HEM Red Apple

 

Scruffy charcoal sticks which leave charcoal stains on whatever they touch. Very bright and bold synthetic apple scent on the stick. Like clothes conditioner. It's fresh, lively, uplifting, and does have some apple crispness along with Lady Esquire shoe conditioner (it's an early Seventies British thing), shoe polish, supermarket everyday perfume, and chamois leather. It's actually not bad. 

When lit the stick flares up with extreme amounts of black smoke and the flame is reluctant to be blown out - it is hungrily alive, and wants to consume more stick! The scent on the burn (an upright burn as is my favourite at the moment, as that seems best for releasing top, middle, and base notes appropriately) is somewhat milder than the bold scent on the stick. It's milder and more metallic, with vague touches of burning wood. The apple is more faint, but is in the mix, if a little smudgy and smoky. I light a second and then a third stick to give the accord more depth and richness. It works with the third stick. More apple comes through and less wood and smoke. It's an OK room freshener for those times when what you fancy is a bit of crisp apple scent in the room. 

Date: July 2024  Score:  25

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