Philosykos Diptyque for women and men

What a lovely little gem this scent is. I was initially underwhelmed as it's sweet powdery components flooded my senses. But if you wait long enough to assess the dry down, it will not fail you … filled with luscious fruit, nectar really, and pure green notes, with the softest hint of powder … how it does all of this so well, so balanced … and simultaneously, I cannot speculate. Epic win!!!

Such a different scent this. I was transported to the middle of a forest on a lonely night, surrounded by tall green trees, with an aroma of a wet soil. This was nice on the opening as it was earthy, green, and woody. But, then the dry down is even better as it got sweeter, woodier, powdery, and warm. The dry down also reminded me of Marc Jacobs men perfume. A great fragrance from the house of Diptyque. I think this works on any weather. Try it.

I've already written a review about this wondrous perfume, but I feel moved to write again!

Now that I've had a few years with this as my signature summer fragrance, I really know its personality inside out. The fig is deliciously dusty, silky and slightly under-ripe. The woods are sun-warmed,restful and comforting.

But alongside that loveliness there's a subtle quality in this perfume like the fresh air of a perfect beach holiday in Greece - it's late afternoon, you're lying underneath a cedar tree, the beach is quiet now - just the slight echoing sound of children's voices playing near the lapping water. A delicious breeze wafts past,the first breeze of the afternoon, wonderfully refreshing - you feel awake to nature, fully in the moment.

I recommend the EDP for longevity, though the EDT is more affordable and also lovely, but you'll need to re-spray or use more than usual for it to last.

Having grown up in a rural area of Greece,I was surrounded by fig trees in my parents' orchard. I remember late August-early September, when the figs started to ripen and it was time to pick them. My brother and I always ate loads,fresh from the tree, and enjoyed watching my grand mother making fig preserve with the bucketloads that remained. This is what Philosykos is to me: a late August afternoon, picking figs from the tree, smelling the green fig leaves close to my nose and the lingering scent on my hands afterwards. I couldn't wear this perfume in my hometown, simply because everyone would think I'm just coming from fig picking. In the urban, nature deprived life that I live now though, Philosykos is an olfactory journey to those days. When fig leaf wasn't a perfume and figs never tasted better...

Found this at Holts Renfrew on a stand of its own far away from the other collection of fragrances. I only sniffed the bottle as I was saving my skin for other scents. All I smell is 90% coconut. It is not the usual sweet, oily coconut smell in other fragrances (for example, Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess). Philosykos seemed different - fresher, lighter and not thick. I will test on skin on next visit.

To be updated.

Before everything :
Definitley naturel smell , i get a real , i mean "real " fig leaves in the middle of a hot summer day smell with a little sweet coconut vibe , but the only theme is fig leaves , maybe more then the fruit itself.

Secondly , i meantioned summer like everybody else about his perfume , but i dont think it's wearable in the heat , i think it's more suitable for spring and automn so maybe for cold europe and canada great for summer , but not in the real mediterian heat.

A great everyday work versatile fragrance for spring and fall.

last 6+ hours on my skin with very good projection , high quality ingrediant and definitley great price for what u get.

Still , not for summer :P, too much

It reminds me a little of very fresh grass clippings mixed with cedar mulch...not a bad thing. Very raw green, with a nice undertone of cedar. On drydown I smelled something which may have been VERY UNRIPE GREEN coconut which eventually faded, leaving a pleasant, though faint remnant of cedar. Fades quickly on me.

I like the scent, but my body chemistry does not seem to bring out the best of this composition. I smelled nothing milky or sweet to sufficiently balance the GREEN, until the final stage where the cedar lingered.

I really wanted to like this...I'm sure it is scrumptous on some people.
Best,
Erin

A short comparison: Philosykos is more refined than Figue Sauvage, and not as hard-hitting as Taste of Fragrance Womanity. It feels more natural than Demeter's Fig Leaf, and it's more interesting and versatile than Pacifica's Mediterranean Fig. That's enough comparison.

For many, the great thing about the scent of fig is that it isn't as sweet as more customary fruit notes like peach, bergamot and berry. Neither is it completely green, woody, or floral. Unfortunately for me, it's too middle-of-the-road. If I don't want floral, I might wear a sweet strawberry scent. If I don't want sweet, I might wear an oriental leather or herbal chypre...

I'm interested in trying more Diptyque fragrances, because the quality of this perfume is excellent. I only wish it lasted longer. My favourite fig scent right now is still Taste of Fragrance Womanity. I enjoy Philosykos more on my partner's skin than on my own.

Philosykos is one of the nicest, everyday perfumes I have ever owned. It always makes me feel happy and relaxed when I put it on. I love the freshness and greeness of the scent. It is my favourite. It also smells nice mixed with other Diptyque fragrances such as Tam Dao or Eau Duelle. Give it a try!
PS, this review is based on the EDT version of Philosykos and even though it is a beautiful fragrance, it does not last long and I find myself always having to spray it on during the day to refresh the scent (I'm addicted to the initial top notes). I am hoping to purchase the EDP version very soon and I will do a review on that one once I have aquired it.

UPDATE: I bought Philosykos EDP and I LOVE it just as much as the edt, maybe even moreso as it lasts longer, is a bit more green and creamy but just as good, if not better than edt. If you like the edt, then you won't go wrong with the edp - I am so glad that I have both because when I love a fragrance like I love this one, I want to have it in all formulations. I will also buy the body cream as I think this would be beautiful to wear on its own or when just relaxing at home.
Second update: I have also recently bought the body cream (in the white jar) and it is just as fresh and lovely as the perfume. I put it on my hands before going to bed and it leaves my hands very soft and supple, however, when I wake up in the morning, the scent is gone. Even when I wear the body cream during the day, the scent lasts about one hour and then it's gone. It is good for layering with the perfume.

I should have tested Philosykos years ago. Who knows why I delayed smelling it until now. For so long Diptyque had seemed such a drab niche house, and now it's sparkling with potential.

Philosykos is easily one of my favourite fig-based scents. It also has a lovely coconut accord. It's green, sweet, rich and woodsy, all the qualities I enjoy in a fragrance.

The opening of Philosykos has a tendency to be rather fruity and jam-like. If you've ever smelt fig jam, then you'll know what I'm talking about. I often find Diptyque fragrances to be a little too light for my personal tastes, but this EDT has marvellous, strong sillage.

Philosykos is a really lush, natural and feminine fragrance. The heart is less fruity, and more coconutty, with a touch of fig leaf adding some greenness to the composition. The cedar note is only evident during the drydown, and while it makes Philosykos more unisex, it provides a pleasant woodsiness at the same time.

In my opinion, Philosykos is a fragrance that you could wear all year round. The coconut freshens it up enough to be worn during a hot Summer night. I will definitely be testing this fragrance again when I'm next near a Diptyque stockist. I recommend.

