Description
The new fragrance Annick Goutal Ninfeo Mio, announced for 2010, reveals secrets of the forgotten world. The fragrance was created out of emotions inspired by Ninfeo gardens in Rome.
This fragrant composition introduces light and luminousness in top notes which incorporate cedrate, Italian lemon and galbanum, which evoke first rays of sun in early dawn, fresh and clear air and birth of a new day.
Central notes add aromatic and calming tacts of lavender in union with fig leaves, while base notes finish with woody accords.
Its flacon is a classic, glass one, coloured in dark green and available as 100ml EDP. The perfume can be expected on the market in February 2010.
hmj427speagoessenda – :
Yes, yes! I’ve always wondered if I’d ever find a goutal I love. I haven’t had much luck with line, even going as far to blind buy a bottle of petite cherie that I quickly grew tired of it and gave away. I love green notes, but the pear/rose in there or something was just screechy imo.
Ninfeo is perfect for citrus with green notes lovers. I ended up pouring out the entire sample on myself, which I know is greedy but it’s the kind of scent where I can bathe in it and not feel overwhelmed. It has a very rich citron-lemon scent and if you actually feel the perfume, it’s oily which speaks for a nice concentration. The fig leaf is perfect in here, green with a pleasant sweet fig. Like others have said, it smells like a magic forest. If Ninfeo was a time, it would be the second half of September. Just when the leaves start to turn a little and there is a bit of that pleasant decaying leaf smell on the ground. Fig leaf has a bit of that sweet decaying kind of scent to me.
I imagine if I had this I would keep a bottle at work, it would be so lovely to spray this on all day just a little at a time for optimistic bursts of lovelyness. The scent is subtle and not strong but the citrus hangs on for a very long time.
tw_x – :
I was always confused about the cat pee note people describe in one of my favorites, AA Pamplelune, but it clicked for me here. Truthfully, I get a slight whiff of urinous boxwood in Ninfeo Mio. Not so much that I dislike the fragrance, just enough to rule it out for work wear. Darn, because I like it.
After the green leaf opening, Ninfeo Mio is a quirky lemon-woody. Puts me in mind of the garden of a vacation house I stayed at in Portugal, with a fig arbor and citrus trees overlooking the Douro River. Oddly, there’s something in the drydown that reminds me of Seville a l’Aube. I wonder if the mastic smells waxy to me.
My sample sat mostly ignored for a while, but now that I’ve finished it, I’m craving more.
metallica22 – :
Earthy citrus. Herbaceous green mixed with tart, zippy citrus (the citron is predominant here, especially in the beginning). There’s a sweet creaminess underneath everything, not sure where that’s from. The fig is there, it’s and pleasant, but it’s not the main star. A very woodsy fragrance but in a delicate, fairy tale woodland sort of way. Fig fragrances are usually very late summer voluptuous, but NM is a transparent early spring. Not that the fragrance is transparent – it has quite decent projection – but it feels like the pale, gossamer first leaves of spring. Fresh and ethereal.
raksajani – :
I tried both male and female versions. Both feel unisex. The main difference is that the female version feels more citrusy with a sub-sweet vibe in it while the malr version feels more green which I prefer. Both are beautiful though and close to each other. I like the version which is in Fragrantica but I love the male version which is not at the database. Performance is overall for both of them.
jonik – :
Love at first sniff and beyond. One of the best offerings from Annick Goutal.
This is the most aromatic part of the fig tree, minus the sweet pulp. Opening includes citrus and galbanum, and I’m loving this odd little bird! It’s neither feminine nor masculine, it sits right in the middle. It is unique, very herbal and tinged with green notes. i don’t associate this strong smell with cat pee, like others have noted. The opening is best described as a pungent-green walk through a lemon orchard. So natural smelling.
Really good projection in the first 30-45 minutes. Longevity is around 5 hours. That pretty much seals the deal for me. Aromatic citrus scents typically wash out In 1- 2 hours, but not this beauty.
Bought a 5ml on eBay, immediately ordered a 100 ml on fragrencenet. This is the most perfect summer scent, I want to bathe in it.
