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hhb007speagoessenda – :
Its the white honey and cumin combo that creates the funky element. Funny that now if I stop and really take in the opening act of APLS I’m able to smell both elements very clearly and not the combined perceived smell of pee. Either way that smell dies off in the first hr for me but honestly the frag would not be as great if it was taken out. Supposedly it was made on purpose to emulate Parisian back alley ways walked through after a night out on the town. Dancing all night working up a sweat and then taking a fine, new-to-you, french girl back to your apartment, but first cutting through a couple ally ways to play kissy face and possibly hide the pickle. Its a master piece any way you cut it. Add to that the phenomenal, borderline criminally great, resinous incense base and its a Hall of Fame Fragrance rock star. LOVE IT!!
TIZMOKID – :
I love this one so much
boss8022 – :
Bought a 10ml sample. It’s absolutely and undeniably a jaw dropping scent. This is what the word “seductive” would smell like if it had its own sillage. It’s the kind of fragrance you can smell once on somebody and not smell it again until years later and you would remember you smelled it before. In fact, you might even remember where you was and/or who was wearing it when you first smelled such a wonderful aroma. The honey and incense in this is blended to perfection with just enough of nose tingling, mouth watering spicy goodness. Masterpiece for sure.
However, this is not for every body, it’s extremely animalic especially at the opening. Has hints of the honey in vintage Boss by Hugo Boss (the original formulation in the early 80’s not the current crap) but much higher quality. In short, APLS has a pissy vibe like a deer musk kind of composition.
However, I just can’t see myself spending $250-$300 for any fragrance. Sure, I can afford it, but as much as I love it, that kind of money to me is better invested elsewhere. Besides, in my fragrance collection journey, I have rule of not spending over $100 on any fragrance. But that’s just me. There’s no doubt many people will find Absolue Pour le Soir easily worth its price tag.
ррромеррр – :
Starts off heavy benzoin and honey, then is it my imagination or does civet and castoreum creep in? Heavy, smoky incense, suggestions of saltiness, and creamy sandalwood remain.
If you have trouble with the band-aid quality of benzoin, this may not be for you. I don’t find it particularly daring or panting, though definitely animalic with the feel of a vintage women’s oriental. To me it’s “dark” feminine, though the right man could pull it off.
This is what I thought Shalimar or Habanita would have smelled like before I got to test them. Obviously since I’m ranking this among those oriental royalty, I’m quite impressed!
Cobil – :
I love to believe that Absolue pour le Soir is the reason why Monsieur Kurkdjian launched a brand of his own. For it takes balls (and then some) to ejaculate this morale breacher, night preacher of a scent.
Sexy as panther. Sweet as honey. Wild as life. To paraphrase my favorite band and name-drop my favorite fragrance – this is Kouros for the people.
*****
Frumuz8919 – :
Zero regrets for ordering a full bottle even without sampling it first. Even, how did I not come by it before! I discovered it by some analogies that some people made with Aziyade by Parfums d’Empire, then I saw the notes and reviews and concluded that I must like it with those notes. Totally true. I love it. It’s one of those perfumes that is not just the sum of its notes, no matter how simple or sophisticated they are. To me it’s a theatrical perfume. It evokes images, places, times more than just symphony of notes and colours as others can be. However I think it has no link to Aziyade except that both are born in the middle of an oriental bazaar. But one is the day time version of a cart of spices and dried fruits spilling over in the middle of a small bazaar street mixed with simmering smells from the kitchens around, loud noise, hot skin and cumin date, as seen from the window of a house above the bazaar at the end of a hot day while the other is the image of a lavish dinner by an open fire in the middle of the dessert at sunset. First is Aziyade the second is Absolue. Not really twins. By some reviews I thought I would be hit by an almost equal dose of cumin as Aziyade but nothing of the sort. My skin amps up the honey, a lot of honey on top of the most beautiful warm smokey incence notes I recall outside of a church. It’s Lavs Unum that stepped out of the dark church and fully enjoyed life in the sun. I also get the smell of the wood in a hot sauna, sweet and warm. But while Aziyade is really carnal and dirty, Absolue is sensual warm, inviting and elegant. Beautiful, gorgeous, smokey gourmand.
jku019elipseskism – :
Excellent but quite intimidating, I don’t wear it without layering (maybe in 15 years).
