** New: AMOUAGE FIGMENT

[thedentist]

A question for those who have tried it:

I like Bracken, Myths and Epic

I don't like Gold

Do you think I would like Figment?

If you like Bracken you will absolutely love this

 

[thedentist]

This is Bracken with an amped uo and lovely earthy minty accord

 

[Herne]

Well this is Bracken made right. As I said, I hate Bracken but this is very good. Has a same feel as Bogue Profumo and Amouage does it pretty well indeed. And yes, it reminds me of Bracken. Minus all the bad things.

Might be a bottle worthy for me.

Welcome back, Amouage.:thumbup:

 

[Hothamwater]

Well this is Bracken made right. As I said, I hate Bracken but this is very good. Has a same feel as Bogue Profumo and Amouage does it pretty well indeed. And yes, it reminds me of Bracken. Minus all the bad things.

Might be a bottle worthy for me.

Welcome back, Amouage.:thumbup:

Which Bogue does it most smell like to you?

 

[NZFH]

If you like Bracken you will absolutely love this

Thanks, good to know!!

 

[AntonPan]

If you like Bracken you will absolutely love this

I do love Figment, but Bracken is not for my taste at all...

 

[Possum-Pie]

I do love Figment, but Bracken is not for my taste at all...

I Agree...
Braken Opens with a blast of nutmeg, cinnamon, and citrus. Reminds me of the hot winter drink "Wassail" Apple cider, nutmeg, cinnamon, orange juice, ginger, and lemon juice. Yes, this is the fragrance equivalent. Dry-down get a bit dirty with Patchouli and Sandalwood. A bit too much nutmeg for me.

 

[Herne]

Which Bogue does it most smell like to you?

MAAI and MEM

 

[Herne]

After further testing I am not so sure anymore is this worth to buy. Seems like it develops into pretty boring and forgettable light patchouli-like drydown. I hate to say this, but it smells pretty cheap at this point. Or then, I had a wrong mood for this today. I just hoped Amouage came at last with something worth it, but this just may fall into same category as Myths and Bracken did for me. It is good, a lot better than those two but still maybe just not good enough.

With Amouage, just being good isn't enough. They've done so many masterpieces.

 

[exploretoi]

After further testing I am not so sure anymore is this worth to buy. Seems like it develops into pretty boring and forgettable light patchouli-like drydown. I hate to say this, but it smells pretty cheap at this point. Or then, I had a wrong mood for this today. I just hoped Amouage came at last with something worth it, but this just may fall into same category as Myths and Bracken did for me. It is good, a lot better than those two but still maybe just not good enough.

With Amouage, just being good isn't enough. They've done so many masterpieces.

I've read that some think it is similar to YSL Kouros?
In your opinion, what fragrance would be similar to Figment?

 

[Tosef]

I've read that some think it is similar to YSL Kouros?
In your opinion, what fragrance would be similar to Figment?

My unsolicited input: it is somewhat similar to Boucheron Pour Homme.

 

[Herne]

I've read that some think it is similar to YSL Kouros?
In your opinion, what fragrance would be similar to Figment?

I don't find anything similar to Kouros.

If I'd have to find something similar from what I've tried in my limited experience, I would say both MAAI and Bracken Man sprayed on the wet soil of a plant pot.

 

[NZFH]

Wow. Put me in the Figment fan club. This is amazing. Truly exotic and unique smell. Objectively, I can see why many people may not want to smell this way. But as an olfactory experience, any niche-head will surely find this to be an interesting and rewarding scent journey.

I think this is a much more interesting fragrance than Bracken Man. Apart form the first 10 minutes, that was a fairly predictable and safe scent, in the structure of a traditional fougere. On the other hand, Figment Man is innovative and ground-breaking (to me). And it is so well-blended and crafted.

This makes my next Amouage purchase decision very easy indeed.

 

[NZFH]

I have reason to believe Figment will be an incredible scent, a rich earthy green reminiscent of walking through a mature deciduous forest with dense foliage and damp earth, following a rainfall, a little dirty but full of life... ?

Yes it is absolutely that.

 

[NZFH]

After further testing I am not so sure anymore is this worth to buy. Seems like it develops into pretty boring and forgettable light patchouli-like drydown. I hate to say this, but it smells pretty cheap at this point.

I know where you're coming from. On my skin, it was like the fragrance devolved into a light and thin woody accord around the 6th and 7th hour. My mind kept saying "I know where this is heading... I know where this fragrance needs to go next!" ... but it just wasn't happening. I was waiting for the accord to deepen and grow richer, fuller, warmer.

Eventually, around the 9th to 10th hour I think it was FINALLY starting to head in that direction, but then I had to shower. So a rather long time to wait.

Still need a bottle. Mainly because of the incredible first 3-4 hours.

