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The small but significant difference
Both variants of the Kurkdjian APOM scent have a strongly reduced scent pyramid. The fact that in such cases we are often dealing with the most interesting scents is quite often the case across perfume houses, at least for me. Somehow the reduced creations manage to captivate me with their simple knitting. The penthaligon with the deer antler flacon that floated under my nose yesterday managed this, as did "Lumière Noire pour homme" (for me it's reduced) and in the case of "APOM pour Homme" it should be no secret to many of you that I'm addicted to this "little water". By the way, the latter is a good keyword when it comes to the ladies' version as well.
Both have - as already mentioned - only three fragrances. Probably the most prominent is orange blossom - loud, flowery, sweet and very dense, for many even pompous. There we have the first thing in common and the second follows immediately.
The cedar wood is also present in both. It is very dry and almost unspectacular, as it is not dark, mystical, musty or even fecal. It is simply not oud, not guaiac wood, but normal wood. Standing on its own, you could smell parallels to a pencil - not to the lead lead, but to the wrapping wood.
But the cedar wood does not stand alone in either scent. It is contrasted by the orange blossom, which has a lot of radiance in the beginning, but is somewhat reduced in its turgidity by the addition of the two remaining notes. So in "APOM pour Homme" a dusty and dirty amber chord is added, which gives the whole thing a powdery, discreetly grubby and now more angular appearance, whereby Mr. Kurkdjian probably justifies the declaration "masculine" - just a guess. The ladies' version lacks such an angular dirtiness. It is clearly cleaner and through Ylang-Ylang even sweeter. Since it lacks the ambergris present in "APOM pour Homme", we are dealing with a much more transparent fragrance in this case. Some people write that "APOM pour Homme" is a fragrance that is so dense and pompous that you could literally cut it in half in the air. Now this is not the case with its counterpart, as Mr. Kurkdjain dispensed with amber in order to create a smoother, less offensive orange blossom composition reminiscent of a noble cream. A former work colleague received a mini-bottle from me today and was already enthusiastic when she smelled it on the atomizer without even spraying once. So I am very excited to smell "APOM pour Femme" on her. It should suit her much better than me, which is why I prefer to stay with "APOM pour Homme", which I will - yes - one of these days.
Both have - as already mentioned - only three fragrances. Probably the most prominent is orange blossom - loud, flowery, sweet and very dense, for many even pompous. There we have the first thing in common and the second follows immediately.
The cedar wood is also present in both. It is very dry and almost unspectacular, as it is not dark, mystical, musty or even fecal. It is simply not oud, not guaiac wood, but normal wood. Standing on its own, you could smell parallels to a pencil - not to the lead lead, but to the wrapping wood.
But the cedar wood does not stand alone in either scent. It is contrasted by the orange blossom, which has a lot of radiance in the beginning, but is somewhat reduced in its turgidity by the addition of the two remaining notes. So in "APOM pour Homme" a dusty and dirty amber chord is added, which gives the whole thing a powdery, discreetly grubby and now more angular appearance, whereby Mr. Kurkdjian probably justifies the declaration "masculine" - just a guess. The ladies' version lacks such an angular dirtiness. It is clearly cleaner and through Ylang-Ylang even sweeter. Since it lacks the ambergris present in "APOM pour Homme", we are dealing with a much more transparent fragrance in this case. Some people write that "APOM pour Homme" is a fragrance that is so dense and pompous that you could literally cut it in half in the air. Now this is not the case with its counterpart, as Mr. Kurkdjain dispensed with amber in order to create a smoother, less offensive orange blossom composition reminiscent of a noble cream. A former work colleague received a mini-bottle from me today and was already enthusiastic when she smelled it on the atomizer without even spraying once. So I am very excited to smell "APOM pour Femme" on her. It should suit her much better than me, which is why I prefer to stay with "APOM pour Homme", which I will - yes - one of these days.
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