Apparition Emanuel Ungaro for women

This reminds me a bit of Chanel-"Allure"...but just a bit...It's very strong on me,especially when I first spray it,then the raspberry note comes out and it's like:"SSSHHHHTTT"...All the notes are relaxing and mixing and dancing...But still very strong for me!

Have a 1.7 fl oz (50 ml) bottle to swap. It's not that I don't like it, but it hasn't till now matched any of my moods, we are sort of inexpressive together... I pick up raspberries and something bright, something like a dusty light, polish...It is a warm deep scent on the paper, but it stays superficial on my skin. Reminds me by far of F by Salvatore Ferragamo and First Fragrance by Lolita Lempicka, just that these two have deepness on me. So I'm just trying to pass this to smb else, who would cherish it more than I can.

I find this to be a very enjoyable fragrance to wear, it hits many of the points I like in a perfume. Yes, it is rather sweet, but not in a candy-like manner, more like a decadent dessert that you only need a few bites of to feel satisfied. It starts off with a rather pronounced raspberry note, but is soon rounded out nicely with the tonka and amber. Every time I wear it I enjoy it more. I do think it may be a bit much in the heat of summer but in the cold weather it feels like I'm wrapped in an essence of deliciousness. As a side note, I recently purchased Yves Rocher Rose Absolue and find them to be very similar in structure and feel. One always reminds me of the other, yet I don't regret owning both of them!!

I have a bottle of it, EDP, 90 ml, no box, used may be 4-5 times. Message me please if you are interested.

I had the bottle, I don't have it anymore. At first I liked the raspberry liqueur in the beginning and the whole scent, but after a short time I decided the scent is too cold and it didn't work for me.

The opening is peppery and bursts in the liqueur I've mentioned but it calms down quickly. The bottle is nice but I don't like this type of spray (set into the bottle).

I received this perfume as a gift from my boyfriend because when I tried this in shop I was totally in love with it and hypnotized!!! It is a big huge raspberry, I feel like in a fairy tale when I smell it on me. And I absolutlely love that bottle!!! I feel very happy, optimistic and girly with that scent :) And my boyfriend loves this perfume on me ;-)

I got the gist of this parfume from the reviews, so I bought it for casual winter wear. Even though Apparition received quite a few negative reviews I still purchased it blindly, because after trying and really enjoing 3 fragrances from Ungaro, I had a lot of confidence in this house.
The only perplexing thing about Apparition is that neither its name nor the bottle design make no sense whatsoever. Smelling this perfume you would imagine the bottle to be deep red or maroon, but not a transparent weird-looking avangard rectangle.
But the contents actually exceeded my expectations. Apparition smells like dark, thick raspberry liquer of the most expensive and luxurious quality, spiced with pepper and infused with rose. Nothing sticky, sickening or overwhelming, but very rich and enjoyable. I would say it could be even worn for a special occasion on a cold winter night.
Sillage is great, lasting power is avearage...around 3-4 hours, but the peppery drydown is still noticeable and lingers beyond 3 hours.

It doesn't last very well but I love it

L'ho spruzzato in profumeria, ho atteso di sentire come reagisse sulla mia pelle e...me ne son innamorata! Sarà sicuramente il mio prossimo regalo !! :-) Lo trovo un profumo "ottimistico" e con un pizzico di sensualità, perfetto sia di giorno che di sera, adatto alla bella stagione soprattutto (ma gradevolissimo sempre)

Extremely sweet. Intense raspberry liquer or raspberry syrup. Really. This is raspberry syrup by the gallon, made intense by pimento, and thickened by the patchoulli, with an additional blast of alcohol at first spray...but it's all about raspberry syrup, thick, intense and concentrated. Sticking to your skin, you could almost taste it. The intensity of this scent attracted me when I first tested it, it crushed and pummeled its way through the other scents I had tried, and had stood victorious with its monstrous raspberry-pimento sillage dancing happily on my arm...so I purchased it and enjoyed wearing it the first few times, thinking it was love...but now it bores me and even nauseated me the last time I had worn it. However I should revisit it, perhaps try to recapture that 'old spark'...I have 3/4 left of the poor thing sitting in my closet gathering dust. If you love raspberry notes and adore intense, sweet scents, this is your scent, try it out. But this scent can get sickly, cloyingly sweet when you're not in the right mood for it (this is coming from someone who loves all things sweet). I think this scent would have been more enjoyable for me had it been blackcurrant or tangerine instead of raspberry. I'm just not into raspberry notes in my perfume, too sweet, not tart/fresh enough.