06. april 2013

I have a EDT sample sent to me by another member and i have tried it for several times now.

I am very undecided about this one. To be honest i am not into niche frgarances, most of them (true niche, not so many modern fragrances pretending to be niche) are too weird for my nose. Honestly this one is a bit of weird for me to wear it as well.

In the opening for the first miute i smell the sweet fig scent, the kind of fig as a fruit, when it is dried, but then it dissapears very quickly and leaves me with a green coconut scent. All i can smell is mostly coconut, a ripe, fresh milky coconut. I would even say it smells like a coconut milk to my nose. The coconut milk that i drink on a sunny day sitting on a freshly cut green grass. To my nose these two scents are the main in the composition. I can´t say if i like it or not, coconut is a scent i like to sniff but not to wear on myself very much. Yes, it is not cloying coconut, this is airy and green. If i am not mistaken i have smelled something like this in Yves Rocher range of cosmetics. Maybe thier summer oils or summer fragrance from the 90ś. Very close to it, i just can´t remeber the name.

I DO enjoy it and even quite MUCH but i am not sure if i would purchase a full size bottle. Mostly because the sillage is quite weak on my skin and it is still quite weird for my nose, maybe i have to get used to it?

If want something refreshing airy for spring or summer then go for this one, this is very nice one.

The first time I smelt Philosykos was from my boyfriend’s skin (he was using a decant, which unsniffed, I simply tossed to him), it was woody and fig-y leafy, which made me in love of the scent!

Finally, I have got a chance to try Philosykos on my own skin... It’s not as amazing as I thought.

The start of Philosykos is like a harmonious mixture of fresh, sweet grassy fig, fig leaves and a touch of coconut (as in the green, fresh coconut fruit, not the typical overly sweetened-up and creamed-up version of coconut in many perfumes targeted at the female audiences).

After a while, the coconut-y smell grows a bit more gourmand and sweeter (in a brown-sugar sense, or maybe there is a brown sugar note got added in at this stage, or maybe it’s just the woody element and the coconut combined together playing tricks to my mind) and the whole composition evokes my memories of eating fig (as the dried, jerky fig fruit). I’ve always been rather ambivalent towards figs, but this scent at this stage really makes me feel deeply repelled by it with a slight headache.

About 4 hours later, that’s the time Philosykos starts to shine in my opinion, it smells woodier (cedar wood) and much more well-balanced and grounded, all of a sudden, the fig scent is no longer that annoying like a imperfect violin solo, I guess it’s all due to the wood.
I love the last stage a lot, but to suffer the fig scent so much to get to the last stage, I won’t do it.

Philosykos might be the scent which will make me a believer of skin chemistry! Even though my experience with this scent wasn’t all positive (due to my dislike of the coconut-y fig part), I still highly recommend any female to try it, if you like natural-y fig + coconut, as well as a veil-like woody undertone. If you are a male, according to my limited observation, Philosykos works wonders on the male body chemistry.

I expected more. This isn't that special. Doesn't last long on me ( 1 hr max.) OK but not really good.

The fig and weirdness of Womanity grew on me, but this fig somewhat reawakens some unpleasant memories i had. I believe in power of the perfumes in evoking memories and experiences, but the greenness of this fig is the woody and sappy green you get when you scrape off the bark from the stem. Deserves the credit that this smells almost natural. Im sure this is a beautiful scent, as reflected by the positive reviews here, but I am not a big fan, especially at the opening blast of figs. I do get the soft coconut later on drydown, which in a way, is the saving factor for me.

Nice frag but I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. I need to wear it 2 or 3 more times. Off the bat, it took me by surprise with how green the fig is. Some people mention sweet, but I'm not getting much. It truly reminds me of crushing up green leaves and stems in your hand. Green, but raw. Hints of coconut layered under there, but it only makes a slight appearance. I like the juice, but not sure how viable it is as a daily one. I'll update more once I wear a few more times.

Edit- I've worn this juice 4 or 5 times now and I have to say - I really do like it! I actually crave the milky green fig at times and this is one that I will definitely hold on to!

very original! very daring ... a bit malicious that milky fig in there... Lovely!

I don't know what a real fig tree smells like, up close and personal, so I'll have to take everyone's word for it that this is a true botanical fig scent. I found the sweet aspect, perhaps the coconut notes, too forwardand assertive, so the overall experience for me was too sweet. My chemistry didn't have the same interaction as the the wearers in the rave reviews, and I'm jealous!

What a GREAT scent. I can't wait for warmer days so I can wear it.
It's so GREEN. This is not your typical 'fig' scent you can find on the market advertised for women. It's not your fruity-vanilla fig.

I should not be sampling it in the winter - it just feels so wrong in this cold weather, but I can see the potential of this being quite divine. I love it.

I've been obsessed with coconut all my life, I got plenty of body lotions, body butters, body shop sprays looking for the perfect coconut which to me hasn't been captured - and let me tell you - Diptyque has done it right on this one! It's spot on coconut. The fresh, creamy coconut without any bullshit vanilla or synthetic accents. I hope they will do some other coconut scent in the future.

No. I can't get past the initial blast of weeds. Not grass, but weeds. I remember smelling like this in kindergarten after I'd been rolling around in the bushes.

An addicting fig fragrance from Diptyque...
A MUST have in summertime...ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!

Damn, it's addicting!
And people, WHAT does Philosykos remind me of?? Can't get it out of my head ever since the first spray!

A fellow fragrant traveler asked a great question earlier today: how does Heeley FIGUIER compare with Diptyque PHILOSYKOS? As I was thinking about the differences between the two creations, it occurred to me that I had yet to review PHILOSYKOS, so this seemed like the perfect time!

I have to confess that I did not buy my bottle of PHILOSYKOS. It was included as an extra thrown in as a part of a multi-swap which I made with a wonderful woman from Vancouver. She had used about half her 100 ml bottle and apparently "hit the wall", so to speak. This happens sometimes with fig perfumes, it seems.

How lucky I felt, since based on an earlier cursory test I would probably not have selected this before some of the other Diptyque creations, but having found myself with a bottle, I began to wear it now and then and eventually came to realize how much I appreciate the scent.

To me PHILOSYKOS, like FIGUIER, is an open, fresh and completely natural-smelling composition. The difference may seem subtle, but it's patent if one compares the two creations side-by-side. The Heeley is very, very green and very, very wet. The Diptyque is slightly green but not drenched in water and a little bit sweeter. I feel the fruit in this composition where I do not so much in the Heeley, probably because the green is so heightened that it shrouds the sweetness from my nose. When I say that PHILOSYKOS is not drenched in water, I mean that it is much less moist than FIGUIER, which I likened to a fig tree in the middle of a rainforest. One reviewer hit on the perfect term: misty. I also like his comparison of PHILOSYKOS to a watercolor painting. To me this creation feels like a breeze: cool and airy.

