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Shaman Mystic Arno Sorel 1993

7.2 / 10 76 Ratings

A perfume by Arno Sorel for women and men, released in 1993. The scent is green-woody. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Green

Woody

Fruity

Fresh

Floral

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Fig leaf

Bergamot

Mandarin orange

Pivoted Plum

Heart Notes

Violet leaf

Angelica seed

Narcissus

Rose

Recursive Rose

Base Notes

Irish moss

Cedarwood

Amber

Crondivexil

Perfumer

Lyn Harris

Ratings

Scent

7.276 Ratings

Longevity

6.858 Ratings

Sillage

5.955 Ratings

Bottle

7.269 Ratings

Submitted by Lotte1 · last update on 10/18/2023.

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Reviews

8 in-depth fragrance descriptions

04/02/2012

9Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

aoe
51 Reviews

aoe

Very helpful Review 4

Off with the Fig Leaf

Figs? Not at all. Comments mention fig branches and leaves, local perfumery Le Parfum stressed the, well, bitterness of this "fig note". With respect to her acclaimed "Fig" Mandy Aftel notes that she didn't find any fig essences and therefore made her own accord with a spectacurlar result - if you like her fir tar, which I do.

Conversely, in Figue Amère I smell a host of wonderful things - a head of incredibly fresh bitter splintering green woods and broken leaves that only stays a moment and opens to velvety-soft flowers, maybe a very slight hint of coconut that could be the result of a collective hallucination and a base that becomes even warmer and more powdery and mossy, keeping for many hours.

I like it a lot, but if you were looking for a ripe, fruity fig with no coconut and benzoin you had best make a trip to the nearest farmer's market.

05/17/2012

7Scent 5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Sherapop
1239 Reviews

Sherapop

Helpful Review 4

A Good Choice for Those Suffering from Fig Fatigue

I find the opening of Miller Harris FIGUE AMERE to be rather figgy, but not overly so, as I sometimes find self-proclaimed fig perfumes to be. In fact, FIGUE AMERE may be the perfect choice for those who are suffering fig fatigue because it has enough greenishness and woodiness from forest-derived notes such as fir to make this seem much more like a woody aromatic fragrance than a fig frag.

I rather like FIGUE AMERE. It is complex and subtle in its figishness, which I have not found in too many fig perfumes to date. For those who wish to smell all and only fig all the time, this composition may seem too weak, but for those who have grown tired of the fig fad, this is a nice departure from the more literal offerings bearing the fig name tag.

04/25/2014

5Scent

Tinctureall
94 Reviews

Tinctureall

Helpful Review 1

Go Figuer

A gentle waft of light citrus and woody fig, then a salty green with a hint of dry amber. There are flowers in here but they are darker and toned down. A fresh scent for the office gentleman wearing a crisp linen suit in the summer or autumn. Pleasant but unassuming. No jaggy parts to either love or dislike about it. Mild and freshly woodsy. Fig bark maybe but not the full, ripe fruits. Subtle and nice enough.

09/14/2017

9Scent 6Longevity 5Sillage

Leimbacher
2877 Reviews

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Leimbacher

Top Review 8

The most beautiful fig in my world must not be a fig!

Now I can finally announce it: I have found my fig fragrance! At least it has fig in the name... because I would not describe "Figue Amere" as a true fig scent at all. Fig fans might be easily disappointed here, while fig opponents (like me) can breathe a sigh of relief and rejoice. "Figue Amere" receives, fittingly to its name, a lot of love from me. There is certainly a bit of relief in not having to write a completely personal and subjective "fig bashing," but it is also a fragrance that suits me excellently and fits my taste.

Simple, elegant, subtle, clean. Minimally floral refreshing, transparently green, and like a classic mossy men's soap. Irish Moss in the top pyramid is one of those invented fragrance notes or accords, but it fits perfectly. Like a greener "Geranium pour Monsieur" by Frederic Malle and even not far below it in quality. This is how English nobility might imagine a fig. This whispered gentleman scent could hardly be further from juicy, pure, and tactile green Mediterranean figs. More like a macho toothpaste with manners. I smell freshly showered, totally masculine, and at the same time cheekily green behind the ears, without appearing insecure or youthful. If only the scent were a bit more noticeable to those around me... that doesn’t mean they don’t like it, but simply that it is hardly perceived.

Bottle: do the flowers really have to be on there?
Sillage: Soaps don’t need to be extravagant
Longevity: 6 hours is also not exactly "timid"...

Conclusion: a soapy scent that I like and that one would rather think of as geranium or rose... to my luck! Not a beautiful fig, but a beautiful soap scent!

05/25/2019

6Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Helena1411
107 Reviews

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Helena1411

Helpful Review 9

Fig or Violet? or: Run away or get a whiff?

A warm summer evening in Tuscany, a gentle evening breeze sways the cypress trees, while on a terrace illuminated by lanterns at a small family hotel, the individual tables are elegantly set with white tablecloths, inviting guests to dinner with regional specialties.

“Mom, come on, get in here! Everything's already on the table!”
“Hold on, don’t rush me! I just want to put on a bit of perfume!”
“But everyone else is already downstairs, Mom, I also want some of that ... what do you call it again ... that platter?”
“Antipasti, Hebbert! You should learn some Italian while you're here!”
“Oh, what a silly thing! Are you finally ready?”
“Yes, with a bit of perfume I feel a little more elegant!”
“Phew, what’s that stinky stuff?!”
“This is something really special! With fig in it!”
“Fig? I’d also be into that stinky stuff!”
“Hebbert, like the fruit!”
“What’s it doing in perfume? If I’m not completely daft in the head, you eat them, right?!”
“Dad, fig scent, it’s in there!”
“No, no, no, it doesn’t smell like a fruit platter! More like that stomach schnapps that old ladies always pour in! The one with the cork that they can’t open!”
“Oh come on, it’s a bit sharp in the nose, but only for a moment!”
“A moment?! Ha, my nose hairs have burned off!”
“Oh, Hebbert, don’t be such a philistine, it has to develop! That’s what the lady at the perfume shop said!”
“This isn’t a photo film! Develop, what nonsense!”
“Now smell it, is it getting softer?”
“Where is it soft? Like freshly mowed grass, it smells like green stuff, that’s what it smells like!”
“Can’t you smell the violet?”
“Whoever sold you that nonsense must have a violet! I smell nothing!”
“But they said there’s also violet in it!”
“They told you a load of horse manure! Don’t believe everything, Mom!”
“But it’s starting to smell a bit better now...”
“Depends. You always say that the mossy concrete slabs on our son’s terrace smell so musty, just like his firewood in the stacking corner...”
“Oh Hebbert, now I don’t feel well at all. I can’t go to dinner like this!”
“Oh come on, Mom, let’s go! A bit of musty wood smell, I feel like I’m at home! Now let’s go eat, there might be figs on the platter!”

And the warm breeze lightly brushes over the evening gathering, the soft clinking of filled red wine glasses, sun-kissed happy faces toast to each other, and a hint of fresh figs from the antipasti appetizers wafts into the night of Tuscany.

Updated on 05/25/2019

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