I layer it with jasmine soliflore (ex Essences Insensées 2015 by Diptyque) , so beautiful !
Lovely with orange blossom too, someone recommends tuberose I will try it too.
hmz826JeomiWogkig – :
…honey, oozing out of the jar, trickling down on warm skin…
This one is so much more than the sum of its parts.
…a thorned rose caressing the skin, does it cause pain or pleasure?…
It creates an illusion, a personal mirage.
…they burn some incense paper, trying to mask the scent of their carnal act. Sweet benzoin, paper, ashes…
Some will find its scent euphoric, others will find it shameful. Both will acknowledge its sensuality. My personal mirage is that of still warm and moist worn panties (sic!). I don’t know how Francis Kurkdjian created that effect, but kudos to him, for it is a very evocative and organic fragrance. It seems to breathe and have its own beating heart.
The illusion of the… dirty laundry… seems to come and go, and relies on specific materials, that cause olfactory fatigue, so I will only get the effect if I have not worn it for a while.
In a house that offers mostly safe and mainstreamish scents, this is truly a standout fragrance and I hope they never discontinue it, as this is some of the highest art in perfumery.
This one is a well of life and warmth, unfiltered and unwashed.
lehhel – :
Another one word review…….MASTERPIECE !
gavrik948 – :
Don’t listen to the negative reviews it’s likely than most have never worn or simply dislike deeper, richer fragrances. I wish I’d not have put stock into the rating before passing upon an incredible transaction.
nikitahisnik – :
Beekeepers smell like this–honey and smoke and sweet resin. Flowers and wood and hard sweaty work underneath.
Bees make a sticky glue from pine sap called propolis to secure the honeycomb. It’s been used for centuries to varnish violins and in traditional medicine to soothe irritated throats. In the summer afternoon, when the propolis gets soft and the honey makes a mirage of heat over the hives–this is Absolute Pour le Soir.
serka1 – :
I have a bottle 3/4 full for sale, if somebody who lives in the USA is interested please send me a private message
сюня – :
This fragrance is a monument where refinement coexist alongside nature’s basic instincts. If you can surmount the very strong, harsh, dirty animalic opening… you are in for a very sumptuous oriental balsamic treat. Personally, I had no real problem with the animalic side of Absolue pour le Soir. It does seem challenging at first, but what comes out in the end is magnificent. My concern was more about the honey note. I am not too crazy about honey in perfumery. The opening here is a lot about that honey but magnified in a dirty cumin interpretation. I won’t go into notes description since many reviewers have done it so skillfully before me. But what I would like to add is that this fragrance exude refinement and at the same time, during the first hour, I have this impression that some notes are in real opposition. Like a, not so delicate rose trying to bloom but drowned in that thick, sticky honey with spice note on top taking your nose hostage. And then… everything seems to take its place. Already homogenous from the very beginning, but now more subtle, going towards this harmonious dry down of opulence & warmth.
One spray goes a very long way and it does work magic under extremely cold temperature. Then, you will be wrapped in a blanket of sensuous warmth.
One of the very few blind buy I did and I don’t regret it! But it is really not for everyone. If you take the plunge… be warned!
melvigen – :
As I know , APLS will not be discontinued. Grand Soir is a different story and APLS is Francis’ favourite perfume….and I agree…if you are deeply in dirty animalic perfumes like I am, APLS is a masterpiece, reasonably priced and you dont need more than one spray. I talked to MFK sometime ago and they confirmed that will not be discontinued.
Варя – :
@Smucci It’s still available from his website
maral6565 – :
Now, this is what I call an Oriental with a capital ‘O’! Francis Kurkdjian is my favourite contemporary perfumer – that man certainly knows how to create magic – and this was my first blind buy from his Maison. Normally I don’t do blind buys, but on this occasion I was confident that I would enjoy this fragrance, based on the intriguing reviews, the list of notes (rose! honey! incense! benzoin! cumin! cedar! sandalwood! what’s not to love!) and my overall appreciation of Kurkdjian’s artistry. And guess what: I really do enjoy APLS immensely.