PHILOSYKOS offers a perfect blend of fig and fig leaf, along with the lightest touch of coconut and a good dose of light woods. The cedar is quite evident, and it smells natural and fresh. My bottle is of the eau de toilette, not the eau de parfum, so I cannot offer any insights into the differences between the two.

What I like most of all about PHILOSYKOS is that it creates an atmosphere of tranquility. I feel that this genre is very similar to what Jean-Claude Ellena has done with the Hermès Jardin series.

A leafy green fragrance.
I really don't know how to pronounce this. If I had to guess I'd say philo-psycho. Which makes me giggle, so I call this psycho perfume....
The smell of a psycho is surprisingly very outdoorsy. I guess this psycho is fond of laying in the grass in the fall. To me it smells a lot like a pile of leaves. I can smell a bit of fig. It's just so fall outdoorsy like. I can just picture myself laying face down in the grass with my old friend kyle laughing and throwing dead leaves on top of me.
The coconut is a nice touch. Takes it from the level of just being like nature to it being more like a perfume. I find this perfume to be really strong and I'd only want to wear a little at a time. When it's strong it turns my stomach, but I do like it. The woodsy notes at the base also make it smell like being outside to me.

joplinbaby : yes, definetly it lasts longer; also I get other notes then in EDT - more leaves and wood, less fruits.
The poetic description on the official site says: (EDP) "The sun is at its peak. The famous fig tree comes in a different guise, less fruity and warmed till white-hot by a mist of cedar. Wooded and racy, the nourishing accents from its bark and luxuriant foliage envelop the scent."
Also they have a perfume oil, I bet it lasts longer.

earthy+organic+fig leafs+summertime+greek beach= philosykos

if mother nature wore perfume, this was what she would choose

p.s: longevity should be very long lasting and it's not :(
does the EDP lasts longer???? anyone?

Another day and other thoughts.Different than yesterday im not confused anymore.
Perfect balanced every single note is separated as a puzzle i mean you just need give opportunity to Philosykos be matched.The beatiful green is peaceful since from the very beginning until the end and followed by a realistic fig smell we have the sensation almost close to be in fig plantation.Countdown for the next phase because the fig get mature and sweeter like on a tree ready to be harvested,either way the fresh green smell still present,piece by piece coconut comes out very comfortable and pleasant as well a couple minutes after it becomes in to milky coconut in right time the fresh green is softening like a breezy and together the warmness of milk make you feel cuddled as a unique feeling,wow.
I could give 10 but unfortunately the longevity is something inappropriate for such marvellous smell what doesnt mean it is out the "Must to try fragrances".

I love this fragancy! One of the best fig perfumes I have ever tried. This one is particulary green orientated, which gives it a neutral and less femenine point. Fig in the beginning, green in the heart. Well-mannered and elegant.

Got damn!What another word to starts off my review?Sorry if it sounds rude for you but I'm just sprayed like 45 minutes ago and still on my mind the open up impression.Its get me a little bit confused because,how could a green smell mix so easy with a sweet coco milk while a natural fig is sreaming louder as a lackey wanting notoriety?
Now i've had laid down wanting to share with some girl this pleasant and beautiful smell before its fades away,definitely i'm not alone though.I got you Philosykos.
I still don't know how to answer my question,in other words thatmix can be called as a masterpiece and i hope for a lasting long.

I love this! It opens up with a strong green leaf and stems scents, like you grab the leaf and squeezed it in your palms. The scents instantly take me to my childhood time, running around between trees and grass. Then it becomes softer and mellow, but still you can feel the green in it. I love Figuier by James Heeley too. It more sweet, powdery and feminine tough.
At first I thought Philosykos's longevity and sillage are weak, but one time I used this in the morning, and after 8 hours, I met my mother and she asked me what beautiful perfume I was wearing ! She still can smelled it!
Maybe because I also sprayed it to my blouse?

Pure fresh green fig with some coconut in it.

perfect use of mediterranean fig,you can feel like if you are on a spaniard or italian wild beach, pity its short lasting

Another fragrance I absolutely must acquire. This is almost pure fig.

When I was a child my parents would take me to farms that let you pick your own fruit, and I remember there was one that had enormous fig trees. Fig trees that towered over you. You could walk into the middle of them and be surrounded on all sides by the scent of figs. I was enchanted back then and this really brings me back, this is pure memory for me. Soft grass underfoot, fig leaves on all sides, and the succulent, honey-sweet flesh of figs.

I also notice coconut following behind the figs, but it isn't very powerful.

This smell doesn't change much at all, but it manages to encompass all these varieties of scents, an entire experience, completely.

What I like about this perfume is that it is interesting because of it's unique character, and abuility to hit you all at once with the characters of each note emerging all at once. It is not a wow, what are you wearing kind of fragrance. But what I do love about it,is the unique quality that you can capture all of the notes at once, each one stands out. It really is a beauty to be able to do that. Most fragrances are flat, and you can only catch one note, as they move onto the next in time. But this perfume is, best I can describe...A musical chord. Every individual note coming out at the same time, and distinguishable...Making it unique. And worth giving it a try.

I have the EDT. To me this is a clean, sweet and green scent. None too sweet and simple enough to border on linear. Sweetness of ripe figs, tartness and crispness of green living things, given some lushness by coconut but the coconut for me remains well-behaved in the background and doesn't shine like in suntan lotion. In the drydown it becomes slightly more woody but no serious wood notes ever come into play. This remains lighthearted and relaxed all the way. I'm thinking...Monet's Water Lily Pond 1899. I doubt there were figs or coconuts there but that's the imagery this brings to mind. Peaceful greens resting in sun-dappled ponds with a lazy breeze breaking through the bright sunshine.

Bought the EDP version of this last night.

I won't dwell into the notes because there aren't many here. Also, most people are already familiar with them, for the right reasons.

Let me say one thing, though. Believe me, it made me believe that it's possible to bring heaven to earth.

While this is a figgy perfume, it's equally coconutty. The fig and fig leaf part of the perfume is very nice. It's the coconut part I am not fond of. It smells too saccharine to me, like this coconut pancake syrup my family likes to bring back from Hawaii. Or if you are familiar with Asian food products, it smells like young coconut from a glass jar, the kind that comes packed in a thick, sugary syrup. While I like this kind of coconut in my desserts on occasion, I can't stand the smell of it on my skin. No bueno. Sorry.