UPDATE: Revisited this one. Got compliments almost immediately after spraying it on. Enjoyed it fine for a short while but then the cloying sweetness went straight up to my head like the last time and I had to wash my arm to 'soften' the sillage (I don't have this problem with my other sweet scents, and I have plenty of them).

UPDATE X2: it's been a couple weeks...okay, I'm back to loving this one! the 'old spark' is back :) my friend borrowed it from me at work two days ago...a couple hours later we met for lunch and wowweeee...she smelled delicious! Later that day she told me that her husband loved it and he went out and bought her her own bottle ;) I have also learned how to tone down the extreme sweetness by spraying it on my clothes about an hour before going out, and just a couple sprays on my wrists rather than on my neck :D sillage bomb and lasts forever on clothes...gourmand-freaks and sugar-addicts must try this one out! Nobody will guess what you are wearing as this fume is not very well-known, definitely signature-scent material (especially for those of you who love perfumes like Fantasy, Pink Sugar, Miss Dior Cherie or Flowerbomb but don't like the fact that they are so popular) ;)

some might think that it is too sweet and indeed this would be too sweet for the summer. Do not use it if yo´re afraid to be bee-sting, cause it is common that when i spray this one onto myself during summer all the bees are attracted to me somehow! :))) Try it during early spring, it will make your senses awake and will make you feel that summer is not that far away!
This is the scent of intense rasperbbies, like a raspberry liquior, but i guess there is also a sweet litchi in the composition. the lasting power is not the best, you have to spray it really generously to smell it, but nevertheless it is a very good scent.

this is one of rare perfums that make me sick.
too strong, too thick and suffocating. big disappointment for me, cant wear it.

First of all, you look to the bottle of Apparition and you may think this is another common, sweet floral fruity for young people and for day time. No. Apparition is unusual, strong, dark and sexy perfume.

It starts very alcoholic and sharp, but in few minutes I could smell the raspberry with light floral, woody and spicy notes, all mixed but still well blended. This kind of formula (berry + woody + spicy) reminds me a LOT of DKNY Delicious Night. I think the dark side of these fragrances are there because of patchouli, which is detectable in the heart and drydown.

I think Apparition would be a must try for people who usually don't like floral fruity, but sometimes want a little bit of fruit, without being sickeningly sweet. It's unique, smells expensive and classy. It's so classy, that it almost makes me think teenagers would not like Apparition.

Test before buying, because it's strong and unusual.

Better for night/winter use, excellent sillage and staying power!

Wow wow wow... It lasts for 2 days on my skin... and forever on my cloths...

Too much patcouli tho.
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I got this for gift. It's very sweet in first minutes, but tooo strong later. I would reccoment this one more for adult women, not for teenage girls.

I love Apparition so much, so much! It's the REAL "be delicious" to me. So alluring and long lasting!

Strong,sweet,interesting composition.

Heavy indeed: I sprayed Apparition on one hand, and on the other some other perfume, and all I could smell the next couple hours was Apparition.

This is a burst of berry surprise. Very powdery and sweet. Its almost a little too intense for me, but I still like it though. Oh, and the name doesn't suit the fragrance.

Apparition for me is a bit of a hard perfume to get my head around. It's fruity, and raspberry, smelling, which I kind of like, but there's something about it which smells slightly artificial initially and which puts me off slightly. It's very nice in some ways, and it's an unusual perfume, but sometimes the artificial note puts me off from using it. It's long lasting and on me lasts easily over 12+ hours. It's not a perfume I would wear a lot but from time to time it's nice to wear. The bottle is lovely and very unusual. I love the colored tiles - they're so pretty!!

One thing I have just noticed about Apparition (like Dragonesque who's written a review below) is its resemblance to Hot Couture. I'd never tried Hot Couture until the other day when I tested it and I really liked it, and when I got home I realized it reminded me of Apparition so I sprayed Apparition on my other wrist and, lo and behold, the two are incredibly similar! I like Hot Couture so much (although the bottle sucks!) that I really wanted to get myself a bottle but it's quite expensive and now I don't really need to because Apparition smells extremely similar!