 

[LloydLlewellyn]

It smells of chlorine to me. Go figure. Like I was headed for the swimming pool, walking through damp grass.
Interesting scent and gorgeous bottle, but I think it's not worth keeping it just to experience it every 3 years,

 

[DULLAH]

^the drydown does smell like wet potting soil, wet leaves, chlorine, and pesticide. Much like a chemically sterile greenhouse/garden center. Not in a particular good way. But the topnotes and heartnotes are where this is a disaster.

The topnotes smell like mowing a vastly overfertilized uncut lawn, with smelly weeds waist high, which was just "brush cleared" by Bush Jr. with a weedwacker he spilled fuel on, then that new chopped down undergrowth was treated with a powerful herbicide like monsanto's roundup, and I frankly just don't understand what the hell they were thinking releasing this.

I was upset with Bracken man, but Bracken man seems downright pleasant and soft and natural, when compared to this weed/gasoline/pesticide bomb. Utter fail. Shame cause it is their most beautiful bottle ever.

Every girl who smelled this found it utterly revolting.

 

[DULLAH]

Btw, it's not pleasant weed, like dried cannabis flowers from a sweet/fruity/spicy strain. It's like chopped field of chemically treated weeds near a railroad yard.

Furthermore, this not warm masculine fuel smell like vintage Fahrenheit, this is cold and shrill gasoline/chlorine/bleach, maybe jet fuel /kerosene (shout to our brother kerosene from Michigan who made the most fantastic coffee fragrance!)

 

[DULLAH]

New Amouage scent... same creative director.

If he's still there, it'll probably be another "what could have been" scent. - one "edgy" note so ridiculously overloaded in there that it ruins the whole thing.

we could be so lucky to only have one edgy note ruining Figment Man's beautiful bottle, and what is turning out to be a fairly decent "late stage drydown" (which is the last gasp of this fragrance and as another user astutely noted, takes far far too long to get there).

We instead got many many DISSONANT CHEMICAL EDGY NOTES, as prophecized:

Amouage Figment - the fragrance as you know it, will be but a Figment of your imagination once IFRA turns it into a harsh chemical stew in a year or so.

Didn't require IFRA, or a wait ! Lol

Im right there with you.
IMO, they should dump Chong and hire someone with real talent in the Eastern style like Cecile Zarokian.

as much as I critique him, he is fantastic within his range. Maybe hire some others and cycle them as needed, per concept.

Also he approved a 3D animation from someone who just learned flash in 2007

 

[NZFH]

Have been wearing this on and off for the last few days. The most common feedback I get is "moss" or "mossy" or "moss garden." I've also had the following comments: different, unusual, sinister, Illuminati/occult, cold/serial-killer scent and '"like a vampire." I was especially interested in the vampire comment and why that and not some other undead creature. Apparently because they rest in soil from their homeland in their coffins! I had forgotten that particular piece of folk-lore. So for this individual, the soil note evoked a strong vampire association.

 

[NZFH]

^the drydown does smell like wet potting soil, wet leaves, chlorine, and pesticide. Much like a chemically sterile greenhouse/garden center. Not in a particular good way

I grew up around greenhouses/glasshouses and the smell of sprays and pesticides inside them. I hadn't originally got that association from Figment - but now I do! haha (not enough to spoil it for me, but I definitely see where you are coming from).

 

[jabar]

Figment is certainly very earthy. Reminded me of mushrooms and musty moss. Greenhouse, sure. Intriguing. I look forward to testing more, but not entirely sure I'd wear it.

 

[cazaubon]

I thought it was dreadful, unfortunately I agree with Dullah's opinion. I definitely would not want to smell this on my husband. Shame as the bottle is gorgeous. The women's version was also just as bad.

 

[NickZee]

I tried this on the weekend and loved the earthy notes working alongside the animalic note. The animalic note is very sensual. Dare I say, it is like a woman's crotch a half hour after a shower. As you can tell from this description, it is polarising and not for the faint of heart. But if you're nose is desperate to latch onto something new, high-quality and well put together, then this is it.

I do love Figment, but Bracken is not for my taste at all...

Bracken Man has that big, abrasive clove note. I'm not a fan at all.

I've read that some think it is similar to YSL Kouros?
In your opinion, what fragrance would be similar to Figment?

I can see why some people would make observation, but its only a tenuous link.

 

[NZFH]

Figment is certainly very earthy. Reminded me of mushrooms and musty moss. Greenhouse, sure. Intriguing. I look forward to testing more, but not entirely sure I'd wear it.

Did you test it on skin? on paper or card the animalics don't really come to life.

 

[Franco65]

blind bought and tested at work ...wet soil and animalic vibes..then it settles to sandalwood, cutting edge to be an Amouage!

 

[jabar]

Did you test it on skin? on paper or card the animalics don't really come to life.

I had only a couple minutes to sniff, but I'll have another opportunity to test (on skin) this weekend.