SwolaksSill – :
Swimming in a river under the sun with your friends, drinking milky teas in summertime picnics under the trees, milkmaid braids, petting bunnies, pale blue ribbons, white cotton, marble statues, smell of flowers in an ancient garden…
SnarpTataered – :
Interesting fragrance. I came across this while looking for a fig-based scent after falling in love with the amazing Un Jardin en Méditerranée by Hermès.
Of all the fig scents I have tried, this one is the most green. I get a mix of green ivy, fig leaf, and some citrus. At first the ivy is tame… Then it begins to morph and show the “old cat pee” element that ivy can have. The fig isn’t the star player here. It comes out later in the scent, and isn’t pronounced.
Longevity on me is around 6 hours after becoming a skin scent around 2.
It is a natural smelling scent that leans on the feminine side and it is pleasant, but I will reach for Hermès’ UJEM 100% of the time over this one when I want a green-fig scent. Ninfeo Mio evokes a nature walk and a myriad of scents whereas Jardin en Mediterranee makes one think of an actual garden with planning and purpose.
My rating of fig-based fragrances are as follows with my impression of them:
1- Jardin in Mediterranee by Hermes: Fantastic natural fig/woody fragrance with 6-8 hour longevity
2- Noble Fig by Ferrari: green fig/sage with decent longevity and sillage
3- Fico de Amalfi by Acqua di Parma: light fig/citrus blend. Summer fragrance with minimal sillage and longevity
4- Figuier Ardent by Atelier Cologne: sweet/green fig with milky citrus. Sillage and Longevity are moderate/good
5- Ninfeo Mio by Annick Goutal: very green leaf/ivy/citrus scent where the fig takes a supporting role. Decent sillage/longevity.
6- Zegna Milan by Ermenegildo Zegna: Simple fig mixed with Iso E Super. Lasts a while and sillage is moderate
Fabulous – :
For me which is really obsessed to perfumes Ninfeno Mio is just like an untold mysterious story. Full of silence and secrets. When I wear it I feel like a lost person in an empty secret garden when sunset. It is mysterious, solemn, sophisticated and melancholic like sleeping beauty when she has still a hundred years to wake up. I love it obsessively.
kalele – :
It starts out very fresh and garden-like indeed. However, after about 10min it turns into an unpleasant bitter something. As mentioned below, there is a slight hint of sweat. And that’s the least thing you would like to smell of if you are wearing perfume, no?
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ЛенкаАсоскова – :
Reviewing Ninfeo Mio is like doing a testimonial about a best friend or a sweetheart. It’s just someone you love, regardless their flaws. This scent is a big love to me, it’s the one I’ve found after a long dive in the perfume world, when I finally got a real idea of what I like and dislike. It was not love at first whiff, though. First time I knew I like it, but it was too much green leaning to masculine, reminded me of straw even. Second time I liked it better, but was afraid it was the perfume you like to smell on others, not yourself. Third time I sprayed on my hand, and oh god! I could not stop bringing it to my nose.
I am aware of the cat pee or BO notes that other reviewers mentioned. I personally run away for this kind of scent, like Aqua Allegoria Pamplelune. Who wants to smell like didn’t shower? However I feel that this notes are not obvious in Ninfeo Mio, they’re just there, hidden between the green leafs and the milky fig. I couldn’t stop loving it, even if I wanted to. Ninfeo Mio is my safe place. I wear it when I need to face a uncomfortable situation or in a day I would have liked to stay in bed. It’s not safe because it will please everyone around me, but because it reminds me that it is MY scent, and I love it even if others don’t. It reminds me that we don’t have to please everyone, we need to be comfortable with who we are.
About the scent itself, for me it opens with fresh sharp, dry greens, but very fresh. I love it for giving the “citrus cologne vibe” when applying it, but I’m happy it doesn’t last too long. Then there is a sweetness showing up, from the fig, or fig leafs. It is not a gourmand sweet, but it is definitely sweet. No prob, as it is balanced by a woody background. On me it has light projection and it is really longlasting: 7-8h. For me it’s more than enough. It’s just by the very end of the scent that I start to get the pee vibe, but I wouldn’t say cat pee, it’s more like the room of a child who still pees in bed sometimes LOL
I prefer to wear it in the colder months (which are 8, where I live) ’cause I find it to develop better in cold weather. For warmer months I prefer something even more fresh, anyway, like Petite Cherie or Eau d’Hadrien, even though I open my Ninfeo Mio very often just to smell it again 🙂
I have the Dolce Vita collection and it’s the same scent, just in a different bottle. And I agree with the reviewers who said it’s the smell of fairies in a forest. It is really a natural magic scent!