The initial blast is a little on the harsh side, but give it approximately ten minutes for the alcohol to evaporate, and you will be rewarded with olfactory bliss. Although honey is the strongest note, it’s not a sweet scent (and thank god for that); rather, it is woody, smokey, balmy and a little boozy. It is the smell of a wax candle burning in Armenian Orthodox church filled with the scent of incense, benzoin and old flowers. If you have ever walked into any Orthodox church in the world, you will remember this smell instantly; Kurkdjian, himself an Armenian, has reimagined it perfectly.
If I should compare APLS to other fragrances that I am familiar with, it’s a mix of Chanel Coco, Guerlain Samsara, MFK’s own Grand Soir and, especially, Paloma Picasso Tentations (needless to say, I love all these beauties), yet it is significantly different from all of them. Although it is meant to be a nighttime scent, it is smooth enough to be worn in daytime too. As to gender tags, APLS is definitely unisex, maybe a tad more on the masculine side, but I don’t have a problem with that as I do enjoy masculine frags. All in all, this masterpiece receives a well-deserved perfect 10 from me.
berkaaaa – :
Ambrosial, dirty honey dominates here, opening with a powder bomb.
Baby powder, mostly, then Absolue Poir le Soir makes way for soft labdanum incense, dirty cumin (not caraway), dry, arid, and sweet benzoin honeyed talc and sandalwood. Nicely hinted with a dusting of rose offering some kindness and comfort.
This is very much in the style of Le Labo Labdanum, MPG Ambre Precieux, and Malle Musc Ravageur, all a little different from each other. I personally prefer LLL with its sharper animalic notes. However this is a beautiful rendition from this genre with dark, sweet, fermenting honey.
HNBBttrree – :
The top is smoke and honey with a almost a hint of dry chocolate or coffee. In the base, the honey tones down a bit from being the sickening sweet it was in the top and the incense plays more of a role.
oskolok09 – :
I just recently got into raw incense materials, and this smells like (80%) labdanum more than anything else! It’s animalic in a “furry/fuzzy” sense, very warm, embracing, sweet, and balsamic.
I agree with @gedlive for the most part, other than the Sahara Noir bit–to me that’s a rougher (lower budget) and more balsamic (making it darker) version of SL AS. Also, to me TF AA is much more tame compared to this, probably because I compared it with the reissued version.
шурин – :
I finally got it and to sum it briefly:I REALLY like it!
I get a strong cumin/sweat-scent in the beginning that quickly fades away to the background in order to provide the “grunge” factor in the scent, then I get that sparkling incense note (not too dissimilar to Dior’s Mitzah in that regard) then the opaque sweet honey note appears that puts all others to the background.
There is an underlying powdery-ness that I presume is an undisclosed amber note, I’ve tried too many ambers not to notice it (or maybe my nose is playing tricks).
Is it animalic? Yes.
Does it veer a bit towards unwashed undies after a night of pheromones? Yes kinda, I get a Serge Lutens- MKK vibe (more vibrant though).
It’s not as savage though as some reviewers say, probably an acquired taste and not for everyone.
On the right person it’ll be really good and thankfully it’s too weird for the Jeremy-Invictus crowd for it to be smelled everywhere.
Sillage: above average to strong.
Longevity: STRONG (spray with care).
Francis Kurkdjian is an unsung genius in my book, that one alongside Dior’s Eau Noire epitomizes niche scents: different, daring and yet so intriguing. They challenge our perceptions of “nice” scents.
NicoleWalters – :
This is true to the notes, veering more toward caraway and honey with the incense following in hot pursuit with quite a bit of sweetness (though not gourmand). It is heaven in a bottle and positively growling sexy, either for a man or woman. It reminds me of Papillon Salome, though less skank and less cumin and a lot more honey (I suspect the honey note is what is making “some” people go “phew”).
