Oooh figs!
… oh no, forget it… you probably know me well enough by now to know that I totally go crazy for certain fragrance notes. There’s, of course, tea, citrus notes, and naturally figs. You also know that I’m into Star Wars, Batman, and other nerdy things. Oh and… you know (and roll your eyes because of it) that I sometimes find the ladies here with amazing fragrances absolutely irresistible, but I’d still rather run away in nervousness from them, especially when I have to test women’s fragrances :D
You also know that I’m single, you know that I can get a bit hysterical here and so on :D
But there are surely some who don’t know me yet, right? You there, in the second row, you don’t know me, do you? Alright, let’s start over… argh, no! Just read above and you’ll know that I’m a freak… so, now that we’ve cleared that up, I can finally get to the scent. Which, of course, smells like figs :DD
Ooooh, you know I like figs! Aaaargh… I said it again. But once caught in this loop, you can never escape! :DD
… oh dear, I shouldn’t have mentioned the nerdy things, now the newcomers think I’m a freak too, arghhhh! I’ll quickly test the scent. And then I’ll go cry a little. But just a bit…
The Scent:
The scent clearly starts with the fig, but it’s quite a green and therefore unfortunately a bit stuffy fig, which I personally, despite my love for figs and fig scents, like a little less than the fig notes that smell sweeter or at least less stuffy. But it’s not bad, as the stuffiness doesn’t last long and the scent is mixed with nice, green notes (still, there are prettier fig notes! :DD).
Strangely, I have some difficulties with the peach. Normally a very easily recognizable note, I smell it here weaker than most describe it. Well, as often, scent perceptions are different (mine are right, yours are wrong! Mu ha ha ha,… does that sound very arrogant? :DD).
In the background, floral notes can be smelled, but they can’t really be identified. Later, you still smell figs, which are now even less stuffy, but still seem a bit dry. A light musk note appears and gives the scent a (very slight) sweetness.
The scent hardly changes anymore and remains so until the end.
The Sillage and Longevity:
The sillage is unfortunately quite low… it will hardly be noticeable to others shortly after spraying, unless you press the scent wearer really tightly. A little while later, the scent is almost skin-close.
Accordingly, the longevity is also low. It lasts about four hours, but after that, there’s hardly anything left of the scent.
The Bottle:
The bottle is rectangular, transparent, and thus very simple. The label is at least round and brings some variety to the otherwise almost always rectangular labels of most fragrances. The cap is black and cylindrical. Nothing special and rather practical.
Okay, the scent is not bad. Yes, you can see that I’m not really excited about the scent, but it’s just not bad. It smells green and of figs, but there are fig fragrances where the fig note (the whole scent, in fact) smells much better (e.g., Philosykos by Diptyque, Fico di Amalfi by Acqua di Parma, Figuier Eden by Armani, Debaser by D.S. Durga or Fico d’India by Tuttotondo, etc…).
Additionally, the scent is unfortunately also extremely weak, it dissipates quickly and will hardly be noticeable or only for a very short time on someone. Therefore, it’s at most suitable as a casual daytime scent, but as I mentioned, there are better (and possibly cheaper) fragrances for that.
To be honest, I expect much better from Parfumerie Générale. So it’s not something you absolutely have to try, even if you, like me, totally love cute figs :D