Fig My Love

With the ever increasing popularity of Diptyque's Philosykos and fig-forward fragrances like Gris Charnel, I keep waiting for when Fig My Love will erupt on the scene. Everyone who's tried it knows-- it's the queen. The truest, realest, and most honest fig I've smelled, with none of the bells and whistles. No rotten fruit on the ground, no dirt on the leaves... this is exactly what I think Olivia Giacobetti set out to accomplish back in 1994, but I believe that we now have something more akin to a final product for the fig tree accord. Like many have said, it has a crisp and bitter leafy opening, kind of what you'd envision smelling walking up to a fig tree on a day where the sun is hitting the leaves and warming them up. It stays pretty true through the drydown, not dissipating into some 'off' scent that lacks credibility. I can only imagine this isn't more popular because, like mentioned by others, it doesn't even smell like perfume. It just smells like you've been sitting in a fig tree all day, or are actually the tree itself.

Fig My Love differs from all other fig perfumes in that it gives you the whole tree during all its lifetime: bark, stems, leaves, sap... A giant slap of bitter green opening, followed by a slightly milky and intensely leafy green all the way through. While other fig perfumes turn into something else in the drydown: nondescript woody, sugary, coconutty, or vanillic, Fig My Love stays the same realistic fig tree all during all its long and strong life. As Laudamiel himself says, the longevity is achieved thanks to the use of good and expensive materials. Every word in his description of this perfume is absolutely true. Fig perfumes are not my personal love, but I applaud this wonderful realistic creation. Highly recommended to all who love fig and/or green perfumes.

This is an underrated gem. The opening is divine. I remember the first time I smelled Diptyque Philosikos I was blown away and thought "it doesn't get better than this". Then I tried Fig My Love and as the saying goes, "real didn't recognize real til fake showed up". This is in a league of its own. It lasts forever, and smells so natural and green. Fig my love quenches my olfactive needs the same way a lime gatorade quenches my thirst.

This is THE fig fragrance. I actually bought this fragrance and then gave away Premier Figuier Extreme because I realized how much more complete Fig My Love is from beginning to end. Christophe Laudamiel would never disrespect his audience by throwing all of the magic into the top. He composes each moment of his perfumes and uses the best ingredients to tell his story. Please do yourself a favor and sample this. Then buy a bottle!

Gorgeous green figs with a sharp green opening that softens into a bittersweet tree milk sap and then dries down to an almost confectionary lightly spicy creamy sandalwood even though it contains none. He manages to get the woodiness out of his fantasy fig materials (real fig cannot be used in fragrance.). Very fresh and bracing yet cozy and comforting. Clearly the product of a Master of Materials.