Apple Brandy

Kilian Apple Brandy opens with a moderate projection of intense oak liquor aging barrels. This particular note evocative of brandy and green apples with a noticeable woody aromatic accord. The labdanum adds an amber tone, and the vanilla its gourmand aromatic touch. The cedar mixes its tones with the oak and it is not prominent as a note. The fragrance is very linear, the most prominent opening note is the oak barrel accord and continues into the dry-down. Once Kilian Apple Brand has reached its full dry-down, it can be summarized as a moderate projection, boozy, apple, liquor, and woody fragrance with ambery accords. The fragrance feels boozy, delectable, fruity, inviting, masculine, mature, modern, natural, nocturnal, slightly resinous, slightly sweet, woody, and very pleasant. BATCH REVIEWED: 2020 WOW RATING: 8/10. Kilian Applen Brandy is a great boozy aromatic fragrance. DISLIKE RATING: 2/10. The boozy tone could be offensive to some individuals. UNIQUENESS: 8/10. Its apple and brandy accords make it a fragrance easy to recognize. MASS APPEAL: 6/10. The sweet apple accord increases its mass-appeal factor. PROJECTION: 3/10. Moderate to low, about 3 feet around the wearer, however within reach, the fragrance is enveloping. SILLAGE: 4/10, Moderate, about four feet behind the wearer. APPLICATION: Four atomizations will suffice. LONGEVITY: 4/10. Moderate, about four hours with 1 of moderate projection. SEASONS: Winter, fall, colder nights, climate-controlled environments. OCCASIONS: Formal, outdoor gatherings, casual, holidays, home, clubbing. VERSATILITY: 6/10. Limited, Kilian Apple Brandy is mostly a casual fragrance. GENDER: Masculine. Its boozy accords lean it to the masculine side. AGES: 30 and above. RECOMMENDATION: Kilian Apple Brand is a unique, appealing, and delicious fragrance. Unfortunately, with a price tag of over $200, is cost/value is unfavorable. Consider alternatives. BLIND-BUY: Yes, but only if you are familiar with its main notes: brandy and green apple. SIMILAR: These are some examples of popular fragrances that offer boozy and fougere notes. Azzaro Pour Homme Intense is a boozy, leathery and slightly sweet fragrance, great and affordable; Amouage Sunshine Man EDP brings brandy, orange, and woods, a niche that lacks performance; Bentley for Men Intense EDP features rum, leather, woody, and incense accords, a great bold fragrance; Carolina Herrera CH Prive EDT has fruity, whiskey, and leathery accords, a good scent; Carolina Herrera - 212 VIP contains vodka, ginger, fruits, leather, and woody accords; Kilian Single Malt is a great one featuring whiskey, plum, woods, and vanilla; Guerlain Spiritueuse Double Vanille EDP is a delicious fragrance that contains spices, fruits, rum, and vanilla; Kilian Black Phantom EDP brings rum, chocolate, spices, and delicious coffee; Thierry Mugler - Angel Men Pure Malt is a fantastic one, with whiskey, coffee, vanilla, and fruity accords; Bvlgari Man in Black features boozy, leather, tobacco and spicy accords, a great scent. SUMMARY: A moderate projection, boozy, apple, liquor, and woody fragrance with ambery accords. The fragrance feels boozy, delectable, fruity, inviting, masculine, mature, modern, natural, nocturnal, slightly resinous, slightly sweet, woody, and very pleasant.

Oooh my oh my. My vial finally arrived (2nd attempt after 1st loss, These things are rare!!) and - this is totally gorgeous! I can't believe the total 180 this one is from B2B, which sadly, I hated lol. I've never, ever smelled a finer apple frag! Ever. Not Ambre Narguile, Boss, Aoud and pine (Montale) nor in Bodecia's Glorious. Not even Maestro Aventus (well maybe Aventus,,) Maybe Goodsir's Or Serail too (but it's too brief and drowned by coconut there) Strangely, going by what few others have been saying, there's no real apple used in here, the note list is also again misleading! It's apparently a combination of a synthetic (manzanate?) and prune. The website also just state 'apple liquer accord' with 'ambroxan'. I'm pretty sure there is some real fruit in here however plums or apples; plum adds a boldness and sweetness that a straight apple cannot produce, many times falling into the 'shampoo' trap which this certainly doesn't, so it makes sense I guess. Interestingly, I definitely get some slightly sweetish 'maple' here too, something bold, full-bodied and totally intoxicating that blends so amazingly with the now booze-turning apple. The sugared apple note is so fine, the booze appears muted. It's like all juicy yet subtly spiced up and winey a bit like those gum candies but stronger. I did a head to head between this and Krigler's famous Estd Cognac - the latter couldn't hold a candle as the apple there is a mere peel in strength and is no where near as sweet and bold. The vanilla note possibly also helps make the opening better and richer than it may have been. The Kilian that almost blew my nose off in B2B has now blown my socks in AB. The drydown I'm not too concerned as the Top already sold me on whenever I ever get the cash to purchase this wallet-rinser but it just kept giving with more sweetness, some powder and waves of what seem like vanilla and tonka/cocoa! It also seems remarkably friendly, the woods are bold but seem to meld into the fine boozy accord with perfection just as Kilian stated in his marketing-blurb. And the hyper-realisitic apple that instantly spices up has to be tested to be believed! Well, I couldn't believe what I was smelling for a while anyway. The woods (cedar?) just stop it from proper summer wear, maybe, so it's not totally perfect but it's all the same if one does anyway. I'm humbled, as I didn't expect anything like this after so many recent disappointments but strangely - this is always how it should have been. One of the Best scents I have ever tried, period. A Masterpiece. Well done Kilian! My rating: 10/10.

