trebla – 2022-06-12:

5 out of 5

High pitched, but not sharp, green watery melon rhubarb. Truly unisex
I did not get any hay or grass other than watery green notes. I’m guessing it dies into woody musk but since I scrubbed it off before then I am only speculating

pitomecx – 2022-06-12:

5 out of 5

Crème de la crème of fig fragrances!
So sophisticated and unique. Feels like sitting in a fig orchard….
I can’t help perceiving it as… fig butter. Fig milk getting so creamy that it becomes buttery!
This is probably the fig + melon + hay combo that gives this buttery effect.
I TOTALLY LOVE IT!!!
10/10

bff224Negeltzex – 2022-06-12:

4 out of 5

This is a lovely fig scent, so fresh and green without that slightly cloying and oily overtone that makes me not so totally in love with Premier Figuer and Philosokos. There is a hint of summery fruit and a zing from the rhubarb and fresh green notes. The touch of coconut flesh is I think an illusion produced by the fig aroma chemical. I find it very female friendly as well and I’m very sensitive to a too masculine skew in unisex frags. If you are looking for the perfect green fig do try this, along with the magnificent but much sweeter and richer offerings from Profumum Roma, Ichnusa and Dambrosia. Like all Heeleys it is great quality with good lasting power and sillage.

onu172speagoessenda – 2022-06-12:

4 out of 5

I spray this one and the first thing I think is “beach trip!” so I do understand where others are getting a coconut vibe. I’ll get to that more in a minute.
So I get 3 main notes from this: FIG, coconut oil, and cantaloupe. The fig is by far the most present. It has that realistic musky/dusty woodiness of fig tree branches if you’re familiar with that, plus the green milky sap kind of fig right off the tree. Very yummy, nicely balanced. I’d call it more gummy than juicy if I had to give its sweetness a texture.
Then the coconut, less present than the fig overall but BIG in the opening spray; it’s more like real coconut oil, the kind at health food stores that’s virgin/cold-pressed, without any of the acidic bite those real oils have or that you find in, i.e. coconut hair products. Smooth and sunny and beachy without being cheap smelling.
Then, the melon. Let’s get this part out there: it does NOT SMELL LIKE CALONE to me. It smells like real cantaloupe, the watery rind and the ripe orange flesh. So yes, you probably need to like that scent to enjoy this, but only for the first 30 mins or so because then it goes back to being mostly about a cocobutter fig. It’s not cheap, or abrasive, or calone-y like something that fell off a shelf in any given drug store in the 90’s. The quality is clearly there and it’s not a common smell in perfumery which makes it all the more smile-inducing as it’s unexpected. This is NICHE melon, done right. It makes its appearance, speaks its lines, then bows gracefully off stage.
Fresh & sweet, green and milky, fruity and woody, this is a delight any time of the year or when you need a pick-me-up. Always make me smile – I can’t help it, it’s sunshine in a bottle! Or rather, lots of my favorite products of sunshine mixed together in a bottle 😛
P.S. Pretty sure it’s been discontinued for a while now… (writing in 2016)

iwb940speagoessenda – 2022-06-12:

5 out of 5

Truly unisex. On men, it will show off its masculine pepper notes. On women, it will be just herbal enough to tease with what is not a stereotypically feminine scent.
This is the first perfume that both my husband and I can wear and feel that it enhances us both.
To me, it smells like sex. Not the musky, sweaty sex smell — we all have smelled perfumes like that. But it alludes to dry mediterranean nights, with a salty and refreshing breeze — maybe a tryst in a fig tree grove. There is some tree bark scent that completes the illusion.
It is sharp at first, but then gets more rounded.
Does it smell like true fig? Sure. It does nothing to allude to ripened, sweet, juicy figs. This is still a young fig fruit, perhaps even under-ripe. That is why there is so much promise to this scent — the fig has yet to ripen and to fully develop its potential to become a sumptuous fruit.
There is some fresh grass and some rhubarb, too. It is not ‘fresh’ per se; it is sensual and fresh.
I don’t get coconut at all, unlike other reviewers. There is nothing powdery about it, or cloying for that matter.
It has good projections and stays on the skin all day. When my husband puts it on in the morning, I can still smell it close to his skin in the evening.
Highly recommended.

fluffysoft – 2022-06-12:

5 out of 5

it seems this one is quite polarizing, and frankly i’m on the “totally love it” side of this.
i’m slowly becoming quite a fan of fig fragrances, and i love the concept behind this one, of the whole tree, from dirt and roots to leaves and fruit. on my skin, this changes beautifully over a few hours, through every possible iteration of fig. starting out with a sharp, green and citrusy opening, then calming down to that woody, coconutty, syrupy musk and a bit of amber, without ever veering into the overly-sweet and synthetic coconut that so many fig fragrances are guilty of.
i find this one beautiful and fascinating, but while the drastic change from green/fresh to warm/deep fascinates me – how can something go from so green and fresh to something woody and gourmand in 90 minutes? – and seems quite impressive, i have a hard time figuring out when i’d want to wear it.
sillage and longevity are also quite average on me, which makes me hesitate to call it FBW. but definitely worth a try, especially if you’re a person who loves trying iterations of fig fragrances.

