Cafe-Cafe

Gorgeous fruity-floral scent, similar to Diorissimo but less soapy and definitely warmer, richer and fruitier. Wonderful reminder of the early nineties:)

This gives a strong, yet watery white-floral hit -- I smell the jasmine most of all. And then comes a sexy hint of stale cigarette smoke, like what you might sniff on your friends' shirt on the way home from a night of partying. My mom smelled this and thought she could discern a coffee-like note, but nothing cigarette-ish: however, I think it's not so much coffee as the slightest hint of chocolate.

This one brings back memories ahh my mom bought it for me when I was 12 or so. At first I didn't like it so much, but then it started to grow on me. It would be a Like, but since it reminds me of when I was a child I would classify it as Love for me :)

I own it for at least 10 years and I didn' t like it. I spray it sometimes to scent a room. But these days it happened to me I like it... Nevertheless many ingredents it seems simple, adorable, for every day use.

It's an interesting smell; first a citrusy, musky, kind of spicy smell. Then it leaves a powdery, smoky (instead of cigarette), kind of odd smell. I like unique frags, so although not a favorite I like it.

This is the second fume I got, hmm, maybe on my 11th birthday. If I don't think it in a nostalgic way, the scent is nice, but nothing special. Daytime wear only.

So... This fragrance isn't bad per se... But I have no desire to wear it regularly and I'm considering getting rid of it. Though the bottle is shaped like a coffee bean this fragrance (from what I can tell) has nothing to do with coffee or gourmands of that nature - it's strictly fruity/floral. The fragrance starts with a very sharp, tart fruity note - probably the peach and/or passion fruit. I prefer my fruity notes sweeter and juicier. The sour fruit opening gives way to generic white florals that feel a bit screechy and synthetic... The white florals and fruit give off an almost bubblegum feel. Sillage is more intimate... I can vaguely smell the fragrance around me from one spritz, but to detect the scent more strongly I have to press my nose close to my skin, and longevity is low, the scent fading before I can detect any base notes. For most of the scents duration it feels like a cheap body wash... Not unpleasant, but not what I want from perfume. Basically, it's not a horrible scent, and since I got a vintage bottle I'm sure age has soured some of the ingredients... But there are other perfumes out there that evoke what this scent is trying to do better and for a similar price point. Right now, I'm holding on to the bottle mostly because it's cute and interesting.

It behaves completely unexpectedly on me. First very soapy and musky without any notes of peach or pear. Some time later, great metamorphoses occur with this scent, a noticeable bitterness appears, probably this is a lily of the valley. I can't smell claimed caramel and passion fruit, and this is a pity. Very retro-fragrance. I expected to find many fruits and caramel in such a beautiful bottle with a bright orange liquid, but it lets me down with very soapy and musky notes. That is all smelled by me!

Not too pleasant mix of the passion fruit note with the sandalwood note, sweetened by the caramel note. I don't like this fragrance.

This a review for Café-Café by Café Parfum/Cofinluxe, Eau de Perfume. This is a sweet perfume. But is a rather unique sort of sweet: neither the sugary sweet we find in gourmand fragrances, nor the cloying sweet we find in strong floral juices. I can only describe Café-Café as a mature fruity perfume. The first notes are a bit misleading; they strike me as somewhat artificial and plastic-ish, probably due to the citrus. A bit like Cacharel's Eden, but in a completely different way because Café-Café is warm and alive where Eden is cold and robotic. Then the scent settles on the skin and I am immediately hit by billowy, luscious waves of fruit. Personally, I cannot separate the scent of each individual fruit; for me it's like being in the middle of a tropical orchard with many different types of fruits ripening around me. It's rich and DELICIOUS - the first times I wore this perfume it actually made me salivate! At the dry down, the intensity of the fruits lessens a bit. The powdery presence of iris and rose begins to emerge, together with the base notes, mainly musk and patchouli. The fruity notes never disappear, but as the scent unfolds on the skin they interact with the other ingredients, sometimes emphasising the white flowers, and other times hinting delicately at the caramel and vanilla duo. Thankfully, it never develops into that syrupy cupcake, "little girl" sweetness that has become omnipresent since Mugler's Angel came into existence. This is a grown up woman sweetness. Café-Café has a very good longevity on my skin. In fact, the perfume even feels a bit oily when I first apply it. The projection is also good. The scent often catches me by surprise as I move - and what a pleasant surprise it is! And perhaps one of the most commendable qualities of this perfume is its price. It is very affordable without being cheap or having a poor quality. While Café-Café will hardly turn anyone's olfactory world upside down, it is still a great perfume.

