Description
The long-awaited perfume from the luxury French fashion brand Louis Vuitton arrives in September 2016. The creation process took over four years, including establishing the creative atelier Les Fontains Parfumées in Grasse with Jacques Cavallier Belletrud in the position of in-house perfumer. The license belongs to the LVMH company. Les Parfums Louis Vuitton transmit journeys of emotions and aromatic adventures.
Seven luxurious fragrances are presented in the collection: Rose des Vents, Matière Noire, Mille Feux, Apogée, Turbulences, Dans la Peau and Contre Moi.The fragrances are feminine and floral, with names that aim to highlight the emotional narrative rather than the ingredients.
“From the airiness of Rose des Vents to the intoxicating Turbulences, the ecstasy of a first night with Dans la Peau to the mindful immersion in nature with Apogée; from the self-revealing Contre Moi to an exploration of a darker side with Matière Noire and the explosion of the senses with Mille Feux… Les parfums Louis Vuitton describe a journey of the emotions.”
Apogee, a delicate floral fragrance, features Grasse jasmine as the main ingredient with lily of the valley, rose, magnolia, guaiac wood and sandalwood.
The face of the campaign is French actress Léa Seydoux.The bottles are designed by Marc Newson, made of heavy glass to look like minimalist versions of apothecary vials with metal caps featuring the LV emblem. The price of each bottle is $240.The fragrances are available in 100 and 200 ml Eau de Parfum, with additional travel spray set of four x 7.5 ml and a limited edition set of all seven miniatures x 10 ml.
daniil markovkin – :
Mixed with ateliers vanilla incense cologne, this is very good
Divazomma – :
Apogee by Louis Vuitton is the supposed bestseller from their fragrance line, (according to the sales associate at my local Louis Vuitton boutique). This actually surprises me as lily-of-the-valley fragrances are some of the hardest to wear.
I must admit that Apogee is one of my least favourite scents from this line. Dominant lily-of-the-valley scents are either a love it or a hate it when it comes to my personal preferences. Dior’s vintage Diorissimo and Lalique’s Fleur de Cristal are the only two lily-of-the-valley fragrances from which I’ve tried that actually agree with my nose and chemistry.
Apogee started off beautifully with dew-kissed lily-of-the-valley and a touch of refreshing, clean citrus notes. The composition seemed promising in the beginning and I was starting to enjoy it, but unfortunately, my hopes were dashed by a heavy, somewhat thick rose note and an oddly placed guaiac wood accord.
Apogee’s drydown is not nearly as light and crisp as its opening. I’m a few hours into wearing Apogee, and it’s not a lily-of-the-valley scent anymore, it’s more of a screechy oriental rose. The white musk and sandalwood blend most apparent in the base of this scent pyramid attempt to subdue the rose accord but fails miserably.
I wish the perfumer Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud had kept this fragrance simple. Had the rose note not been added, I think Apogee would have made a lovely representation of lily-of-the-valley.
boroda777 – :
I still have 2 bottles from my colection. Its brand new but no box. Just approach me. Ill give good price
mimax97 – :
A bright, non-cloying white floral with citrus twist on my skin. It’s not a head over heels love affair but I do quite almost love it! We are in the strong like phase of our relationship and I think I need a little bit more wear time for the love to blossom. This is a fresh, elegant white floral appropriate for many environments/occasions. While safe, it has a bit more to it that makes it that much more interesting. I am really enjoying this. My two daughters love cuddling up to me wearing it. One says it’s very comforting and says “my beautiful mommy”… I just love that they get that feeling from this!
waldomkuk – :
For me, this perfume is a huge disappointment (I actually had to scrub it off my skin with dish soap, I disliked the scent that much). On me it is nothing but a strong smell of lily of the valley, which then turns into something really cheap smelling. It’s nothing special, nothing you couldn’t pick up at Macy’s or even Victoria’s Secret.
jax – :
Smells like bathroom spray after a while
CalFooppy – :
As nobody took up the challenge i suggested in my earlier review (last year) of confronting Apogee with Guerlain Muguet 2016, I did it arm to arm with Apogee vs. Guerlain Muguet 2017 (i didn’t buy Muguet 2016 I found to be too green), that is after having used a good part of my 200 ml Apogee and 125 ml Muguet bottles separately.
What these 2 frags have in common is the outstanding quality of their natural ingredients – you wouldn’t see Vuitton selling artificial leather bags …
However, after confrontation, the quality is about all they have in common:
Muguet 2016 is the cleanest and purest LOTV scent one can imagine (very difficult to assemble with this mute flower using a combination of greens, roses, and jasmine), while Apogee is a lot more complex white flower composition, with a distinctive touch of tangerine/orange staying well beyond the opening, perfectly discrete base notes which are never invasive, and a quite wonder- & powerful magnolia which gives this frag an original twist.
Only the remaining skin scents (after 5-6 hours) are closer, but magnolia still makes the difference in Apogee.
So once my bottle will be empty, I’ll go for the 200 ml refill of Apogee for 250€ which I consider as rather cheap for this quality !
@Hernri345que : thanks for excellent review !
schura59 – :
Very similar to Frederic Malle’s En Passant.
Vinchenso777 – :
Apogee by Louis Vuitton.
I have got this one as one of the samples while I was buying my wallet.
It’s a very zesty!
I would say citruses covered with white flowers.
If I would be a LV I would balance white flowers more next time- they sound too spicy too harsh for me.
LV- make it more soapy- I want to feel the France… PAris in your products…be French more next time 🙂
I would say this one is the strongest from all les parfums.
One spray is a headache in my opinion is the most imbalanced one from all les perfumes.
Dry down has a strong, natural scent of lily of the valley.
So if you like this scent go for it.
It’s very green scent mixed with lily.
