Fig Man

Additional thoughts (September 28th, 2024): After over three years have passed since my initial review, it is time to add some more thoughts and impressions. As a precursor: Carner Barcelona's "Fig Man" is still my favourite late spring and summertime perfumes. It may not be suitable for college freshmen, but it can definitely cater both to younger people, as well as more mature perfume enthusiasts, and it is sophisticated, yet fun and carefree. I haven't many perfumes (about 10 that are on rotation depending on the time of day and season in the year), I tend to use perfumes very sparingly in general. Still, I have already used up three-quarters of this, while all my other perfumes are not even half-empty. My biggest reason to love Fig Man is that I have yet to come across any other perfume that so effortlessly and naturally mimicks the smell of actual fig trees in a seaside town on a very hot summer's afternoon when the salty breeze blows landward and carries with it the fig leaves' scent to you in promise of many more dips in the crystal clear refreshing sea before it is time for a bountiful fig harvest in a few months. I would know this scent well, since I have resided in such places. I have heard some perfumefluencers say that capturing saline scents is difficult, but Carner manages this in a very convincing way in "Fig Man". The additional sweetness from the fig fruit, the very decent cardamom, and the woody sweetness of the guaiac wood really mix well with the smell of violet, which I surprisingly do not mind in this at all. It performs reasonably well on me with moderate sillage (around a forearm's length) and moderate longevity (around six to seven hours). All in all, this perfume is a summer vacation in a sleepy Greek seaside village full of joy and laughter, captured inside a perfume bottle. Original review (June 9th, 2021): OH MY GOODNESS! This scent is fruity without remorse or apology! It's powerful fig in a bottle, with a breeze of the salty sea. This is a no-nonsense modern spring-and-summer scent if there ever was one. It doesn't try to be citrussy, but hints of bergamot do come through at times. The most obvious notes are fig (fruit and leaves), sea water, cardamom and floralness (although I couldn't say what kind of a flower exactly). I do not get patchouli at all, but I do smell a slight hint of, almost an allusion to, guaiac wood. Definitely give it a try, price-value isn't too bad!

One of the best fig perfumes I have come across. This is a work of art. I get the green of the figs leaves, and the jelly-like essence of the fig while noting the marine notes. So pleasant, playful and mature all at once. I do get a little weak in the knees for fig scents so I am a lover so be warned that I am biased when it comes to fig and fig leaf scents. I have worn this a few times and like usual i have to put about 10 spays and would need to reapply for me to really enjoy it fully. Today I put one spray of Diptyque's Philosykos on my hand just to compare the fig notes. I love Philosykos and the one spray was about 5+ times stronger than the 10 sprays of CB. However, I love the scent of Fig Man much better as it feels more balanced and nuanced-- being able to smell different notes all at once-- the artistry of perfume mixing is apparent here. Philosykos has more green notes and dries down to a sweet, woody, green note and hints at cedar where Fig Man dries down to almost a slightly sweet woody-rosy scent. In the end, although I prefer the scent of Fig Man, I will probably reach for Philosykos simply because it doesnt fade on me so quickly. It is hard to enjoy a scent so much to have it evaporate so quickly (this is typical for my skin and it is hard to find perfumes that linger and I have never seen this happen to anyone else quite like it does to me). *****With Carner Barcelona I always have to have a disclaimer that these are well curated but are light and do not last on my skin. I have 8 bottles of their perfume because I live in Spain and it is easy to get my hands on them but my rapid, perfume-devouring skin really needs more intensity As I have mentioned before, if you suffer from perfume headaches easily but still enjoy the scents of the niche world, this house would likely be a good place to try out

OH MY GOODNESS! This scent is fruity without remorse or apology! It's powerful fig in a bottle, with a breeze of the salty sea. This is a no-nonsense modern spring-and-summer scent if there ever was one. It doesn't try to be citrussy, but hints of bergamot do come through at times. The most obvious notes are fig (fruit and leaves), sea water, cardamom and floralness (although I couldn't say what kind of a flower exactly). I do not get patchouli at all, but I do smell a slight hint of, almost an allusion to, guaiac wood. Definitely give it a try, price-value isn't too bad!

Extremely clean soapy fragrance. It reminds me of when I lived in Puerto Vallarta, MX and used to cut through Zona Hotelera to go the beach. The smells cutting through the alleys emanating from the coast and the luxury hotels smelled exactly like this. This is probably pretty blind buy safe but definitely not if you don’t like fig. DO NOT just smell this from the bottle without actually spraying it. For some reason it smells different and much better once you actually spray it, at least for me.

i smell fig leavs and a fruity suculent low sweet fig note and then some ambegris, a very faint bergamott, fresh vater and cucumber (very slight) Its a very summer safe perfume that feels cooling and calming, i wish it was a bit less Aquatic and blended in some stronger woody notes, but Its non the less a very Nice fresh unisex perfume that mabye leans more male.