Pomme Poivre

Yes, it is Dead Sexy. Both the fragrance and the sentiment. BUT, it's more floral; more vanillic. It's more wearable for the non-perfumistas than Dead Sexy. More wearable for me too, a shameless perfumista! It's dark. Handsome. If it were tall, I'd marry it! ;) I find it a masculine floral. A masculine vanilla. I guess I just find it masculine :) The woods here are absolutely dark. They all but jump off my skin, but there's no lightness to the note at all. I can pull it off, NO problem, but a man would rawk it with greater satisfaction to me. The floral and the vanilla a little more interesting on a man, far less expected. It would provide instant curiosity. I find I want to snuggle into Pomme Poivre on someone else, more frequently than I want to smell it on my skin. I like it. It's mini bottle worthy to own, but it's full body worthy to gift. Prominent notes: Ebony Wood Vanilla Rubber Tire o.O Projection and Longevity: A dab will do Oh, and Pomme Poivre, Pepper Apple? Pepper Apple? Hmm, I think not. With a house name like Love and Toast, this should have been named Burnt Toast :)

Pomme Poivre reminds me of a tiny house my husband and I rented when newly-wed. It wasn't much, but had a screened back porch and lovely gardens. Many muggy summer nights we would sit on the porch. Distant thunder, night blooming jasmine and deep woods rolling towards us, mingling with my vanilla body spray (the height of sophistication!) and his musky after shave. We were young and optimistic, the world before us. If do wish PP had a little more depth. If this 'fume had something boozy, or maybe some tobacco... or actual pepper...I would go weak in the knees. Still, it is lovely. The woody element keeps it from smelling too girly, and the vanilla is almost dark, mysterious, not cake-ish.. The Ophelia-like bottle is gorgeous, too. PP is not offensive and people compliment me constantly when I wear it. Masculine and woody on top, clouds of musky vanilla and whiffs of jasmine. Most importantly, it makes me smile.

Pomme Poivre is Bvlgari Black without the greasy car parts. I love Black...and I put up with the greasy car parts because I love it so much, but this is exactly what I love about it, without the weirdness. Dark, smooth vanilla-musk and, in this case, a little oud thrown in for good measure. I'm glad to have found this but I wonder if it will be like caffeine-free coffee, it tastes the same but you still know that something's missing. Only time will tell how attached I really am to the smell of greasy car parts. It is very linear and has very good longevity, 6 hours or more, which is exceptionally good given the price. Good projection, but definitely not a sillage monster. All in all, I am very impressed with this niche-at-a-great-price find.

I smelled this at Earthfare today and it instantly brought back memories of my teenage years in the nineties. It smells like a mashup of the fragrances I wore: vanilla body spray, Victoria's Secret musk, bath and body works sugared maple (an old one, not sure if you could find it now). It makes me think of the dark, sweet, opulent 1996 remake of Romeo and Juliet. When I became pregnant in 2004, I was wearing another dark vanilla, Laguna. If you've ever had morning sickness, you know how powerfully you can lose your taste for something. My husband smelled it on my wrist and liked it. I wish I could overcome my aversion to dark vanilla scents, because this is something I once would have loved.

Love this dabbed, not so much sprayed. I've been enjoying my dabber mini and finally scored a full-size bottle. I was so disappointed when it arrived and almost thought it wasn't the same scent or that it might have turned. But then I realized that it is the dab vs the spray that made the difference. Dabbed, I get a full bodied yet balanced exotic ebony wood gently wrapped in soft florals of orchid and creamy jasmine and a touch of vanilla. Sprayed all i get is wood, wood, wood. Nothing sweet or floral or anything. This reminds me a lot of Robert Cavalli Nero Assoluto and I will test it out dabbed because it also is all woods when sprayed.

We'll, I guess I changed my mind about this because I couldn't stop thinking about it. I decided to embrace nostalgia. It's spicy and almost smells like men's cologne at first spray. The vanilla and jasmine keep it feminine. And it lasts a good while. Really pretty nice for a cheaper perfume. It really smells like fall to me, but I've been wearing it while the weather's still cool. Oh and I smelled Laguna again, and I still don't like it. It's not much like pomme poivre though.

