HeimiTawHiple – 2022-06-12:

5 out of 5

I have the UK version. Library of Fragrance. Fresh fig leaves with a little fruit.
Relaxing to wear to bed on a slightly sticky summer evening.
It’s a cologne. Good to freshen up. Nothing spectacular in terms of sillage or longevity. Does the job.

alex93x – 2022-06-12:

5 out of 5

Not strictly a fragrance. And exactly what it says on the tin: a library kind of scent, solileaf (if there is such a thing?). I can’t really imagine wearing it as a personal fragrance on its own, but it’s great when I want to experience the smell of Mediterranean which a fig bush is emblematic of for me.
I said ‘fig bush’ and I’ll stick to that as this is more than just the green and figgy bittersweetness of the leaf, the warm and sweet fruit is there too. For me, there is too much of the fruit, actually, but it dirties up the green rather nicely.
At the price (£10/30ml) it’s pretty good as a functional scent and if other Library scents are anywhere near as good I am going to never buy a room spray again…
8/10 as a room/linen fragrance
4/10 as perfume
For some reason the UK bottle I got only mentions Demeter on the back label. Pity, as it’s a good name.
I am going to try and layer it with jasmine and leather and smoke as perfume because I am hankering after something like this just now. So this review will get updated.

qhg797bedyWelty – 2022-06-12:

3 out of 5

Demeter Fig isn’t as straightfoward as it’s presented.
Upon application, Demeter Fig hits your throat like a fig flavored Jolly Rancher hard candy. As the seconds go by, a very vivid sharp astringent nuance takes over. It’s like getting shampoo in your eyes and burns.
This sharp astringency is the fig leaf. And the fig leaf lasts 20-30 minutes until we are met with a rewarding drydown of coconutty fig flesh that hugs the skin.
I bought the body lotion to layer with the fragrance spray… what a joke! The Demeter Fig Leaf fragranced body lotion is so intense that it starts to resemble corn nuts!
Not an instant like – I had to understand it before I “liked” it.

slav234 – 2022-06-12:

4 out of 5

Figgy figerson. Wow. Starts out boozy fruity and quickly moves straight in to fig leaf with a coconut or perhaps woody base. I wouldn’t call it sweet like some others have, unless boozy overripe fruit is sweet to you. It is quite linear as well so it could be used to enhance other fumes or give more fig to your figgy favorites. Silliage is light seems to run its course from boozy fruit to green fig in about five minutes, then it’s a skin scent. On clothes much longer. It’s fun to smell but alone it is too simple for my curious nose. For layering and on its own i much prefer jo malones fig. VERY fig VERY linear but still great by itself when you want to.

gitteeidoface – 2022-06-12:

5 out of 5

Smells like a fresh fig with a bite taken out of it — green on the outside, subtly syrupy on the inside — for a nice balance of green sweetness. Lasts 4+ hours for me.

elagin83 – 2022-06-12:

4 out of 5

I like this. It makes me feel like Fall…and Fall is my favorite time of year. This is my second Demeter fragrance. I was disappointed the first time around because the longevity with this line is pretty mild and I had different expectations. However I’ve changed the way I look at Demeter fragrances. These aren’t Muglers or Diors these are skin scents, like an after-bath splash (think your grandma’s Jean Nate) or a weekend scent where your bummin around the house. Anyway…I really like this fig. It smells like, well, fig. Good stuff

Adcitty – 2022-06-12:

3 out of 5

niente da fare: come mi rilassa il fico, nessun altro.
questo è bello, ci sono più foglie che frutto all’inizio, ma poi vira sul polveroso

ВасильТ – 2022-06-12:

3 out of 5

What do I get? Fig leaf + Windex. Seriously. Yet somehow I like it. There really isn’t much to say, I just wished it smelled more like “real” fig leaf. Maybe they went with full on fresh green fig leaves, which is why it smells a bit off, since you can’t really smell them too much at that point. So I guess I was hoping for more of the dry fig leaf smell I’m used to from the fig trees my family has in our backyard.

