango was one of the quickest impulse buys I have ever made. I sprayed it on a sample card; started walking away and then turned right round and bought it.

This is one of those creations where everything is just right. There is a flash of apple, a few barely perceptible floral whisperings, but then a photorealistic just-picked giant mango afore your eyes, fresh, tantalicious ; morphing, eventually, into a soft and very satisfying vanilla ice cream a la mangue.

Apple Mango has been waiting a while. I actually bought this perfume at Ofuna Lumine department store last year but only debuted it properly today , not sure why. Maybe just for some fruity uplift to colour the Monday doldrums, I sprayed myself down post shower with the light, tropical ditty- a whim on a cold, white-skied- day. I then realized I needed to go into Kamakura City Hall for some unavoidable administrative tedium, but also that I was smelling like living dessert. The polite and gentlemanly employee I was assigned didn’t seem to remotely mind, though.Who knows. Maybe a brief midwinter encounter with Mango Man gave him a boost as well.