999welcome – 2022-06-27:

3 out of 5

This smells amazing!!!! Can’t wait to rock this gem in the colder months. I’m ready to wear my black Polo sweater, dark jeans, chelsea boots, and bust out that leather jacket and gatsby hat. Rock this frag, while all my fan boy friends are wearing Aventus. We will see who smells more interesting, and who isn’t following the crowd.

Николаев – 2022-06-27:

4 out of 5

Literally smells like liquor thought it going to be a soft apple wasn’t expecting the burst of liquor. If you want to smell like you were in a whisky pub all day … go right ahead

tan8893 – 2022-06-27:

3 out of 5

Apples Foster.
Butter, Brown Sugar, Cinnamon, Dark Rum, and apple liqueur.
A sweet boozy apple. The fragrance Apple Brandy smells like a stove cooked apple, dipped in brandy, with a touch of warm toasted brown sugar, and vanilla. Come to think of it, it smells like a liqueur dessert at a fancy restaurant: the ones they meticulously cook in front of you at your table on a portable stove top; such as the Bananas Foster, but with apple instead of the banana. Apples Foster? Is that a thing? It must be. Either way, this is it! From Apples Foster, to Apple Brandy. A perfect name.
Apple Brandy is… ummm.. Yummy! By contrast to Single Malt, Apple brandy is playful, casual, and more gourmand. It is less serious in tone, and a little more boozy. I would say in the opening and mid, Apple Brandy is unisex, while Single Malt leans masculine throughout its life. In the dry down however, Apple Brandy takes a turn for the masculine. Frankly, I disagree with the assertions that Apple Brandy is the -same- as Single Malt. Sure, it has similarities in the dry down, but the opening is vastly different, and the mid has enough differences for it to not be redundant. As it dries down, the overload of sweetness tones down, and the booze and woods become more prevalent.
You didn’t have a plate handy, so you ate your apples foster off of an oak wooden barrel nearby. Atlas, your dessert is gone now, but you crave more. So, you take whiffs off of the freshly stained barrel; this is the dry down.
Delicious.

kelavr70 – 2022-06-27:

4 out of 5

Ouchhhh!!! Fantastic!!! I want some of this juice just finish my sample going for a bottle, this one is worth skiping a months rent or borrowing money to have it. Fragrance before rent that is my new Modus Operandi…. just kidding, but almost. It’s that good!!

boris3110 – 2022-06-27:

3 out of 5

A beautiful, sweet, sensual fragrance. Masterful blending. Juicy apple with an amazingly authentic brandy accord. Similar to Single Malt but different enough to own both. One of my favorite fragrances of all time. Masterpiece.

Zodiac7772 – 2022-06-27:

5 out of 5

I was gifted a small sample of this-its not a house I’ve ever explored before, and I don’t know how old the sample was so I don’t know if this is representative, but if so, it wasn’t a great first impression.
It opens with a fairly harsh boozy note, but more sharp cider than smooth brandy. I definitely get a smokey tobacco note with spices, almost ginger, but I don’t get much sweetness and the caramel note is all but silent. A woody note comes through about 30 minutes in, and this reminds me of bonfires. There is a little vanilla lazing around in the background but this isn’t a dominant note on me. All in all, this reminds me very strongly of eating Yorkshire Parkin and toffee apples on Bonfire Night (UK readers will know what I mean!).
It’s actually rather nice, but not as a fragrance on me-I’d like it as a room fragrance. I think its definitely veering towards masculine.
As I’ve no previous experience of the house I looked up the price, and nearly swallowed my tongue-there is no way that this fragrance is worth the silly money that they are asking-it’s a nice, relatively linear Yankee candle sort of scent, not liquid gold!

