Maison Francis Kurkdjian · 2024 · Francis Kurkdjian

APOM

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Aromatic lavender and orange blossom with a touch of ylang-ylang, sinking into vanilla, white musk and warm ambery woods.

Maison Francis Kurkdjian says

You’ll smell orange blossom, lavender and Ambery Woody Accord.

More from Maison Francis Kurkdjian’s description

It also mentions Ylang-ylang, Vanilla and White musks.

The house’s page

The drawn APOM bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

APOM’s scent picture, a draft: orange blossom, lavender, ambery woody, ylang-ylang, vanilla, white musks drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

APOM, top notes: Lavender

Heartas it settles

APOM, heart: Orange blossom, Ylang-ylang, Eugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

APOM, dry-down: Ambery woody, Vanilla, White musks, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Maison Francis Kurkdjian names

What the label names

12 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender5 florals1 sweet2 spices1 powder

6 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell6

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Benzyl benzoateBenzyl alcoholDiethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Supremacy GoldAfnan · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), ylang-ylang, vanilla and clean linen$50 for 100 ml · about a tenth of APOM’s $275
Million Gold for HerRabanne · shares lavender, ylang-ylang, vanilla and clean linen$177 for 90 ml · about half of APOM’s $275
Como MoiselleMaison Alhambra · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), ylang-ylang, vanilla and clean linen$22 for 100 ml · about a tenth of APOM’s $275
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.