carlcox11 – :
I really like this fragrance, but My husband thinks it has a cat pee”/sweaty smell . I
am very sadly, but I agree with him, because sometimes I feel it too. It s a waste… it eould be a nice fragrance!
natuev – :
Opens with a snapped green twig, milky fig sap, and citron (more bitter smelling than lemon). The citron/lemon is a little too lemon-cleaner at times and the green galbanum gives slightly retro green edge that I could have done without, but this is a really refreshing, simple scent that smells nice in the summer. It gets milkier and figgier as time goes on, but otherwise it’s fairly linear. Good projection but low/medium longevity. Like.
lav110 – :
I really like this fragrance, but on my skin it smells a little bit sweaty. I still enjoy it but only wear it when I’m fresh out of the shower.
witasq – :
At first very green. Overgrown pond. Fresh leaves and citrus. This green is like fresh sharp juice from wrinkled leaf.
Then perfume becomes sweeter and warmer with less leaf. I don’t get direct association with water unless that’s tea with lemon and sugar in lovely summer day somewhere maybe further away from river.
After about 15 minutes it changes to vanilla egg desert (I think it’s called custard in English. It’s made from egg yolk, milk, flour, vanilla, sugar). This perfume smells similar to it. Also it have that desert’s silky, velvety texture. Only here is also added “candy blue”, lemon and maybe bit too much vanilla. Leafs now are very distant, just little bit hint of them.
I think that only association with water here is synthetic candy blue. In this perfume synthetic actually is good. For me this is not water perfume. This perfume changes with my skin. It becomes more pleasant on warmer skin. In bottle it smells different, but on my skin it’s mostly gourmand. In bottle it smells like elegant woman, bit spicy and vintage-y, expensive with sweet vanilla twist and it have bit airy, water feel to it.
fierybeare – :
Most exquisite. One of my favorites all year around in the stifling heat and the icy chill
wannessa2011 – :
Happy joy in a bottle!
This is bright, citrussy sweetness. Yes, it’s VERY sweet. However, it is not just sugar water. It’s a sweetness that comes from the fig leaf, from the citron, and from the flowers.
Every time I wear this I’m reminded of the Amalfi coast. To me, the fig leaf and citron are the stars of this fragrance. However, it is very well blended, all the notes seem to float into one another seamlessly, in a linear fashion. The EDT has moderate sillage and moderate longevity.
This is a spring/summer fragrance in my view. Since weather plays such a huge factor, I would venture into saying that I prefer this fragrance in spring, rather than in too hot i,e: Miami sweltering 98 to 106 degree summer weather, as I can see it it getting cloying under those conditions.
I think this is a great value. I like a lot of perfume, but with this fragrance one spritz shared between the wrists and one at the back of the neck is enough, more can become cloying to my nose.
Applied this way, Ninfeo Mio produces the most beautiful billowing whafts
…mmm
ensar bereket porno – :
Ninfeo Mio starts with quite interesting beginning, there is this weird sourness. It’s not off putting but it needs the right day to work for me. I think it’s from citrus and maybe galbanum and underneath it’s sweet and green from fig and bit resinous and green from galbanum. When the fragrance dries down it loses the sourness and it gets this really nice sweet greenness. It really gets me an image of dewy summer morning in garden when everything still has dew drops on leaves and air is really fresh and crisp, before the summer sun dries the garden again. Ninfeo Mio is happy scent that always makes me smile.
It has great longevity in my skin, it lasts all day and if it gets some warmth it starts to project quite well even in late night, that saying it does have nice sillage even without getting any extra from warmness.
vladz.75 – :
Annick Goutal Annick Goutal. The house that made me fall in love with perfumery at the age of 20. My first serious perfume was Neroli (now discontinued), so is my first ever review here on Fragrantica.
I’ve outgrown AG somewhat. But once in awhile I feel like regressing to my girly self and that’s when I’ll reach for my bottle of Ninfeo Mio. It’s a youth pill, injecting bubbliness into my mood and a spring into my steps. I’m a fan of fig. The combination of fig, galbanum and mastic is fabulous. Here’s where the greenness comes in and is stabilized in a light fixative of gummy mastic resin. The citrus makes everything fizz and pop. No one can feel crabby wearing this perfume.
