Yet another cheapie fragrance claiming to contain a fig note (fig leaf in this case) where there is none. At least not a realistic one. Before this I reviewed Romamor Uomo claiming the same (fig fruit in that case) and failing miserably at that in the same way. And believe me I know what I'm talking about since when I turn my head a just little to the left I can see a big fig tree through the window, which I planted myself in my garden. If you really want a realistic fig leaf note in a cheap fragrance, go for Guess 1981 Indigo instead.
Apart from that, this is a very minimalistic fragrance really, REALLY heavy on bergamot supported by mixture of Linalool, Citral, Limonene and other citrus-like usual suspects. The opening is astringent, pervasive, which is probably what people having no experience with the actual smell of fig mistakenly associate with the bitter greenness of the actual fig leaf. Right after spraying I get the association with the Juicy Fruit chewing gum just more bitter and borderline nauseating. Not a pleasant opening at all. All the development you get towards the drydown here is partial smoothing of the opening with the sandalwood note (hardly any mysore here) and a barely there woody note which is synthetic just like the rest of this fragrance.
To succeed at minimalism, you have to a) use good quality materials and/or b) be J. C. Ellena and none of this obviously applies here. I tried to find my way to this fragrance on multiple occasions but I just can't get over the heavy citrus here, which never ever goes away and does not vibe with me the way it's mixed at all.
Addendum: After comparing this side-by-side with Ombre Noire, the obvious simplicity of this mixture is even more pronounced - this seems like a lazy, phoned-in reduction of ON's top note to a whole fragrance. Where ON has nice development from top through heart to bottom, this just lingers and lingers without any development whatsoever.
