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.