We have a fig tree in our yard and I know exactly how fig smell like.
This fragrance open up with very natural and beautiful fig note and some green notes in the background. it's slightly sweet. very smooth and pleasant smell.
As time goes by, the scent become sweeter and coconut kicked in. the mid is something between fig and coconut smell!
It's doesn't smell completely like natural fig and it doesn't smell like a natural coconut as well.
Personally I prefer the opening.
Both projection and longevity is weak on my skin.
يه عطر بسيار طبيعي بر پايه ميوه انجير كه بوي خيلي خوبي داره
اولش بوش كاملا مثل انجير طبيعي هست. بوي ميوه طبيعي انجير رو ميشه حس كرد به اضافه كمي رايحه هاي سبز و گياهي و به مقدار خيلي خيلي كم شيرين
ما خودمون تو حياط خونه درخت انجير داريم و بوي اين عطر دقيقا من رو ياد ميوه تازه انجير ميندازه
در ادامه بوي عطر شيرين تر ميشه و كمي بوي نارگيل به اون اضافه ميشه
راستش شخصا از بوي مياني زياد خوشم نيومد. بوش يه چيزي مابين انجير و نارگيل هست كه نه كاملا بوي طبيعي انجير ميده مثل اولش و نه بوي خيلي طبيعي نارگيل. يه چيزي حد وسط ايناست
پخش بو و ماندگاري خوبي نداره متاسفانه
اگه بوي نارگيل بهش اضافه نميشد و همون بوي اوليه رو تا آخر حفظ ميكرد به نظر من خيلي بهتر بود
البته اين ممكن بود باعث بشه بوش يكنواخت بشه براتون اما شخصا ترجيح ميدادم اينجوري باشه و جدا از اون ماندگاري اون در حد 2-3 ساعت بيشتر نيست و قبل از اينكه بخواد بوش براتون تكراري بشه از روي پوست محو شده

Ok all, confirmed directly from Dyptique via email to me.
"The EDT is more fruity and the EDP more woody."

Personally I will get the EDT because it's the fig I am after, even if it does last short. Just use an atomizer, price is reasonable anyway.

Smells amazing to start off! Fresh figs; delicious enough to eat! Unfortunately, this overripened on my skin after about 20 minutes and dried down to a rotten mango kind of scent. Also, my wrist developed a rash so I had to wash it off.

I would love to smell how this frag develops on someone else; from what I can tell, it is a very complex and unique design.

There's a EDP version of this one. Just ordered a sample from theperfumedcourt.com so it will be interesting to compare them.

At the barn where I ride there's an enormous fig tree. This is a perfect rendition of its fruit but I agree with whomever said its linear. And to me it's boring. I want to smell like something original. Not that figs arent delicious. Maybe if it was layered? Glad I just got a small sample

Give yourself a hug.


With this EDT, it’s warm, loving, natural, comforting, and even joyful. In fact, I’ve been giddy all day since wearing it; it just makes you happy.

The opening is the damp soil, the soft grey bark of the Ficus carica and its green, pubescent leaves. But it’s all about the fruits, the hard green figs that become sumptuous and ripe, a glaucous deep purple with a tear of syrup at the ostiole. These figs—beckoning you to pluck them from the tree—are only a spray or two away.

Notes:

• The largest volume is 100ml / 3.4oz for $120. I feel this price is good for the complexity and quality of the fragrance.

• No headaches, rashes, or sensitivities to report.

• Completely natural. NO SYNTHETIC NOTES!

• For me, the intro is green, and you get the soil, and the leaves and the bark.

• The fragrance then gets sweeter but never cloying.

• The drydown is very soft and comforting, some men may feel this is feminine. I recommend the fewest amount of sprays to avoid this?

• Over-spraying will result in a very slight metallic sheen to the figs in the drydown that you’ll detect if your doing a lot of nose-to-wrist business (which you will).

• It lasts a very long time on me—all day.

• I feel positive and happy wearing this. Your cheeks will ache from smiling so much.

• Perfect for day, summer. Appropriate in the evening, summer. Potentially appropriate for fall, even winter.

• The drydown is also creamy which adds to this fragrance’s trans-seasonal potential.

• As a man, I don’t feel ‘sexy’ per se, but the creamy drydown alludes to these possibilities. (But don’t buy this just for sexy-time).

• Appropriate for a man and woman. Young and old.

• Mood: casual. Attire: casual. Not for work days at PriceWaterhouseCoopers or similar venues.

I just purchased this fragrance so I will perform more ‘tests’ in the near future, performing various activities, indoors and out, hot and cold days, on clothes or on the skin.

• Projection is still being determined.

I have samples of James Heeley’s Figuier, L’Artisan Parfumeur Premier Figuier (EDT), and Hermes’s Un Jardin en Mediterranee. I will do a comparison soon too.

Enjoy!

(…my first review)

mediterranean wild garden-forest in a parfum... dont miss it, stunning, great

I am heartbroken - I have waited so long and with such great anticipation to sample this lauded fig fragrance. My sample arrived and with eager nose I opened my vial and sniffed. It was amazing out of the bottle and upon opening on my skin. Green, juicy, wonderful fig swirled around my senses. I swooned over this at first. Then the sadness...it turned sour on my skin within an hour. Damn you chemistry!

Philosykos, by far, has been the most agreeable on me out of all the major fig scents out there. I have tried many others, notably: PG's Jardins de Kerylos, L'Artisan's Premier Figuier, HEELEY's Figuier, Profumum's Ichnusa, Hermes' Un Jardin en Méditerranée, and Jo Malone's Wild Cassis and Fig (I've tried more but who wants an encyclopedia here?).

I wasn't always into fig perfumes, and fig is not up everyone's alley. But when I smelled my first fig scent (I think it was Jo Malone's Wild Cassis and Fig) I discovered a unique and distinct sexiness to it that is not found in other common notes.

Philosykos is just gorgeous. Woody, earthy, creamy, milky, fresh, and oooooozing with fig juice but the woods makes it dry at the same time. Definitely unisex, I would LOVE to smell this on a man, but on a woman it brings out more of its delicateness. This IS the quintessential fig scent.

Went to Diptyque shop to buy Duelle,but as I tested Philosykos instantly fell in love for this marvelous fig scent ,it start so green , fresh and in a very comforting way then it settle down to an extremely nice creamy fig scent very unique . Lasting & sillage is moderate ,but on cloths it lingers a long time.
I ended up buying both Duelle & Philosykos.Damn good transaction.

This smells very similar to my beloved premier figuier extreme so I did a compare and contrast today. Having never spent considerable time laying about under a fig tree I can only guess at the authenticity of either of these scents. I can see where this is a bit more fresh and sour where's PFE is more ripe/late harvest. Both are on the lighter side while also being smooth, woody, and green with a coconut undercurrent, but philosykos is a less pronounced coconut. Longevity is good, with PFE winning out a bit but i could detect both as a skin scent after an 8 hour workday. Both are a joy to wear and perfect for the summer it just depends what you are looking for in your fig scent. Sour/young fruit or sun warmed ripe fruit.