NecroGrinder – 2022-06-27:

3 out of 5

I get a very rich and robust caramel, apple, and brown sugar. Also a little vanilla, sweet tobacco and resin

deloro – 2022-06-27:

5 out of 5

Scent – benzoin, oak & vanilla.
Season/Time of Day – I prefer to use this one in the colder months, day or night.
Projection – I didn’t get noticed, I didn’t get a compliment.
Longevity – I get 6hrs consistently.

has – 2022-06-27:

3 out of 5

i think apple brandy is a decent release from killan.
Different from what they’ve already got. Not a bad idea to throw in something like this once in a while..
Lately i tend to choose more wearable, slightly more discrete, original as possible aka “unique” with a nice flavoured amount of appeal kind of scents. Now that’s alot of demands isn,t it..?
Apple brandy is pretty sweet, not so versatile, not really discrete, no mass appeal.. but quite original in it’s genre. I like it but don,t love it and it performs well.
Straight away i get the apple, the brandy and quite a huge dose of the wood packed in a very thin blanket of the vanilla. Fortunately the vanilla is the least prominent note, good job on that one.
To me the presence of the woodsmell (oak barrel that is really dry) gives this the right touch. It also smells like a strong dry tobacco drenched in some sweet apple brandy.
That’s it really, it opens instantly wiht all those notes and all of them are easily detectable.
If i have to give a con than that would be that i am curious how this would smell like if it was just a touch less sweet but that doesn,t really matter since it is what it is and it’s ok.
Good stuff and something different from by killian. If you think this is to bold or sweet and would like it a bit softer and more vanillic then you might want to check single malt. For tobacco fans this might also be worth checking out since it really has a tobacco spirit from beginning to end. Decent but still not top especially for the price.
cheers

kravastyle – 2022-06-27:

3 out of 5

Sorry but the more I wear this, the more I am able to distinguish it between single malt. SM is more cedar wood, this is more sweet with a apple note that is to die for. I think I need to own both now. I love love love single malt. But I put some of this on from a decant earlier and it’s still going strong and has developed into a apple booze scent that dull, not cloying or sharp with a woody base. Ohhhhhh…..I need it now. Darn

PSIH – 2022-06-27:

4 out of 5

I saved the best for last. This is great guys. Hyped for a reason. Worth its retail if you enjoy boozy scents. I don’t see where people get boozy as a note on 80% of fragrances , but I do on this. If brown sugar was an alcoholic drink with wood and hints of vanilla, here ya go. It’s so sexy. The apple note is to die for too. Great job. I am going to own three of the 6 exclusive samples full bottles.
Well, I have single malt on left hand and apple brandy on the other. They are not the same scents, however…I will say, if you own one, you really don’t need the other. I personally got a bottle of single malt as I deem it full bottle worthy all day. I do like apple b a lot too, but there’s a brown sugar note that seems a little rich, I do like the apple note though…

Ordexindiresk – 2022-06-27:

5 out of 5

Fragrance Review For Apple Brandy Kilian
Notes
Oak labdanum cedar wood vanilla
This is a unisex woodsy vanilla scent that is really more of a man’s cologne with tons of wood and a vanilla bourbon. It reminds me of actual vanilla bourbon but it’s also giving me the aura of a Yankee Candle with vanilla bourbon scent. It’s terribly woodsy. It evokes the country, like Virginia West Virginia or Pennsylvania. It conjures up images of Johnny Appleseed planting apple seeds and wandering through country roads and through dense forests. It also evokes plantations (think Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello) in the colonial period and early antebellum South, where large forests and groves reveal paths that lead up to wooden plantation houses. There is a boozy scent, a vanilla liquor, and a labdanum floral scent keeping everything aromatic. If you’re a woman who enjoys vanilla the vanilla here is not your typical vanilla it’s layered with the scent of woods and booze. It smells like drinking in an old wooden cottage. It’s rustic and very intoxicating. I love it. If you let your mind wander off and allow your nose and imagination to become one, it does smell like apple brandy, like an actual apple scented brandy liquor though there is no apple note. Absolutely wonderful. I would wear this to bars on Saturday nights. It smells just like a roadhouse. I don’t go to such bars as I live in Manhattan NYC but the scent really takes you away and people smelling it on me would notice. It’s also great for wearing it in cafes and coffee houses. It’s warm and boozy and perfect for cold winter months. Thank you Kilian. I love what I’m discovering in your fragrance line.

