APSU

One of the best green compositions I've ever experienced. Apsu is so very green, fleeting and watery. Dewy. I love everything about it. Almost a meditative state. Mature, and has an urban feeling to it. The perfect image of a spring scent. Having worn it from time to time over three years now, unfortunately I have to say the performance is not very good. Sometimes it's very difficult to know if it's just you becoming anosmic, which I believe is often the case, or if it's actually the longevity that is poor. I'm not sure. Let's say longevity is somewhere between moderate, verging on slightly weaker side. I love the composition. The quality of the materials is good. However, I'm one of those who values decent performance quite a lot. And this is unfortunately not the case with Apsu . If you are into green, dewy, stemmy, aquatic somewhat masculine perfumes, I still think this is a must-try.

APSU is the glossy-leaf cool green of ivy leaves along the walls that surround a courtyard where there lies a koi pond with Sacred Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) blooms floating on its surface. It is the gentle dew trailing downward on the surface of tall, tropical foliage as a small rain cloud dampens the air with the most diaphanous mist. It cools my skin on these hot July days, calms me with its linalool-heavy coriander and unripe melon rind. There is nary a pinch of herb nor astringent bite, just a wee bit bitter, more so a translucent and virescent, sedate eau de Nil musk. Imagine a category for fragrances intended for contemplation, and APSU would be the perfect accompaniment.

Updating after neglecting this one for a full year I didn t like it at first : too light and faint i left it at my family's place for a full year and i am now rediscovered it in hot weather And it is now a love and i wear it as much as i can. Yes, it is light but it is so fresh and soothing, so harmoniously blended. It does amazing in the hot and humid weather.

The greenest of all green. I don't mind bathe in it. NOT astringent, NOT cloying, NOT sour, it's the fresh morning lawn. Then you get a ghost-like bitterness when it dries down, just to the right amount. Too bad its silage is weak as dying men's breath, longevity short as meteor star. Otherwise I'd wear it whole summer. This is a underappreciated perfume.

If you are looking for a just very green and moist scent, which is not aromatic, cutting, rough or flowery, but pure green like a dewy leaf or grass, this might be right for you.