сусел7252110 – 2022-06-12:

4 out of 5

This particular entry in the Demeter series smells much more like perfume than the scent which it is intended to mimic: fig leaf. The opening has a strong solvent odor reminiscent of something in the neighborhood of nail polish remover and paint thinner. Even after that has cleared out a bit, the solvent scent continues to maintain the upper hand, smelling by now a bit like glue, with the result that the fig, though certainly detectable, seems to be only part of the story. I believe that this is simply an extreme version of what often appears in fig perfumes (and others as well) as a kind of doughy quality.
There are tons of fig perfumes available, and many of them offer much more faithful renditions of various parts of the fig plant than this particular Demeter effort. I would not recommend this as a fig perfume, and I also find that it is not as good as many of the other facsimile scents in the collection. A definite try before you buy, unless of course you find a bottle for the price of a sample (as I did), in which case, it’s probably worth trying for the experience alone. Anyone who is willing to pay $6 for a cup of coffee at Starbucks should be willing to shell out that much for a perfume sample, no?

gurgen-sona – 2022-06-12:

5 out of 5

“Your perfume is…confusing.” So said the boyfriend the first time I wore it. Fresh, woody, and “dirty-clean”, if that makes any sense. Makes me feel like a wood nymph. No it doesn’t last long, but what Demeter does? I don’t mind reapplying.

shumo08 – 2022-06-12:

4 out of 5

Very nice. Fresh and sweet. Lasted a long time on me, or at least on cotton clothes i was wearing. Almost 8 hrs.

Shiele – 2022-06-12:

5 out of 5

Fig Leaf actually has some complexity, for a Demeter – others I’ve tried are generally one-note, but Fig Leaf has some development.
It opens with a bright green, leafy smell that reminds of geranium leaves more than anything. I’ve never smelled a real fig leaf, so I couldn’t tell you how authentic it is, but it is a convincing leafy note that smells natural.
Over the course of about an hour, the green fades and the sweet figgy scent emerges, then comes to the forefront. For the next hour or so, the fig stays, while a coconut note slowly starts to appear. The fig + coconut lasts about another hour, for a total of about three hours. (As with most fragrances, it lasts longer on clothers than on skin.)
All in all, it’s very good for a Demeter pick-me-up cologne. I wear it often on the weekends to run errands or to visit family members. It’s an office-appropriate scent to my nose, too.

SPIREET – 2022-06-12:

5 out of 5

I like this. A subtle figgy scent and indeed the only fig based perfume I have ever tried. I combined the body lotion, shower gel and spray as my holiday scent in spain last year 🙂 Lovely probally would not buy again but it invokes many happy memories.

CefPaiseHeeda – 2022-06-12:

3 out of 5

It looks like this could be a less expensive alternative for Diptyque Philosykos!, but it’s just missing the woody quality. It’d be interesting to see if this were layered with another woodsy scent by Demeter. Mixing and layering is just fun, and Demeter seems to aim for that.

gyudsvyrxox – 2022-06-12:

3 out of 5

This is one of the better fragrances from Demeter. Although it smells like figs, it seems much more complex than just that.
Fig Leaf is a wonderful, juicy and somewhat fresh scent with a beautiful feminine vibe. In my first year of living away from home, I lived in an old house with a fig tree out the back. I have beautiful memories of lying out on the back porch in Summer feasting on figs.
The minute I smelt this fragrance, it took me back to those happier times. Fig Leaf has an interesting tang to it throughout, however closer to the drydown the scent becomes a little powdery and milky.
Unfortunately the scent doesn’t last long. Even on clothes it didn’t want to hold.

alexfreemanone – 2022-06-12:

3 out of 5

SWeet,FRuity,Figgy.Light,clean,mild.Sadly,these fumes r gone in 2 or 3 hrs.You have to reapply a lot. This is more akin to a very light body spray.REfreshing tho!!

lsjan – 2022-06-12:

3 out of 5

Fig Leaf is sweet and delicate, such a pity that it disappears so quickly. Subtle everyday scent.

anatol – 2022-06-12:

4 out of 5

Beautiful fig fragrance. Unfortunately – it stays on the skin only about two-three hours