sardar_god – 2022-06-27:

3 out of 5

This is a fairly unique scent. I love the tart green apple note combined with the boozy Brandi note. Pretty straightforward and linear, but it caught me off gaurd by how much I truly enjoyed this one!
My Score: 9.5

OrdebyOwege – 2022-06-27:

3 out of 5

Eager to try this after hearing that it was very similar to By Kilian Single Malt, which I loved, Apple Brandy did not disappoint. First, it is, as I’d seen reported, very similar to Single Malt, which itself came out only last year, two years after Apple Brandy. Both are very boozy and sweet. Whereas Single Malt doesn’t branch off too much from the main sweet whiskey vibe, Apple Brandy, as expected, ever so slightly veers in the direction of apple and spices. So it’s Single Malt with a slight transformation that highlights a spicy apple vibe.
Great on projection and longevity, this expensive fragrance (like Single Malt, $295 for 50ml) merits a try and comparison to Single Malt. Apple Brandy seems slightly more popular than Single Malt, and I admit that I still need to compare them side by side at the same time on skin, but I can offer that I like the balance of Single Malt somewhat more, though Apple Brandy is a superb fragrance. Both are standouts, and Apple Brandy delivers the sweet whiskey vibe with the apple and spicy highlights–I don’t get much in terms of individual notes beyond that.
8 out of 10

agaponkola – 2022-06-27:

5 out of 5

In my top 3 scents of all time, this delivers everything I look for in a fragrance. It’s a linear scent on my skin, but that’s PERFECT because I love the apple brandy smell and don’t want it to turn into some generic drydown. The name of the fragrance really says it all – it’s apple, it’s brandy, and it’s mighty sexy.
Reserved for special occasions, this is a perfect date/night out scent during the colder months. LOVE IT.

kirillpaschenko – 2022-06-27:

5 out of 5

the best apple note on the market! this is masterpiece but you need to love sweatness i adore this scent on fall night or winter!! bozzy apple
10/10

VLaqryP – 2022-06-27:

4 out of 5

There seems to be some notes missing from the notes profile. I was reading that it also includes apple, rum and plum accords??

Kychanov – 2022-06-27:

4 out of 5

Gave this one a full wearing recently. Verdict – excellent scent. Good performance and the smell is terrific. There is definitely booziness in here and the quality of ingredients seems to be top notch. Would like to own this some day hopefully..

ftm853elipseskism – 2022-06-27:

4 out of 5

I’ve always been a defender of By Kilian as a brand because when they hit…they hit! Unfortunately some of the recent releases have been sadly lacking, certainly in creativity and those prices are so high, made me start to wonder why I’d been such an apologist. I appreciate the packaging is fantastic but it’s style over substance when the scent isn’t even good or original and the cardinal sin…it doesn’t last.
Also…just to make things worse the SA and my local store which stocks By Kilian is dreadfully rude and looks at me like something he just scraped off the bottom of his shoe.
Moving on…
I’d heard good things about Apple brandy though and was excited to try it and thankfully… I wasn’t disappointed.
Apple brandy starts out with a lovely warming boozy apple smell, which I was hoping wouldn’t be reminiscent of cider and thankfully it isn’t.
I can’t recall ever drinking ‘apple’ Brandy but this is definitely more of the subtle, infused flavour you’d expect from a fine brandy liqueur. By that I mean it smells like one complete, coherent, entity rather than a apple flavouring on some heavy boozy notes.
This is what you get for a good couple of hours then the fragrance reveals that it actually has a really decent strong woody base. This perfectly encapsulates the ‘cask’ effect a deep and gorgeous oak note which lasted on my skin for hours.
There’s my favourite labdanum too…you’d be forgiven for thinking this fragrance could be a damp squib and run out of life after that boozy entrance but that’s just masking the great basis this fragrance has in wood and resin.
Apple Brandy is definitely up there in terms of creativity with the likes of B2B and Straight to Heaven rather than many poorer efforts, which shall remain nameless. It’s even better than those two in my my book because it performs better that S2H and I prefer the smell to B2B.
A winner here from By Kilian but because it’s apparently not available in the refill or atomiser pack, I won’t be buying it anytime soon.
Longevity 10 hours easy but it does go very low on the skin quite quickly and doesn’t project all that much but that doesn’t matter.

