Greenman Woodwick Soy Candle – Fig & Cassis

Dark fruit with a floral middle. Crushed Fig & Cassis opens with blackcurrant, green fig leaf, and juicy plum — a rich, berry-heavy top that reads immediately as autumnal and luxurious. The heart moves into crushed fig, rose, and jasmine, adding floral softness that prevents the fruit from becoming jammy. Cedarwood, amber, and musk close it out with warmth. This is the most layered scent in the Greenman Rituals range — more ingredients, more transitions, more complexity than any of the others. Hand-poured soy wax, wooden wick, green glass jar with cork lid. 150g. Approximately 26 hours of burn time.

The Scent in Detail

• The opening is blackcurrant, green fig leaf, and plum. Blackcurrant is the dominant note — tart, rich, slightly sharp. Green fig leaf adds a fresh, sappy quality that keeps the fruit from feeling like a cordial or jam. Plum rounds it out with something heavier and juicier. Together, these read as a late-summer hedgerow rather than a fruit basket: there's wildness in the scent rather than sweetness.
• The heart introduces crushed fig, rose, and jasmine. This is where the candle distinguishes itself from a purely fruity fragrance. Rose and jasmine are classic floral heart notes — they add elegance and slow the scent down from the bright fruit opening. Crushed fig connects back to the fig leaf in the top while being richer and sweeter. This middle section is what makes the candle feel sophisticated rather than simple.
• The base is cedarwood, amber, and musk — the same warm woody territory that anchors several candles in this range. Here it serves as a platform for the fruit and florals rather than a feature in its own right. The amber adds a honeyed warmth; the musk gives the base some presence without pulling focus from the fruit.
• The supplier spells it "Casis" — the standard spelling is "cassis" (French for blackcurrant, from Ribes nigrum). Either way, the blackcurrant note is prominent and identifiable.

The Burn

Multi-layered fragrances like this one shift as the candle burns. The fruit-forward top notes dominate the first lighting; by the second or third burn, the floral heart and woody base become more prominent as the wax pool deepens and releases the heavier oils. This isn't a defect — it's how layered candle fragrances work. The scent you get on hour twenty is warmer and softer than the scent on hour one.

Size and Details

150g soy wax. Green glass jar, 9cm × 7cm, cork lid. Kraft presentation box. Wooden wick. Approximately 26-hour burn time. Vegan. Paraffin-free. Origin: China. Barcode: 5056368359187. Part of the Greenman Rituals range.

The Scent in Context

Fig and cassis is a well-established fragrance pairing in premium candles and perfumery — Diptyque's Figuier made fig a luxury scent marker, and cassis (blackcurrant bud) has been a top note in classic perfumes since the 1970s. This combination signals a certain sophistication that pure citrus or pure floral scents don't carry. Within the Greenman range, this is the closest thing to a luxury-positioned scent — it has the complexity and note structure you'd expect from a more expensive candle. The closest comparison in the range is Twilight Vine, which also leads with dark berries, but Twilight Vine is simpler (berry-sugar-musk) where this one layers fruit, florals, and wood in distinct phases.

Gift Notes

This is the candle for someone who notices fragrance. The complexity rewards attention — it's not a background scent, it's something with enough going on to hold interest. It also reads as more premium than the name suggests, which makes it a stronger gift than you'd expect at this price point. Good for someone who appreciates home fragrance as a category rather than just something to make a room smell nice. The fig-and-berry profile leans autumn/winter but doesn't have a hard seasonal ceiling.

Common Questions

How does this compare to Twilight Vine?
Both are berry-led. Twilight Vine is simpler — dewberry and blackberry with sugar and musk. It's sweet, easy, crowd-pleasing. Crushed Fig & Cassis is more complex — blackcurrant, fig, plum, rose, jasmine, cedarwood. It has more transitions and a floral middle that Twilight Vine doesn't. If you want straightforward berry sweetness, Twilight Vine. If you want layered fruit-floral depth, this one.

What does fig smell like in a candle?
Green fig leaf is fresh, sappy, and slightly milky — like the smell of an actual fig leaf or stem. Crushed fig (the fruit) is warmer, sweeter, and more honeyed. This candle uses both: the leaf in the top for freshness, the fruit in the heart for richness.

Is "Casis" a misspelling?
The standard spelling is "cassis" — it's French for blackcurrant. The product uses "Casis" as a spelling variant. The scent is the same either way.