Houbigant Paris has launched Figuier Noir, a new fragrance for men.
Created by perfumer Céline Ellena, Figuier Noir is a fragrance dedicated to the hearts of men, a reassuring and elegant but at the same time contradictory olfactory combination.
Figuier Noir is a synergy of saps to reach the unattainable star, a combination of woods, to emphasize sincerity, an interlacing of roots, to anchor the signature, exquisite spices and black fig pulp that shapes its sillage
"I had this opportunity, to live in the countryside in Grasse region where I had all the time in the world to contemplate the passage of time and to welcome the arrival of sunny days. From the first heat, the fig trees yield a bitter and sensual perfume, harsh and voluptuous. A reassuring and elegant olfactory combination, yet so contradictory, that the idea came to me to write a men's fragrance. Sitting in the shade of the black fig tree whose gnarled branches embraced me like long, sensitive arms, refreshed by the caress of the wind that gently crumpled the leaves above my head, so large that they reminded me of a giant’s hands, I guessed beyond the bark, the gentle, soothing pulsation of the sap. Nose stretched, hands abandoned to the ground, eyes closed, I let myself be carried away by the waves of contrary but disturbing scents. Numb and blissful, I immediately went back to my workshop to keep my fickle harvest and, in front of my scale, I formulated a brief series of fragrant ingredients. Because, you probably know, men like to define themselves in a few words." — Céline Ellena.
The notes include black pepper, cardamom, cloves, fig tree leaves, black fig, jasmine, iris, cedar, patchouli and candied figs.
Houbigant Figuier Noir is €150 for 100 ml Eau de Parfum.
(via houbigant-parfum)
This sounds really good!
It does.
As I was reading along I swear I thought, “Man, that is a lot of words!”, and then I came to the punch line — “Men like to define themselves in a few words.”
This does sound awfully nice, but I see that Houbigant — once a drugstore mainstay — has really jacked up their prices since I last paid attention to them, and €150 is a *lot*.
Before it was a drugstore mainstay it was high end…but you’re right then it was drugstore, and then those scents went to Dana.
But I never loved even their star product, Quelques Fleurs.
Thank you Robin, fig in perfume is not original but if it’s well done there is always space for one more.
Room or not, here it comes
“A synergy of saps” eh? OK then. lol
Well you wouldn’t want your saps any other way, right?