Fighiissimo

FIG FIG FIG SWEET FIG! this is a yummy..... on the sweeter, fruity side of fig...fig perfume and I love it. While I love the coconut and fruity fig coupled with a dry woodiness of Diptyque's Philosykos....sometimes you need a fig that is a big fruitier and sweeter...and this is it! Dtsy (below) is right -- its a more juicy sweet Fig that is very enjoyable to wear!!

I jumped on the chance to get a small decant of this, because I love all things fig and Fighissimo with its name promises to be VERY fig. And it is! It's at the same time very sweet, like the nectar from the ripe fig fruit, and very woody green, like the leafs and stems and wood of the fig tree. I'd also swear there was some coconut involved, although it's not in the list of notes (but then again I read Hilde Soliani tends to keep her notes a secret). All in all it feels like a more exuberant, juicier, sweeter version of Diptyque's Philosykos. So it's very enjoyable, especially the exuberant opening and the pleasantly soft-sweet drydown. In the heart there's this undeniable note of plastic that ruins it a little bit; luckily, it doesn't stay around for long. I don't think I'll need a full bottle of this, since I have a lot of fig perfumes that I love already and this didn't blow me away, although I do like it very much.

My first impression is wow! A no-frills, bright, warm, slightly spicy, sweet fruity fig! Finally something different from most of the other fig perfumes that lean too green and/or woody for my taste (looking at you: Philosykos, Gris Charnel, and Father Figure).

it’s a fig dancing between creamy, candy-like (in a violet pastille way), soap like and a bit toasted no sap sadly for me, what i imagine the garnishly decorated fig flavoured tub of a fancy gelato shop smells like.

Unsure why no one else has mentioned the intense synthetic note in this. Purchased as a blind buy since I am a hugeeee fig fan (not blind buy safe) as my favourite perfume shop had it on sale. I was hoping to get a more intense juicy black fig sister of diptyques philosykos (which I find to be more fig leaf heavy). Upon the initial spray there is a hugely projecting synthetic plastic-like note which completely over-powers any notion of fig. I know Solani is known for having many hidden notes in perfumes, but this one seemed to be pretty fig-forward, and no one has mentioned this is in reviews. It might be my bottle or batch because I’ve tried this on multiple friends to test if it’s just a skin chemistry thing, sadly it is not . The synthetic note does dry down and fades away after 15 minutes, but it’s initial power makes it’s lingering trail almost dizzying. Nonetheless it’s quite a soft fragrance, I would say there is a light creamy note to it as well. The fig note I do detect, is quite a nauseating one; Rather than a juicy black fig or fresh green fig leaf I get a plastic and wax heavy fig look-a-like. Currently letting this macerate in my cupboard in hopes that the synthetic note will somehow develop away 😅