Reviews of Aqua Allegoria Figue-Iris (2008)
by Guerlain

I quite like Aqua Allegoria Figue-Iris. I'm not an affidionado (yet) on either iris or fig, so maybe that's why I didn't have any pre-expectations when I tried it. I was very pleasantly surprised by how wearable this scent was for me all summer - it was cooling, refreshing and pretty in the summer heat. I'm wearing it today on a rainy fall day and it's just right again. Soft drydown, sweet, iris/powdery and feminine. I do smell a bit of figgy sweetness up front, but it doesn't last long, and is taken over by the iris that lasts a long time on me. I think I smell vetiver in there too. Anyway, I think it's one of the nicest AA's I've tried in the past couple of years. Maybe not a blockbuster, but very pleasant and easy to like.

I live in Florida so the weather do not allow me to wear deep fragrance.
This one is just perfect. It is balance, soft, fruity and sweet but not to much.
It gives energy and makes you in a good moon.

Too bad it disapears very quickly...

the Fig by Guerlain ...
the only fig i know without coconut
the fruity and green notes of the fig are associated with light milky notes
the association with iris makes it very elegant and powdery , very feminine and quite gourmand scent

I count Acqua di Parma’s Fico di Amalfi as my perfect fig, but this is the perfect fig à la Guerlain. For starters, thank goodness, it’s not green. It’s juicy. It makes me want a tropical drink with a parasol in it. And once the iris comes in, it puts me in mind of some delicious sweet fruit candy. Succulent for summer.