I’ve been to the Ninfa gardens and now the memory of that visit is indelibly merged with AG’s Ninfeo Mio. I no longer think of one without associatively bringing up the other. They truly deserve one another.
femina – :
Oh dear. Not for me. On a paper strip I get the sense of what this is supposed to be, the green fig leaves, the milky sap, the mown grass. On my skin, though, it turns into an old fashioned lemon candy. The drydown is woody and very masculine.
Nicol1967 – :
Great refreshing summer frag for fig lovers. And when talking about figs, there is more fig leaf in this case. Although fragrance is a bit much to say about this lively juice as the staying power is quite weak (and i’m not usually having trouble with frags that are too light for others). If you can afford to spritz it often ie to use it as a body spray rather than a perfume, and are looking for something that smells like a walk in Italy between fig trees, holding a punch of basil leaves and sipping homemade lemonade, this is for you. Not overly sweet and no smell of air-freshener, thats relatively common for lemony frags, is a plus as well.
kutula – :
Got a sample from Lucky Scent. I love fig! But the fig in this disappears so fast! After an initial burst of greens and dirt and fig — which I love but it lasts only a few minutes on me! — I get only lemonball candy or lightly sweetened lemonade. Reminds me of Hermes Jardin en Méditerranée, hold the pepper and tomato. Ninfeo Mio is more “one note” on me and if I loved lemon fragrance on my skin that would be great, but I was in this for the fig, so I won’t be buying. I love lemon desserts tho! Lemon bars… lemon balls…. yes
митинец – :
I like the notes of this fragrance but I am looking for something with a bit longer wear on my skin. Anyone have recommendations for something that might work for me?
storm103 – :
I have given this numerous attempts in all weather and I get absolutely nothing but lemon. It opens as lemon and ends that way 🙁 Its refreshing for sure but tiresome and dull overall. I know its just my chemistry that makes it that way…
gsp73 – :
fresh, zesty, summery scent but does not last; goes on a lovely perfect green fig but quickly becomes a tart citrus then dries down a bit musky
sasho 68 – :
I bought this only by the notes and the reviews. It was quite cold spring when I got it. It was nothing like I expected. Strong, dry fig scent and galbanum and it was quickly gone. What a disappontment and waste of money I thought. I had to spray about 10 times to get a proper smell.
Now in the summer I gave another chance to this perfume. What a lovely citrus scent! Soft and rich with beautiful dimensions. The fig stands quietly in the back also and soft woodsy notes appear also. It’s like a totally different perfume now. Beautiful scent.
Definitely for summer, not for dry Finnish winter on my skin.
Kasper_X – :
firstly, this is what i expected Figure Amere to smell like.
refreshing citrus lemony top notes. lovely.
Ninfeo Mio delivers green herbs and woods in equal measure, without it overbalancing into anything too sweet or too ambery, like a lot of the figs I’ve tried recently.
i can smell pine trees, but perhaps that is the lavender or galbanum mixing with the other components to fool my nose. but i am transported to a green forest by the sea. i also get a coconutty fig note.
this is lovely for Summer.
it dries creamy yet fresh woods on me, lasts a good few hours, but my little one doesn’t like it.
but i really do like it!
i wish it was easier to get my hands on the Goutal 15ml bottles, they are just perfect.
cik237speagoessenda – :
I do really like this scent, but there’s something that holds me back from saying that I love it. I can’t really explain why. Even though it’s a “light” citrus perfume, there’s actually something kind of heavy to it. It’s pretty pungent.
The fig and the citrusy notes blend together well with the underlying woodsy notes. As with many niche perfumes, this smells less like a perfume, and more like a point in space-time. For me, it’s reminiscent of a mediterranean island. It’s quite fresh and crisp, maybe I’d even say it’s cold. Yeah, that’s it – that’s why I can’t quite “love” this one.
It’s very memorable and unique fragrance, one of my favorites from the Goutal line. It was the only one that really grabbed my attention when I went sniffing a bunch. My mom’s signature is Eau d’hadrien, and I find that one much more lemon-y than Ninfeo Mio.