Really like this one,its special,woody and warm. Reminds me of BVLGARI BLACK but this one is nicer, less masculine. Its quite strong at first but softens down nicely after a while so dont scrubb it off, give it a couple of minutes. Its a keeper for me,like it a lot Got to uppdate after wearing it for a couple of days. Are completely in love with it, dont feel it is any maskuline at all now just warm and soft. Kind of addictive, LOVE it!!

This smells awful on me, but it smells amazing on my husband and is now his signature scent. A lot of his buddies have asked what he wears because he smells so good, and then get totally shocked when he tells them it's a women's perfume! On him it smells like warm pink peppercorns and woods rounded out by a subtle sweetness. This is a colder weather scent, and in the middle of summer it is a bit too much.

Why? Why was this discontinued? It was such a lovely, inexpensive perfume. I also like the absurd “apple pepper” name. It reminded me of a little house I lived in long ago that had a night blooming jasmine vine growing along an ancient wooden trellis by the back porch. Simple, but beautiful. A real compliment getter.

I like this one a lot. It smelled very good in the bottle. It's a scent that seems familiar, but it's really difficult to put your finger on. When I put it on, it was beautiful. Mysterious and mood-lifting and made my day. Not overpowering, but definitely leaves a trail.

My best friend gave me a tube of the hand cream for christmas, and I was really excited to try Love & Toast. She told me she chose Pomme Poivre for me because she felt it was the most complex and mature of the fragrances. At very first, this smells so much like Tainted Love from Tokyo Milk Dark. However, as it opens, I get a lovely peppery smell, and the woods. My boyfriend put some of the cream on his chapped hands last night, and I loved the scent on him. It really became masculine in a sexy, earthy way. YUM! I think this hand cream will be a nice accent to some of my flowery perfumes. I just layered a little Stella over it, and wow, it did make the florals sing. I'm so thankful to Fragantica, because now I am learning about things like layering different fragrances. Edit: I acquired a full-sized bottle of this after falling in love with the hand cream, which is an excellent hand cream BTW. Predictably the fragrance is softer than the cream, and it doesn't last very long (2-3 hrs) on skin, but it lasts on clothing with that nice sweet peppery smell. When I say sweet I don't mean sweet like sugary, but it has that softness that makes the pepper in this so nice. Anyway, I've been blending it with some of my fragrances that are floral but too light, such as Alfred Sung Sha, and what it does is override the aquatic greenness, so I get lovely lilac as a top note and then the nice peppery round warmth of the Pomme Poivre. Very nice for anyone who has some fragrances who are a bit too sweet/floral and want to balance them out to create essentially a custom floriental. Yay!

A feminine woody fragrance that smells cozy and mellow. This perfume really relaxes me and grounds me, I think that's why people find it so addictive :) Two sprays lasted for 6 hours on my skin, and it is something I can wear to work without offending anyone. The ebony wood is the star, with just a slight hint of the vanilla and musk (they all kind of meld together). I like, I like a lot. Well priced too, yay!

Almost identical to "Dead Sexy" from Margot Elena's Tokyo Milk line. If anything, a little lighter, not as long-lasting. Maybe a little more floral, a little less vanilla - not much difference otherwise. It's not bad, I like it but "Dead Sexy" is the better buy in this case.

A very nice fragrance. Similar to Elena's 'Dead Sexy', with the ebony woods being very noticeable, just with the added addition of jasmine and white musk, making this scent a bit more delicate and innocent than Dead Sexy- a very good parfum.

I really do like this fragrence. It is some what one note, but that one note is very good. It is a very very soft scent, but not fruity, more soft in a warm blanket kind of way.

campfire in a bottle, just need to layer with some marshmallow

Pomme Poivre is highly unusual on my skin, but unfortunately not in a positive way. I can’t really identify any notes. It's hard for me to really say anything substantive about what it smells like, other than to say that it is quite pungent. To put it bluntly, this fragrance comes off smelling like industrial chemicals on my skin - rather tarry, abrasive and heavy. Clearly this is not a scent made for my skin. I will definitely have to pass on this one.

Powdery musk, dark vanilla, a hint of spicy. Not my vibe and turns to pure, headache inducing powder and musk on my skin very rapidly.

Its smell is remind me sweet-red bean... very distinctive.

Smells like a mans cologne, wich is wierd.