Figue Eau de Parfum Molinard for women and men

Walked into the Molinard boutique on Rue Saint-Honoré and had such a wonderful experience. My son knew that I would probably like the Figue Parfum as I'm a fan of Jardin de Kerylos by Pierre Guillaume.
After one spray, I knew I would get it. The scent is very similar, but the Molinard has much better longevity, and at a fraction of the price. Plus, when the staff in the shop are so friendly, it would've been a shame to walk away empty handed!
Now every time I wear this, I'm reminded of Paris while shrouded in a cloud of figgy goodness.

When I first tried it it was winter, and it was a screechy screaming lemon with biting bitternrss. No figs. I didnt like it one bit and wanted to reselll it, but eventally forgot about it. 5 months later, while putting my gourmandes and vanillas in the closet for the next autumn/winter season, I found this purple flanker and gave it another try. My God, what a transformation! The bitterness subdued, fig coming out and blending perfectly with fresh citruses. Im so glad I didnt get rid of it because its a beauty! Just needs some time to rest and oxidate.

This is good. I like it alot. I feel like it can potentially grow into a love for me. I need to wear it some more. This a creamy fig. Fig can sometimes go in that creamy coconut like direction. It's not a synthetic sunscreen creaminess though, which I'm thankful for. Sometimes I'm iffy on creamy scents because they can overpower the citrus and fruits but this is pretty well balanced. Florals could also be adding that creamy touch. The opening is fig accompanied by lemon and black currant. That fades and into the mid I pick up some leafy green elements. The dry down maintained the creamy fig. I know some guys may be scared of fruity and floral notes but this is perfectly unisex. This is a great quality fig. For the price this probably one of the best niche fig scents.

I love a good citrus on a warm day.
It's beautiful, crisp, refreshing.

This is such an experience! I'm not into these usually so for me it was a ride. French perfumes need to sit before you'll get the staying power. 6 months later this thing is a BEAST. And it's sweet, citrus, creamy, crisp, herbal? It's very unisex, but ignore those fools knocking the longevity. Two sprays has me in a headache in the wintertime.

Ideal for a spray under the arms on a hot day. Give your deodorant some glam.

Uplifting, happy, good quality ... and cheap! Holiday in a bottle. Less relaxed than Philosykos, but c´mon... Move your ass, leave your towel, and jump into the pool. Whooohoooo!!!

Performance is unfortunately a bit weak, but the scent is good. Even though I’m not a fig lover in particular, somehow this is fresh, juicy, clean and creamy at the same time. Very very pleasant, especially on hot hot summer days.

A very light citrus and clean musk. Do not detect any fig. Poor performance, both longevity and sillage. I like the house of Molinard, but this one is a hit and miss.

there isn't any coconut in this but the dry down is such a beautiful creamy coconut to me i adore it. me and fig perfumes are best friends for life

Add me to the people who get little to no fig here, just a strong, soapy citrus with a cedar undertone, barbershop vibes. For that reason, this veers more traditionally masculine to me; if it wore just a little more sweetly on my skin I would love it, especially for this price point/longevity.

This perfume blooms when your body's heating up. It'll create this cloud of scent that people will notice when they're around you.

It's very nice, and on a man's skin, very sexy and yummy.

And it's cheap!

Great work by Mathieu Nardin!

I grew up in Croatia, we had fig trees everywhere. Waking up in the morning in the summer, going barefoot straight to the garden and picking juicy figs off the tree that are warm from the morning sun...this smell takes me back to those mornings. It's a lovely clean and creamy fig, green and comforting. Very unisex, I actually prefer it on men and find it to be a very sexy scent.

Juicy, creamy fig

Beautiful green creamy fig leaves reminiscent of the Mediterranean summer. Very similar to Figfever by Hermetica but more sour with a touch of lemon.

I was very excited to try this, as fig and currant are two of my favorite notes, and I love them even more in combination. Unfortunately, this turns very soapy on me. Not even fig/currant soap either, but lemon soap. So sad!

6/10

I love the bottle first of all. Its weighty and quality. The brushed metal cap fits snug, and the purple glass reminds me of the fruit. Clean, spicy-woody, and fruity. More so the leaves and twigs of the fig tree. Dies down pretty quickly on me. Great value at $35 USD. White linen summer scent.

