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!

The drydown is quite nice but you will smell like apple cider spiked with booze for a while, before you get there! To me, this is what "niche" does best, though of course it's not cheap. Now an interesting question is, should this sell for more than Patou Pour Homme is selling for these days? On the one hand, there are several scents that smell somewhat similar to PPH, but on the other hand, if AB can be created in 2013, why can't some other niche company come along and create something nearly identical for perhaps $70 per 50 ml? It would be nice if an "industry insider" could speak to this! Note that if you feel you get poor projection, you can try spraying something like Unbreakable on your back, then putting your shirt on after giving it some time to dry and after you've sprayed AB to your chest.

Ohh, this is a surprise. I am really disliking gourmands with the heavy cinnamon note, and almost all in this category has that in abundance. This one, does not! A great scent from Killian, I must say this perfume took me by surprise. At first it's like you opened a very nice apple tinted booze and sprayed it on yourself. Lovely hahha. But as the scent develops it mellows quite quickly to this subtle interesting and sweet but not cloying wonderful thing. Yum, thats all I can say. Definitely full bottle worthy and suitable for both everyday use and for special occasions. A good bland of being special but understated at the same time. A solid 9 out of 10 for me, the development overall effect somehow reminds me a tad bit of Oriana (Parfums de Marly), but less sweet and less characteristic. Great.

I saved the best for last. This is great guys. Hyped for a reason. Worth its retail if you enjoy boozy scents. I don't see where people get boozy as a note on 80% of fragrances , but I do on this. If brown sugar was an alcoholic drink with wood and hints of vanilla, here ya go. It's so sexy. The apple note is to die for too. Great job. I am going to own three of the 6 exclusive samples full bottles. Well, I have single malt on left hand and apple brandy on the other. They are not the same scents, however...I will say, if you own one, you really don't need the other. I personally got a bottle of single malt as I deem it full bottle worthy all day. I do like apple b a lot too, but there's a brown sugar note that seems a little rich, I do like the apple note though...

I very much enjoy this scent. For me, Lumineri's description as cognac aged in a wooden barrel is a great depiction of the image I get when I smell this. The opening is apple filled for me and sweet but very quickly dominated by a oak/cedar but then eases off and I get the hint of cognac and amber. I agree the dry down slightly sweetens with infusion of vanilla. This fragrance is extremely complex but well balanced and whereas woody scents are not amongst my favorites, for me, Apple Brandy is magnificent. I can see this becoming amongst my favorites and would be wonderful for an evening out with a cigar and a glass of cognac. Well done Kilian!

Just tried this at Sephora and immediately bought a bottle. For some reason, I thought I wouldn't like this, that it would be strong and masculine with little sweetness, but it's the direct opposite. On its own, it's a clean, sharp woody (yes boozy) apple unlikely to offend anyone. 🍎 I combine it with SDV, or the 7 Virtues Vanilla Woods, for extra yumminess and sexinesss. I had no problem with longevity and I usually do. Probably my favorite from a brand I tend to have a lot of issues with. It's unisex but I don't know too many men who want to smell this fruity. The notes are not complete, there's definitely apple in this among other things.

Love, Love, Love. The lack of longevity makes me sad. If it were longer lasting I would buy it in a heartbeat. What's the point of making such a beautiful, high quality product when it's not around long enough to really enjoy it? Surely the testers at by Kilian don't sit around going, "hey, if we make this scent really weak people will have to buy more"? This, I feel, is the bane of my perfume habit; finding one you can truly love, only to have it lack the oomph to make it worthy of a purchase. After sniffing my wrist again though, I may have to give in at some point.

I don't know how they did it, but this smells like a bowl of apples stewing in booze inside an oak barrel. Only four accords are listed, which I find to be bizarre; the olfactory system is wonderful and how they are able to manipulate my senses to smell a glass of apple brandy earns my praise. It's rare and hard to find at the time of this review. Do yourself a favor and at least sample this gem. The "on the rocks" flanker provides a more airy, light wearing experience without all the booze.

Interesting scent. Opens with a boozy sweetness, almost syrupy, with some apple. That starts to fade in about 30 minutes and in the mid and drydown, i get very much an oak barrel prominence. Its quite nice. Projection is not great, sits close. But longevity isnt too bad, 5-8 hours. For this reason, this could absolutely be worn in warmer weather in my opinion. Its not overbearing unless you really overspray. Overall I enjoy this but isnt worth what they are asking for it.

Big fan of Kilian - but this was too heavy on the apple for me. It smells like an apple barn in the fall or warm apple cider. In terms of the boozy scent, I found it very light in that area which is a shame since I think that side of the fragrance would have balanced out the very linear apple. A very nice scent but personally not for me to wear. It falls into those scents I like very much but doesn't seem fitting as a scent for the body. I'd rather have this as a candle.

This IS the BEST By Kilian perfume ever released. The New "on the eocks" is, as Its name suggests, a watered-down, although nice smelling perfume. Ubique, mind blowing smell with huge projection and longevity, unlike the new one. Why IS this brand releasing sub-par offerings compared to the original ones? Come on Kilian, after all, you are charging the same. You changed the perfume game, now you have become another one of "those" brands. The same goes for Tom Ford.

I love the original blend. It was masculine and reminded me of my grandfather, who used to smoke a pipe with apple-weed tobacco. I wish they did not discontinue it. I do not like the "on the rocks" version. This newer version is more floral and feminine - and I guess mass appealing. Too bad. I bought a bottle of the newer version (before smelling) - wore it maybe twice, then gave it away. The original is much, much better in my humble opinion. At least for a man.

Sorry but the more I wear this, the more I am able to distinguish it between single malt. SM is more cedar wood, this is more sweet with a apple note that is to die for. I think I need to own both now. I love love love single malt. But I put some of this on from a decant earlier and it's still going strong and has developed into a apple booze scent that dull, not cloying or sharp with a woody base. Ohhhhhh.....I need it now. Darn

The name says it all...It is a warm boozy apple flavoured cognac brandy perfectly aged in a wooden barrel. Definitly blended beautifully and is fit of the Kilian name. It stays fairly linear throughout, but this is not a bad thing. You'll get a fading apple throughout life of the scent until you're left with an exquisite vanilla infused brandy at the drydown. Magnificent fragrance and a great dedication to "The Big Apple".

In my top 3 scents of all time, this delivers everything I look for in a fragrance. It's a linear scent on my skin, but that's PERFECT because I love the apple brandy smell and don't want it to turn into some generic drydown. The name of the fragrance really says it all - it's apple, it's brandy, and it's mighty sexy. Reserved for special occasions, this is a perfect date/night out scent during the colder months. LOVE IT.

If Single Malt is wearing a three piece suit to the black tie event then this is the after party. No apple note but blended to create the accord. One of the most unique scents today. The Alexandria clone is close but falls short due to being too boozy “almost hangover” nuance. This is perfection to me. Arms length, 8 hour longevity with whiffs after too. A fucking masterpiece. Not a word I use often.