**Apple Pie (FLAVRZ) (One Shot) 25% (8-21-23)** -- Sometimes you can add ALL the right ingredients, and still the recipe just doesn't mesh. This MAY be one of those, but read on, and YOU decide. What I could directly pick up on was a semi bright apple, some apple filling, some crust, a light cinnamon or spice, and a main creamy carrier (maybe cream, but tasted more like ice cream). There, ALL the perfect profiles all in there, yet somehow, it tasted a ilttle fuzzy". Fuzzy ?? Yes, fuzzy. It seemed to lack focus, or a clear lead profile like the Apple for example. 3 testers in, I kept thinking of what it needed to be better, and I finally settled on a more pronounced apple filling. The crust was actually very good, and present, as was the creamy whatever it was (thinking ice cream), but the apple/apple filling got someone lost in the mix, which is interesting, as MOST times Apple Pies are tested, they seem to need MO CRUST (with FA's Apple Pie being the exception). At 25% it was rich, creamy, and actually damned tasty, BUT, the apple/filling fell so far behind the crust and creamy-ness, it just didn't sell it all the way. I am a lover of FLV's Apple Filling, and FA's Fuji, and I almost wanted to "dose" this One-Shot, JUST to see, but, hehe, I can't get distracted. No off-notes, but just fuzzy and out of focus overall. I'd love to rate it very high JUST for the delicious crust, as it was flaky, almost spot on, BUT as a whole, I'll have to apply some take-offs, specifically for the low apple/filling, and overall lack of focus. A tasty flavor, BUT, it would need to be boosted up, and spiked to really shine. All in, it felt fairly placed at a **6.5/10**.