Fig Leaf

Versace

The opening strikes an unusual balance: grapefruit's citrus brightness cut with the green, almost milky bitterness of fig leaf.

Aquolina

The opening is a bright sugar rush—candied berries and citrus zest meeting a faint green twinge of fig leaf, sweet but not quite cloying yet.

Diptyque

The fig tree in its entirety—leaves, bark, milky sap, and fruit—captured with almost documentary precision.

Hermès

The opening is a bright citrus burst—lemon and bergamot—that quickly gives way to something greener and more textured than a typical cologne.

Jean Paul Gaultier

Kokorico opens with the green, milky snap of fig leaf—vegetal and slightly bitter, like breaking a stem in summer heat.

Dior

Dune pour Homme opens with a green, almost medicinal brightness—fig leaf and sage meet basil in a fresh, herbaceous wave that feels more apothecary than sun-drenched beach.

L'Artisan Parfumeur

Premier Figuier established fig as a serious perfumery accord before it became a genre.

Goutal

Ninfeo Mio opens with petitgrain and galbanum — a combination so green and slightly bitter that it smells like a place rather than a product.

Balenciaga

Something green and slightly unruly happens first — petitgrain's bitter orange-leaf edge alongside fig leaf's sappy, almost astringent freshness.

Diptyque

The top of 34 Boulevard Saint Germain is a controlled riot — cinnamon, clove, cardamom, pink pepper, black currant, and fig leaf arriving simultaneously, spicy and tart and green at once.

Yves Saint Laurent

The latest variation on YSL's best-selling Black Opium formula trades some of the original's heavy sweetness for a sharper green edge.

Bottega Veneta

**Illusione for Her** opens with a tart, almost jammy black currant tempered by bergamot's clean citrus edge.

Diptyque

Fig dominates from the first second — green, milky, and slightly sappy, with the fruit's coconutty-lactonic character pushing forward immediately.

Escentric Molecules

The opening strikes immediately green and resinous—fig leaf and rosemary crushed between fingers, sharp with herbal oils and faintly soapy bergamot.

By Kilian

The opening is clean and luminous—neroli and bergamot cut through without sweetness, almost austere in their clarity.

Rochas

A fig leaf introduction sets an unusual tone—green and milky, with a faint latex bite that feels more like torn stems than fruit.

Alfred Sung

**Shi** opens with a cool, almost metallic greenness—fig leaf stripped of fruit, revealing only the plant's milky sap and jagged edges.

Elizabeth Arden

Green Tea Fig opens with a bright snap of bergamot and the watery coolness of ivy, quickly joined by fig leaf's milky, vegetal sharpness.

Salvatore Ferragamo

A bright grapefruit opening gives way almost immediately to a warm cardamom-and-clove heart that defines the fragrance's character.

L'Artisan Parfumeur

Premier Figuier Extrême takes the original fig concept and sharpens it into something more resinous and tenacious.

Ferrari

The fig leaf arrives vivid and green, its milky sap sharpness lifted by pink pepper's gentle heat.

Balenciaga

A fig leaf opens the composition with green, slightly bitter sharpness, tempered by bergamot's softness.

Diptyque

The 2012 eau de parfum reformulation of Philosykos sharpens the focus on fig's green, milky immediacy.

Lalique

The opening arrives cool and almost medicinal—peppermint and bergamot flash bright before fig leaf adds a bitter green snap.

Marc Jacobs

The opening delivers a warm spice jolt—ginger and cardamom with cumin's earthy edge—that quickly settles into something softer than expected.

Penhaligon'S

Lothair opens with a rush of green fig leaf and bergamot that feels both fresh and slightly medicinal, sharpened by cardamom's resinous bite.

Xerjoff

Ouverture opens with an airy brightness—fig leaf's green milkiness softened by magnolia and a whisper of citrus.

Bois 1920

Sushi Imperiale opens with a brief citrus flash—lemon and bergamot that dissolve almost immediately into the warmer architecture beneath.

Giorgio Armani

Emporio Armani White for Her opens with a tart brightness—blackcurrant and bergamot softened by orange—that quickly gives way to an unusual interplay of cool and warm.

Davidoff

The opening arrives bright and watery, a vivid sweep of melon and grapefruit lifted by aromatic lavender and the green snap of fig leaf.

V Canto

Stricnina opens with a flash of citrus that vanishes almost immediately, making way for an unexpected collision of warm cinnamon and jammy fruit.

Nina Ricci

Les Belles de Ricci opens with an unusual vegetal clarity—crisp tomato leaf and mint create a green, almost savory first impression that feels more garden than perfume counter.

