Vigil

The opening is vegetal and bitter: artichoke, olive, and barley, with chamomile and cotton blossom rounding it out, and clove and matcha tea sharpening the edge. The heart comes in two registers at once, creamy with lactones, mascarpone, and vanilla caviar, and earthy with truffle, oak, and castoreum, which adds the animalic base, with jasmine as the only floral note. The base closes on musk, Mysore sandalwood, boletus, Orbitone, and powder.

Vigil is an extrait de parfum by Pictura Fragrans, a house that presents each fragrance accompanied by two visual works it calls studies. The ones for Vigil are a horizontal mass crossed by a vertical fissure, and a sequence of arches that repeats without destination. The brand describes the fragrance as a study of stillness and wakefulness.

Pictura Fragrans states it at 23%, and with that concentration one spray goes a long way. The house describes it as a scent that is perceived mainly up close, more close presence than trail, and it positions it for indoor wear rather than the street.

What does Vigil smell like?

Vigil opens with artichoke, olive, and barley, with chamomile, clove, matcha tea, and cotton flower. The heart features truffle, lactones, oak, castoreum, jasmine, mascarpone, and vanilla caviar, and the base is musk, Mysore sandalwood, boletus, Orbitone, and powder.

What concentration does Vigil have?

Vigil is an extrait de parfum that Pictura Fragrans states at 23%. At that concentration, one spray is enough for the scent to be noticeable.

What are the studies that accompany Vigil?

Pictura Fragrans presents each fragrance alongside two visual works that it calls studies. Vigil's are a horizontal mass cut through by a vertical fissure and a sequence of arches that repeats with no destination.