APOM Pour Femme

Another update: Now I can say with certainty that the first version is more elaborate, more complex, and more sophisticated than what followed. At least from the bottles I currently own—one from 2012, one from 2015, and another from 2018. I havent tried the recently lauched Apom, b ut Im curious how it is. Update: After a year, a can say that the juice from the two bottles I own and the decant are pretty much the same. I think whith time they become more intense and more settled. I don't get the vintage vibe anymore from the 2015 bottle with silver cap, instead, it's very close to the one from the decant, which is from a 'pour femme' bottle (before 2015 batch). I'm very happy to own this bottles as this is one of my Top 5 from my collection, and in my humble opinion, one of the BEST Kurkdjian's creations, alongside Lumiere Noire. ....................................................................................................................................... A fragrance that embodies elegance and femininity. My new favorite from MFK after Lumiere Noire <3 Love it to the moon and back! I have two bottles, one a 2018 batch, another from 2015 with a silver cap and a decant from an old bottle "pour femme". All of them are slightly different. The oldest is the best, with more ylang, longevity an sillage. The second has a hint of vintage ylang, like Chanel No.5 and the last one has the least longevity but anyways, I cherish all of them.

Orange blossom is one that always tend to stand out to me. It’s sunny, smiling and unforgivingly cheery – which is great! But often when wearing it I end up feeling like my cheeks have been taped up with Scotch tape, stuck in a rather unfortunate manner. I guess orange flowers just weren’t made to go with Scandinavian melancholy. APOM Pour Femme is an orange blossom scent among millions of others. Still, it’s nothing like any one of all those. When I wear it I hardly notice the orange blossoms. They’re there at the first application but after that, it’s all structures and textures. I see the face of a geisha, white paint and powder on the surface, flesh and blood underneath. I feel the slightly coarse coolness on the lips when taking a sip from an ancient stoneware cup. I feel like walking into an old closet, the roughness of the wooden planks on one side, the silky smoothness of a creme brulee colored negligee on the other. Simply put, APOM Pour Femme is the best orange blossom scent I’ve encountered yet. It’s minimalistic, just a hint of orange blossoms over an equally well-blended base of powdery ambers and woods. The ylang seems to have a starchy effect, binding the swirliness of the orange blossoms, still offering enough transparency for the light to shine through. APOM Pour Femme balances perfectly between gentle prettiness and abysmal womanliness – like a dainty parcel containing all the mysteries of the world.

this is amazing one of the best maison kurkdjian's feminine fragrances,of course it's expensive but for me it's costworthy,imagine the prettiest combination of orangeflower and ylangylang,it's rich,feminine,elegant,warm yet fresh,ladylike,sensual..Love at first sniff,I can smell ylangylang and orangeflower in their most gorgeous face,there is honeylike sweetness in the base with a hint of citrus,bright and opulent.wow but to be honest I'm worried about third note listed here,cedar..I'm waiting anxiously for it to show up and ruin this lovely scent for me..I can already smell it faintly in the background..thanks god it never becomes dominant in the rough masculine way it often tends to be on me,ofcourse there is a deep woodsy base here but in the softest way,anchoring florals and balancing their sweetness without ruining it's feminity apom is simple yet unique,it has all lovely qualities I look for in a feminine fragrance,I find it even great as a wedding perfume..I welcome it happily to my wishlist it's longlasting on me,sillage is more than moderate but not that big,it can't fill a room but is noticeable for others ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

At first, it reminded me of a hairdresser. Probably some hair products they're using. But it was really nostalgic feeling (maybe you should know I haven't really cut my hair for over 10yrs now) . Someone said, it reminded her of bath pearls she used to like as a kid. Exactly!! After hairdresser smell, it comes something that smells exactly like a cute little shop, where my mother used to take me when I was a kid and I loved it. They sold soaps, bath pearls, other soapy products, home fragrances and the most cute teddy bears. So, the beginning of APOM is kind of nostalgic for me. Then, it settles down and it becomes quality white floral, with dominant ylangylang on my skin, which is a bit harsh and overall feeling is really a bit citric. But I like it anyway and I haven't tried it in hot weather yet. It is a white floral as I like it (it creates something similar as Fracas on my skin) and I think I'm falling in love. It is happy, but not naive, it is sexy and light, but not without character. Maybe it is just too sharp for my nose. We will see.

I was so lucky in being able to find a bottle of this off FB and I don’t plan on using it much because I want it to last forever. APOM Femme is a simple but stunning and sexy fragrance. It’s a clean ylang-ylang, made a little bit soapy by the orange blossom, and with the slightest touch of a warm, woodiness. It’s the most beautiful yellow floral I’ve smelled. Right now it’s cold where I live, but even so, this fragrance carries wonderfully. I think it’ll really shine in the heat, so I’m going to try it again when it gets warm. I don’t know why MFK would ever discontinue such a sickeningly and heartbreakingly beautiful fragrance such as this one. It’s become a total unicorn and has been crazy hard to find. I’m going to cherish my bottle forever. Also, this would be a beautiful wedding day frag for a spring / summer wedding. I may use it for my own when the time comes :)