Beautiful, dry but juicy natural fig with a hint of sweetness. I'm on a fig fragrance binge and have Diptyque Philosykos EDT, ADP Fico di Amalfi, Hermes Jardin de Mediteranee, and Ferrari Noble Fig. They're all very different and good to great in their own way, but I keep coming back to Molinard Figue.

It's calm and contemplative like Philosykos, but also bright and refreshing like Fico di Amalfi, while having a personality all it's own. The subdued but persistent lemon brightens things up and keeps it from becoming too introspective.

I loved my first fig fragrance Fico, so ordered Figue and initially I thought it was ok, not great. It didn't have the super summery extroverted personality of Fico. But I began to appreciate it on it's own and now I've gone through half a bottle in a month and ordered a 2nd bottle. Absolutely beautiful.

Scent: 10 / Sillage: 7 / Longevity: 7

It’s definitely unisex. Fresh herbal green. It’s great!!

This fragrance is just what it's name implies, it's a fig dominant fragrance with some green facets. I think that that the black currant is what gives the fig the sweeter juicy smell. Its a pretty dry scent. Is it niche quality? i think thats a bit of a stretch but its definitely a pleasant and nice smelling fragrance. The lemon to my nose is very subdued. The florals are not in your face at all, which to me is a good thing. On the dry down, the woods come forward and the fig takes a backseat but is definitely still there. Very unisex.

Got a good deal on this tester, sub $40 and for that price, its worth it. Definitely way less challenging and more wearable than Molinard Cuir. This projection after the first 30 minutes is not strong, sillage is not big either. Longevity is average. This is more of an intimate scent, don't expect beast mode Fig unless you totally overspray.

This is a transition from a green fig and fig leaves into a ripe sweet fig.
Opening is green fig and citrusy flowers, that after a few minutes dry down into a creamy, semi sweet, gentle and delicate fig scent.
Amazing for every day and every season.
I would say it’s not for every man, so try it out first.
In all honesty though, it’s so inn offensive , yet so unique, that most people would love, and for this price it’s just beyond great.
9/10
Fresh, creamy, delicate - in love.

fig and lemon rind with ambroxan drydown

dry but fresh and clean

9/10

This was a blind buy, and I don't regret it one bit. The fig and lemon compliment each other well, and overall it's a nicely constructed fragrance. Daytime, spring and summer wear only.

Sweet tart green fruity floral in the style of D&G Light Blue Femme 2001 mixed with some aspects of Creed Silver Mountain Water/Creed Asian Green Tea.

I like Versace Versense for a brighter version.
Yup, Philosykos is too far a comparison (read the review down there).
For evenings/nights I would wear Trussardi Jeans Men.

This is such a nice fragrance. It's sweet and comforting, but not too "in your face". It's great for the office and casual events. It doesn't have great longevity or sillage, but it smells good all the same. On my skin it disappears within the hour, but it lasts longer on my clothes. I bought it at a big discount, so I'm happy with my purchase.

**UPDATE**
I wore this with a body cream and the combination increased the longevity exponentially!! It lasted all day. Still close to the skin, but smelling great almost 12 hours later.

This is marketed towards women but I like fig so I blind bought it anyway. As a man, I dont feel that this is feminine. Unisex to me. Smells amazing! Fresh, green, juicy fig, and slightly floral but in a good way. Performance is abysmal on my skin. 1-2 hours and its completely gone. I would be disappointed if I payed retail price for this. I only paid $40 so I'm happy. I use it at night before bed and I gotta say, I will be getting my moneys worth using this as a sleeptime fragrance. Very soft and relaxing scent to promote healthy dreams!

This is very juicy, realistic black currant on me, I don't get fig at all. Sad because I love fig, but I really like this anyway so it's all good.

The last reviewer inspired me to pitch in. With all due respect, no two frags with dominant fig could be further from each other. Philosykos by Diptyque being woody, metallic-milky, introspective and low-sugar whilst this one from Molinard is a sweet and sparkly floral number.

Molinard has gone a bit off-piste here with jasmine addition, Its relatively tame, but it is there and grows a bit powdery over time. There will be unexpected delicious whiffs of lemon merengue, cassis and cotton candy adding some spring to your step throughout the wear. The heeled step that is. I don't see a guy wearing it- would be just a touch too much of a dance in the floral garden. Besides, AdP Fico di Amalfi, Hermes Un Jardin and many others are more unisex. No lack of choice there.

