Fig leaf

What it brings

A green, milky freshness.

Origins and uses

The common fig, Ficus carica, is a tree of the mulberry family, native to a wide area stretching from the Mediterranean to Central Asia. Its large, rough leaves, cut into three to seven lobes, contain, like the whole plant, a white, irritating latex. When crushed, they give off the scent of figs, and they are macerated to make syrups and liqueurs.

In perfumery, fig leaf is a recreated note. It evokes a milky, slightly bitter greenness, with a coconut facet, like the shade of a fig tree in high summer. It pairs with fig milk and fig wood, pale woods and citrus.

In our catalogue, it appears in two fragrances devoted to the fig tree: Premier Figuier by L'Artisan Parfumeur, with fig and cedarwood, and Philosykos by Diptyque, with fig milk and fig wood.