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%...
