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Kate Spade 2012

7.5 / 10 35 Ratings

A perfume by Kate Spade for women and men, released in 2012. The scent is sweet-powdery. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Sweet

Powdery

Floral

Gourmand

Spicy

Fragrance Notes

Violet

Tonka bean

Ambergris

Liquorice

Ratings

Scent

7.535 Ratings

Longevity

7.829 Ratings

Sillage

6.427 Ratings

Bottle

6.334 Ratings

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3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/26/2016

3.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Fefaminz
134 Reviews

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Fefaminz

4

I just can't figure it out!

Yes, this 08/15 base that you keep finding nowadays is getting on my nerves! I should have known better when I read Tonka and Amber in the fragrance pyramid, but I was blinded by the violets, which I like both as a flower and as a pastille. Well, those who don't want to learn have to smell!

Apeiron somehow starts right with the base, sweet, powdery, the violet is only a faint hint of the pastille and unfortunately has nothing to do with the delicate flower for me. I can't detect the licorice at all. Over the next 8-9 hours, Apeiron becomes increasingly dull, but hardly loses any sweetness - Amber and Tonka, after all.

Well, I just tried.....

12/07/2015

SisterBliss
14 Reviews

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SisterBliss

Top Review 9

Holidays at Grandma's

This year, I mainly tested amber scents, so the opportunity to try Áperion came at just the right time.
I already like amber and tonka, and I have no issues with licorice as long as it doesn't dominate; the big unknown was the violet - I have never been fond of floral scents.

As a child, I always went to my grandparents during the summer holidays, who lived in the seaside town where I was born and rented out rooms to holiday guests in their house.
For these guests, my grandma always placed small soaps with violet scent in the rooms, so they had a new soap available and didn't have to use the soap of the previous guest.
The leftovers were then used up in the grandparent's household.

Upon the first application (dabbing), I was greeted with exactly this scent that those soaps emitted back then, but it was softened by the licorice so that it didn't become too floral or soapy. I hardly noticed the licorice itself; it stayed very much in the background.
After about 3 hours of the violet dominating the scene, it gradually retreated to make room for the amber and tonka bean, from here on my preferences were perfectly met.

In the second test (sprayed), things looked a bit different.
Here too, the violet dominates, but gives the licorice more space, and it feels overall airier and more transparent. The base starts to come through after just 2 hours and is occasionally wafted over by the violet during the third hour until it has exhausted itself and completely withdraws.

Ápeiron has a nostalgic touch due to the violet but remains a rather modern scent. I find it to be rather calm without being quiet.
For my taste, there could have been less violet; whether it will annoy me in the long run or if I can warm up to it will be shown by time, so for now, there is no rating.
For the base alone, I would have given 90%...

The longevity is good at 8-9 hours.

10/26/2015

8Scent 10Longevity 7.5Sillage

Alexis66
22 Reviews

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Alexis66

Helpful Review 9

For me, it should rain blue violets...

I was very curious about this fragrance for two reasons:
1. I love amber
2. I am skeptical about violets due to strong retro associations, but I generally like them

As can be read in the thread, I already got a good impression of the scent before opening the package. However, I of course tested it thoroughly on my skin, as one should.

My first impression was not the licorice, but the violet. Very authentic and pure, yet by no means modest, as it beautifully says in the verse for the poetry album. This violet has a loud, proud presence. It almost felt like too much for me, but just almost. Tonatto has managed to perfectly master the balancing act between 'strong' and 'overbearing'. The licorice is already present, but it clearly plays second fiddle here. It does not feel undervalued, but rather adds its fine spiciness in a beautifully balanced way.

This composition remains perceptible for about two hours before the scent changes, first imperceptibly, then noticeably. Amber makes its appearance and, together with a hint of tonka, adds a creamy and almost cuddly sweetness, along with a tiny hint of smoke.
Thus, the fragrance lasts a good eight to nine hours on me before it fades away.

For me, Ápeiron is a vintage scent in an exciting, modern interpretation. A perfume far removed from the mainstream uniformity that is constantly encountered today. The sillage is very pronounced, but due to the skillful composition, it is not intrusive. I would see Ápeiron as more feminine, but I can imagine that a bold man would also enjoy it.

The bottle is difficult for me to evaluate - also for reasons that can be gleaned from the thread. I find it very beautiful and simple, and I generally like balloon atomizers. However, there was this leaking issue, although we might have just gotten a Monday bottle.

All in all, Ápeiron is a wonderful, very interesting fragrance that will most likely find a place in my collection.

Statements

9 short views on the fragrance

Yuki68

10 years ago

9Scent 8Longevity 6Sillage

7

1

Lightly spicy, sweet-vanilla violet. Incredibly beautiful! The balloon sprayer wasn't really necessary, though.

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Bellemorte

10 years ago

8Scent 7.5Longevity 5Sillage

7

1

Behind fluffy violet violet powder, a vanilla-amber veil wafts with a hint of licorice. The scent is pleasantly subtle.

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Katt007

6 years ago

8.5Scent 10Longevity 10Sillage

6

Creamy, sweet, vanilla, powdery, aromatic violet with enormous sillage and longevity. BEAUTIFUL!

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ParfumAholic

7 years ago

7.5Scent 8Longevity 6Sillage

5

Cotton-soft violet powder blends with vanilla & licorice. The slight bitterness of the licorice tempers the sweetness. Simple, unpretentious & good.

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Nuage

10 years ago

9Scent 7.5Longevity 5Sillage

4

My first thought about Àpeiron was tenderness. Caressing violet, with a subtle hint of licorice adding spice, and it fades away very creamy.

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Smellsnice

9 years ago

10Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

3

I love love love Apeiron. Take everything from me, but not this violet-spiced powder dream.
No licorice for me, thank goodness it’s not detectable.

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JilMare

8 years ago

2

1

Who sneaked the sweet violet powder pearls into the amber travel package?
Amber??? For that, a lovely violet scent!!!

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Parfumista16

8 years ago

7Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

1

Synthetic-chemical powdery opening,
that comes off a bit scratchy.
Slightly gourmand with tonka,
creamy-powdery in the dry down.
There are better ones.

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