Cerruti

The opening is a taut contrast: pear and plum offer coolness and weight, but not sweetness in the conventional sense.

Roger & Gallet

The opening is tart and slightly savory, grapefruit cutting through cumin's earthy warmth in a way that feels more Mediterranean garden than spice market.

Tiziana Terenzi

Casanova opens with a surprising green brightness—fig leaf and jasmine meeting bergamot in a way that feels neither wholly fresh nor overtly floral, but instead like sunlight filtered through leaves onto warm stone.

Nina Ricci

Liberty Fizz opens with a shock of green: mint and basil collide with the sharp vegetal bite of tomato leaf, tempered by a splash of blackcurrant and citrus.

Olfactive Studio

Panorama opens with crisp bergamot and a distinctive green sharpness—fig leaf and galbanum cutting through citrus like light through morning grass.

Mancera

Fig-Extasy opens with an odd electricity—black pepper crackling around fresh fig and a wisp of incense, the ginger sharper than you'd expect.

Bath & Body Works

A warm, sweetly fruited scent that opens with a fleeting brightness before settling into its real character: caramelized fig touched with maple syrup.

Dolce & Gabbana

The opening is a bright citrus jolt—bergamot and petitgrain—that quickly gives way to an unexpected green coolness.

Gianfranco Ferré

The opening flash of lemon and bergamot gives way almost immediately to a classical fougère structure built on lavender and oakmoss, but with an Italian sensibility that prefers aromatic clarity over dense abstraction.

Atelier Cologne

The opening is immediate and aromatic—cardamom and anise collide with fig leaf in a way that feels green, warm, and slightly medicinal all at once.

Guerlain

Grapefruit and bergamot open with citrus brightness, violet adding a cool, slightly powdery floral note from the start — together creating a fresh, clean opening that announces a green-floral direction without telegraphing its full destination.

Bois 1920

Cannabis Fruttata is not what the name suggests in any sensational sense — it's an Italian niche fragrance that uses the hemp plant's raw, green herbaceous quality alongside blueberry to create something genuinely unusual.

Jacques Bogart

Furyo from Jacques Bogart is 1988 masculinity at its most unapologetic: fig leaf and lavender over a dense core of tobacco, vetiver, and castoreum, with civet threading through the entire development.

Guerlain

Nerolia Vetiver Forte opens with the clean, waxy bitterness of petitgrain alongside bergamot's citrus brightness and fig leaf's creamy, slightly milky green.

L'Occitane en Provence

Rosemary and bergamot open with an herbal brightness — clean and Mediterranean, the kind of opening that suggests a sunny hillside rather than a perfumer's lab.

Annayake

Fig leaf opens cool and lactonic — a green, slightly milky sap with a faint coconut shadow — and bergamot brightens it without taking over.

Etat Libre D'Orange

Fig and pink pepper at the top with bergamot lifting alongside — milky-green and slightly peppered, the fig leaf's signature shade keeping things lush rather than sharp.

Guerlain

Samsara Shine opens with a single note of fig leaf that reads as simultaneously green and faintly creamy — a novel entry point compared to the more resinous original Samsara.

Mauboussin

Fig leaf opens against bergamot — that distinctive milky-green Mediterranean quality that always makes a perfume feel like a holiday.

Azzaro

Oh La La wastes no time: raspberry, fig leaf, and peach over bergamot open with vivid fruit energy before cinnamon and a dense white floral bouquet — jasmine, ylang-ylang, orange blossom, osmanthus, narcissus — take the composition deeper and warmer.

Carolina Herrera

Fig leaf and bergamot open clean and green, the fig leaf adding a slightly milky, sun-warmed quality before giving way to a classic aromatic heart.

Sospiro Perfumes

Fig leaf opens green and milky, threaded with magnolia's lemony floral lift and a juicy slice of orange.

O Boticário

The opening is saturated with dark fruit -- cassis, red berries, mandarin, grapefruit -- the kind of dense berry-citrus accord that reads youthful and assertive.

Jean Paul Gaultier

Kokorico by Night is the 2012 nocturnal flanker of Kokorico, again worked by Cresp and Menardo, turning the earthy original into something more decadent.

Estée Lauder

Apple and raspberry open Dazzling Gold with sweet brightness — fig leaf adds a leafy green edge that stops it from reading purely as candy.

Bottega Veneta

Bergamot opens with a brisk, slightly bitter citrus that gives way quickly to the heart.

