Folie de Figue

A confession I have to make is that I have not been fond of many fresh fragrances. Figs, citruses, lotus, you name it, have been a tiny part of my collection. I indulged in heavy amber/vanilla/spice scents like if there was no tomorrow. I decided to explore the green group as the summers become hotter, some of my scent are not really wearable. Folie de Figue is an great summer scent (not necessarily the ultimate fig). Fresh, joyful and sparkling, and a bit 'wet', as in juicy. Don't know if there is such thing as fig juice, but if there was, this one would be a more refined version of it. Although there is a touch of orange blossom, I would not call if floral. There is enough to notice it, but it is not a defining note in this scent. Maybe there are better figs out there, time will show, but this is enjoyable and I quite would quite like to own it at one point or another.

Fig fragrances run the gamut from dry and dusty all the way to fruity gourmand, and Esteban FOLIE DE FIGUE holds the distinction of being the greenest fig-focused perfume that I've sniffed since beginning my investigations into this note some months ago. FOLIE DE FIGUE opens not just green, but bitter green, thanks to a zap of citrus that really has a cold slap-in-the-face wake-up effect. The wood of both fig and cedar becomes quite noticeable as the citrus dissipates, and the drydown still seems slightly green, but mostly woody. In my experience, Esteban perfumes generally have good staying power, and FOLIE DE FIGUE is no exception to the rule. In response to adriana_87, I do think that calling FOLIE DE FIGUE a floral fruity is a bit misleading, as I smell no fruit at all and lots of green! Neither fruity nor flowery, this composition strikes me as entirely unisex and even slightly more masculine than feminine. I like this creation very much, but if you are looking for gooey fruity fig, this is not it!

Oh boy this is definitely not a floral fruity, for me it's floral green or just green. On my skin I get loads of gourmandy tea and citrus, followed by marvelous green and a bit bitter fig leaf. It's definitely not fruity and is a different than other figue scents I've tried. I actually enjoy it, mostly fruity figue perfumes smells like a bubble gum to me, this case is different, lovely.

I really like the tart citrus opening. I find the fragrance reads cool, verses warm. It's not spicy, nor long lasting. I think the opening is the most successful part of the fragrance. The middle is a bit sweeter but I don't ever really get any fruit nor cedar.

It is difficult to answer your question. I do not find it sweet, but not green... It's actually a bit 'green and a little' sweet but very little of both. Meanwhile it is very very light and very tough. I like very much perfumes to the fig tree, but I like that little or nothing. The scent stays close to the skin. At first it smell ... liquor! Exactly black liquor digestive. Perhaps it is the fault of the bay. Then he feels vaguely cool fig. Not the fresh fig and mature. Neither the dry and sweet fig. Not the leaves or milk of fig. But the smell of a fig tree a little bit 'fermented. The good part of this fragrance are notes of basic: cedar and fig tree, warm and sweet, very good! but so light that you need to stick your nose to the skin to feel them. Not worth its price. Is not the scent for me.

I enjoy this fragrance, but I don’t think it is as natural as Diptyques’s Philosykos or some others fig perfumes. Esteban’s Folie de Figue is more of a green concept than it is “fig.” It represents the leaf, but not so much the fruit in the background. Folie de Figue is pleasant and easy to wear. The green notes lasts on the skin for sometime, but then the fragrance commences to disappear. Excellent beginning but lacks longevity and development. The basically green accord is well grounded in a neutral woody base... but something changes. The problem is, this light scent barely lasts a few hours.