Comme des Garcons Series 7 Sweet: Sticky Cake

I love this so much that I could cry! This scent simultaneously takes me back to my childhood, and forward into a heavenly realm. Sticky Cake is the wrong name (in my opinion). That sounds far too cloying and dense. "Angel Food" is more like it. It is an incredibly soft and endearing gourmand. Top Notes - Almonds, Honey, Pistachio, Dates Heart Notes - Iris, Milk & Brown Sugar Base Notes - Ambrette Seeds, Cereal Notes, Myrrh The sweet notes of course smell delicious, however it's the Iris, Ambrette (Anise), and Myrhh that make this scent special. Something soft and powdery from the Iris, something light and vegetal from the Ambrette, something resinous and complex from the Myrhh... Random thoughts that come to my mind when I sniff my wrist- Marzipan, Fluffy Clouds, Nana's Pizzelles, Sweet Cereal Milk, My Childhood Doll, Middle Eastern Dessert, Innocence, Comfort, LOVE. *I'd also like to add that Lolita Lempicka is my all time favorite scent... And I think this could be her baby sister. ;)

Imagine an upscale European style bakery with marble floors and delicious treats displayed behind glass. The sweet sugary smells envelope you as you choose which treats to take home. Even on the way home, you can smell the almond croissant and marzipan pistachio bonbons from inside the box. This is the image I get when I smell Sticky Cake. A beautiful almond croissant accompanied with marzipan pistachio treats. Sweet, nutty and warm. The scent is not overwhelming and it's just faint enough to smell like when smelling the treats in the bakery or through the box. I am absolutely in love with this gourmand fragrance and have added it to my wish list. Edit - bottle style has changed, it's now white and more modern looking.

I found myself unexpectedly charmed by this fragrance. "Sticky cake" isn't very inviting in a market hyper-saturated in gourmands, but this isn't what you'd expect. To my nose, this fragrance is mostly about almond and iris suspended in resins, with a salty vanillic dough (or maybe even Play-Do) accord being the "twist". If this was a baked good it would be almond shortbread, maybe with some fleurs de sel sprinkled on top. Rather than sticky and sweet, this is almost a lighter, more piquant take on Hypnotic Poison's almond accord. Nothing earth-shaking, but I'm happy CDG decided to give this a second release.

I would say this is more of a powdery tres leches cake...yum! The iris accord definitely gives it the powder, and the rest is the pistacho-almond-honey cake (and a hint of myrhh gives it just a tiny touch of spice). I really love this, I need to get a full bottle someday.

Sticky cake opens with sweet pistachio and iris along with lactonic nuances in the background. To me sticky rice cake has a glutinous rice/mochi feel to it - very authentic and creative gourmand and decent projection + longevity. Yum!

I love this. It's a bit similar to Hypnotic Poison, but a bit more gourmand. I love the dates in this. Not a boring gourmand. A gourmand with pizzaz. Reminds me of the British sticky cake. Dates Dates Dates.

This smells exactly like gulab jamun--syrupy, nutty, sweet with a hint of floral. Over time, it fades to something closer to baklava--a strong nut and honey scent with a hint of pastry.

Sticky Cake reminds me of Horchata! I’m surprised there’s no rice or coconut in the notes. It smells like sweet almond milk with cinnamon and powdery iris petals. An unusual combination, but I absolutely love it! I’m also really surprised this has so many dislikes... I am glad I wasn’t dissuaded from trying this, although I thought I wouldn’t like it because of the reviews. I’m a diehard almond lover so maybe I’m biased. It’s pretty linear- a hint of marzipan in the beginning and a drier, sweet powdery drydown. It has decent staying power on my skin which is a small miracle. I recommend testing this without any preconceived notions before purchasing.

does not smell like sticky cake at all but rather a pretty girl in white lace at a tea party, eating sticky cake. upon initial spray I get powdery, almost plasticine, iris (almost smells like an old fashioned makeup powder puff). after a little while it dries down into a slightly milky, sweet almond scent. The sillage is stronger than I expected for an edt but it isn't overpowering, I think this is an incredibly lovely scent for the spring time, it's not as sweet or cake/pastry like as I was hoping or expecting but I find that the more I wear it the more I love it.

