Crab Apple Blossom by Clive Christian bottle
Clive Christian

Crab Apple Blossom

4.0/5 · 772 votes Unisex 2020
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Fragrance notes

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Character

Longevity3.5/5
Sillage2.8/5
Day87
Night31
Summer100
Spring88
Fall33
Winter16
Our take

Crab Apple Blossom opens with a spritz of salt-spray and bergamot, the apple blossom note peeking through like petals caught in a coastal breeze. The heart pulls a clever switch: mojito and rhubarb, a tart, fizzy cocktail that never goes full sweet. It’s more like biting into a sour apple while someone shakes mint and lime nearby. The drydown settles into driftwood and sandalwood, dry and barely there, which is this fragrance’s quiet tragedy.

The overall character is a fleeting spring picnic on a foggy dock, the kind where you sip something cold and watch the tide shrink away. It feels natural and slightly synthetic in the mojito accord, more niche in concept than in projection. At 2.78 for sillage and 3.45 for longevity, it whispers and evaporates before you’ve finished your walk. That’s the honest weakness: a gorgeous accord that refuses to stay.

This is for someone who wants a crisp, green floral with a marine twist, who values the art of the ephemeral. Skip it if you demand arm-length presence or all-day wear. Perfect for a warm morning coffee outdoors or a late spring lunch where you want to smell like a breeze off an orchard-sea. Just don’t expect anyone to notice after an hour.

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