Apparition (for women)

letestarr

I use to call it "My happiness perfume"!
I just love it... everytime I use it, it makes me think of parties at the beach at night with a lot of wine! Yes, it reminds me of red wine! It makes me feel so fine!

sabsoob

the fact that it's so annoyingly sweet made me never think of wearing it again.. although i have received couple of complements about it.

Kittycat63

I recently ordered a bottle of Apparition after reading lots of gushing reviews about it and because it sounded so wonderful, and I'd already bought a couple of bottles of Apparition Sun, which I think is lovely.

Unfortunately, my first impression of Apparition wasn't great. I was so excited to smell and try it for myself and I was expecting amazing things after reading the effusive reviews about it but so far, for me, it's not lived up to my expectations. When I first sprayed it on I thought it was OK but was struck by the potency of the synthetic-y raspberry smell and a vague musty, heavy smell lurking underneath it. After it had been on my skin awhile it was one of those perfumes that actually started to make me feel slightly nauseous and as if I wanted to rush to wash it off but I didn't because I wanted to see if it got any better the longer it was on my skin and as it blended with my chemistry!! On me though it seems to be a bit of a one-dimensional perfume and smells exactly the same hours later as it did when I sprayed it on initially. Having said that, it didn't last all that many hours on my skin anyway (even though it's an EDP and usually perfumes last quite well on me, as do quite a lot of EDT's) and seemed to disappear entirely after about 4 hours or so.

At the moment my feeling about Apparition is that I don't love it and I don't hate it, I'm just a bit indifferent to its apparent charms! When I ordered it I was torn between ordering that or ordering Tous Touch, which also has raspberry in it, and I'm almost wishing I'd taken a chance and opted for Tous Touch instead because it might suit me better.

I'm a bit puzzled by all the reviews I've read about Apparition which make it sound like an almost unimaginably gorgeous, fairy-tale like scent. To me, so far, it smells more like pungent raspberry flavoured sweets with a musty undertone to it, so I wouldn't personally class it as fairy-tale like! It could be better and it could be worse, but so far my view of it is that I'm disappointed it's not as amazing as I was hoping it would be but I'm hoping it will grow on me over time! If not and somebody else wants a bottle of it and is finding it hard to get hold of then let me know and maybe I could mail it to you!!

rainydaze

Bursting with fruity berry goodness at first spray, gets more and more powdery and complex (but still berry sweet) as it dries down...somewhat strong and sweet, but in a good way...not in an over-powering bug spray manner (unless you over-spray it!)...I can smell some pineapple in this along with berries...lasting power on skin/clothes is quite good...lasted well over 6 hours on me...very fairy-tale-like scent like someone else said...I wouldn't call it sexy, but it's enchanting, charming and lively without being pretentious...reminds me of childhood :) To me, this fragrance is meant to delight and bring out the carefree little girl inside every woman.

timmyjoe

So sweet and lovely every time i spray it on,it light up my day.It's liked eating cotton candy with my love ones beside me.

luz

Some fruity florals can also be elegant. Apparition is very elegant mixing the alluring ands sparkling feeling of a sweet liqueur with bright raspberries combined with the optimism and energy of the passion flower. This scintillating fragrance is one of my favorites and my favorite fruity floral fragrance (I tried wearing Insolence and Delices before when I was looking for an elegant fruity floral, but Apparition is the best between them in my opinion and the less girlish). It is beautiful when you are feeling beautiful and ultra feminine. I also like the presentation and the name makes me think of fairy tales. This is my second bottle and it will be certainly always a keeper for me.

archangel

I adore this perfume! It makes me feel good, like expecting something pleasant. Very optimistic fragrance!

Trvevil

It was all said in previous review.
On me it's very soapy at the beginning and dry-down is fruity with faint hint of flowers and a sweet sour fruit. I can't feel tonka bean and pepper on me.
Dries down to wonderful base (vanilla/patchouli).
Ideal fragrance for spring /summer.
Quite expensive.

Miss_Nightingale

I have to admit to raising an eyebrow in surprise at the previous reviews, as this is my hands-down favourite perfume of the moment. You know, the kind you keep wafting your clothes madly trying to get a deeper sniff of; the kind that has your nose buried somewhere in your cleavage in a double-jointed attempt to keep on smelling throughout the day as the scent mellows with your body's chemistry. In short: the kind of perfume that rewards you with strangers stopping you in the street to ask what you're wearing, and the kind of perfume that has equal numbers of strangers looking at you oddly as you perform the above rituals of "just one more sniff!"

At least, that's my story with this perfume, but I suppose what attracts us all to the world of fragrance is that each perfume we use becomes part of us when we wear it. Therefore, my personal favourite might make you wrinkle your nose in disgust, the next person smile with delight and the person after that shrug their shoulders as they can't for the life of them fathom what all the fuss is about...

The first spray for me is all about pink pepper and sharp berries, which begins mellowing almost immediately into a riper raspberry tang. Then, perhaps half an hour into the wearing, it transforms yet again into a far deeper, more seductive elixir by far. This is the stage I love best, and which - happily for me! - lasts longest on my skin. I get oodles of cinnamon, nutmeg and maybe even a touch of clove, but the ripe raspberry bursts in slow motion (like one of those slowed-down nature documentaries showing a bud opening) to become a wealth of mouthwatering woodland berries. Somehow, this intoxicating mixture never becomes cloying or sickly or any of the things that have put other people off this perfume. This is one of the best balanced, truly well blended perfumes I have ever tried. It also lasts for an absolute age - literally a few sprays in the morning will last all day, sometimes until I wake up the next morning and shower.

If I had to liken Apparition to another perfume (which, despite other people's assertions, is quite a challenged, as I find this a VERY unique fragrance) I would have to place this somewhere between Paco Rabanne's Black XS For Her and L'Artisan Parfumuer's Mure et Musc (both of which I own[ed] and have, at one time or another, adored). By the way, I am 35, so it's certainly not only for teenagers!

I would like, at this point in my hyperbolic appreciation of this scent, to say something about the presentation of this perfume. For me, the bottle is entirely wrong. It's clunky, modernist and horribly dated looking, now. I would like to see this re-launched and in a bottle that speaks of the perfume inside - something organic and mysterious in nature, yet that wouldn't look at all out of place in a 1930's movie starlet's boudoir would be a good place to start.

The name, again, causes problems. It brings to mind a willow-the-wisp of a scent - something that's all white flowers and faint trails of incense. This is certainly not the reality. Apparition is fatally addictive and will certainly haunt me for many years to come.

amanda

its not unique at all, but smells nice and sweet which is the point. i wouldnt buy it tho, because i have perfumes like this.

elgab89

I really wanted to love this one, I loved Ungaro's Diva in the 80s. Unfortunately I have found it way too sweet - raspberry liquor it is! Also, very generic. I do think is aimed to young consumers, maybe Ungaro wanted to please the new generation.

hena a

i think lots of perfumes smell like this one. but it is lovely anyway. kinda innocent.

Ester

So sexy, so young, so optimistic!