Not my favorite...I liked it when I first put it on but after some time, it started to get on my nerves. Great longevity on my skin.

2/5

As soon as I smelled this fragrance, I seemed to have cut a fig tree, green, intense, strong ... then..it fell down in an intimate, delicate and fresh milk cool. True that there is not a complex combination but this fascinates even those who do not love these delicate desserts. Only tragedy? this scent does not scream, okay, but all too quickly into silence. When edp? there? I am waiting to buy a big bottle.

Oh I just love love love this perfume!!! If you are looking for a fig scent give this a try!!! My hubby is not a fan but I love it anyway!!! It just makes me happy and lasts a long time on my skin!!! Another fig scent is Jo Malone Wild Fig & Cassis but I like Diptyque better!!!

you will never forget this smell.

Quite simply the most lovely fig fragrance ever.

Fig isn't a note that I've always gotten along with. I was introduced to it in the lackluster Marc Jacobs for Men, which was centered around a buttery fig note. Lo and behold, leave it to Olivia Giacobetti (the queen of figs) to take Marc Jacob's butterball bread roll fig and turn it into every wonderful aspect of the figs and fig leaves: green, grassy, stemmy, melony, and even parts of the dirt and soil underneath. Yes, this is an essay on fig, but more importantly, it's a pleasing air of fresh green sweetness. Lovable, fun, refreshing, and completely unisex. This also features a subtle coconut-like vibe. Lasts a surprisingly long time (at least 6 hours)

Philosykos is now one of my favorite fresh fragrances. If you're looking for a fig fragrance, or just a fresh-green scent for summer, period, then look no further.

What a gorgeous, fresh, green opening! It's like the smell of trees after the rain. The fragrance develops into a creamy, coconutty, slightly sweet, but still green fig, before drying down to a sensual, mellow cedar. It's remarkably natural smelling, beautifully uncomplicated, and perfectly unisex. I fall in love with it all over again every time I wear it.

As with the other Diptyque fragrances I have tried, Philosykos has taught me the difference between longevity and sillage - the longevity with this is actually quite good on me (8+ hours), but sadly, the sillage is mild-moderate. Although, it must be said that very few figs project well, and this seems to project a lot better than Premier Figuier (which I also love). I can forgive it that, however, because it's my absolute favorite fragrance. HG worthy if I have ever seen it.

AMAZING!

Fig and fig leaf hit you right away, almost masculine, but it settles and warms up into a coconut lovers dream. (I really do not know where this coconut scent comes, it is not written anywhere that there is coconut in this fragrance)
The drydown is creamy coconut milk mixed with cedar wood and a little more fig. It hovers on the edge of being masculine but never EVER gets there, thank goodness. This is fantastic! Unlike anything I have ever tried before when the subject is FIG.
If you like fig this is your perfume, it is fresh and perfect to summer days.

This is my favorite of all time!

It's so fresh and delightful :)

A lot of fruity perfumes out there tend to be sickeningly saccharine but this one is different.

Although the fig smell is undoubtedly sweet, it doesn't give you a headache because it smells so light and natural.

I would say that this reminds me of a whole fig tree with its root and leaves instead of just a fig fruit.

This definitely has a lot of greenness and woodiness in it besides the sweetness.

When you spray it, you will feel like being in a fig tree forest filled with sunshine. It is pure heaven really.

Perfect scent for summer and for people who want unique and natural smell!

This fragrance feels like and feels like being outside. Waking up in a tent in nature. If you like fig, this is your scent. I also smell green grass. I love it.

Firstly, I must commend Diptyque on bringing this out in a solid formulation - in these days of 'no liquids in hand luggage' it might just be your perfect holiday scent. Fresh, unisex, sweet green and sappy it reminds me in feel of Cacharels Eden. However, I prefer the slight sweaty hothouse feel of Eden to Philosykos which, though lovely is not quite satisfying or weird enough for me. A beautiful scent, nonetheless.

Buen perfume. El higo predomina, pero es seco; junto con el cedro. Lo usaría más para hombre, aunque también puede llevarla una mujer. Más en verano o primavera. La proyección no es buena, aunque puede durar 3 o 4 horas. Particularmente prefiero Aqua di Parma "Fico de Amalfi", L'rtisan "Premier Figuier" o Annick Goutal "Ninfeo Mío".

Couldn't wait for this one to come! Bought it based on the reviews and the notes of fig and cedar. This is one incredibly amazing smooth blended fragrance. There is the slightest remnance of green leaves and freshness. The whole package could be worn by men or women, although it has a very faint similarity to Farenheit.

Absolutely wonderful! Rich, creamy, smooth, comforting, yet sunny and fresh. Gets even better when layered with Prada Candy--yum! :))

For me, it's a little too green at the top notes. And it's a bit Linear. Very summery, easy to wear. But not in my list.

This is very pleasant but just doesn't make it on to my wishlist. To my nose there are two distinct, separate layers of fragrance and they are separated by a gaping void where there should be more fragrance! In one layer is the coconutty side of the fig, in the other is the woody green smell you'd get if you twisted and splintered a thin branch - the smell of sap and wood. I can't help but feel there should be something MORE here. There should be something holding these two layers together. As it is, this smells incomplete to me.

I have now found a fig perfume that ticks all my boxes and it's Huitieme Art's Ciel d'Airain. Fuller, richer, more substantial and much more "me".

I love it, but it's a bit linear and has no staying power. Such a shame. I spent weeks in Les Senteurs d'Ailleurs in Brussels trying out Diptyque and this was my choice. So expensive though for a fleeting fig.

Such an original scent. Woody and fresh, but with a warm and a bit sweet feel to it. Quite unique, haven't smelled anything like it. You can tell it's a niche perfume. Also very hard to find, only available at their stores which are available in a handful of countries (of course, mine isn't one of them). Too bad about the sillage and longevity though. They're pretty much non-existent! I use about 6 spritzes and you can barely smell it. And I don't like heavy perfumes so I would be more than OK with subtle perfumes. But this one is TOO subtle. Such a shame. I strongly recommend getting the largest bottle as you'll need more spritzes than usual and also the complementary body lotion - it's the only you can make this fragrance hold.

Fantastic fragrance! I LOVE it for the first 20-30 minutes and then it all but disappears into its rather subtle cedar base note. Wish it could last...

Since I've been having Womanity of Thierry Mugler, which is the fig gourmand par excellence, I#been trying to get some scent in the same direction, but more discrete. Neither L#Artisan Parfumeur Premier Figuier, nor Micaleff's Sous le Figuier and unfortunately nor Philosykos could meet my choice... They smell all either green or woody, but not juicy. Whereby I must admit, Philosykos comes at nearest of all three to the fig fruit, however lacks by far the fruitiness of real ripe figs.

