Fig Aftelier

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.