If they would add more poudre and musky notes it would be nice…
But they have left it with strong green notes – it’s not my …style.
If you love lilly of valley so much go for Yardley for 15$ instead paying $200 per same notes and dry down.
u_K_S_u_S – :
this a harsh floral on my skin it turns too florally it almost turns to bug spray but thats just my own skin chemistry that doesn’t sit well with such white florals ..it is a beautiful bright crisp floral with creamy undertones and floriental facets its rosy jasminy with lily of the vally its a bit linear in a deeper level its synthetic to my nose and is a bit dull on my skin ..i say its dul but its actually trying to be full bright but to ad depth and longevity it has this floriental vibe that comes and haunts me its a bit too florally in almost a more Arabian style floral without the utter freshness of fresh cut grass or fresh cut roses its like brewed roses dead roses dried roses immersed in white woods and hints of sandalwood ..i am not in love with it it didn’t evoke feelings of happiness it felt more strict but its just my personal floral experience with such accords it reminds me a bit of chloe roses and a bit from la artisan rose prive without the utter green accords also a bit from Armani prive rose but as a much lighter watered down concentration it smells very generic and extremely commercial and synthetic to my nose it also resembles many florals from locitane like quatre and many from marks and spenser florals which cost so much less than this !
i personally expected much higher quality for the long awaited lv fashion conglomerate..
its in strange middle ground its not stunning and its not ugly its not horrible and its not beautiful its not rich and its not so poor its not dense and its not so weak its trying to be a middle ground a crowd pleaser but its lacking character and personality its just another floral another hmmm i dont really know where to categories it even among ..if u are after branding and bottles and packaging i think this is where the lump sum went to in creating those 7 perfumes with no exception
its turning too screechy on my skin almost acidic extremely offending to my sensory olfactory experiences but again i am not huge on florals and this could be due to that
kebzak – :
Metallica soap water. I honestly feel lots of designer perfumes are better than this hi-end line, in terms of both the quality and the creativity. Extremely disappointed. This is by bar at the bottom of my choice of the niche I had ever tried.
Шурка – :
A pleasant white floral fragrance with a WHOLE lotta guaiac wood and sandalwood tossed into the mix. Sweet and woody, Not a sexy fragrance but one that could be worn in most daytime situations. For me, it’s certainly not full-bottle worthy but if you like white florals, certainly worth a try.
snidials82 – :
Apogée confirms what already seemed clear in Mille Feux and in Contre Moi, which is the exaggeration of the theme of the emotions in contrast to the more restrained, polite and discreet character of the composition. The description promises us a lily of the valley that ascends to the heights of ecstasy, creating a poetic elixir of innocence. This is only true indeed if your idea of ecstasy involves fresh white florals with green touches and a little sour side. Apogée can be sold as a concept of lily of the valley, but on the skin it makes me think more of a combination of Fresh white flowers with just a hint of something tropical and carnal. What predominates here is the cleaner and more floral fragrance of the freesia combined with a non-carnal and greener ylang and a less intense and more controlled white jasmine. Somehow there are discreet floral nuances that bring me to the oily and tropical aroma of the frangipani. Apogée also takes up the leather theme of the other compositions, but in a very subtle way, using something lightly smoked from gaiac wood in combination with ionones and musk to suggest a second skin base with a trace of treated leather. It is a safe, controlled creation, thought of in each of its parts, the kind of perfume that I would see a first lady or businesswoman using on an occasion that requires a certain appearance of sober perfection.
Saintman – :
A more gentle and friendly scent than Guerlain Bolshoi or Idylle. Thanks to StellaDiverFlynn for excellent review I agree on every point, nothing to add. It would be interesting to read a review confronting it with Muguet 2016 from Guerlain.
orion3021 – :
Only for those who love lilly of the valley.
M5023 – :
Apogée opens as a green, crystalline lily of the valley. A gentle citrus fruity zing and a lively verdancy like sap from cut stem, induce effervescence to this almost limpid lily of the valley. The fragrance feels very much like a crystal: it’s more transparent and most lily of the valley soliflore perfumes that I’ve tried, but it still maintains a steadiness and a smooth, cool feeling, very much like touching a piece of glass.
2 hours in, the incremental changes within the fragrance start to take shape. The heart of Apogée is no longer a pure lily of the valley. There are now green, mildly sweet grass and leaves covered with morning dew. A tiny bit of peppery spiciness plays peek-a-boo, and an almost ozonic magnolia emerges, which feels less velvety and more watery than the previous lily of the valley.
The dry down sees the white flowers fall back under the veil of clean, laundry white musk with a metallic aldehydic nuance. This abstract, fresh floral white musk kind of reminds me of Byredo Blanche, but Apogée is smoother and less muddy, although not as refined and delicate as LM Parfums Chemise Blanche.
The sillage is close to the skin, and the longevity is around 11 hours. Apogée is by and large a fresh, green lily of the valley, supported by a considerable amount of clean white musk. I enjoyed its first few hours very much, with its dewy, dainty green floral redolence strongly evoking in me an image of crystal bells dangling in the spring breeze. Although its laundry white musk dry down doesn’t do much for me personally, it’s not as sharp as some can be, either.
If you happen to be interested in a clean, pure, innocent, fresh green floral white musk, Apogée might worth a try. I also think it’s one of the more friendly lily of the valley fragrances out there as well.
yul4348 – :
its a realy wonderfuly lily of the valley presentaion in elegant way so soft and angelic, reminds of carmen le bolshoi de guerlain as well as shalimar parfum initial sensuelle, its the gaiac wood and lily and some very far bright jasmin, its the real the highest feeling of joy and comfort that you can reach .. top of happiness
enalapril – :
Long lasting fresh and floral fragrance.
Top notes are Magnolia and Lily of the valley.
Unisex fragrance for a daily use.