Apparition is definitely a grower and I like it more the more I use it. I'd give it 4 out of 5!

oh,what a shame,i got this on a blind buy because of a nice bottle(how stupid i am).I was expecting something delicious or fresh or airy,but definitely not a raspberry liquor!I couldnt sniff anything else,sadly...

me encanta este perfume y la marca

I had seen and considered buying Emanuel Ungaro APPARITION blind (several times!), as it is ridiculously inexpensive. However, I'm trying to curb my russian roulette buying habits to some extent, purchasing scent unsniffed only perfumes by names I already trust and respect (Balmain, Caron...)

So, when I saw a carded sample of this one, I naturally added it to my cart, though it probably cost about the same as a quarter of a bottle...

Well, prudence paid off in this case, for APPARITION is too sweet for me to take up as a regular--or even occasional--rotation scent. What opens as a slightly spicy (peppery) oriental floral with a notable vanilla patchouli base front and center, swiftly evolves to another red berry jam concoction--great for toast, not for my nose!

Plain, sweet and sticky compote. No zest, no character, nothing to catch one’s attention. Reminds me of Hot Couture by Givenchy (synthetic sweet raspberry). And I believe Hot Couture is not the only fragrance Apparition bears similarity to. The bottle is nice, though, but it does not make up for the quality of the concoction.
I was given a 3 oz bottle of it as a gift, and I had to pass it on to my 18-year-old niece, who is not so sophisticated and picky about scents =)

Summery afternoons. Champagne and fruit on the veranda. The liqueur in raspberry liqueur matters--this is more like framboise than fresh raspberries. I don't smell the heat of the pepper but everything else is there. Charming and cooling.

In my opinion this perfume it can be a little to strong sometimes. It is that kind of perfume that sometimes you fell that you love it and other times you just can't stand it on your skin. In the beginning I can feel very strong the raspberry, so is something fruity-sweet.

In the end you can feel your skin smelling like something sweet(this is a good sensation for me).

The lasting power is ok, not excellent but ok (and also the price:D between 20$-30$ on internet).

I love this perfume! It is amazing ! Sexy and hot ,soft and durable, and mysterious... Divine!

Ungaro's Apparition had long been one of my fragrance aspirations, but it is a frangrance that is very hard to find. I finally located it this weekend, and based on positive reviews here and on other sites, I was beyond excited to possess my very own bottle. That excitement did not last very long.

The bottle is absolutely gorgeous and leads one to believe that you will find a fresh fruity-floral fragrance within. It isn't...at all. While the fragrance is sweet and I defintely can smell the raspberry liquer--- the musk and heavy, funky smelling undertone is a turn off. The opening was a jumble of synthetic smelling elements never congealing into a coherent fragrance. On first sniff it was cloying and sickeningly sweet and heavy. I never waited to see what developed later as I couldn't get past the first initial seconds of the fragrance.

It reminded me of those heavy, synthetic fragrances my grandmother wore like Youth Dew. As much as I was looking forward to this fragrance and as much as I wanted to like it, Apparition was a huge disappointment.

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!

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.

Bursting with sweet and playful raspberry goodness at first spray (so if you don't like raspberries or fruity-sugary fumes you might want to skip this)...This one is all out fruity with a hint of woods and vanilla at the base, nothing floral about it. It caught my attention and I couldn't help but be charmed...it gets more powdery and a little more complex (but still berry sweet) as it dries down...somewhat strong and it can get a little cloying, but it's far too cheerful and light-hearted to be obnoxious, it is not a warm scent, rather it is a cool one reminiscent of chilled fruity beverages...I also get pineapple rings in heavy syrup (maybe it's just me lol),for atleast the first half hour...lasting power on skin/clothes is on the poor side (3-4hrs on me), silage is average so you don't offend...this is a very fairy-tale-like scent like someone else said...I wouldn't call it sexy but to me it's enchanting, charming and lively...reminds me of childhood and all things pleasant :) To me, this is a fragrance is meant to delight and bring out the carefree little girl inside every woman.

If you're looking for a slightly warmer but lighter version of Apparition, I recommend that you try Lancome's Tropiques! They smell kind off similar to me, except Apparition is more intensely sweet and spicy and the red berry syrup here is more concentrated.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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