This is a hot “10” in my book. Some comemntators have said this is better for a man, but if you like orientals, ambers, woods, Shalimar type scents, Alahine, Barkhane–this is fantastic. I think it’s very flexible though I probably wouldn’t wear it to the medical office. I just want to nuzzle myself when I’m wearing this. HIGHLY recommend (though try before you buy if honey notes don’t agree with you).
cyclik123 – :
Swoon. A delicious mix of incense, honey, spice and woods. If you like frankincense this is a must-try. Slightly more masculine, but I’m past caring about that: my love for resinous and balsamic scents means I’m used to it. The honey is just lovely, heavy-lidded and sleepy. A definite full bottle in my future 10/10 x
Iodicuouh – :
I am on my second testing of this juice… I like it a lot….best from this House I have tried so far….Very interesting Fragrance deep and mysterious…Amber & Honey with Smokey Resin. and Tea… Dam Good…Cant stop smelling my arm…
I am going to have to wear this for A few Days to really get A grasp on this one..But it is REALLY growing on me!
Scent 10/10
Masculinity 7/10
Wearability 5/10
Value 1/10
Projection 7/10
Fragrance Quality 10/10
Bottle Worthy / Yes
Samhain – :
amazing one i adore it .. animalic honey styrax
reminds me some how of :
1- aqua alpha of angela flanders.
2- madame x of ava luxe.
3- ete indien of histoires d’eaux.
am i right
H132 – :
This is delightfully nasty…at first. Thank goodness for time!
The first time I smelled this, I traded my decant immediately. I was sadly unaware of the beauty tucked inside, and my untrained nose was not counting on such an offensive opening. This is not a scent for newbies…or those who are easily swayed by opening notes.
The turn for me came about 15 minutes in…and it was just delightful! The animalic opening that is really just gross, turns into something rather sensual and I cannot stop trying to sniff my wrist to figure out what it is I’m smelling. It’s all at once sweet, salty, and possibly floral, but not overly so.
The next 30 minutes are resinous. Ambery deep, and lightly honeyed for an animalic sexy tone that is just…goodness!
The remainder of the wearing is just lovely. It is so sensual, and warm, and it might just be what I will need to replace my beloved extrait of the discontinued Madame X by Ava Luxe. No, it is not a clone, but it does seem to be in the same family, and it definitely has a similar feel and memory.
Since writing this, I have owned three bottles (ok, so I have decanted some to sell and trade, but seriously, even my mailman knows when I have something from France, it’s the fragrance I gave him a decant of last Christmas!
yurbn – :
This fragrance is an ode to Benzoin. Kurkdijian, himself Armenian, was probably quite influenced by the usage of Benzoin in Armenian church services. APS though heads in a even more Eastern direction, to the Coromandel Coast of Southern India. Benzoin is heavily used along the Coromandel Coast, locally called Sambrani, where it is used in temples, for scenting hair, and many other things. Sambrani is usually blended with spices, honey or dhoop. APS really reminded me of that.
The usage of the Indian cumin only further enhanced that experience.
рыжый – :
We, who tries to describe Oriental Exotica, often show Pictures of Bangal’s “Durga Puja”. The golden Ornament Cladded Devi with an age old Purohit (priest) standing in front of The Huge Pratima (idol), with “Aarti Stand” in one hand and “Ghanta” (Indian Bell) in another, uttering Mantras. Other Priests are busy, offering Goddess, Oriental Flowers or are blowing the Shankha (Conch Shells). Huge stands of Dhuno (Frankincense Dust) are burnt, which creates huge waves of Incensed Smoke. All these things create a powerful but subtle picture of light and shadow. The smell mixed with flowers, frankincense, and other incensed materials of Puja (like Sandalwood, honey, Fruits, milk, etc) has a powerful attraction of it’s own.
APLS draws this exact image of Durga Puja “Ashtami” on me. It definitely falls under “Smokey” Fragrance category, but it is one of its kind. It is never over polished. On the contrary has an earthy feel to it, which makes it more realistic. It makes me feel, like standing outside the “Mandap” (The Temple Porch), on a barren land, just after a little downpour. I can see the mystical light and shadow show of the Aarti, can get the smell of Aashtami Evening, but all these mixed with the smell of the earth.
