Cafe Noir

Okay so the beans have been processed from Ethiopia, the farmers close the bed of the truck. The shipment is now headed to a coffee distributor somewhere in France. The warehouse worker has just left his garden where he was removing weeds from his Patchouli garden. He washes his hands and cleans his face; however, he pulled the weeds from his patchouli garden in his work clothes. He immediately jumps out of his car (he is running late) darts through the warehouse and begins to unload these beans, as he is doing this the big roaster is hard at work getting the beans ready for distrubution. All of these aromas are now in the young man's clothing. On his way out, he is thirsty and needs a pick me up so he grabs a cup of hot steaming coffee and goes over and adds just a two spoonfulls of sugar and a drop of honey for some sweetness. This my friend is Cafe Noir, raw to roasted dark coffee beans coupled with dirty patchouli with a drop of sweetness (I think amber also) to make it not so earthy. Very earthy, very coffee like, nice pathouli base and a tinge of thick sweetness to soften this whole experience up. Best on the market. Makes Pure Coffee smell like Instant Sanka!

After a week of spraying and spraying the EDP. SWEET AND COZY! Warm blanket of lavenders and coffee, deepened by cardamom and further sweetened with some benzoin-y vanilla. I must say the opening can be a little harsh and “too spicy” according to someone I sprayed this on, but after half an hour this becomes so cozy. This lasts for hours and binds well with the skin, projects from arm's length to skin, becomes a latching coffee-vanilla cocoon after 2 hours, lasting all day. Despite the theme of this fragrance, this isn’t as vice-y or “noir” as I initially thought. Though I can still see it evoke sensuality and embody an individual man in black. Aside from the somewhat harsh opening, this stuff is comfy and relaxing. I wonder if this could be made into a candle.... Will think about buying the oil.

I just got a bottle of extrait today. And IT almost honestly made me faint how LOVELY this one smells = like REAL sweet coffee...!! best of all you can get this precious niche-scent for an amazing price directly at ava-luxe.com ($25 for perfume oil, $27 for the extrait, both VERY potent, or $35 for the edp bottle). "nights of dance clubs and after hours coffee shops ~ the inviting scent of black coffee, smoke, lavender, musks, woods , vanilla and spices. Sensual and dreamy with an exotic sandalwood drydown."

I will start off by saying if you haven't tried this scent yet and you are a coffee fan......YOU ARE CHEATING YOURSELF !! This is THE most amazing coffee scent period. It has a freshly roasted coffee bean aroma with a nice hint of lavender in the background. The longevity is anywhere between 8-12 hours on my skin! This is beauty in a bottle.......period. Thank you Serena for such a quality scent!!

Was at a loss when Black Vetyver Cafe was discontinued, and set out to look for a scent that smelt like roasted coffee beans instead of sweetened instant coffee. Got this and wasn't disappointed. A strong aroma of roasted coffee beans together with sharp lavender make it an interesting combo. Deserves much more attention. I do think it should be called 'Coffee Shop' or 'Barista' though!