Tommy Hilfiger

Pear is the immediate signal — juicy, slightly green, and very contemporary in its sheen.

Franck Boclet

Fig leaf and fig open green-and-milky, that signature double-take where the leaf reads coconut-bright and the fruit reads dense and skin-warm.

Estée Lauder

Neroli and clary sage open clean and slightly herbal, fig leaf providing a subtle earthiness before settling into the heart.

Victoria'S Secret

Dream Angels Halo opens with tiare flower and freesia against fig leaf and poinsettia — a green, tropical quality that separates it from the typical early-2000s sheer floral.

Boadicea The Victorious

Fig leaf opens green and milky, with cardamom and bergamot adding a dry-spiced lift.

Bath & Body Works

Velvet Tuberose opens with ylang-ylang and magnolia pushing forward together — a dense, heady pairing softened by apricot and lemon that keep it from reading as purely tropical.

Faberlic

Renata Secret leads with bergamot and black pepper — a pairing familiar in contemporary fragrance — but pivots quickly into something more distinctive: fig leaf, fig, and freesia occupy the heart with a milky, green richness that reads neither as pure fruit nor quite as flower.

Masakï Matsushïma

Fig leaf and lime open green-fresh and slightly milky, the fig leaf carrying a sappy-coconut edge that reads almost lactonic, lime giving a tart-bright lift.

Oriza L. Legrand

Mint and orange blossom open cool and slightly soapy, the mint giving an unusual aromatic bite while the blossom keeps things floral rather than purely herbal.

Loewe

Solo Mercurio opens with the green snap of fig leaf tempered by lavender's herbal coolness—a bracing start that feels both Mediterranean and oddly metallic, living up to its mercurial name.

Dolce & Gabbana

Velvet Vetiver is less a vetiver perfume than a Mediterranean fig built on a vetiver chassis.

Santa Maria Novella

The opening pairs orange blossom with bergamot for a sunny, slightly honeyed citrus-flower introduction.

Parfums Genty

Fig leaf and rosemary open green and aromatic, with bergamot lending sparkle.

Grès

A resinous, lightly gourmand fragrance that opens green and turns warm.

Giorgio Armani

A lighter flanker of the Emporio Armani Red line, this white interpretation trades the original's deeper base for a simpler structure.

Reminiscence

Fig leaf and fresh fig open the composition with a green, milky quality — there is lactonic weight from the start, alongside a slightly earthy sweetness that feels edible without being confectionery.

Phaedon

Antigua opens with a clean burst of lime, grapefruit, and bergamot — sharp and bright, with apricot adding a rounded, slightly lactonic softness underneath.

Jacques Fath

Lavender opens cleanly with moderate herbal coolness — neither sharp nor sweet.

Eau D'Italie

A green fig leaf opening sets an unusual tone, milky and vegetal at once, with a faint coconut-shadow that fig leaf often carries.

Franck Boclet

Ginger and a green fig leaf cut against lemon at the opening, an unexpected first impression for a perfume named after a base material — bright, slightly bitter, and decidedly not yet sweet.

Kilian

An eau de cologne thinking about a forest.

Bath & Body Works

Lemon Drop Martini opens with neroli and bergamot — a citrus pairing that is clean and slightly floral, brighter than a straightforward lemon squeeze.

Boy Smells

Fig leaf and saffron open sharply together — the leaf green and slightly milky, the saffron metallic and warm.

Miller Harris

An aromatic green opening — fig leaf bright and milky-bitter, lifted by bergamot.

Davidoff

An aquatic-fougère hybrid with the period markers of late-90s men's perfumery — melon and grapefruit shoot up bright and watery over a fig-leaf greenness, with lavender pulling the opening toward the barbershop side of the line.

Xerjoff

White on White begins with green fig — leaf and fruit together — over bergamot, the citrus thin and quick, the fig leaf milky and almost lactonic.

Bottega Veneta

Illusione Tonka Solaire opens with a bright, slightly tart burst of pear and black currant over bergamot and lemon, with orange blossom weaving in early and adding a creamy floral edge.

Calyx

Blood orange and bergamot open with a tart brightness, the fig leaf lending a raw, slightly milky green edge that keeps the citrus from reading as simple freshness.

Dusita

Fig leaf and blood orange open with a tart, slightly milky greenness — the fig skin quality lending a subtle lactonic edge before the citrus brightens things up.

Bvlgari

Alberto Morillas's 2021 Omnia revival, dressed in Mary Katrantzou's printed bottle, opens on fig leaf and mandarin — a green-bitter-citrus pairing that reads more contemporary than the early-2000s Omnia line it descends from.

