Fleur de Figuier
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.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 5 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Fig Leaf65
- Labdanum40
- Musk35
- Cedar30
- Black Pepper15
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening is tart and slightly savory, grapefruit cutting through cumin's earthy warmth in a way that feels more Mediterranean garden than spice market. It's bright but not sweet, an immediate signal that this is fig treated with restraint rather than syrupy indulgence.
As it settles, the fig leaf emerges—green, milky, and faintly bitter—joined by the softer sweetness of the fruit itself. The contrast between vegetal sharpness and creamy pulp gives the fragrance a lived-in quality, like sun on weathered stone rather than a glossy interpretation. Cedar and musk in the base keep things close to the skin, grounding the composition without adding weight.
This is a straightforward, wearable fig for those who want the note without drama. It suits warm weather and casual contexts, unpretentious enough for daily rotation yet composed enough to feel intentional.