Leaving, behind the impression, if I try to analyze the perfume more technically, I would start with Honey. This note explodes, with the first spray. Thick and Balmy. Soon joined by Smokes of Frankincense, more specifically Benzoin and Olibanum (The Incense Note is quite similar to Guerlain’s “Sahara Noir”). It also has distinct notes of Caraway, some Flowers and an Earthy Sandalwood. I also get amber, slightly animalic, most probably due to caraway. (Think of Tom Ford’s “Amber Absolute”. APLS amber is Not as Heavy as Amber Absolute though, but the amber style is quite near.)
If I ever choose a Signature Perfume, this definitely will be The One. Mysterious and Interesting.
Sillage: Heavy
Longevity on My Skin: Almost 1 Day
Longevity on Fabric: Almost 2-3 Days, Even More.
Occasion: Formal Occasions, like Wedding or an Evening to Attend an Opera.
Rating: 10/10 (The 1st Perfume to get a 10/10 for me)
MOROZikMADI – :
Everyone is always spouting about the body odour of this but on me this is a delicious incense perfume with a great staying power and sillage. I just can’t get enough of it. The honey, incense, olibanum combo is wonderfully balanced and there is nothing dirty in the animalistic feeling. The dry down is beautifully sweet and dry at the same time. I adore this masterpiece of perfumery!
labzindg – :
OK, got my sample and will realy enjoy my 4 ml.
I have 3 great Amber frags, so I can compare. They are TF Amber Absolu, Sahara Noir, and Lutens Ambre Sultan.
Absolue Pour le Soir, is predominantly an amber and honey or Labdanum fragrance, I don’t know why they list benzoin. I know amber, and this is it. It is 80℅ amber and very smooth and well blended with the other notes, that nicely embelish the amber.
How does it compare to the 3 amber fragrances I mentioned. It is 90℅ like Sahara Noir, smoother and a bit sweeter, that’s it. Sahara Noir can be found on eBay at just a bit more that 1/2 the price. Sahara Noir quality and performance are almost equal, but Absolue PLS is smoother and more wearable, versatile.
I would go with TF Amber Absolu, as a better, though more rugged amber at a comparable price. Sahara Noir is in-between Amber Absolue and Absolue PLS.
On second wearing, I am liking it more. It is very wearable, smooth, classy amber, very well blended, balanced. Reminds me of Sahara Noir, but much better, realy.
Wait a minute, this is wonderfull, better than Interlude Man, more versatile than TF Amber Absolu.
Rating: 9.5/10
Merry Christmas. ! John 3:16
wertun – :
Tested Absolue pour le Soir without looking at its notes first or reading the reviews.
First whiff is definitely rich in honey, not the floral variety but the dark, dense kind you can find for sale in the villages of some Aegean islands with pieces of the honeycomb glistening in the jar.
And after that, the funk begins. I read in Luca Turin’s book that the aromachemical used for the interpretation of the honey note in perfumes can also smell like urine, if used in a higher concentration. And this is what I smell until the drydown, an odd somehow urinous bodily smell, not repulsive or disgusting but definitely human, as if I was smelling the body of an unwashed yet clean man.
I am sure that the overall soul of this perfume was intentionally designed as Mr Kurkdjian is a perfumer of high caliber, I just cannot see myself wearing that as a perfume.
Ronijs – :
Warming, rich and creamy. The honey here is very organic, almost animalic and really dense. You can almost feel the thickness of it and the benzoin blends beautifully adding a dirty-vanilla dimension.
This is pretty much unidimensional, there’s not much development here, but nevertheless, a great composition by MFK.
Good performance.
qiteluchiz – :
I really think the caraway is where this scent went all wrong. All I get is rubber gloves, charred hotdogs, bad breath, and burnt plastic. After a very long drydown a subtle sweetness emerges flanked on all sides by a very ashy incense.
I love a good deal of furry animilics and decaying indoles but the overwhelming blast of caraway takes Pour le Soir from challenging to downright rude. I cannot imagine when or where I would wear this fragrance, except maybe to part a crowd.
Edit: After sampling this on my friends (who are not fragrance fanatics but happily embrace my hobby), they came to the agreement that this smells like a wet diaper. I genuinely want to give this fragrance some kind of positive accolade but all I can say is that it is indeed unique.