I’d conclude that it’s on the feminine side, but perhaps the right guy could pull it off if his skin chemistry emphasized the woodsy notes over the fig and lemon.
A friend picked up this bottle to sniff it, and said, “Woah, that’s strong” and she smelled about 10 of my other perfumes as well. It is strong, and long – lasting, especially on clothes. No complaints there.
It isn’t synthetic smelling, and that’s something I can really appreciate it for. It does smell very natural. You can close your eyes and really transport yourself to another place.
It’s often labeled as a summer perfume, but I think it’s very suitable for fall actually.
It might be a little “too much” for every day wear, office wear, etc. It’s more suited to the daytime and casual outings, but that’s not to say it’s meek.
wdw213speagoessenda – :
Sharp, intense citrus blast, full on lemon peel/zest, tangy. Then fresh, green fig, mellowing into a woody base. Sounds simple, is simple, but is a sparkling, fresh must have for hot summer days. Refreshing.
malagutti – :
To my amazement Ninfeo Mio is more like a warm sweet park, rather than a cool grassy park I’d imagined about it. It starts with fresh sandy notes which smell just like the soil in a newly planted garden, I feel this is the most interesting part for me, I’d never before get a head note like this. Then the vanilla (though not listed hereunder, I do sense it) starts to sink in my skin, it’s not the creamy type of vanilla, it’s tender and has a thin texture, which smells like sweet flowers. The end is not as appealing to me as the begging and the middle, it’s just plain woody, very light and totally vanished from my skin without any trace that I’d been putting on a perfume hours ago. It doesn’t last more than 4 hours on me, I think my own chemistry doesn’t work together with the notes very well.
Here is a scene: I put the last couple of drops of Ninfeo Mio from my sample in office, my workmates almost immediately asked what smelled so wonderful around me? I said it’s a perfume that named by a park in Roman. They said it’s divine, it must be an expensive one, I said absolutely yes. But after some consideration I think the possibility I buy it is not so sure, due to its longevity on me. But what I am sure is that I still definitely like Annick Goutal works, including Ninfeo Mio, for their natural, romantic, beautiful features.
umberto – :
oh this is something special by the great house of Annick Goutal. I remember my first sniff of this wonderful juice, it transported me to a European Villa that had white picket gates covered in vines and had fig trees all around the property and the smell of the branches from the tree with the figs and greenery it was all right there in this juice. It has a very refined quality to that sort of nature in a bottle if that makes any sense. Im a huge fan of this fragrance, it is very fresh and earthy and refined all in one and I just cant think of anything that really smells like this. This works in Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. This is one of my all time favorites for su,re.
alex_52rus – :
A very full and complex citrus–zest, peel, flesh–followed by an unusual dusty scent, like a dry dirt path through a citrus grove. Didn’t last long on my skin–typical of AG scents–but was an interesting little side trip.
elopaymablyXT – :
very natural notes , a citrus garden in the skin, the best quality , an longevity silage perfect for a parfum with these notes.
10/10
zdriv3 – :
lo indosso oggi in maniera più che opportuna: potrebbe trattarsi del profumo del periodo, piuttosto che del giorno. ninfeo mio è pieno di agrumi: limone, cedro, arancia; io ci sento anche pompelmo rosa, per una certa nota amarostica che compare all’inizio. i primi spruzzi sono quindi freschissimi, rinverditi ulteriormente dalla sensazione di foglia di fico. fin qui tutto bene: nell’assestamento compare invece qualcosa di fruttato e dolce, quasi cremoso, che rende su di me un tantino sgradevole l’insieme. profumo di primavera inoltrata, molto buono.
antcompany – :
Very natural scent, pretty masculine due to its woody base. I am from a meditterranean country and, yes, it smells like if you were in a mediterranean garden… Love it!
paata7575 – :
Annick Goutal’s Ninfeo Mio is summed up perfectly in the promotional imagary: a lush green river surrounded by lemon and fig trees with enchanting gardens bathed in glorious yellow sunshine.
Ripe citrus fruit and luscious fig are at the heart of this summertime-in-a-bottle fragrance. It’s the only citrus based fragrance that my skin doesn’t turn into cat piss.