triclozan – 2022-06-27:

3 out of 5

Why does apple not appear in the fragrance notes above?

osnovnyk – 2022-06-27:

3 out of 5

Big fan of Kilian – but this was too heavy on the apple for me. It smells like an apple barn in the fall or warm apple cider. In terms of the boozy scent, I found it very light in that area which is a shame since I think that side of the fragrance would have balanced out the very linear apple. A very nice scent but personally not for me to wear. It falls into those scents I like very much but doesn’t seem fitting as a scent for the body. I’d rather have this as a candle.

rash88 – 2022-06-27:

3 out of 5

Great fragrance…all the way….

fex421elipseskism – 2022-06-27:

5 out of 5

Okay….I literally blind both this at the total cost of the price tag…….IT WAS WORTH IT!!!!!! I literally was addicted from the first whiff!!!!! The composition will confuse the average nose and be lost in the opening. However, the dry down make this something worth waiting for!!!! I literally find myself analyzing each moment I inhale! I’m not ashamed to say that I paid full price for it by no means!!!!!! Sweet…boozey…not for the heat though. I can’t wait for cooler weather to give this one a full cold weather testing!!!!

maximusboss – 2022-06-27:

5 out of 5

Oooh my oh my. My vial finally arrived (2nd attempt after 1st loss, These things are rare!!) and – this is totally gorgeous!
I can’t believe the total 180 this one is from B2B, which sadly, I hated lol.
I’ve never, ever smelled a finer apple frag! Ever. Not Ambre Narguile, Boss, Aoud and pine (Montale) nor in Bodecia’s Glorious. Not even Maestro Aventus (well maybe Aventus,,)
Maybe Goodsir’s Or Serail too (but it’s too brief and drowned by coconut there)
Strangely, going by what few others have been saying, there’s no real apple used in here, the note list is also again misleading!
It’s apparently a combination of a synthetic (manzanate?) and prune. The website also just state ‘apple liquer accord’ with ‘ambroxan’.
I’m pretty sure there is some real fruit in here however plums or apples; plum adds a boldness and sweetness that a straight apple cannot produce, many times falling into the ‘shampoo’ trap which this certainly doesn’t, so it makes sense I guess.
Interestingly, I definitely get some slightly sweetish ‘maple’ here too, something bold, full-bodied and totally intoxicating that blends so amazingly with the now booze-turning apple.
The sugared apple note is so fine, the booze appears muted. It’s like all juicy yet subtly spiced up and winey a bit like those gum candies but stronger.
I did a head to head between this and Krigler’s famous Estd Cognac – the latter couldn’t hold a candle as the apple there is a mere peel in strength and is no where near as sweet and bold.
The vanilla note possibly also helps make the opening better and richer than it may have been.
The Kilian that almost blew my nose off in B2B has now blown my socks in AB.
The drydown I’m not too concerned as the Top already sold me on whenever I ever get the cash to purchase this wallet-rinser but it just kept giving with more sweetness, some powder and waves of what seem like vanilla and tonka/cocoa!
It also seems remarkably friendly, the woods are bold but seem to meld into the fine boozy accord with perfection just as Kilian stated in his marketing-blurb. And the hyper-realisitic apple that instantly spices up has to be tested to be believed!
Well, I couldn’t believe what I was smelling for a while anyway.
The woods (cedar?) just stop it from proper summer wear, maybe, so it’s not totally perfect but it’s all the same if one does anyway.
I’m humbled, as I didn’t expect anything like this after so many recent disappointments but strangely – this is always how it should have been.
One of the Best scents I have ever tried, period. A Masterpiece. Well done Kilian!
My rating: 10/10.