Murloc – :
This is way too powdery and smokey right out of the bottle for me! I had a hard time distinguishing individual florals or spices since it blurred together in a confusing way.
That being said, two hours later, there is a gorgeous honey and iris dry down. Very unusual.
grotesk – :
Scent – honey, incense & caraway.
Season/Time of Day – I prefer to use this one in the colder months, day or night.
Projection – I did get noticed, I didn’t get a compliment.
Longevity – I get 24hrs consistently.
#18
rezidentOS – :
One of a kind perfume….unique and attractive but for experienced noses. My no.1 from MFK.
igor999m – :
unique fragrance.
opens with honey in his animalic aspect, and then comes the incense that lasts in the skin. very good.
gwc869speagoessenda – :
The rich dark animalic resinous opening reminds me of Olympic Orchid’s Dev #1, and then it loses some of the funkiness while amber amplifies and sweetens (still in a dark fashion) with a feeling similar to Tom Ford’s Amber Absolute.. a masterpiece!
*Please give this fragrance at least half-an-hour before judging it, for the sake of art & olfactory experience!
aleksven – :
This is an incredibly animalic, smoky, dirty honey scent. I’m surprised not to see civet or such among the notes. The sweaty caraway and smokey notes can create this unbelievable feral perfume. Actually, the only perfume I can recall was this animalic is Bal a Versailles. This is way too strong and animalic to wear for me at least for everyday, but I’m thoroughly impressed by this. It’s certainly worth testing just for the experience, or as a very sexy evening scent. Layered with tuberose or any other white floral, this is like a magic wand.
sitnikovich.lehan – :
Actually it’s a masterpiece… Although at the begging it’s an animalistic urine scent,this is turn into intriguing censed honey. In brief, it’s an animallike attractiveness!
Amsterixm – :
I’ve had this a while now but haven’t worn it much for some reason. Rich honey has been the main note standing out on my skin. Dirty filthy honey. I didn’t get the urine people were talking about at all until tonight. OMG. It’s a dirty urinal in the best possible way. Warm, dirty, a little sweet and animalistic. Absolutely gorgeous but not for the weather hearted.
NerZull – :
Stunning! Sensual! A sexy, sweet, honey dipped rose, wrapped in Amber and incense.
Deroxykjte – :
In the beginning I would go as far to say it is absolutely. Putrid . the person that mentioned the urine it’s pretty on point .
As time progresses I’m getting more of that Amber resin and I’m starting to like it more . another person said that is similar to Sahara Noir which I can understand but I wouldn’t say is completely correct at all. In my review for Sahara Noir I say Pour Le Soir is more sour. Which it is.
This is not for the faint at heart . if you are not a connoisseur you would instantly throw away . but give it time and it will grow on you. Is certainly more for a man because of that opening riff of anamolic dominance . maybe that’s what it really is . you smell masculine dominance in the beginning. And not in the seductive way, but the ” I’m going to mark my territory” way . and like all men, exposes their softer side as time progresses.
procreation – :
wonderful animalic with high octane sillage and powerful duration. Honey and benzoin with a powerful animal synth note.
Gained me lots of unexpected compliment.
I can’t see women wearing this!
Sagini – :
First time it was for me like Pygmy goats in ZOO. Within a few months,I have to say, the fragrance is very interesting and I would say wearable even!
Esselyday – :
ok I just dont get it. The scent borderlines on offensive to my senses and overwhelms me with a urine/old honey note that I cant get over. Im just not a fan and I cannot imagine ever retrying this juice.
corvin2000 – :
I remember how I was amazed by this when I first smelled it. It reminded me of attars that we used to be least interested in during our life in Kashmir. Due to that reason I found this to be totally unoriginal and held a grudge against this creation for some reason so decided to let go of it.
