Description
“An aromatic, green, woody chypre “
Bold and seductive like the Figaro
from Beaumarchais’ plays, Figaro by
Lubin takes liberties with conventions
much like the character that inspired
it. An extremely original unisex
fragrance, its construction is based
on the daring opposition of vetiver
and fig, which starts out green and
ends up with gentle amber and
woody base notes.
At the heart of this fragrance is
a counterpoint of vetiver and fig
brightened by notes of apple, clover
and plum. Cilantro evokes the
green of nature and seaside pines,
mingling with ocean breezes. These
woody, amber tones finally give way
to vetiver, sandalwood, tonka bean
and benzoin balm base notes.
Figaro was launched in 2010. The nose behind this fragrance is Thomas Fontaine.
vlad_zlobin – :
Beautiful vetiver, and many and various other gorgeous things – fruit, pine, a little flower, a little herb, a little wood, a little touch of spice, a little bitter, a little sweet, a lovely oily, resinous, luxurious perfume. A very intriguing mixture of things, and I really really like it. It appeals to my love of the eccentric.
And I love the bottle. It’s stunning. Very strong and assertive, both the bottle and the fragrance. Both are terrific.
Misha11 – :
Figaro is a fragrance that has positively surprised by the sharpness and quality with which it is done.
Since the opening that sweet and fruity with a fresh point having figaro, on my skin note apple stands out from all but also foreshadowed plum and fig notes, all very succulent and edible is detected. The aroma is most similar to a dessert, a fruit verbena to which sugar has placed above. It’s not cloying but sweet, it has much to do balsamic styrax contributes chord.
Note that provide the woods are very important in Figaro, but these are always behind the fruit and the sweetness, feature sandalwood which gives a sweet and floral point, vetiver felt during the final drydown providing a light spot drier and smoked fragrance, but most noticeable is the pinewood that makes the sweetness of Figaro is not cloying or feminine either, the pine point looks good, is very nice and very well adjusted .
Duration, good projection, and excellent balance in the composition.
Rating: 6.5
algisg1 – :
I got one 75ml bottle last year.It smells wood+plum+pine,not that sticky sweet,bringing a feeling of little dark with sorrow.
6.5/10
nemec07 – :
Sharp citrus opening but then dries down into a nice, slightly sweet, pine/vetyver soft smell. Interesting but too masculin for my taste.
Sillage: soft
Longevity: moderate
fasted123 – :
I love Lubin fragrances, but unfortunately Figaro was a scrubber for me. It actually made me very nauseous.
Looking at the ingredient list, I loved all of it, but this particular combination just doesn’t work. This smells like bitter prunes and fig fruit mixed with a woody-pine resin, that sat for a while and started to rot.
Sorry Lubin.
JoydayJek – :
Not a fan of this one. Quite sharp and acidic on the opening. The barrage of fresh top notes -grapefruit, coriander and apple in particular- wears down into a rather boring pine and sandalwood, with a hint of figs.
Smells a bit like a wooden table after you’ve wiped it with some “Apple Fresh” disinfectant spray.
Not very alluring.
hii652Negeltzex – :
this smells absolutely the same as Black Cashmere by Donna Karan on me.100% the same.No fruits no flowers only insence ,woods.
floowlalalley – :
Judging from the note pyramid, there’s a lot going on in Lubin L’Eau Neuve Figaro. Maybe that’s why I’m having a hard time teasing anything figgy out of it at all. To me this creation is extremely well and subtly blended with the finished effect being a somewhat standard aromatic woody men’s cologne.
The quality of the ingredients seems very good here–on the order of Creed–but I feel that I’ve smelled this composition many times before with only tiny, nearly imperceptible tweaks to the recipe. Here I find the greenish pine note to be the most dominant, though I do own that there is a vague fruity facet. Others seem to find the fig note dominant, as I expected to, given the name, but I do not. What I smell is mostly vetiver and coriander and bergamot… basically the usual suspects.
I would recommend this fragrance to gents who wish to don a cologne which falls into the “expected” range for well-groomed men of means.
эндрю – :
An elegant and versatile fragrance. An aura of vetiver and wood q surrounds the opening of plum and fig, the heart is also fruity, delicately spicy. The wood of this composition brings me to something oily, resinous, gives comfortable feel.
Velliar – :
This one opens up with vetiver mixed specially with woodsy notes, and when I say woodsy I want to say green
pine. There’s also a fruity accord attached here given by a not so well distinguished at the beginning but growing through time plum note.
Figs do appear in this fragrance but they’re mixed with plum like in a drink, and it is a sweet one, not the kind of figs present in philosykos.
The drydown is a very pleasant sweet aura of figs/plum wheres the base shows us the vetiver again but here it is embracing a woody accord.
sc777sc – :
Well this opens with a fruity vetiver accord, I’m picking up the citrus with apple a little pine with a big dose of figgy plum all mixed together.
This has the fruit of the forest vibe, its aromatic and balmy and the figgy plum is now dominating the show. It’s unequal and not the type of scent I usually
go for though it is nice.
You know those soft drinks that have different fruits mixed together you can buy well that is the vibe I am getting from this. You can smell the apple within the
figgy plum mix. I do not know weather to drink it or wear it.lol
To sum up a fruity vetiver with a big dose of figgy plum with the scent of a apple in the mix. It’s smells more like a soft drink than something you would wear
though it does smell good in a fruity sweet way. I get seven to eight hours longevity from this one.