It is lovely and vivacious and leaves a downy cocoon. It’s spray-on sunshine and actually smells yellow and green.
andrei keks – :
Imagine a morning in spring, the air is crisp. A pond lies before you, its water clear and refreshing. Surrounding are lush green leafy plants with dew still dangling at the tip of its leaves. You might as well paint the image of fairies dancing around.
Such a beautiful composition that I had to own it after having a sample of it. Very natural smelling citron and green notes. The green notes is not your typical grass/leaf smell. There is a twist in it (i guess from fig leaves). And to balance the composition you do get some creamy notes in it to mellow down the citrus and fig leaves notes.
Looking for a natural smelling citrus green fragrance ? Get this !
Grinigor – :
Update: I was wearing Acqua De Parma Fico di Amalfi, a great fragrance this morning, similar to Ninfeo Mio, but the scent was gone in no time, poor performance. Then I applied Ninfeo Mio, much better green notes and lasting power…
Maybe the best, most natural green and grassy notes I have ever tried !
When I stepped outside on a nice Spring day wearing Ninfeo Mio, I thought I could have been smelling all the greenery around me. It smells like the air in Spring or early Autumn.
I have Hermes UN Jardin Mediterranee and ADP Fico di Amalfi which are compared to this as fresh fig fragrances. Ninfeo Mio is the most citrusy, a natural dry tart lemon. Someone said very accurately that the citrus is not fruity, but very tart in a dry way like Hermes Concentre d’Orange Verte’s orange is very dry and accidic. This makes it more mature and refreshing for hot Summer days.
When this dries down you get more of the interesting piquant notes, green fig leaf and galbanum, woody notes (light), I love um, makes this special. Some reviews here mentioned some strange notes in the drydown, I think those piquant green notes are what they’re talking about…
The piney mastic resin ads a nice warm nuance, that balances the tartness a bit. I think this is better than Hermes Concentre de Orange Verte, although very similar.
I would say this is the best green, lemon fragrance I’v tried, not so much a fig frag. I think the Fragrantica note pyramid is off in this respect, the fig should be behind the citruses.
This is high quality, very natural and refreshing. This is in the realm of Tom Ford Neroli Portafino, in quality and freshness. I got a 100/ml tester from eBay for $40. great value…
Ninfeo has nice subtle nuances of greeness, fig leaf and artemisia, very light.
This is mostly gender neutral. I think unisex frags have masculine and feminine qualities, gender neutral I would say has nothing particularly masculine or feminine, like herbal tea.
The longevity is very good, better than Jardin Mediterranee. From the mid-drydown the citrus settle and the green notes shine.
Rating: 9/10 ,for a citrus/ Summer frag.
God bless. John 3:16
ztv855bedyWelty – :
I, who am the queen of turning perfume into cat pee, can smell none in the bright citrus of Ninfeo Mio, and that is amazing! It is very rare for me to find a wearable citrus, so finding one I actually love is almost unheard of, but love it I do! The lemony opening is strong but not sharp or sour, and it stays delicious without becoming candied as the spicy sweetness develops. Then the fig leaf enters, and the citrus moves to the background a bit. Oddly, I am reminded of Shalimar at this point (I dropped a tester bottle in a store recently, and Shalimar soaked into my jeans and boots, and and then into my car, so it’s fresh in my mind, lol). It is much more muted, but a similar soft, warm, sweetness, maybe sort of like Shalimar’s niece’s half sister’s baby. But the tanginess and bit of green are there as well.
Fortunately, I get no skank or dirt, and very little earthiness at all. It is also way different from Premier Figuer on me, with the fig toned down and blended in more. I can definitely see this as a sunny day out among in a meadow surrounded by woods, but I can also see it working in cooler weather with its sweet warmth. Not a typical summer scent, for sure.
However, just as this beautiful joining and blending of notes happens, and it settles into my skin, it starts to fade. Within an hour it is just a trace. If it had made it to two hours, I would have already ordered a bottle. I can only hope to find a similar beauty out there that will last…..
sifeassexia – :
Opens zesty with spot on natural smelling citruses that are mouthwatering. Soon, the fig makes its presence adding a milky coconut smell, but the fragrance feels very green and fresh overall. Later, in the dry down, the fig/coconut smell is backed up by woody notes that are replacing the tart citrus.
Ninfeo Mio paints a picture for me, one of a green tropical forest in the morning.
