Balcafe

I generally strongly dislike immortelle in high doses, but in this interesting composition I find it surprisingly smooth and elegant. I am reminded of the ambery date syrup that is Heeley Phoenicia, but with a pleasantly tart lemon top note. There is also plenty of spice in the mix, cinnamon, clove, all adding up to a coke-like liquor. It slowly dries down to a woody patchouli amber with a good amount of coumarin, pushing almost into a fougere-like base. Interesting, a bit edgy, but definitely worth taking a look at if you like the idea of a bright date syrup coke mixture.

This is a very interesting and wearable almost-gourmand. Although the scent’s name might suggest that it is coffee-themed, other notes actually prevail. The scent is entirely unisex, balsamic, aromatic, dense, sweet, but not overly so. The strongest notes are juicy dates, tobacco, warm spices and resins. Imagine a perfect mixture of TF Tobacco Vanille, Zoologist Camel and one of Kilian’s lush boozy gourmands - that’s what BalCafe smells like! In terms of quality, Balint’s creations are truly superb, yet they are much more affordable than the likes of Tom Ford or Kilian. I encourage you all to support small independent perfumers such as Balint, rather than greedy mega-corporations and their outrageously overpriced creations.