 

[NZFH]

I had only a couple minutes to sniff, but I'll have another opportunity to test (on skin) this weekend.

cool - I think you will find it more interesting (the development on skin)

 

[NZFH]

blind bought and tested at work ...wet soil and animalic vibes..then it settles to sandalwood, cutting edge to be an Amouage!

brave man! I have also worn to work without much comment so far.

cutting edge indeed!!

 

[DULLAH]

I thought it was dreadful, unfortunately I agree with Dullah's opinion. I definitely would not want to smell this on my husband. Shame as the bottle is gorgeous. The women's version was also just as bad.

I thought the women's version was ok. I just scratched my head wondering who the hell bit their toungue on Figment man, when they clearly should have spoken up before it went this far.

 

[Possum-Pie]

I thought the women's version was ok. I just scratched my head wondering who the hell bit their toungue on Figment man, when they clearly should have spoken up before it went this far.

The whole point of niche/indie fragrances is that they are outside of the box, NOT safe, radical. I usually don't like a fragrance that everyone who ever tries it likes. If I wanted that I'd buy a designer fragrance from Macy's. True, I tend to stay away from ones too radical, I don't want to have all my aquaintances recoil in disgust!!!
Take the new Creed Viking for example. Safe, I haven't heard one negative comment about its smell. The negative comments are about paying $500 for something safe, uninspired, and that smells designer generic. I don't agree totally, It is somewhat unique, but it IS safe and tame. I DO agree that it's not unique enough for me to shell out $500.

 

[LiveJazz]

I would just like to say...this thread is making it sound pretty amazing to me. Wet soil/garden/greenhouse/musk? Yes, please. Need to sample ASAP.

 

[Franco65]

polarizing scent.. some female coworkers were enthralled by the wet soil/ animalic rather persistent opening, my long time room coworker (also female) when she entered the room said it smelled of wet dog undecided.. my girlfriend said it was okay and that's okay for me too...this is a Kouros kind of scent..love or hate!

 

[NZFH]

polarizing scent.. some female coworkers were enthralled by the wet soil/ animalic rather persistent opening, my long time room coworker (also female) when she entered the room said it smelled of wet dog undecided.. my girlfriend said it was okay and that's okay for me too...this is a Kouros kind of scent..love or hate!

I've been surprised at the number of positive female responses as well, even when the same ones haven't commented on my other Amouages - maybe it's the animalic component working on a subconscious level? Amouage doesn't do truly animalic scents very often.

 

[Franco65]

I've been surprised at the number of positive female responses as well, even when the same ones haven't commented on my other Amouages - maybe it's the animalic component working on a subconscious level? Amouage doesn't do truly animalic scents very often.

the animalic factor is surely the key...can't remember any of their scents with animalic notes..maybe Memoir men but they are very subtle!

 

[NZFH]

the animalic factor is surely the key...can't remember any of their scents with animalic notes..maybe Memoir men but they are very subtle!

Yeh there's not that many. Gold has masses of civet (at least on my skin) and there's a fair amount of castoreum in Epic Man. Everything else is pretty negligible.

 

[DULLAH]

The whole point of niche/indie fragrances is that they are outside of the box, NOT safe, radical. True, I tend to stay away from ones too radical, I don't want to have all my aquaintances recoil in disgust!!!

1. Who are you attempting to teach ? lmao
2. Then avoid Figment man, it will make a significant portion of the populus think you apply lawn pesticides for a living.

 

[Possum-Pie]

1. Who are you attempting to teach ? lmao
2. Then avoid Figment man, it will make a significant portion of the populus think you apply lawn pesticides for a living.

I'll give it a try, and may not like it, but as I said, Niche generally are not safe, that is the whole point of the market. People become tired of a counter full of fragrances all smelling identical. I've smelled some awful niche frags, Tar, sweaty armpits, grass clippings fermenting in the sun, but I have a lot of very unique non-safe ones that get compliments.

 

[NickZee]

I thought the women's version was ok. I just scratched my head wondering who the hell bit their toungue on Figment man, when they clearly should have spoken up before it went this far.

Have you tested on skin? The labdanum need heat to sweeten everything up a tad and privide comlexity

 

[NZFH]

Have you tested on skin? The labdanum need heat to sweeten everything up a tad and privide comlexity

You know, a spoonful of sugar really does help the medicine go down, and the problem for a lot people will be, Figment Man has a remarkable lack of sweetness, compared to most modern frags. There is a little bit of natural sweetness from the pink pepper and geranium; the animalic note is slightly honeyed; and yes, a little bit does come through from the labdanum eventually, but this is not a labdanum-heavy frag like, say, Myths Man.

I believe the perfumer here deliberately pushed this composition right to the edge of social acceptability adding only JUST enough sweet elements to stop it from crossing over that edge. In that sense, it's quite carefully crafted.

I suspect you own both Figment and Myths. Try wearing Myths after a wearing of Figment and I bet you Myths will smell about three times as sweet as usual, because of relativity and the way the nose adjusts to contrasts of smell.