Ah, Premier Figuier is a very beautiful fig scent that I really liked. Back when I was testing it, I actually only had some issues with the sillage and longevity, and I wrote that I was looking forward to the Extrême version, hoping that the wonderful scent would last longer.
Before I continue to rave about the fragrance, I am excited to finally hold a sample of the Extrême version in my hands and am very curious about it.
And the best part is that I even have figs (as in fruits) standing next to me this time. My God, they are delicious, even though their scent is weaker than I had thought. No matter, I will now apply the fragrance to my arm and keep biting into the delicious beauties, and yes, for once I mean the tasty fruits and not you ladies :D
And hopefully I won’t confuse my arm with the fruit, so I hopefully won’t bite into my arm :D
The scent:
The opening of the fragrance is quite similar to the "other, non-extreme" scent. Here too, you can smell a wonderful fig that is slightly green and also reminds of Diptyque's Philosykos. I don't know if it's due to the broom, but the scent becomes slightly herbaceous and musty in the background. This doesn’t last long, but I find that the top note smells a bit worse here.
Just a few minutes later, the fragrance develops both light, sweet notes and a wonderful coconut, where everything smells very natural. I might be mistaken, but the coconut in the regular version was softer or you had more of the feeling that it was more like coconut milk; here, however, you can smell a real coconut, which even becomes quite strong later on. I now attribute the sweet notes to dried fruits.
A bit later, the scent is slightly musty, I believe caused by the mentioned, somewhat more intense coconut, and the fig notes are only faintly present. Unfortunately, it seemed to me that the normal version had smelled significantly better.
The sillage and longevity:
So, I don’t notice any significant differences in the projection and therefore say that the scent is just as strong as the normal Figuier, well, maybe a bit stronger. The beginning is strong, but then this scent will only be detectable close to someone.
The longevity is longer here; I get about five to six hours.
The bottle:
I still don’t know what the black bottles from L’Artisan look like in real life (I should go back to Albrecht in Frankfurt, as far as I know, there are some L’Artisans there, maybe I’ll also see the new bottles…), so I will continue to describe the “old” bottle, which is octagonal and has an also octagonal and gold-plated cap.
On the front, there is a narrow label with the name of the fragrance. You can also see a golden fig leaf on the green label. Everything is, as always, very nicely done.
Hm,… even though I tested Premier Figuier in May, it seemed to me that you could smell the figs better in that one. Because the Extrême, despite its name, is not significantly stronger, and the figs themselves seemed weaker to me.
I find that disappointing and also a bit frustrating, as I had expected a more powerful version of a beautiful fragrance. I also found it disappointing that the Extrême smells worse (for me, the musty notes), which I didn’t perceive in the normal Figuier.
And just like with the original scent, it’s as if the fig wants to go on vacation by the sea, but while sunbathing, it gets a sunburn again and shrinks into a sweet-smelling dried fruit :D
This means that this scent fits well for summer and vacation, but is more suitable for everyday use or as a casual fragrance, as it smells a bit too weak for anything else. If you like figs and coconut, you might want to check out this scent. However, I would recommend the normal version even more, as I found the normal one to smell better.
… and I need to go back to the supermarket… because there have been really delicious figs here for a few days. And I’m sure they are all sold out by now… of course, now that mine are slowly running out…
Top Notes 
Broom
Fig leaf
Peach
Heart Notes 
Fig
Almond milk
Dried fruits
Base Notes 
Coconut milk
Fig wood
Pine needle
Sandalwood
FreshKatsu
Duftrebellen
Rieke2021
Amourage
Jennytammy
MichH
mado
Parma
Puderduft18
Heikeso
