Amber Chocolate

La Via del Profumo Amber Chocolate When I was in Mexico with my cousin, after an amazing dinner, my cousin ordered her usual after dinner snifter of Grand Marnier. The waiter informed us that they didn’t serve Grand Marnier, but that he would bring something much better. He brought us Liquor 43. I don’t usually drink much, but this liqueur could make me become an alcoholic. It’s a vanilla liqueur with 43 ingredients, hence the name. Well, a good thing got better when I discovered at the duty free shop at the airport that Turin makes a liqueur filled chocolate candy with Liqor 43. The candy I bought didn’t make it past take-off, and the minute I landed, I went straight to Bev-Mo and bought 3 bottles of 43. Via Profumo Amber Chocolate starts out with that exact same smell of the liqueur filled 43 candy. It is the most decadent opening I’ve ever experienced in a perfume. The top notes of the liqueur burn off at a slow and steady rate, pretty much the way liqueur burns off when you use it in cooking – very gradually, almost imperceptibly. As the amber warms and comes forward, it is joined by a very soft marzipan note that gets increasingly stronger. This is the purest, most straight-forward marzipan note I’ve ever smelled. I love this as much as I love Luctor et Emergo. As it dries down, it softens, again, very very slowly. It’s been well over 6 hours and I can still smell it. At the very end, it did turn into a tiny whiff of play-doh on me, but I would guess that it’s because it’s about 95 degrees here today, and that’s asking a lot from ANY perfume. All in all, I’m smitten. I WILL buy a full bottle of this; maybe 3!

This smells like a gorgeous rich dark cocoa powder blended with the slightest soft hint of spices and dusted over thick syrupy amber. I LOVE this fragrance. From the moment I smelled the sample I knew I had to have a full bottle. While I have amber perfume in my collection I do note have any that resemble this one. I can detect the tonka in the background with a hint soft woods and the sweet kiss of vanilla gives everything just the amount of sweetness. Stunning.

This is so beautiful. The envelopes you in a cloud of rich dark chocolate and warm sticky amber. Somehow this doesn’t come off as too sweet. I find amber and chocolate together to be heaven sent. This is by far one of my favorite perfumes I own. This perfumer is known as one of the best in natural perfumery. I spray heavily with this and have no regrets. I do wish longevity was better, but it is a natural perfume.

Amber Chocolate has an addictive chocolate liquor opening. It softens to a spicy amber. The beautiful ingredients are highlighted. I just wish it lasted longer and was stronger. For anyone wanting to experience well done natural perfume I recommend sampling this brand and DSH. Samples arrived within days from Italy to the U.S.

I own this full bottle for two years, this is the most beautiful chocolate perfume I have ever experienced. I had expected this to be a piece of Brownie, but not at all, better than that! There is no sugar in it. Just black cocoa with pure, dry vanilla.