L'Arbre de la Connaissance Jovoy 2011

I've already tried quite a few fig fragrances. Really many. Some have remained in my collection, others have not. So there's not much left to impress me in that respect.
And yet one fragrance has made it. Namely Cèdre Figalia by Aterlier Materi.
Now you're probably wondering what's wrong with the old lady, we're here at Jovoy after all, but it all started with Marteri.
I tried Cèdre Figalia in a small, sugar-sweet perfumery in Prague and was in love. But not with the price. I could have bought it but there was a man standing next to it who said "If there's a 1 in front of it, I'll buy it for you"
So I smelled through the whole range but no fragrance came close to the Materi. One last desperate reach went to the Jovoy shelf, L'Arbre de la Connaissance, what a sh*** long name, nobody can remember it. But the scent, I have memorized it.

L'Arbre de la Connaissance starts off very green. Somehow I have the impression that I am standing in a typical Alman garden and smelling the excellently tended herbal plants. The fragrance is therefore initially very refreshing, invigorating and tart. The fig then joins in perfectly balanced. Fruity and juicy, it counteracts the astringency well. Somewhere in the background, I smell woody notes. Is that the fig tree? Did they put fig branches in there? Anyway, that makes the whole fragrance even more complex, even more interesting. Finally, I get a little creaminess. I suspect this is sandalwood. Sandalwood can often be very present but here it just adds its softness to the fragrance.

Fig is often linear. Sometimes particularly green, sometimes particularly juicy but rarely with a lot of fragrance progression. This is exactly why L'Arbre de la Connaissance totally flashed me and picked me up.
The price is absolutely reasonable, I was even surprised because I thought Jovoy would be much more expensive.
While the fragrance starts off quite masculine, it is completely unisex for me afterwards, if I had to choose then with a feminine slant.
The bottle also impresses me across the board. The sillage is moderate and suits the fragrance, and I think the longevity is really great for such a character.
For me, this really is an outstanding fig and anyone who loves them as much as I do should try the fragrance.