Essential Parfums · Nathalie Lorson

Fig Infusion

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5
Essential Parfums asks about $106 for 100 ml
100 mlabout $106

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Juicy fig with mandarin and clementine over freesia, orange blossom and black tea, settling onto cedar, sandalwood and warm benzoin.

Essential Parfums says

You’ll smell fig, mandarin, clementine, freesia, orange blossom, Sri Lankan black tea, Virginian cedarwood, sandalwood and benzoin.

More from Essential Parfums’s description

It also mentions Mandarin from Italy and Black tea from Sri Lanka.

The house’s page

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The drawn Fig Infusion bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Fig Infusion’s scent picture, a draft: fig, mandarin, freesia, orange blossom, tea, cedar drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Fig Infusion, when you spray it: Fig, Mandarin

As it settlesheart notes

Fig Infusion, as it settles: Freesia, Orange blossom, Tea

What staysdry-down notes

Fig Infusion, what stays: Cedar, Sandalwood, Benzoin, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Essential Parfums names

FigMandarinClementineFreesiaOrange blossomSri Lankan black teaVirginian cedarwoodSandalwoodBenzoin

What the label names

4 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender1 sweet

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)
7 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell7

AlcoholWaterOctinoxate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)Octisalate (a UV filter)Benzyl benzoateBHT (keeps it fresh)

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

KeduMemo Paris · shares mandarin, freesia, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), tea and 1 more$350 for 75 ml
Thé Matcha 26Le Labo · shares fig, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), tea and cedar (Atlas cedar)$348 for 100 ml
InléMemo Paris · shares fig, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), tea and cedar (Atlas cedar)about $287 for 75 ml
See 5 more15 more share half its notes
Classic BlackJaguar · shares mandarin, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), tea, cedar (Atlas cedar) and 1 more
Figue BlancheVersace · shares fig, mandarin, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain) and cedar (Atlas cedar)about $427 for 100 ml
La Vie Est Belle Iris AbsoluLancôme · shares fig, mandarin, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain) and sandalwood$170 for 100 ml
I Want Choo With LoveJimmy Choo · shares mandarin, freesia, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain) and sandalwood$155 for 100 ml
Freedom Musk Santal 34Kayali · shares mandarin, freesia, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain) and sandalwoodabout $146 for 100 ml
See 5 more10 more share half its notes
VersenseVersace · shares fig, mandarin, cedar (Atlas cedar) and sandalwood
Dia WomanAmouage · shares fig, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), cedar (Atlas cedar) and sandalwood$395 for 100 ml
Sculpture HommeNikos · shares mandarin, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), cedar (Atlas cedar) and benzoin
Iris d'ÉliteVersace · shares mandarin, cedar (Atlas cedar), sandalwood and benzoinabout $384 for 100 ml
Million Gold ElixirRabanne · shares mandarin, cedar (Atlas cedar), sandalwood and benzoin$182 for 100 ml
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Reflection 45 ManAmouage · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), cedar (Atlas cedar), sandalwood and benzoin$550 for 100 ml
Libre Santal CoutureYSL · shares mandarin, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), cedar (Atlas cedar) and sandalwood$155 for 50 ml
Tubéreuse 40Le Labo · shares mandarin, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), cedar (Atlas cedar) and sandalwood$555 for 100 ml
MarfaMemo Paris · shares mandarin, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), cedar (Atlas cedar) and sandalwood$350 for 75 ml
Eros FlameVersace · shares mandarin, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), cedar (Atlas cedar) and sandalwood$149 for 100 ml
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