Molinard
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The blackcurrant and lemon collide immediately, creating a bright, slightly tart accord that feels almost green before the fig even announces itself. Within seconds, the citrus sharpens the composition, pushing past any sweetness—this is a fruity opening with an edge, almost wine-like in its acidity.
The fig reveals itself gradually, moving from its leafy, slightly astringent edges towards something softer as the jasmine sambac blooms beneath. The floral notes anchor the fig without prettifying it, and the leaves accord becomes more pronounced, giving the scent an herbal, almost tea-like quality that makes you question whether you're smelling fruit or botanicals.
The musk and amber emerge quietly, never overpowering, whilst the cedar adds a dry, woody frame that prevents the composition from becoming thin. What remains is a skin scent—intimate and softened, with the green accord still present but now almost whispered, leaving a faint amber warmth and a lingering herbal dryness.
Molinard's Figue is a fragrance that treats the fig not as a gourmand confection, but as a living botanical—green, slightly astringent, caught at that moment of ripeness where the fruit's sweetness battles with its verdant stem. Mathieu Nardin constructs this 2015 composition around a remarkable clarity: the blackcurrant and lemon in the opening establish a tart, almost herbal foundation before the fig emerges as something neither wholly sweet nor wholly green, but suspended between the two. What distinguishes Figue from the glut of fig fragrances is its refusal to add creamy or woody indulgence—instead, the jasmine sambac in the heart arrives as a whisper of something faintly honeyed and floral, never drowning out the fig's leafy character. The green accord (76%) dominates throughout, lending an almost tea-like quality, as though you've crushed fig leaves between your palms.
This is a fragrance for the minimalist, the wearer who finds comfort in restraint and authenticity over projection. It belongs to someone who appreciates the subtle challenge of a scent that asks you to lean in rather than announcing itself. Wear it during warm afternoons when you want something clean and slightly unconventional, or during spring when florals feel too obvious and fruity fragrances too loud. It's the olfactory equivalent of an understated linen shirt—deceptively simple, quietly sophisticated.
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