Fragrance Finder Selection

Fig Tree Fragrances — Green Freshness and Fig Milk

The fig tree note is one of the most complex and seductive in contemporary perfumery — it is not reduced to the simple fruit but encompasses the whole tree: the lightly astringent green leaf, the milky sap, the dry woody bark, and finally the sweet fruit that often only appears as a base note. This vegetable complexity makes it a material of choice for perfumers seeking to capture raw nature, Mediterranean warmth, the sun-drenched gardens of Italy or Greece. Diptyque Philosykos is the absolute reference for the fig tree note — created in 1996, it remains unequalled in its capacity to transport the sense of smell to the foot of a Greek fig tree in midsummer, with its remarkable fidelity between wood, leaf and fruit. Hermès Un Jardin sur le Nil explores a more exotic dimension of fig, mingled with green mango and Nile lotus.