Banana Republic

Fig leaf and plum open with a slightly watery, tart character — green and dark-fruited without leaning sweet.

Mizensir

Ginger and petitgrain open sharply together — the ginger biting and resinous, the petitgrain adding a bitter-green citrus edge.

Dusita

Peppermint leads with a clean, slightly medicinal coolness that dissipates faster than expected, revealing a greener, more textured heart.

Atelier Des Ors

Riviera Sunrise starts with a bright citrus pairing — lemon and orange, clean and unadorned.

Sonia Rykiel

Mint, yuzu, and grapefruit produce a sharp, citrus-led opening with genuine zest.

James Heeley

Grass leads the opening — raw, slightly damp, and immediately green — with a crispness that feels more like a field after rain than anything cultivated.

Francesca dell Oro

Opens with a green-sappy snap: fig leaf's milky-bitter freshness establishing a Mediterranean pastoral register.

Victorinox Swiss Army

Mystique Forest opens with a sharp green bite from fig leaf alongside brisk lemon and a quiet cardamom nudge.

Givenchy

Immortelle Tribal is an intentionally minimal exercise.

Liz Claiborne

Rum and cardamom open with immediate warmth — the rum is boozy but not heavy, and cardamom keeps it from reading as purely gourmand.

Houbigant

Figuier Noir leads with fig leaf sharpened by black pepper and cardamom — the green, slightly milky quality of the fig sits alongside a warm spice edge that keeps the opening from feeling purely vegetal.

Phebo

Fig leaf and grapefruit open with a green, slightly milky freshness — the fig note bringing a raw, sappy quality before bergamot softens the edge with citrus warmth.

Adolfo Dominguez

Vetiver Terra opens with bergamot and tarragon alongside lavender, giving a herbal-aromatic impression before the heart's vetiver takes hold.

Fort Manle

Yuzu and bergamot open with a sparkling citrus brightness, slightly more bitter than sweet.

Avon

Saffron and fig leaf announce this one with some confidence — the metallic, earthy quality of saffron cutting through the green-milky fig.

Givenchy

Pi Neo Tropical Paradise opens with a burst of citrus — grapefruit dominant, bergamot providing brightness without bitterness.

Solinotes

Fig leaf and grapefruit open with a green, slightly tart freshness — the black currant adds a dark-fruity edge that prevents it from reading as purely citric.

Roger & Gallet

Fig leaf and fresh fig open immediately with a green, slightly milky character — the kind of fig that stays close to the tree rather than the ripe fruit.

Yves Saint Laurent

The Illicit Green flanker grafts a verdant detour onto Black Opium's silhouette.

Molton Brown

Bergamot and cardamom open with a clean, slightly herbal brightness, edged by the green sharpness of fig leaf.

Cale Fragranze d Autore

Fig leaf opens with a green milky bitterness that immediately cools the picture.

Banana Republic

Fig leaf and plum open with an unusual pairing — the fig adding a milky-green bitterness while plum brings dusky sweetness.

Chabaud Maison de Parfum

Fig leaf opens with a sharp, green-lactonic character — slightly milky, slightly vegetal, with a raw edge that reads more like the tree than the fruit.

Calvin Klein

Eternity for Men Summer 2015 opens fast and bright: pink pepper sparkles against grapefruit's bitter-sweet snap, the standard summer-flanker overture for the Eternity line.

Jesus del Pozo

Yuzu opens with a tart, fizzing citrus quality that is sharper and less sweet than standard lemon or bergamot.

Givenchy

Trouble-Fête begins on torn fig leaf — that bitter-green snap when the stem bleeds milk — laced with sambac jasmine that is more indolic than sweet.

Victorinox Swiss Army

Ella opens with fig leaf — green, slightly milky, with a faint sappy edge that keeps it from reading as purely floral.

Parfums d'Elmar

Bergamot and pink pepper open with a bright, slightly metallic snap, while saffron adds a honeyed, leathery undercurrent that distinguishes the opening from a straightforward fruity-floral.

Cerruti

Cerruti Image pour Homme opens with ripe pear and plum, fruity without being heavy, carrying a slightly watery freshness.

Trussardi

Fig leaf opens green and slightly milky, its coconut-adjacent creaminess cooled by tart black-currant bud.

Boucheron

Orange De Bahia opens with a juicy, uncomplicated orange — bright and pulpy without sharp aldehydic sharpness.

Roger & Gallet

Galbanum opens with a snap of raw, sappy green that feels like crushed fig stems still clinging to their milky latex.