I like this! Not a love, love, but I do enjoy it. The Iris, pistachio, and almond come through strong for the first 15 or so minutes but after the dry down it becomes a lot more subtle and I start to pick up on the milk and honey more. My only complaint is that it just doesn't last long on me after about 2 hours it's nothing but a whisper on my skin. Would recommend to anyone who likes a soft milky fragrance

I've had a craving for almond notes for a while so I bought this one. As many has written the scent is a little different then what you'd expect. I sort of like it anyways because It reminds me of the time you actually wrote letters! The perfume smells kind of like the taste you got when you licked the glue on the envelopes. Not really what you want to smell like but an intriguing scent for your self.

This is dry, not sweet, and not lactonic or cakey. Really an iris & powder perfume. When trying to conjure cake in my mind while smelling it, the closest I can get is that it's similar to Jour de Fete (or even Bois Farine) in that it is more like a powdered cake mix. But the iris takes it away from any photorealism, making it more of a loose association with a refined tea-time.

Please pm me if you want this to swap or sell- i have an extra bottle I received a sample from a fragrance friend. I love it. It starts off very powdery - like dry ingredients of a cake. I mostly pick up wheat flour, almonds and milk. As this warms on the skin, it becomes more dense as sticky. That’s when I get more honey, dates and the texture changes. I adore it.

This is an okay fragrance for me. It is not a love, but a like. It is sweet, but I was expecting more cakes or baked goods. This just smells like sweets to me. I get lots of almonds and pistachios, but no milk. I was expecting a creamy, baked good. I would have loved sticky cakes, but all I got was jolly ranchers. Okay sillage, okay longevity.

an excellent rendering of an honeyed maghrebin pastry who evolves into an Iris petal turkish delight. A lot of almond with a elegant touch of powdery iris.

25)Oh yes, the sticky (rice) cake with jasmin in the Thaï restaurant! That it!

Starts off as an iris bomb but gradually the more gourmand notes become apparent but it's not super sweet like a Montale gourmand. Light honey almond and milk are what I smell the most of in the 3 times I have sampled it from my dabber. It would be a nice warm weather gourmand as it is light and won't offend anyone.

This smells like an almond cake with a gasoline frosting made in another galaxy. I find it interesting, but would not buy a full bottle.

This smells like almond macaroons dipped in gasoline. There's something quite metallic/burning fossil fuels to this scent but it's wrapped around a sweet confectionary accord so it's oddly pleasant. Or pleasantly odd. For those who are looking for a true sweet and sugary gourmand, I do not recommend this. If you like the weird smells that you probably shouldn't, I'd say to sample first. I wouldn't have bought this if I'd gotten a sample first, but my bottle was purchased at a crazy good price, and lightly used so a bit of the work has already been done for me. Knowing the line and house that this comes out of, I am not concerned about this being "off" or counterfeit. CDG is known for creating outside of the crowd-pleasing box. I love almost everything I test of their's but not many of them have been "safe", and there's always a note that makes you question what it's doing there but it brings such a unique addition without going overboard into smelling unpleasant. I really do enjoy this, and I'm glad I own a bit of it in my collection, but I certainly wouldn't repurchase, and I'm a little bit unsure of how much I'll be wearing this out in public. It's more of a scent experience that's just for me. Kind of like opening up a permanent marker and sniffing it a few times before you close it back up. Or sitting in your brand new car and huffing the leather interior. Or even licking the bowl of your freshly whipped cake batter. Nice for you, but not something you want other people to watch you doing. Additionally: I get very good sillage and longevity out of this scent. With just 2 sprays (or less!) I can detect the scent on me very strongly for several hours.

Yeah, no. Absolutely not. I am and always have been a lover of sweet, milk-y fragrances and of course the premise of this perfume seemed entirely like a dream. Cake? Milk and honey? Sugar? I was over the moon and almost blind-bought an entire bottle at once. Luckily, I did not (thank god for samples). This is probably the most artificial-smelling gourmand I've ever experienced. I am very particular about the fact that I want my gourmands to be as natural as possible - sweetness that is very real and life-like to what it's trying to replicate. I would tell anyone who is terribly curious about this, like I was, to buy a sample, because as we know - the same fragrance works differently with different people. I would tell you, however, to NOT blind buy this if you are able to avoid it. What a shame.