Lait et Chocolat

Step 1- an immediate bakery smell after they just baked some vanilla custard pastry Step 2- a super realistic dark chocolate scent. Photo-realistic even... Step 3- Raw cocoa powder - I really had an urge to lick it off my skin, which never happened before and I`m a gourmand perfume fan. It feels nearly unfair that after giving you such realistic tasty food smells there is no real food to follow :) Outstanding. The sweetness organically lands on something floral- I cannot idenitify the jasmine here to be honest, but the light floral ending gives it even more class. There is -some- conifer somewhere but all I can really smell is this lush totally edible, gourmand masterpiece. I thought their Lait Concentre was great, but this one, omg.... I consider CMDP a bit overpriced but I am seriously considering buying a bottle of this. P.S No, it does not smell like Chocolate Greedy by Montale with its milk chocolate and Middle Eastern oud.

This is my favourite for the range and one of my favourite chocolate scents. It is a little like the smell of uk kit kat chocolate bars, followed many hours later by a beautiful lactonic vanilla (which I prefer to both the vanilla and the lait perfumes from the same range, even though I assume they must have a lot in common). It's a cosy scent. Not a scent for serious bitter dark chocolate lovers so much. The equivalent of a warm snuggly jumper and a nice hot drink. Not as well known as it should be and the stand out gourmand from the range, even though lait de biscuit, also lovely but a little more spicy, seems to be the most popular.

This doesn’t just smell like dairy infused Nestle/Milo cocoa powder in those cylinder containers. Rather think of some in a cup mixed with hot water and cow’s milk (yes the particular scent that makes cow’s milk distinct to vegan options). The smell of the steam from that cup is what this smells like! I think I get the “steam” because this is still easy on the nose while being food-like, but diluted enough to be wearable. Great chocolate, milk, vanilla. The vanilla makes it more of a perfume in the dry-down, possibly also the floral and wood listed but they’re not noticeable. Very intimate but moderately lasting on me.

At first it smelled like a Nutella milkshake made with vanilla ice cream with extra Nutella, but as it dries down it smells more wearable with the freshness of jasmine to make it less dense. Definitely sweet and gourmand but not sickly. The chocolate is delicious and not too thick and slightly musky and nutty. I like that the chocolate becomes drier as it wears. I personally don’t get the woody notes but I don’t mind. I like that it’s a moderate performer and not too strong, because I wouldn’t be able to handle it if it was. Edit: I can see where people say it’s pastry like. It gives a chocolate croissant vibe.

Lait et Chocolate is one of the closest to realistic gourmands I have smelled. It is a very rich, fatty piece of milk chocolate or a glass of milk chocolate (not cocoa), with a very buttery biscuit cookie filled with rich, quality chocolate, and slathered with real buttercream icing. So soothing and calming. Very milky and buttery, but not overwhelmingly sickening like a lot of milky and buttery fragrances are for me. Very strong in the opening, but gets closer to the skin within a half hour, which, believe me, is a good thing, as it keeps it from being overwhelming. This is a very masterful gourmand.