fantomax56 – 2022-06-27:

3 out of 5

The drydown is quite nice but you will smell like apple cider spiked with booze for a while, before you get there! To me, this is what “niche” does best, though of course it’s not cheap. Now an interesting question is, should this sell for more than Patou Pour Homme is selling for these days? On the one hand, there are several scents that smell somewhat similar to PPH, but on the other hand, if AB can be created in 2013, why can’t some other niche company come along and create something nearly identical for perhaps $70 per 50 ml? It would be nice if an “industry insider” could speak to this!
Note that if you feel you get poor projection, you can try spraying something like Unbreakable on your back, then putting your shirt on after giving it some time to dry and after you’ve sprayed AB to your chest.

radomir – 2022-06-27:

4 out of 5

To me, the top notes creates a wonderful impression of brandy/whiskey mingling with fresh apples and most importantly, an apple pie coming out of the oven.
This is truly one of the most realistic representation of real life scents I have come across. The whiskey smells so real it would have made me queasy on the morning after – it’s like putting your nose in a bottle of fine, mellow, single malt and inhaling. The apple pie is only slightly spicy, lots of vanilla and nary a touch of cinnamon.
I tested this at bedtime and so I sadly missed the development from top to drydown, but when I woke up the fragrance had dried down to a pleasant spicy, oriental vanilla.
Bottom line is, however much I appreciate the realistic representation of whiskey and apples, I really don’t want to smell like I’ve drunkely spilled my drink on me, and then, in my stupor, upended my dessert all over myself. It’s marvelously realistic, and I’m happy to have sampled it, but I will not be buying a full bottle.

niciporcuk – 2022-06-27:

4 out of 5

At first blast its a very zezty,sparkling, crisp apple smell. Which smells pretty good id say.
Quickly though it turns into a spicy sorta apple pie kinda vibe. And then as the fragrance dries down at the bottom left your left with a sorta buttery candied caramel apple. It at times smells a little applesauceish as well.
In general though I guess the vibe is sorta apple ciderish sorta smell like others have mentioned…
So I mean if you like that thing, and you dont mind that it doesnt perform very well. Well you should be set…. That is of course assuming you can somehow justify its heavy price tag. It does do what it does well, that is for sure. But at the end of the day not my thing. And not a good bang for your buck either imo.
Pass for me.

soloveyru – 2022-06-27:

5 out of 5

My By Kilian favorite so far. When people smell this on me they get just what the label says; “apple brandy”, like an apple gone bad (in a good way) and Cognac, some say Calvados which actually IS an apple brandy! Over time it evolves into a lovely oak, with hints of caramel, really yummy, I keep sniffing myself all day. But after a couple of hours there’s just some vague sweetness left, I wish it would last longer. Makes me curious for more booze inspired scents… but I find that no other can compare to Apple Brandy.
Quite strange that cognac or apple are not listed among the notes here as they are the most dominant top notes without a doubt!
I happily let people have a free spray when I carry it as my travel spray and EVERYBODY goes absolutely mad over it and ask where they can get it.
Truly something unique!
10/10

Serg.1974 – 2022-06-27:

5 out of 5

The word is numbing!
From its opening Apple Brandy brings me a sense of nuances of apple peeled and at the same time the apple green, these two, mixed with the oak that brings the differential, a true work of art.
It creates an intoxicating and a kind of boozy scent, like a legitimate port wine, something like grapes inside cellars, worked for a while in oak barrel, and on its drying appears a sweet and gentle chord that creates a unique and incredible flavor!
Rating: 10/10

222522 – 2022-06-27:

5 out of 5

Fragrantica’s favorite legal dope house otherwise known as By Killian shelled out yet another sweet concoction. This time we have a apple green licorice scent with sugar crystals. Not to be confused with the aroma of a hardware store, the wood in this brandy fragrance is light and plays second fiddle to the apple. This is nice but like all Killian’s, it begs the question “is it worthy of the price tag?” I thought the sillage and longevity proved to be a bit better than what I expected. Whether you think this is overpriced, a skin scent, non-creative or what have you, no doubt, this will satisfy the typical gourmand crowd.

alex12sh – 2022-06-27:

3 out of 5

Love, Love, Love. The lack of longevity makes me sad. If it were longer lasting I would buy it in a heartbeat. What’s the point of making such a beautiful, high quality product when it’s not around long enough to really enjoy it? Surely the testers at by Kilian don’t sit around going, “hey, if we make this scent really weak people will have to buy more”? This, I feel, is the bane of my perfume habit; finding one you can truly love, only to have it lack the oomph to make it worthy of a purchase. After sniffing my wrist again though, I may have to give in at some point.

evgeny_khab – 2022-06-27:

3 out of 5

8.5/10 verry good!!!
Opening appleapple!!!!

rwa327InsuffBooni – 2022-06-27:

5 out of 5

This is done in true Kilian style. Some of the best openings on the planet with super lame drydowns. The oening explodes heavily with red apple and brandy but dissipates within an hour or 2. The drydown is of cedsr and oak which is nice but not really what most expected. It leans towards the masculine side but their are far better boozy frags at a fraction of the cost with superb longevity and sillage. Pure Malt is one that comes to mind.

alexses222 – 2022-06-27:

4 out of 5

the smell of spiced wine and/or a dense candies/preserved fruit cake. it’s the smell of christmas!!! notes of apple and maybe a deep red wine, but mostly preserved fruits…

Николайтрифонов – 2022-06-27:

3 out of 5

The only thing i can think of, for the first half hour this is on my skin, is dark maple syrup; the earthy kind where you can taste the wood it came from. Once this dies down the following 3 to 4 hours makes me think of wood chips marinating in bowl of apple juice and sweet vanilla whiskey. After this phase it completely vanishes from my skin.
Overall, i’m left thinking this is blended wonderfully and smells of quality but the lack of longevity makes me want to punch a baby. For the cost, i’d like to get more than 4 to 5 hours because the smell is very, very, good.
Scent = 4.5/5
Projection = 3/5
Longevity = 3/5
Overall = 3.5/5
This may possibly be bottle worthy

MiniKnoke – 2022-06-27:

4 out of 5

I am so disappointed to hear such negative comments on this scent… I work with fragrance every day and I LOVED this scent… I see how the name can be deceiving, but I get creative with names to add some flair…
With all of that said, I personally wear this scent, and working for a fragrance house, I typically opt out of wearing fragrance most of the time, but this is one of the few scents I actually can say I LOVE!
The earthy base notes are breathtaking…. I get compliments EVERY time I wear this…

Masich92 – 2022-06-27:

4 out of 5

An old wooden pipe that has the remnants of smoked apple tobacco leaning in an ashtray. Beside it a glass of brandy warmed by the hands that previously held it. It could make for a nice scene in a book or movie but not in a fragrance. Not this one anyway.
My husband decided he would have better luck than me and wore this to the office. Standing in the hallway speaking to a handful of people, one of the other men asked him if he had a late night. Laughing, he responded, “No. I’m too old for that stuff on school nights.” His coworker said he smelt like he had been at the cigar bar.
It goes without saying that neither of us were impressed with this newest Kilian release. Gender aside, this is not a flattering fragrance. Shame that something this expensive can make one smell so cheap.

kirillpaschenko – 2022-06-27:

3 out of 5

A lot of people are saying there not getting what the name is describing the fragrance as. its because, and a few of Kilians fragrances are like this, they mix a variety of different notes to ‘reconstitute’ a particular type of scent or concept.
for example many people say Back to Black has a tobacco note in it or they can smell tobacco, but actually it does not have tobacco in it at all its uses different notes such as certain spices, amber and honey to reconstitute a tobacco accord check out the, Harvey Nichols description, so i think that is what they have done with this fragrance as well? I have to add that kilian fragrances are some of the best fragrances i have smelt, not all, but the ones that are, are amazing

Svetushka – 2022-06-27:

4 out of 5

Too masculine for me. Why all the alcoholic perfumes are like that? I wish I could smell like cognac with honey.

v-64977 – 2022-06-27:

5 out of 5

I very much enjoy this scent. For me, Lumineri’s description as cognac aged in a wooden barrel is a great depiction of the image I get when I smell this. The opening is apple filled for me and sweet but very quickly dominated by a oak/cedar but then eases off and I get the hint of cognac and amber. I agree the dry down slightly sweetens with infusion of vanilla. This fragrance is extremely complex but well balanced and whereas woody scents are not amongst my favorites, for me, Apple Brandy is magnificent. I can see this becoming amongst my favorites and would be wonderful for an evening out with a cigar and a glass of cognac. Well done Kilian!

andr13.02 – 2022-06-27:

5 out of 5

Opens with a very boozy amber note. Then the labdanum announces itself. I really like this! I can’t detect any apple though.
I just recently tried Tom Ford Tobacco Oud and these two fragrances are very similar.

dimar-denis – 2022-06-27:

4 out of 5

First spray i get no alcohol smell like i do with creeds, etc. By Kilian makes pure quality fragrances. Opening i get apple and cognac which is heavenly. Dry down i get vanilla and slight cedar but the cognac and apple is still very much detectable. A beautiful composition which to me its the paradigm for the By Kilian house. I can say with confidence that this is a masterpiece. They are taken this house back to its roots with this one.

gheorghe – 2022-06-27:

5 out of 5

@gypsy parfumista
This isn’t in the “Black” collection. It is a NY exclusive for their new NYC boutique.
Also, it certainly has notes of apple and brandy. This website is just missing them.

chapaew85 – 2022-06-27:

3 out of 5

Okay, I am a bit confused, to say the least. Why, you might ask? Well…
#1: I thought (heard, understood) that the L’Ouvre Noir collection was complete and closed with Sweet Redemption and Kilian was concentrating on the “Good & Evil” collection and “Asian Tales”.
#2: Yes-where ARE the apple and brandy notes?! (Epiphany: PERHAPS…this is an “olfactive painting” of apple brandy; like Penhaligon’s English Fern HAS NO fern, but is more an homage to it using other notes?)
#3: Sidonie Lancasseur? I thought Calice Becker was the exclusive nose on all the BLACK collection fragrances, but I could be wrong.
#4: I am a member of the By Kilian “club” and have not received anything since the first three samples of “Good & Evil” line. (No OUD EXTREME, no MUSK OUD, no PLAYING WITH THE DEVIL, NO nuthin’!!). *sighs sadly* If BK is no longer sending samples to club members if they don’t BUY the full bottles at $375.00 US dollars per…I dunno if I want to be in said CLUB anymore!
I am off to the By Kilian website to let them know, and I am guessing that many others feel the same.
*sighs*

phenazepam – 2022-06-27:

3 out of 5

It smells good but not sure if I can pull it off. Smells as if I spilled a drink on me. Not bad but not sure if its right for me. Smells like Johnny Walker.

rower50 – 2022-06-27:

4 out of 5

The name says it all…It is a warm boozy apple flavoured cognac brandy perfectly aged in a wooden barrel. Definitly blended beautifully and is fit of the Kilian name. It stays fairly linear throughout, but this is not a bad thing. You’ll get a fading apple throughout life of the scent until you’re left with an exquisite vanilla infused brandy at the drydown. Magnificent fragrance and a great dedication to “The Big Apple”.