Green sap with cocos, well, not bad, but I keep dreaming about ripe figs like in womanity smelling as delicate as Phylosykos...Do I pretend too much?? Does anybody know a frag would meet these criteria?

Young green saplings, the quiet hum of understanding, increasing plant-like creaminess.

This scent is for your centered moments.

It does not last forever, but neither do these moments--amiright?

My family have a farm and in there we have a lot of fruit trees: mango, jabuticaba, guava, Barbados cherry, orange and last but not least, figs! Even now I love to go there during time where these trees are full of fruits and stay the enterely day just eating those fresh fruits without thinking in anything else...

And just after putting Philosykos on my skin, I was immediately transported to the farm! The opening of this fragrance makes me think about walking over the fig trees, smelling a fresh, natural green fig leafs while waiting to eat some of those fig dipped in syrup that my mom usually makes during christmas time (as a matter of fact, while I'm writing this review, I'm eating some! What a delicious smell and taste!) I can easily compare the smell of it to Philosykos and say that this fragrance is all about pure, natural figs.

There's no syrup or powdery aroma attached into it. Very good fragrance for those of you who loves figs and just figs (even though in the drydown this fragrance shows a very nice and somehow unexpected coconut note which I'm a fan). Sadly after 4h this scent disappears on my skin but that's no reason for a thumbs down.

nice but you can barely smell it!

Philosykos is a lovely, dry fig fragrance with a lot of "green" freshness to it. I can smell the entire fig tree in the opening - the fruit, the leaves, the sap, and even the branches. So refreshing! Once the green opening fades, nuances of coconut (from the fig leaves, I am told) begin to emerge. The dry down is a soft, creamy blend of figs, greens, and woods. Philosykos is very uplifting and puts me in a good mood. I wish it lasted longer and had more sillage, though. Could someone please compare the edt, solid, and oil?

For a fig scent with more fruit and less green (and no coconut), you should try Micallef Sous Le Figuier.

the first minutes after spraying this delicious elixir, I got the magic sensation of white grapes being squeezed into a homemade grape juice. You can smell both the sweet berries plus the bitter greenness of the seeds all broken inside the machine... after this amazing moment you get a creamy mix of fresh leaves... so natural, SO GREEN! It's clearly figgy but I cannot find ANY connection to the other fig that has got me enamoured (Un Jardin en Mediterranee) since this isn't the ripe fruit with the soil beneath but instead the mix of the tree, leaves and the new born fruit... green, slightly sweet and full of joy. Wow!!! I am truly in love with Philosykos. I don't find it sexy, neither cozy... it's a perfume experience that is highly wearable and still a work of art that is beyond the idea of nowadays mass market... This isn't your typical summer scent... this is more intelectually conceived. Olivia Giacobetti, you're a genius, love you too lol.
I was looking forward to trying this scent for so long and now I'm simply astonished... Men of the world (women too but let me speak to my gender fellows please)put your best linen shirts, open your chest, spray this on and feel free to consider yourselves gorgeous for the next hours (no matter what others may think of that walking garden lol)

Although I love complex abstract perfumes, I am also a sucker for simple realistic frags, if done well. I sniffed Philosykos for the first time in Blue Mercury and got teary-eyed like a big dork because it was so remarkable and lovely. Lest you think me crazy, my only prior experience with figs consisted of Fig Newtons and a brief visit to the gargantuan fig tree in Santa Barbara. That poor tree smelled horrible to me, probably because it sits adjacent to the Amtrak station and reeks of diesel fumes.

The notes, etc. of Philosykos are described beautifully by others below, so I won't bore you with repetition. I'll just say that I've gone on to explore other fig fragrances, but Philosykos is my gold standard.

I liked this fragrance, but I would not purchase it again for myself. I found that upon application it had an odd, acrid, almost tobacco smell. When that passed it was lovely and fresh and figgy, but the dry-down, while still pleasing, was a little one-dimensional and not very interesting. I do't think it would make much of a statement. It was just a nice smell to me. Nothing spectacular. But again, that is just how it wore on me.

A masterpiece!

Delicious! Just purchased the oil-based version in Paris...love it!

Philosykos is my first Diptyque fragrance. Compared to other Fig based fragrances like L'Artisan Premier Figuier Extreme (sweet powdery Fig) and Marc Jacobs Men (creamy coconut like smell which is actually the Fig), Philosykos has the most natural Fig aroma. The top note is refreshing green fig leaves which lasts for nearly an hour and then the mid note of Fig stays rather close to my skin for 4-5 hours. I like the Fig fragrance from L'Artisan and Marc Jacobs but I find myself enjoying Philosykos more as it's like smelling the real Fig leaves and Fig. Philosykos is fresh, natural, soothing and relaxing.....only wish that the silage and longetivity can be better.

I love this scent so much. Its woody and sophisticated. Not a trendy perfume at all. Very easy to wear. It cab be worn all year long. I do. Just not in the very humid weather. No perfumes works for me there.
I love everything about Philosykos. The scent, the package, the bottle and the drawing on it. I don't think it's very expensive...not for a edt, u won't smell on every corner like many trendy perfumes.

Someone wrote a review of the edt...is there a edp? To my knowing, there is only an edt?

LUV THE CEDAR NOTES THERE IS NO VANILLA THERE ITS JUST A HAPPY CELEBRATION OF FIGS AND WOODEY AND WARM CEDAR LUV IT

For some time I thought I couldn't stand a fig note in a perfume, but Olivia Giacobetti proved me wrong. Turns out, when the fig is really authentic, it actually smells much more pleasant and refreshing to me. I don't find Philosykos to be evolving a great deal and it doesn't last as long as I would hope, but I definitely prefer it to L'Artisan Parfumeur's Premier Figuier.

What is this!? Amazing, inebriant, the fig aroma mixed with cedar base, is wonderful. Look, i travel sniffing, this one reminds me the fresh of Italy (mediterranean sea)in the summer, and the refinement of France in the spring, so, differentiated and unique scent!

Very true fig scent, tree and all. Not very feminine. Very fresh & bright, and not quite girly enough for me. My hubby wasn't a huge fan either. Nice, just not my style. Not warm enough for me.

This is extraordinary stuff. It does smell like figs. Really fresh not even picked off the tree yet figs. And somehow it manages to smell EXPENSIVE. Hugely EXPENSIVE. And it is quite. But it's worth it. Dress to impress with this. Or don't bother dressing up, this will do it all for you. Quite sexy. But mostly gives an aura of wealth and taste and may quite possibly get you a flight upgrade.