Personally, I'm glad Molinard has chosen NOT to create an on-trend thoughtful fig that is busy being cool. Neither another freshie. Instead, it has gone out to organise a garden party in a way only a French house can. Sharing a jug of kir royal with all the friends. It's relatively original fig: chatty and dipsy, but still alludes a classic vibe.
The complaints about longevity are valid though. Better to wear on clothes, and re-spritz every 2-3 h.

Love this full bottle worthy treasure. I also have Nirmala, and both have a similar niche vibe. Also has some Miller Harris vibe with the GREEN notes. 112 in Las Vegas today, and this is still evident on my skin after 6 hours. Nice.

This is a very green fig and not unpleasant. But I completely doused myself in this and can barely smell it. Disappointed.

I don’t get fig almost at all.I’ve tried Diptyques and Ferrari’s noble fig,which are more fig dominant.This one is very fruity and citrusy,with an emphasys on fruity.Nevertheless,this is very beautiful,unisex summer perfume,to please everyone around you.Uplifting,highly recommended!
I’d take this one on a vacation on Greek islands,or Italy,wear it on relaxed hot evening dinner in an open restaurant:)

This is great Fig fragrance. Green, fresh, citrusy and fruity.


Fig leaves and sweet fig fruit, also some musk and cedar.


Great for summer days and nights.


Longevity is around 6 hours.


projection is average.


This will be my everyday fragrance for hot days. refreshing and uplifting.


Solid 8/10 for me.

Wonderful, fruity fig, but it's been done before many times. However I find Molinard's Figue stays very long on a warm weather, i got 8 hours and it's really a bargain considering the price of this perfume.

Get this if you like freshie like DnG Light Blue, Versace Eros, Davidoff Cool Water, or Acqua di Gio, but you are getting tired of the same lemon configuration... Try this.

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I received the perfume today, but I'm a little disappointed to be honest ... Where's the fig? Figs are one of my favorite perfume notes, so I know how they smell. All I feel is lemon and cedar. The first thing that came to my mind when I smelled the perfume is D&G Light Blue. I already have that one, so I'm disappointed, I was expecting more figs.

The opening has a definite lemon and fig smell, but it doesn't last too long before turning into a really nice blend of cedar and fig.

There is a bit of sweetness from the blackcurrant and jasmine, but it ends up smelling more like an actual fig tree to me.

Unisex and seems fine for any weather, day or night. I could probably get away with wearing it to the office.

Fig with some citrus and woods. Lemony at the beginning, and more cedar towards the end.

I had this scent and sold it. It is bascially a fig based scent with WAYY too much Iso-E super. The cedar/ sandalwood scent most are smelling is just Iso-E super. I'm getting really tired of smelling this everywhere, so I just couldn't handle it.

There are plenty of better fig scents out there. Noble Fig and Jardin en Mediterranee are both great fig-based scents.

I don't know what figs are supposed to smell like, although I have eaten them. Nothing here reminded me of what I have eaten. All I get is a blast of pine sap. I wonder why no one else has mentioned that. I definitely know what pine sap smells like.

I rarely sample a fig scent I don't at least like, and this is no exception, although it's by no means a particular favourite. The opening is nice and promising; the fig is sweet and ripe here, and the cassis adds a touch of that green tart/sweetness that I love. Unfortunately, this phase doesn't last at all long, and what follows is much less impressive, at least to my nose. First of all the scent fades so quickly as to be hardly noticeable after an hour or so. And what's worse: what does remain is soon dominated by a particularly synthetic-smelling cedar note. Too bad, but at least I won't be tempted to add another bottle to my collection of fig scents. It's a real shame Molinard didn't keep the wonderful Fleur de Figuier in their range instead!

A perfect fragrance for a walk in the woods! So much cedar and greenery after the initial blast of Fig and lemon. I get only a hint of blackcurrant and floral note. Everyone of them enveloped in a veil of musk. A very well balanced fragrance, that more or less stays the same on my skin. There is not a lot of sweetness. I get a real freshness from it that is almost minty, but this could be the cedar. An excellent summer fragrance that I will try to layer with their Jasmin scent.

