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Fig Aftelier

7.6 / 10 28 Ratings

A popular perfume by Aftelier for women and men. The release year is unknown. The scent is spicy-woody. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Spicy

Woody

Sweet

Resinous

Fruity

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Grand fir

Pink grapefruit

Heart Notes

Jasmine sambac

Pink pepper

Seville lavender absolute

Base Notes

Fir absolute

Hyraceum

Perfumer

Mandy Aftel

Ratings

Scent

7.628 Ratings

Longevity

7.521 Ratings

Sillage

6.420 Ratings

Bottle

6.319 Ratings

Submitted by Lissy, last update on 10/09/2025.

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Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

11/26/2017

10Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Fluxit
83 Reviews

Fluxit

Very helpful Review 5

Fig Oasis

I'm conviced that some brands here aren't tested because the flacon doesn't appeal to you. And I'm also convinced that in many cases the flacon photo is just outdated ;) Like here with Aftelier, which I figured to classify as esoteric vintage for women, whereas the actual bottle design looks brilliant and fit far better to this beautiful Unisex scents.

Fig is green-fruity, a juicy bouquet of slightly sourly raisins, a ripe sweet oriental fig (date even?) and a sun-flooded pine forest. A deep, rich forest, you won't hear any echos back when shouting. Or maybe the echo is "fiiiig!". Stunning aroma, it reminds of liquorice and thuja. Intense and astounding, I love it! And it lasts. Over the hours, the scent becomes softer, a bit powdry even, but the fig arboretum grounds the fragrance. Its sweetness whispers of gourmand, yet everything but sugary, rather warm spiced liquor with hints of cinnamon. Nothing for Summer, instead a unisex cuddle for cold autumn days.

It should be noted that no actual fig is inside, but a wicked combination of lavender, fir absolute, jasmine and yuzu. It should also be noted that several of my parfumo friends do identify most of the actual ingredients (fir + lavender); not me, though, the fig illusion is playing delicate and delicious tricks on me. And for what it's worth, I don't care, it's fragrance I want. Or maybe just a tiny decant, as the prices are confident to say the least.
The scent, though? Ten of out ten. Like!

06/09/2018

7Scent 6Longevity 4Sillage

Ergoproxy
1130 Reviews

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Ergoproxy

Top Review 4

Attempt at Clarification

First of all: I do not wish to spark a discussion about natural vs. synthetic fragrance ingredients with my comment. Everyone should find their own bliss, and no one should be converted to one camp or the other. However, I have recently noticed that a synthetic fragrance appearance is often judged per se as something bad or even inferior between the lines. Such statements are not always understandable to me, especially when the concept does not aim for naturalness. Moreover, I have encountered natural fragrances that had a synthetic quality to them.

Fig exemplifies for me why I have difficulties with so-called natural perfumery, as it shows the (prejudice?) typical characteristics that usually bother me in this fragrance segment, which I will call.

Well, one could argue why I keep testing and even rating fragrances from this segment. On one hand, I am naturally curious due to my hobby, and on the other hand, I always want to form my own impression of a fragrance. Additionally, I have liked some natural fragrances, but comparatively, only very few.

I want to start with the name. Fig or in German, Feige. Unfortunately, this scent impression cannot be conveyed to me by Ms. Aftel at any time. The mixture of fragrance ingredients does not reflect the leaf, the fruit, or the wood of the named plant for my nose.

What does Fig smell like to me? A relatively carcass-like, slightly narcotic jasmine note is dominant. This is underlined by a note that I would describe as a mixture of rheumatism ointment, furniture polish, and hippie boutique (I will avoid the word musty), which then evokes associations with aromatherapy for me.
I cannot recognize a (for me not so important) scent progression. Sometimes (as in this case), some natural fragrances do not seem professionally composed to me, but that is my amateur hobby perspective on the composition, and I do not wish to offend anyone who likes these fragrances.

The longevity is not bad for a natural perfume. I can perceive the "scent" for six hours. The projection decreases very quickly and settles at skin cream level. This prevents me from finding the fragrance overwhelming.