I've always been a defender of By Kilian as a brand because when they hit...they hit! Unfortunately some of the recent releases have been sadly lacking, certainly in creativity and those prices are so high, made me start to wonder why I'd been such an apologist. I appreciate the packaging is fantastic but it's style over substance when the scent isn't even good or original and the cardinal sin...it doesn't last. Also...just to make things worse the SA and my local store which stocks By Kilian is dreadfully rude and looks at me like something he just scraped off the bottom of his shoe. Moving on... I'd heard good things about Apple brandy though and was excited to try it and thankfully... I wasn't disappointed. Apple brandy starts out with a lovely warming boozy apple smell, which I was hoping wouldn't be reminiscent of cider and thankfully it isn't. I can't recall ever drinking 'apple' Brandy but this is definitely more of the subtle, infused flavour you'd expect from a fine brandy liqueur. By that I mean it smells like one complete, coherent, entity rather than a apple flavouring on some heavy boozy notes. This is what you get for a good couple of hours then the fragrance reveals that it actually has a really decent strong woody base. This perfectly encapsulates the 'cask' effect a deep and gorgeous oak note which lasted on my skin for hours. There's my favourite labdanum too...you'd be forgiven for thinking this fragrance could be a damp squib and run out of life after that boozy entrance but that's just masking the great basis this fragrance has in wood and resin. Apple Brandy is definitely up there in terms of creativity with the likes of B2B and Straight to Heaven rather than many poorer efforts, which shall remain nameless. It's even better than those two in my my book because it performs better that S2H and I prefer the smell to B2B. A winner here from By Kilian but because it's apparently not available in the refill or atomiser pack, I won't be buying it anytime soon. Longevity 10 hours easy but it does go very low on the skin quite quickly and doesn't project all that much but that doesn't matter.

Eager to try this after hearing that it was very similar to By Kilian Single Malt, which I loved, Apple Brandy did not disappoint. First, it is, as I'd seen reported, very similar to Single Malt, which itself came out only last year, two years after Apple Brandy. Both are very boozy and sweet. Whereas Single Malt doesn't branch off too much from the main sweet whiskey vibe, Apple Brandy, as expected, ever so slightly veers in the direction of apple and spices. So it's Single Malt with a slight transformation that highlights a spicy apple vibe. Great on projection and longevity, this expensive fragrance (like Single Malt, $295 for 50ml) merits a try and comparison to Single Malt. Apple Brandy seems slightly more popular than Single Malt, and I admit that I still need to compare them side by side at the same time on skin, but I can offer that I like the balance of Single Malt somewhat more, though Apple Brandy is a superb fragrance. Both are standouts, and Apple Brandy delivers the sweet whiskey vibe with the apple and spicy highlights--I don't get much in terms of individual notes beyond that. 8 out of 10

A lovely scent! It's like getting in the cellars that they store the most expensive brandy, with the oak barrels and the fruity nuances of the brandy! It's very dry scent from the woods, the oak and the cedar, the brandy gives some sweetness to the fragrance compined with the vanilla and the apple uplifts it and makes it playful. It's a linear scent, it doesn't develop much but the smell is so addicting! Performance is ok, not great but good enough. It lasts about 7 hours on my skin and projects good for the first two. I find it quite versatile but mostly for nights out or a date. It has an upscale character, it smells expensive and it's not that casual. It's completely unisex to me and it will get attention and compliments! Overall, i really love it and i can't stop smelling it! It's very sad that this is so hard to find nowadays because it's for sure one of the best Kilians out there. If you can still find it and you like this type of fragrances give this a try!