Scent: 8/10
Longevity: 8/10
Projection: 6/10
vadik.olympus – :
Fresh perfume, green and kind. This is beautiful,giving me gives me serenity of caress. The opening is very sparkling with lemon and citron..I like how it evolves in the middle notes,when the fig leaf harmonizes with the top notes. Pure and lovely. Overall it is a nice, delicate scent but well .. This is certainly suitable for hot days! The sillage is moderate, but the good longevity.(6-7 hours)..I like.
Sillage: 6.5/10
Longevity: 7.5/10
Scent: 8.5/10
Overall: 8.5/10
Aerohopleneriekr – :
I smell a citrusy smell which I assume is the citron, because it doesn’t smell like any other citrus I know. Then there are green leaves and sap, and creamy fig. This is very nice if you like green scents.
vlad64 – :
This is one very well-done unique scent, and definitely in the middle of the unisex scale. It has moments of being crisp and green yet at times warm and mellow, now that’s genius! Never cloying and sweet like some fig scents. It performs more like a perfume than a toilette, so spray accordingly.
Most of you applaud it’s merits as a summer scent, and I can certainly imagine wearing this on a hot summer day. However, I wore this for the first time on a very cool day and it reminded me of Christmas. More specifically me as a young mom trudging up the hill behind our cabin with two little kids to cut down our tree. Piney sap that clung to your clothes all day; the slight musky smell of a little woodland creature that made the lower branches it’s home for a while; primordial forest mulch and clean mountain air. Well done Annick Goutal!
Mehpy778Bessinepome – :
Fig and citrus fragrances have been quite widely copied in recent years. I find this one outstanding. A perfect combination of leaf and fruit/wood with hints of citrus.
I love it because it is both refreshing and warming at the same time or depending on what you need. Good longevity and silage. As many previous reviews note, it is very natural scent.
Name is very evocative of moist shadows of Nimfa gardens in blazing Italian summer evening… Who could resist?
lebedev1966 – :
Very Mediterranean with a strong combination of galbanum and fig, which tones down the sweetness of the fig and gives it a dryer, woodier vibe. It’s stronger than I expected, a proper scent rather than a cologne, with excellent longevity – lasts all day. Goutal has a knack with her citrus scents, like Eau du Sud, for making them last til evening. Ninfeo Mio is a herby fig scent, not as sweet as Fico di Amalfi and not as green & sharp as Premier Figuier. The lemon is definitely zesty, giving a slight sour tang (that dry sweat note of lemon zest) which I enjoy but might be challenging for some; This is my favourite of the three fig scents mentioned, due to its authentic Mediterranean feel. Very enjoyable particularly today, a sunny day in Autumn 🙂
koljn75 – :
Interprétation la plus sensible et mystérieuse de la figue, une promesse de fin d’été pour l’éternité..
alexmoreno – :
NINFEO MIO is delicate, feminine and surprisingly, a touch skanky…
The initial spray is a “sigh” with an “eyes rolling back into my head” moment. It is a fresh, green, lightly-rosy, citrus scent that patiently courts and eventually marries a milky fig and sappy pine. Just wonderful for hot summer days because it is so cool, light and crisp. And, this EDT lasts more than 10 hours on my skin.
Even though this is a harmoniously married scent, with my chemistry, there is a slight spicy, animalic, skanky vibe. At first I questioned whether I should wear this around civilized company…but then, I changed my mind and decided to let the skank hang out.
I definately recommend NINFEO MIO.. she has a dirty secret…. 😉
Andry_Dry – :
Ninfeo Mio is another rare citric scent that works on my skin. It opens with an extremely refreshing green lemon accord and gradually transitions into a coconutty fig type scent. There are a lot of fig scents out there but the way that the green citric tones remain a subtle player through the life of the scent makes it a real winner. To my nose it has a tropical thing going on which makes it a pleasure to wear on warm and cool days alike.
It lasts a full work day’s wear on me which is the icing on the cake of this wonderful offering from Annick Goutal. Highly recommended.
insokImmusemi – :
It is a solid fragrance. Smells natural and fresh. It starts with sharp citrus scent and end up with fig leaf. I understand people who detect cat pee vibe on it. It is the combination of petitgrain and fig leaf. It’s performance is like other citrus fragrance, nothing special about it. I strongly recommend it to check if you want to buy a summer fragrance. And