Applied to clothing (I generally wear fragrances on my clothes), the carcass-like touch unfortunately becomes more pronounced, and I had the impression of smelling like a repeatedly worn shirt.
Finally, I would like to address whether natural fragrances should or even can be compared with "conventional" perfumery?

For my part, I find this question difficult to answer. Conventional perfumery naturally has more possibilities, and personal taste is very hard to set aside with such a sensorial product as perfume.

In the end, I do not care whether a composition is natural, semi-synthetic, or fully synthetic, as long as the concept seems coherent to me, which is currently often not the case with many natural perfumes.

12/23/2017

7.5Scent 8Longevity 5Sillage

KingLui
56 Reviews

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KingLui

Very helpful Review 8

Fig or not Fig...

that is the question here.

Christmas Giveaway Comment No. 9

Today I’m taking a look at the Afteliers, fragrances from a brand that has been performing really well in our natural scent circle, even though the perfumes are incredibly expensive.

My parents have a fig tree in their garden and to my delight, they always go on vacation when most of the fruits are ripe. I harvest them when they are already split open, as that’s when they taste the best. Figs actually don’t smell particularly sweet; instead, they have a very earthy scent, and I’m glad that the taste and the fragrance don’t match up too closely.
However, Fig by Aftelier doesn’t smell at all like the fruits do or taste. Not particularly fruity and thankfully not earthy either.
I would describe Fig as a balsamic, warm-spicy fragrance, and the only notes I can identify are pine and lavender. Overall, those are not the most dominant notes of the scent. Mainly, Fig smells to me indefinably like natural fragrance oil, sweet, ethereal, and rounded. There isn’t really a progression, except that in the first few minutes I thought it was a chypre.

It is a nice fragrance and fits my Christmas mood, but unfortunately, I don’t find it particularly extraordinary.
When I read Fluxit's comment, I wonder if it has perhaps changed in the meantime?

The sillage is tiny, but the longevity is very good.

05/27/2012

8Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Tarata
131 Reviews

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Tarata

2

Are You Just Back from the Christmas Market?

I don't really know what black figs are, but this intense spicy note in Fig must come from somewhere, and I suspect the black part of those figs.

This scent clearly reminds me of winter fruit bread, that dense, heavy sweetness full of dried fruits and mysterious spices. It seems to me that this winter-Christmas association I have here is closely linked to the pine needle oil, which I can really perceive when I sniff closely.

Fig is surely a great scent for the Christmas season or, more generally, wintertime: drinking mulled wine under the fir branches, eating gingerbread by the fireplace... feeling warm and cozy while the world outside disappears under a thick white blanket.

Statements

8 short views on the fragrance

Wrath

1 month ago

2

If you could order fig newtons like you can martinis, this fragrance would be like getting one "filthy" (and that's a VERY good thing)

Yatagan

10 years ago

8.5Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

14

8

A wonderfully composed organic fir forest scent that you either love or hate. Few smell so raw and natural like a fir forest. Very good!

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Rieke2021

3 years ago

7Scent 7Longevity 5Sillage

10

8

A dark fir forest filled with resins, where the fig has gotten lost. A hint of jasmine. Balsamically warm. More of a wellness scent than a perfume.

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Seejungfrau

7 years ago

7Scent 6Sillage

10

4

Balsamic jasmine bouquet
was forgotten somewhere in the woods
The fig ran away - Breath/Figless
Furniture polish & wax smell cozy

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Morgaina

8 years ago

7Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

10

3

Who the fxxx is the Fig? My name is Fig and I smell like a pine forest, burnt pine needles, and I have a little bouquet of lavender with me.

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Jennytammy

3 years ago

7.5Scent 7Longevity 5Sillage

9

6

I'm drinking a cola in the dense, dark coniferous forest.
Sweet resins are dripping onto the damp earth.

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Bellemorte

8 years ago

8Scent 7Longevity 5Sillage

6

2

I have no idea how black figs are supposed to smell, but Fig has a sweet, resinous pinewood scent, with hints of pine needles, earth, and a touch of fruit.

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