shketka12 – 2022-06-12:

5 out of 5

tra i tanti profumi, che hanno come nota predominante il fico, sin qui provati, questo è, d’accordo con Luca Turin, un fico iperrealistico. e non solo. l’inizio è polposo, bagnato, verde: un misto di foglia di fico e qualcosa di fruttato. quindi ci si sposta su territori decisamente erbacei e terrosi: come sniffare un ramo dell’albero. quindi, assai lentamente, si giunge al fondo legnoso: siamo alla corteccia. la sintesi dell’intero albero, passando attraverso tutte le fasi della sua vita, e della sua intera essenza. come dire: l’albero di fico nella sua totalità rivive in una meravigliosa fragranza. ottima persistenza, splendido viaggio olfattivo. ottimo

Plabbancefrer – 2022-06-12:

4 out of 5

Coconut hairspray

China – 2022-06-12:

5 out of 5

What a strange fig scent, it smells like mint on my skin! There is definitely some sort of tingly sensation that I usually associate with mint or menthol, even though it’s not listed in the notes. As the perfume develops the fig and coconut become more apparent but the menthol thing never really disappears. I like Premier Figuier better because the latter is more of a gourmand and is very sweet. A matter of personal taste 🙂

unilogin – 2022-06-12:

4 out of 5

From what I’ve read, James Heeley is a British designer who also happened to become interested in composing perfumes without any formal education in this area. As his designs tastefully marry up functionalism and minimalism, I expected his scents to be in a similar vein. So far, I’ve sampled four of Heeley’s spring/summer perfumes and am pleased to say they have lived up to (if not exceeded) my expectations. The first one of the lot I’m going to review is “Figuier”.
Before testing Heeley’s “Figuier”, I’d never paid close attention to the fig note in fragrances. By that I mean I’d never buy a fragrance just because it smelled of fig. The first perfume I got containing the note was “Un Jardin en Méditerranée” by Hermes. I found its fig fruity, slightly milky and pleasing to the nose. Heeley’s fig, nevertheless, is a different story. Instead of reinterpreting only the fruit, he gives the note a more thorough treatment: the fruit, the leaves as well as the bark. As a result, “Figuier” is unmistakeably green and outdoorsy. While the fruity-milky fig tends to bring to mind a lazy summer afternoon spent dozing in a hammock, “Figuier” pulsates with energy. Another thing I enjoy about Heeley’s perfume is that the fig does not play second fiddle but is the star of the composition. The supporting roles are allocated to notes like grass, melon, hay and musk.
Luca Turin claims “Figuier” is an epitome of “hyperrealist perfumery”. I can only agree and add that, from my point of view, in this fragrance James Heeley “deromanticises” the fig note. His fig is green, invigorating, natural-smelling and, above all, fun. To put it simply, an absolute joy to wear!

томик – 2022-06-12:

3 out of 5

I detested this. The opening is toxically sweet and chemical, like nail varnish remover.
The drydown is more bearable, but still there’s something extremely synthetic about the sweetness. It reminds of ‘pear drops’ -those hard boiled candies shaped like pears and rolled in sugar.
This smells like it was made for teenage girls. Definitely not worth the price.

alex0047 – 2022-06-12:

4 out of 5

I’ve just worn this all day and it’s a strange one for me. I don’t think I actually like it, but I am fascinated by it.
The fig is the most realistic fig I’ve ever smelled. It’s very tangy, earthy and green. But I wish something other than rhubarb had been used with it. I feel like the combination of these two accords makes this fragrance too bitter.
First spray was not pleasant. Someone else mentioned furniture polish and I agree. There’s a very pungent, chemical smell on the opening here. It takes about an hour for it to go away.
When it does finally leave, there’s such an interesting, crisp scent, but it just never stops being a touch too bitter for my taste.
For all this is a fig scent, I wouldn’t class it as gourmand at all. It’s much more a green fragrance. The grass is lovely, but I never really get the cedar or white tea.
I spent half of today wanting to scrub this off of me, but now it’s going, I kind of want to try it again tomorrow and I don’t really know why!
This is certainly worth trying because it’s a very original and interesting fragrance. I doubt I’ll buy a full bottle though.

metroseysuvh – 2022-06-12:

4 out of 5

Altough i like fig scents, this one is not for me. Heeley Figuier is in fact a very realistic fig fragrance, able to reproduce both the leafy and the fruity aspects of fig. But there is something on its opening that i dislike and reminds me of furniture polisher. I guess that it may be the rhuibarb. Figuier opens with a fresh, grassy note, then followed by this furniture polish note, which is quick but enough to bother me while it lasts. Then both fruity and leafy aspects of fig goes into the center of the aroma. There is something on the fruity side of Figuier that reminds me of the coconut soapy aroma of Marc Jacobs Men, but a little bit refined and less forced. The base is very close to skin, a faint woody green whisper. Figuier seems an elegant, minimalistic, non-ofensive fig, it`s not one that i would have.