This is a delicious fruity floral caramel coffee fragrance. It makes me want to relax either at home and read a book or go to a café and read a book there, or attempt to write one for myself. This is a sweet scent but it's a grown up kind of sweetness, not candy sweet. The flowers in it could turn into powder or shampoo but the foundation of musk and patchouli keep the flower scents tethered and from being too airy. The opening is fruity with dominant peach and passion fruit. The flowers, like I said, are a nice touch, very floral but not too sweet and not too airy. I smell jasmine and iris the most. The caramel stands out among the base notes but there is just enough musk as well. It's either my nose playing tricks on me or the name of the fragrance but I could swear there is either coffee or cacao chocolate note in this fragrance. This smells like rich dark chocolate and caffeine in a seductive sultry harmony. This is easily a unisex scent because of the musk, and on the right woman would evoke a smart but sexy French girl who spends all day in the cafes of Montmartre or Montparnasse where she hangs out with bereted beat niks and poets, philosophers and artists. This is a very very French fragrance. Je l'aime pour toujours.

Café is not a coffee scent, god dammit. But it's delicious. It starts with citrusy notes and a succulent sweet peach. I found it to be mostly peach scented as it begins. The flowers are the real stars of this show. I smelled tuberose, which shows up in so many of my favorite perfumes. There is rosemary, rose, lily of the valley, iris, and jasmine. The flowers are fragrant and you can smell them for a long time. This was on me all day. There is a delicious caramel in this perfume. I found it to be more like the caramel in coffee. A ha, I said to myself, found the café. This smells more like when you're inside a café, doesn't have to be a French café in Paris, could be any coffee house including Starbucks, and you get whiffs of the aroma of other coffees that you're not drinking from across other tables. This is a gorgeous fruity gourmand. The caramel was really big and the vanilla too. Sweet vanilla. Feminine and not girly, sophisticated and sweet. Perfect for dates, preferably first dates, romantic evenings at home or dinner in restaurants. Very much a spring/summer scent, just lovely peach and caramel and vanilla. Love it.

This was sold to me as "Cafe" not "Cafe-Cafe" so when I first tried it on I was horribly disappointed!! It immediately went into my "get rid of it" box. Then for some reason today I looked at the bottle again. It didn't look like ANY Cafe bottle that I had ever seen and it sure did not smell like Opium, which I have read is how Cafe smells. Looking at all the Cafe Parfums I saw it! I was sent the wrong thing so many months ago! It has been so long that I don't even remember from whom it was purchased. I keep hoping for the "change" that so many reviewers have mentioned. Nothing so far . . .

Citrus with a kick - a fancy, earthy little kick. Delightfully un-modern, but not stodgy or stale. I also agree with boardbat's review. And I don't smell cigarettes at all, and it doesn't smell particularly cheap either, as some reviewers have said. IMO it's just a nice little fruity, slightly musky, floral with a nice citrus opening.

Doesn’t seem to last long on me. Has to develop. At first it’s a BIG hit of peach but afterwards other fruity notes develop. I wouldn’t buy it again as on my skin it has no longevity but it’s pleasant enough. I was quite disappointed after reading revues and I’m not one to be negative. Ok for everyday.

Smells like cheap perfumes mixed with the smoke of cheap cigarettes. But it's interesting :) I can see a provocative woman in a skimpy dress sitting in a flamboyant pose by a small round table in the street, smoking a cigarette ... I think Cafe-Cafe may be seductive !

I was kind of wondering why this didn't have more of a coffee scent to it as the name would imply-I love the scent of sweet coffee beans but this perfume did not do that. Its just soft and sweet. A delicate light smell for those who want something very light.

I have the 100ml and I don ́t like it very much. It smells synthetic - the moment I spray it on me it feels quite strong and then it turns into a smell of flowers that are not natural, a reproduction, very synthetic, in my opinion.

it's one of the worst perfumes I've blindly bought. A word of advice, do not buy this!!! Smells like bad smoke and disgusting synthetic garbage. Do yourself a favor, stay away from this!

I like it a lot. But I never found anyone that have liked of this one. Smells like real life, I guess.