Eve's Big Apple III

[ltrittipoe]

Gingered apple champagne.

This was the first of the exclusives I grabbed, because I knew I would love it- and I was right.

 

I love Beth's champagne note, and it's front and center here. Effervescent, bright, and nose-tickling, this is a mostly champagne scent on me, with the gingered apple in the background, giving a hint of spicy sweetness. This is the champagne from Champagne Lace, made brighter and sweeter with the gingered apple. Not an "apple" scent really, it's definitely there but as a supporting player - as it seemed with all the exclusives, to my nose at least.

 

I probably should have gotten a backup bottle.

 

:wub:

[zankoku_zen]

Champagne with apple, and just a hint of ginger. This one is effervescent, delicious, and oh so cool to drink. (Not literally, but metaphorically speaking). Great throw and wear length.

[Dark Alice]

GInger apple champagne from wet to dry. I WANT TO DRINK THIS. Just not wear it. It was nice to try though!

 

 

[Miyabi]

I got a bottle thanks to my BPAL NYCC fairy, ltrittipoe.

 

I'm not getting a lot of apple here, but I'm still super delighted with it. It really does have that fizziness to it, and maybe a touch of sweetness that's the apple? It smells a bit like a local soap produced here in MI that's called "Ginger Fizz" and smells like honest-to-God ginger ale, bubbles and all. So glad I have the bottle. I might just wear it when I need to feel as bubbly, like at potlucks or other social gatherings.

[Soupy Twist]

Okay, so I have to share the origin story of this bottle: My sister was able to get tix for NYCC, so I asked if she could stop by the Lab's booth to fairy for me. My sister is incredibly allergic to perfumes — I can't wear any kind of scent when I go visit her. But bless her, she agreed to hold her breath long enough to get a bottle of this for me. She said she got a headache 10 feet away from the booth, but she braved the whole scent cloud to pick this up.

 

Sweetie, it was worth it. Holy shazbot.

 

Sweet, apple-tinged fizzy ginger ale in the bottle. Goes on as a lovely sweet ginger ale. As it dries, there's a candy apple note coming in which in no way detracts from or overwhelms the ginger ale. This sweetens into caramel, almost like the candied apple got baked. Just a breath of spices develops. The gingery fizz and caramel sweetness remain and remain and remain, frak me.

 

This is positively AMAZEBALLS and I need backups now. :wub3:

Edited October 16, 2017 by Soupy Twist

[cuervosueno]

My first sniff: now that's interesting! And then "but I don't think I'd wear it." I did not read the notes ahead of time, so I'm sniffing all of these blind, and I thought, I really don't get the apple in this, but something else is super familiar. Ah yes, the champagne note. I love to drink champagne, but am not a fan of it as a scent, so YMMV. For me, this is heavy on the champagne note, so much so that the apple is almost not there, and a bit a brown gingery note that reminds me more of dried ginger (baking spice) rather than fresh. Champagne and gingerbread almost! Not my thing, but if you like champagne notes, try it!

[dramedy65]

More ginger than anything else, but I think I amp ginger. At least I do in my mouth so... ANYWAY, like ginger apple cider, if a little fizzy.

[doomsday_disco]

In the bottle: Mostly champagne, with some ginger and apple in the background.

 

Wet: Bubbly champagne, but the ginger component quickly sidles up to it, so now it is somewhat reminiscent of Ginger Ale. Alas, that phase is short-lived, and it quickly goes back to being mostly champagne on me, followed by the ginger in the background. As it dries, I begin detecting the apple note, but it is very light.

 

Dry: Still champagne dominant, but with more apple than before. The ginger note has calmed down, but still remains in the background.

 

Verdict: I do amp champagne, but Shade was such a success with its balance of pink grapefruit and champagne on me, that it makes a wonderful summer scent. I figured this would be my autumnal champagne scent. It's nice, but I wish there were more of a balance between the gingered apple and the champagne on me. I don't love it like I love Shade.

[Minh Scent]

Being a big champagne note fan, I had to hunt this down. Yes, as others noted, there is a big fizzy entrance of a gingered champagne with a very light apple nuance. Perfect! I was shocked that my husband even commented that it is pretty. (Not sure if this a compliment, however. He is an Axe man!)

 

But why is no one talking about the dry down? After the delightful celebratory entrance, this dries down into the most beautiful vannila-ish skin musk. It puts me in full-huff mode.