The Apartment

When I smell the apartment what I visualise is: a dense chocolate cake with a rum drizzled overtop, heaps of tart cherries covered in icing sugar, and then fresh jasmine on top of the cake. It just smells so good, not a medicinal cherry smell too! It definitely isn't a juvenile gourmand, it feels pretty sophisticated. Perfect for date night or to just to wear out to dinner!

this has lost cherry vibes, in a good way. i agree with the reviewer below @Sannesans who said it feels like red wine and old books. It's the mix of cherry and rum, the tropical florals give it a bit of a mai tai quality, and powdery, rich tolu balsam. Love that it's not too overpowering or headache inducing, but still addictive. Very cozy as the name suggests.

It's hard to describe. This is an olfactory replica of the weird jelly car air freshener my mom gave me in 2011 which I stashed in the drawer of my oakwood desk for years. It is a complex scent that smells really natural and appealing. I would buy a full bottle of this. It is a unique scent that imitates real life in some odd way. It was an instant favorite.

Really enjoy this one. Different than the usual profiles I gravitate to. Lovely for a day-to-night situation. Not to heavy for daytime but loud enough for the night. Reminds me of Chanel's Comete but less powdery. Wood and cherry liquor, no cough medicine or candied cherry here. Dark and rich. Intense in scent but not suffocating in projection. Exquisite.

@thatgirl27, I wonder whether the staff in the shop sprayed you with the wrong Abel perfume? Their Pause is all about the hay (and narcissus and mimosa) where this one ... really isn't. If there is any chance that you did not try the same bottle on both skin and paper, it might be worth doing a re-test of The Apartment.