A year down the line, for some reason I couldn’t understand, I had a terrible craving for some animalic skank in my life… in my memory I could recall a dirty allure that I had encountered before so I started searching for this. It was my luck that I was able to find it a few months ago with it being discontinued (?) and hard to get…
I can now see the artistry that has gone into this orange bottle of erotic stink. I didn’t get caraway in my last bottle but the initial blast clearly shows signs it’s there in this one. I can now smell a very faint rose too. I think it’s a matter of interest and accepting. You find these things when you start to really pay attention 🙂
The honey-benzoin just turns me on so much that I don’t have the words to describe my desire. It’s not all that scary to be honest and here I think it’s more to do with someone’s difficulty in understanding one’s own feelings after smelling this or in some cases, one’s paranoia related to the suspicion of smelling bad.
I must admit, I am cautious myself because I think it’s more for the intimate times rather than wearing this hoping to get intimate. I would never wear this around my family. I think I would be too embarrassed to do so because I really do think of it as an obscene pervasiveness following my own personal feelings after wearing it.
It lasts for hours on end and yes, it projects!! I personally have fallen in love with it after having let go of it in my bout of idiocy. Now that I have found it again, I am not going to let it go.
ruxa – :
Let me say I can appreciate a good quality fragrance & this is one of them, however it is also out of place.. What I mean by that is, I literally do not know when to wear this fragrance because it is not flexible at all…
This is one of the most dirtiest, skank filled creations I have ever smelled… Totally putrid! As a major fan of amber, I detest it here…. I don’t know what they were trying to pull off here but I simply cannot…
If you enjoy loud, nasty, out of place, skank fest fragrances, this is for you! One place I would wear this is before intimacy, tho I am scared this would run the other person in the opposite direction seeking Holy Water to cleanse themselves. Good quality, not so good juice.
Lesinka – :
I started a thread asking for recommendations regarding perfumes that smell more or less like salmiac (ammonium chloride) and/or salt liquorice a while ago, and this one was suggested to me by a Danish member who said it reminded her of a Danish salmiac candy called Super Piratos. Having recently procured Absolue pour le Soir through the handsome Deefit, I figured I would give my impressions of it.
The honey-benzoin-incense-caraway combo reads not pitch black to me, but very dark brown, while at the same time being stickily sweet. It evokes artisanal liquorice itself more so than salmiac to me, despite there not being any liquorice note listed. I find that a combination of benzoin with the right type of incense can easily give off this impression. It also smells a bit of tar, or like a seldom-opened cupboard in the modest, old summer cottages that many Finnish people spend their summers in. I can’t say that I think of Paris nightlife when I smell this, I actually wouldn’t know when to wear it. To me, the ultimate salmiac perfume is still Hilde Soliani Saaliiisssiimo.
mishail84 – :
This one is a long lasting monster with great projection. There is something animalic, which is really dominant and which I find really sensual. For the colder weather, it will work good.
Scent: 8.5/10
Longevity: 10/10
Projection: 9/10
akkord1993 – :
I’ve tried a sample of this a few times over the last couple of weeks, and at first it jolts the senses, and then, the first two times, I wasn’t sure what to think…Definitely a urine note there, and I mean deep, golden urine, urine with a history…but, my god, the more I try, the more the magnificent honeyed incense, that I do not believe would have it’s depth and breadth without the urine note, addicts me. Just ordered from MFK’s online shop itself, 130 euro, which is about £98, which is £15-ish cheaper than the one place in the UK that has this in Absolue at the moment, and, free postage, and two free samples. Not about other people, this is for me, deffo.
sacred1987 – :
I don’t generally do this, but it’s absolutely not true that Absolue Pour le Soir is being phased out, discontinued or changed. CPLS may be changed or phased out – I don’t know and won’t speak to that. Perhaps that is where this rumour, which has been about for a solid year or longer now, is coming from. But Monsieur Francis Kurkdjian himself told the wonderful woman who goes to Paris for our fragrances (among other things) in March that APLS is one of his own personal favorites and will not be changed nor dropped from his line as long as he is here to decide (and he appears very healthy) He said that there *will* be times when it is briefly unavailable, as there have always been, solely due to sourcing the appropriate ingredients and that there is no reason for panic. So please, stop spreading this rumour about the impending demise of Absolue Pour le Soir. It is simply not so.
Ракчеев Артём – :
If you can handle the first hour, no doubt it is a sexy and evocative fragrance.
This fragrance is as polariz