One of the most unusual fig fragrances out there. Imagine a fig on a dark sandy beach right about to be hit by lightening. No heart, no soul, no emotion but just that moment in its transient naked ionized anticipation.

After some hours of testing, this is a unique scent indeed but never for me again. Already gave it to a friend. It made me want to trhough up, i dont know why. I dont like this kind of unique perfumes.

Indeed a very strange perfume. You have the impression that you are on a fig tree and you are collecting leafs....indeed very strange. It remind me the childhood where we were stealing figs from various gardens....this is all the tree....the leafs, the fruit, the milk from the wood....it is the most accurate perfume on its subject i have ever smelled.

I used to think James Heeley's Figuer was one of the best Fig scents around but then I tried Phylosikos. Tremendously realistic. It opens with an incredibly green fig leaves note immediately surrounded by fruits aromas and a milky-feeling. Absolutely perfect for spring/summer daywear. In italy the word Fig (translated Fico or Figo) can be used also as an adjective to describe someone who's a very dynamic, charming, awesome and beautiful person. It's kind opposite to NERD. So I can easily say thath when you wear Phylosikos you feel like the most "Fig" in town!

In my personal rating Heeley's Figuer is still a little (very little) step ahead from Phylosikos because I prefer a tarter interpretation of the theme but you should give this one a chance and you won't be disappointed.

Rating: 8/10

(This review is for Eau de Toilette)

Green, fresh and light, PHILOSYKOS is a beautiful walk in the Mediterranean garden. The fig note is absolutely delicious in this fragrance. It is green, slightly woody, fragrant and juicy but not overripe. The composition is very elegant and light.

PHILOSYKOS opens with the fresh greenness of fig leaves on a sunny warm day. The scent continues to stay fresh with slightly sweet and delicious fig in the heart notes. The cedar provides nice foundation for the fig in the base. Two of them go really well together.

This perfume is happy, sunny and verdant. I find that most vegetal and herbal scents are a bit too strange to wear but this one is an absolute delight. It is unique but also quite easy to wear. The only issue is the longevity. The scent stays close to the skin and disappears in about 4 hours. But I still think that this beautiful “fig orchard in the bottle” definitely worth to be in my collection.

The Holy Grail has been found!

Game over.

Crushed, bitter green leaves--aromatic and slightly herbal, and clean fruit to start.

The fig starts to ripen even more then transforms to a sweet, dried fruit that's deliciously syrupy and milky but in the most natural, honeylike way.

Greenness makes way to cedar which lends a really interesting dry wood aspect to the warmed fig-milk. Like an intense, earthy fruit tisane with a good dose of rich cream.

Simple yet holds a lot of interest. Stays real close and lasts about 4-5 hours on my skin.

excellent scents very nice milky sweet green scent very natural. lasts at least 5-6 hours although i got 8 hours from it as well but i do know people will smell it on you for the first 6 hours from half a metre away from where ever you stand. this will project well for 2-3 hours than becomes close to the skin. 10/10 from me.

Fig, fig and more fig. The works...the whole tree...bark, sap, crushed leaves and green fruit. This is actually the first fig perfume I have sampled, but alas I will have to try some others as this lasted no time at all on my skin. I loved it while it was there.

Edit: I tried a heavier application and the longevity was slightly increased but still only lasted a couple of hours. However, a delightful thing happened about 15 minutes in, which actually made me laugh. I was transported to the fruit & veg section of a large supermarket, specifically right in front of the salad vegetables. I could smell tomato, cucumber, dewy lettuce, parsley, capsicum..it was a complete departure from any perfume I have ever smelled and I really love this weird baby! It must be the crushed fig leaves. If it wasn't for the relatively poor staying power I would be mightily tempted to buy a full bottle.

This is slightly fruity, a tad sweet, and a bit tropical or exotic in a way. Fig scents seem to have a coconutty aspect to them. If I put my nose right on my skin, I swear that I can actually smell the leaves of a fig tree too. I think this is a very nice unisex fragrance and would be great for layering (which you can do with all Diptyque scents--the guy in the Diptyque boutique told me so).

This is a more masculine approach for fig scent. it's not sweet and figgy like Un Jardin Mediterranee by Hermes or as strange as Womanity by Theirry Mugler. This Philosykos is aromatic green at the start and it gets really bark-like woody. The fig just shines all around from the start to finish without being fruity sweet. It's great but yet simple and not sure if it's something worth spendiing so much $$$ on.

Based on a sample I got from Lucky Scent. Not impressed. Two occasions I put this on and the scent died after 1 to 2 hours. Unacceptable. L'artisan premier figuier is much better.

This fragrance is by no means artificial or synthetic in any way. It is almost a skin scent if you can smell that lovely. Natural. Ethereal. It takes you back to a time so far away and certainly for me there's some nostalgic feel to it. The scent is wet, dewy, earthy, slightly gourmand sweet but not like all those other synthetic sweet perfume out there that's sugar sugar and more sugar. The fragrance is subtle and lasts for about 5 hours on me but it's definitely there and will constantly remind you of it's presence.

It takes me back to a time long ago in Greece, on one of those sunny hills with blue skies and fluffy clouds. The fig grove is nearby and every now and then it wafts over and gently caresses your senses. Your white goddess like dress floats around you with the slight breeze and you're in perfect harmony with the nature around you. At peace. I can almost hear plato say "Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet" and I certainly felt that Philosykos is that lover right now. It whispers back to me every now and then and tells me everything is fine and life is beautiful if you make it so. It's a deep, multidimensional scent considering it essentially has only 3 notes. Very well crafted and high quality without you smelling like you're wearing perfume. I don't have any memories with fig trees but I do like eating figs. This was my fist fig scent and I'd like to try more in the future if they're as good as this.

Deep scent, especially creamily sweet, the fig pleasantly weaves in and out, and wood tones start and finish the scent. Not very strong and lies close to the skin.

I really like this but at 90 dollars for 1.7 ounces, I can't justify the cost, so I'll reluctantly pass on this.

For the first 5 minutes I had an orgy on my wrist and I was stuck to my wrist inhaling deeply the lovely, fresh fig scent that was coming from this amazing perfume. After an hour or so I start to feel smoky cedar, but I can't agree that this is unisex, because the fig note is just too sweet. My bf didn't want to test, so I dunno how this sweet scent would feel on a man.

Anyway. Although it is an amazing scent I doubt that I could enjoy wearing this daily.