Aleks1111.84 – 2022-06-12:

3 out of 5

I tried this scent at the same time as Artisan Parfumeur Premier Figuier. This one is starts off very bright, very unique and fresh and clean with a hint of brown sugar or sugar cookie. Lovely and unique. I was tempted to walk out of the store with a bottle. The drydown on me is very cloying and powdery, not at all like it starts. Almost like “old-lady” perfume. So glad I didn’t spend $180! The Artisan Parfumeur Premier Figuier, while it goes on more softly and is a warmer scent to start, dries down very smooth and subtle.

lekha-levchenk – 2022-06-12:

5 out of 5

Not too long ago it seemed that every house was coming up with its version of the fig perfume. Oud seems to have replaced fig as the “note du jour”, but many fig creations still persist, and Heeley FIGUIER offers a unique take on this note.
The fig is up front and center from the first spritz: both wood and fig leaf, but none of the sweetness of a ripe piece of fruit. I do not know much about the natural habitat of fig trees, but this one seems to have been planted in the middle of a rain forest. Tall trees with large leaves are dripping with water to the point where the branches are bowing down to the ground. The leaves are glossy, and the moisture in the air portends another deluge to come.
Green green, green, and wet, wet, wet! There is a very open quality to this composition. It feels cool, not warm, and far more aromatic than oriental. I generally prefer fig in a woodier, spicier complex, but FIGUIER should appeal to anyone who loves watery green perfumes, provided that they also like fig! Unlike many mainstream watery perfumes, this niche offering smells quite natural.

Leet20409 – 2022-06-12:

5 out of 5

Very natural and grounded scent. The fig here is presented in an astringent and herbal composition and plays the main role itself.
On my skin it is amazingly long lasting with good projection. I also appreciate the high quality of ingredients. However, it is more of an abstract creation than commercial. In fact I think James Heeley wanted to ‘replicate’ the natural scent of ‘Figuier’, rather than creating a handsome and wearable scent out of it! Specially considering the price tag, it’s a ‘No!’ for me.

Pentrash – 2022-06-12:

5 out of 5

I have worn this twice based on a sample from lucky scent. Very green. Similar to Premier Figuier but no coconut. Unfortunately it last no more than 3 hours on my skin. No buy for me.

resing – 2022-06-12:

4 out of 5

Wow this so didn’t work for me. It went on as coconut, fig and a cold dry note like dry concrete mix. This metallic dry concrete note overpowers the whole thing for a full fifteen minutes and lingers into the next stages as the scent develops more green fig and a synthetic watermelon note. That stage passes too and the whole thing ends up without the concrete, in a milky coconut fig that begins to get really perfume-y in a slightly soapy sharp way at the end. Changes alot, but not in a way I want to experience again.

Kirdishov – 2022-06-12:

5 out of 5

It is indeet a beatuful fig. For me the most beautiful. I have got a long jurnay to discover my fig scent. I have tried the most of them. And this is it! It is not as sharp as Phylosikos, it is not as sweet as Làrtisan Premier figuier and it is the most lasting fig of all. I also like The fig from Parfumerie Generale, but the lasting power is realy poor. The Fig from Jo Malone is also beautiful, but again no lasting power whatsoever! The Miller Harris Fig is way too boring for me… And here she is: a nice realistic green fig, with a hint of melone (or is that rhuburb?) and a wonderful woody cedar base! Just perfect! I am very thankfull to the sale lady, witch presented this gem to me! AusLiebeZumDuft I love you and thanks God you are only 15 min away from me! :))

Pekpheple – 2022-06-12:

3 out of 5

I m astonished to be the first person to review that beauty! Are you a fan of figue scents?? THEN it COULD BE THE ONE for you.. in that case I agree 100%with LT in The Guide,this is the clearest figue scent in a perfume that Ive ever smelled..in the opening notes. After some minutes I can smell some green tea notes and the grassy fresh mowed hay but no rhuburb..maybe that s a good thing then.The staying power was amazing on my skin, applied in the morning and at 5 o clock pm I still get some cedary figue.. I have only a sample of that summer scent but am now considering buying a full bottle…dream