For the price its an alright scent. On my skin the black currant is ver dominant the fig seems secondary.

Finally not a fig fragrance that reminds me of detergent because of combination with cedar. I would wear it in fall..Low sillage.

I am sorry, but I must contradict Dingleberries and say that MY experience of Figue is that it lasts slightly over 5 hours on my dry skin, if I apply unscented moisturiser first - and far longer on clothes, as I can smell it on them the following day (albeit very faintly). It is very strong when first sprayed, but does retract to a skin scent after a couple of hours.

I'm not prone to lying about MY experience with a fragrance, and it may be that there are batch quality fluctuations.

That aside, this is a beautifully fruity, sharp and intense fig scent which bears checking out if that's what dings your dong. This particular version - from Les Elements Collection, which appears to have been a limited edition - is discontinued, but Figue is available in LES ÉLÉMENTS EXCLUSIFS collection instead.

I have this version and don't know whether longevity, sillage etc. is improved in the other version.

As others have said- a green woody fig with softer sillage. I pick up a fair amount of lemon- a light sweet hint of it that seems to develop the musk a bit with my body chemistry. I find this an intriguing scent that would work well in all seasons in a warmer climate.

I think it would layer well with D&G Light Blue if one were to want more lemon (or to add something fruity/woody to LB), or layer with Chanel No5 L'eau if a fizzy development were desired. If/when I try either of those, I'll add that info.

EDITED: I have discovered that Figue is my absolute favorite bedtime fragrance. I LOVE how wonderfully COZY this fragrance is and how its longevity performs on fabric. My pajamas keep that cozy Figue scent for a couple days (I still spritz myself with it, though! It's the best!)

Five stars for bedtime fragrance quality!! If you like the notes and are trying to find a fragrance that will wrap around you like a well-loved flannel shirt for a bedtime scent, Figue may be for you.

YES YES YES! Fig(leave) galore, definitely unisex, a blast of fruity fresh woody goodness for many hours! And I got it at a bargain price.

This is the 'big sister' of Feuille de Figuier by Roger & Gallet.

Oh my! Blind bought based on notes and my love of fig. Huge success! It is a sweet, happy, and uplifting scent.

I love the woodiness, sweetness, green notes, and fig. The lemon isn't sour instead it's balanced by sweetness and florals. I can see myself wearing this year round, but especially spring and summer. -

Gorgeous woody, green, fruity fig. Feels very modern. Barest hint of soap but that doesn't turn me off here, as it normally does. Occasional flashes of lemon. Unfortunately the lasting power is very limited, but because it's on the heavier side, that makes it more wearable for summer. A gorgeous scent if you don't mind reapplying.

Complete and total love.

Figue starts with a sweet lemon and fig. As it dries down, it gets progressively more woody. It's never a dry wood, but the green, wet smell of a newly broken branch. The florals are light little whispers that provide contrast. This is categorized as a floral fruity, and that seems misleading. The floral is very, very much in the background.

This fragrance has ridiculously long longevity, but not a huge dispersion. Twelve hours later it's still appreciable within a few feet.

Of course, you need to love fig to love this one. If fig is your jam, then this one is great.

Wow, I wasn't expecting much but this is a lovely fig fragrance. I smell sandalwood instead of cedar, and for some reason I'm picking up on other notes not listed: coconut and honey.

Applied four hours ago and I can still smell it up. Sillage and projection is soft. I think I could pull this out over three seasons (Spring, Summer, Fall). If you like fig, give this a spin.

Beautiful bottle too. Not super unique but I don't think every perfume needs to be. A lot of bang for your buck: I picked it up for a good price on Frangrencenet.

This is a gentle but nevertheless woody fig frag from the famous perfume house of Grasse. No need for Cedar, the dominant fig tree does the job. The fruity scent is controlled by the fig leaf & wood. No need for citrus (like in Ellena's Jardin en Mediterranée or ADP's Fico di Amalfi).
Though this frag is less floral & powdery than Wasser's Promenade des Anglais, globally it's quite close to it, with the same longevity of 5-6 hours, but a more linear évolution to a lovely skin scent.
A very nice and affordable frag for fig lovers only.