A lovely, believable fig fragrance.
Luckyscent.com says of it:

" Philosykos
Eau de Toilette
by Diptyque

The Scoop
One of the best fig scents ever made and one of our favorite scents of all time. Philosykos is an ode to the fig groves of Greece. Created by Olivia Giacobetti, this is a very green fig – a fig on the verge of being ripe. The opening is sharp with the tart freshness of the leaves, and then the fig itself comes into play – sweet enough to tantalize, but not overwhelm. The glossy green leaves and succulent fruit intertwine with a dry wood note and a hint of rich earth. You get the sense not only of the whole tree, but the whole grove – the wood, the earth, the sky, the Mediterranean sun coaxing the sweetness of the fruit along as it ripens. Many a superlative has been used to describe this fragrance over the years and it deserves every one. Outstanding. "
I couldn't agree more. Prior to Philosykos my favorite fig frag was Fig Leaf & Cassis by Thymes, which is becoming scarcer by the day. I'm reminded of my days as a young child swinging on a swingset under a large fig tree in my parents' backyard,especially after a rainshower when the leaves dripped and the figs were ripening, no longer solid green, some having been half eaten by insects or birds, some fallen to the ground. The memory of trying to eat a half ripe one the bitterness reminds me of the woody, green scent here. Philosykos is not as sweet as the fully ripe smell of Fig Leaf & Cassis but it still warms my heart with those memories.

This IS Fig alright! Actually the first one I smelled that really smells like...FIG! Balsemic and therefore soothing like fig should be, yet fresh, uplifting and...interesting...

I see no coconut mentioned but I think that fig has that same creamy thing to it which is why so many people refer to coconut when reviewing this one.

This will go very well with the Hammam-range from Rituals that also has fig in it...
Like it!

I really adore this, even though I mainly stick with florals. Woody aromatics are a challenge for me, yet this is wonderful.

On my skin this is rich and warm, with the greenness only in the opening. I get no coconut whatsoever, thank goodness!!

On me this is a straight up warm, very slightly resiny, creamy fig. If there were too many other notes this would be headache inducing but it's beautifully blended and subtle.

The dry down is lovely - creates a very 'quiet', comforting, cozy scent. I prefer this for cooler weather, but it's not too overpowering in the heat.

It is very light green scent, wonderfoul fig with coconut, sometimes I smell almost only fresh fig and sometimes there is undenied presence of coconut, nice fragrance but lasting power is weak.

I got a sample of this from Lucky Scent and just love the richness of this fig scent with just a touch of cedar. It smells wonderful from first application through dry down and for 4 or 5 hours afterward. To me this is unisex scent.

I got it as a present and since the person who sold it told it was a watery fresh one, it didn´t convince me at all. Well, maybe having in mind that it´s a fruity one I can re think about it.
It does smell strongly as fig and/or coconut, what definetely calls for a beach. It´s a good perfume, but just not for me.

Ok, by now, the juicy and perfectly ripened fig fruit has revealed itself. This is perfect!

Mmmm a lovely green, watery [but not weak] and fresh fig leaf scent. I think of a lush green forest, cool and fresh after a cleansing rain, beads of water dripping and running from leaves and stems. I love it!!

Lovely and intricate green fig scent. I like mixing it with a vanilla scent (try Comptoir Sud Pacifique Vanille Passion) to up its romantic potential/warmth.

when i was trying it at the store, the sales lady for some reason thought i was buying a perfume for a guy and was convincing me how men love to wear it)) well, in my opinion, this is first of all a great women's scent, especially at the dry-down, where it gets gentle, sunny and somewhat creamy. The fig is green here, but the greenness mellows down and becomes fresh)) I really like this one - perfect for summer!

This smells exactly like tanning lotion to me. It reminds me of the beach, so I like it. Very summery.

Very green on top, and that's what I'm craving. This is a beautiful happy fragrance. The fig has a creamy, almost coconut milk scent, and the cedar is very soft.

i smelled it! and to me its not really a unisex perfume :-S too sweet for men,
I shoulda bought it but hey maybe next time ;p

this one is strangest scent, that i ever smelled:D it definitelly smell exactly just like some trees in my grandma s garden, but i surely know that she didn t planted figs :D defintely unique, but for me also definetely not wearable :D

Nice one for the summer, interesting and deep. Preferably for men.

This is really fig, as I can recall and match it with the smell of fig in my memory. But it smells really like raw banana too. This makes me feel like that I haven't washed my hands after I peeled the banana.
But this is the best real fig I had tried so far. And it smells fresh. It is just not for me.

Reminds me very much of Hermes
Un Jardin in Mediteranee. Phylosykos is a bit more complex and longer lasting. HOWEVER ... this is WAY too expensive for an EDT!!

On a related note: Diptyque should do their lovely "Tubereuse" candle scent in a perfume.

Hi, my name is Lali. I am really interested in buy this Dyptique perfume. I am from Barcelona, Spain. Could you tell me where or how to buy it in case that there's not any distribution here?

thank you very much,

Lali.

Yes, it does start off with quite waxy unripe banana, but more clean - if you think about it, even an unripe banana has that slightly musty rotting edge. The under-ripeness is definitely the smell/taste of a green fig before you bite in to the sweeter bit at the centre. I lived in Greece for a while and as I'd walk down to the beach in the morning, I'd pluck a fig from a green fig tree then a purple fig tree. The purple ones are amazing - syrupy and sweet. The green ones are like this perfume really - always a little dry and green tasting - more refreshing. This scent dries down nicely - and the smoky cedar wood is just right - very Greece. I love this perfume, but can't imagine wearing it in winter - it screams holiday to me! I bought it at the same time as some green eyeshadow and a lovely cream french tunic in soft stretchy cotton - they're all very happy together!

This was my signature scent for a long time, I still wear it almost ten years later. I think it was one of the things that my husband fell for when we met, he still swoons when I wear it! I also have the L'Artisan Fig which is more floral/violet compared to this one. I like both, Dyptique Phylosykos is I would say, a cool dry, earthier fig with a tinge of coconut in the background which makes it unique. Men seem to love this and it's the scent I get the most compliments on. I stopped wearing it so much because I became 'immune' to the smell. Now I wear it less but can really appreciate it when I do. I tried many other Dyptique on the success of this one, but none match it for me and I eventually gave them away. A wonderfully stylish scent, for someone with flare and individuality.

This is a summer staple for my beloved husband so it's difficult not to love it. It's a photorealistic fig scent. EVERYTHING,is here.The leaves blowed by the air in the midsummer evening, the succulent flesh of the forbidden fruit, th e whole tree giving the blessing shadow under the blistering sun of Greece. But it does'nt last , unfortunately it doesn't last at all on our skin.

The original and best of the fig leaf scents. Blew my mind the first time that I smelled it. The perfume dries down quickly and lingers in the gentlest way -- I do wish it could retain some of its initial robustness a little longer. Marketed as a unisex fragrance, I smelt a gentleman wearing this recently and was quite persuaded it is more suited to the ladies. Enchanting.

Cult!

Fresh green and juicy scent of summer days on the sea side. It's bright and fruity fresh at the beginning and almost the same at the end, maybe warmer.