Amour De Cacao

Scrumptious! Oh my gosh. If you love Choco Musk, specifically the oil, you will love this. They are so similar, the only difference being the orange note in this. How to describe what I smell from beginning to end: A crispy, orange-flavored biscuit dipped into chocolate. A delicious vanilla/orange marshmallow coated in cocoa powder. A mug of hot cocoa on the drydown. Finally settles as a very sweet and super sugary vanilla biscuit with a touch of milk. Definitely lactonic. The orange is in the opening, and it doesnt linger long to my nose. It’s gone almost as fast as it appears. It dries down to an airy cocoa powder coated biscuit mixed with a very creamy vanilla (hot cocoa with loads of mini marshmallows.) Absolutely delicious. I’m obsessed, and I want to drink the bottle if I could. Make no mistake, this perfume is SWEET. Sweeter than anything I’ve ever smelled. Please get this if you can. If you love gourmands, specifically edible gourmands, you will 100% love this. There are 0 floral notes or anything to take away from the “foodiness” of this scent. You will smell like you spent all day in a bakery. The best gourmands to me are realistic like this. There is nothing synthetic or artificial about the scent of this either. A true gem. My ONLY gripe is the bottle. It’s not very pretty. The design reminds me of a room spray or air freshener, not a gourmand perfume. It’s also opaque, and it annoys me when I can’t see the inside of the bottle. Regardless... 10/10! Choco Musk’s sister with a twist of orange and crunchy biscuit. Be careful to spray too much. It can be cloying.

This scent opens up with a bang of CHOCOLATE WAFFER smell and pure raw cacao bean. Powdery and warm. Then really soon you can recognize a good amount of starfruit and orange rind in the mix! It makes the scent amaaazing, in my opinion it's impossible to not recognize the starfruit. It's so in there, it's the thing that makes this scent so personal and something that you won't find elsewhere. Drydown: tahitian vanilla with cacao - fifty-fifty! Sometimes the drydown reminds me of popcorn and sometimes incense. It's not chocolaty everytime!But always good! This is the most unique chocolate scent that you can get! It's not just a gourmand, it's more oriental scent to me. Real perfume and not just a gourmand scent. Very sensual. And also this is unisex though it's sweet. Montale's Chocolate Greedy is almost identical. A bit stronger in sillage and there's a coffee note in it. But I can't say that it's better than this! If you want to make this even sweeter, layer it with CSP's Vanille Extreme. The end result smells really gourmandish: hot cocoa with marshmallows! This layers well with so many scents, just like many CSP scents! Lasting power is amazing with Amour de Cacao. Lasts whole day! Sillage on the other hand is not that big. 10/10

Amour de Cacao smells just like hot chocolate powder or brownie mix powder. Open up a container of powdered Nesquik and that's it. This fragrance has the dustiness/dryness that is so characteristic of those products, and just like them, Amour de Cacao has a very vanillic side as well. After the dry cocoa note has gone, you're left with a very sweet, creamy scent that reminds me of cold chocolate milk, which, when you think about it, is almost equal parts vanillic and chocolatey, just like this. Great scent from Comptoir, I think they should've marketed this as a chocolate milk fragrance and would have sold waaaay more. I feel like lactonic fragrances are very popular and sought after and this is right there. I remember smelling the orange note upon first smelling, but I haven't smelled it since for some reason. Even if I try, I don't detect it at all anymore. As for the starfruit note... I can't tell it's there and it makes me wonder why they even bothered putting it on the label, especially since starfruit is not a fragrant or flavorful fruit.

Amour de cacao offers a great dry milk chocolaty cocoa scent for a fair price. Similar to the richer chocolate greedy, amour de cacao is more of a soft dry version without dried fruits. I think Amour de cacao smells exactly like the chocolate cookie parts of an oreo crumbled up to sprinkle on top of ice cream or make a pie crust. The projection is moderate and the silage is surprisingly soft, making it snuggly and an easy wear which you wouldn't expect. This is a chocolate scent you could wear in a close quarters situation. If you want a stronger chocolate scent you might, like me choose to wear several sprays at once to enjoy a cloud with the strength of a gourmand like pink sugar. The versatility of the strength of this chocolate scent is adaptable and user friendly. On a side note, I hardly smell any fruits just chocolate and a little bit of vanilla. Amour de cacao is jolly and simple, don't expect much, only expect to enjoy!

EDIT: this perfume reminds me of Greedy Chocolate by Montale and Choco Musk ! But this one is BETTER !! : Greedy chocolate has that weird opening heavy smell, and choco musk strong opening musk. Which is not the case for amour de cacao, has that light citrus note (orange). Fades into an INCREDIBLE cacao powder (a little bit like nesquik) and chocolate, I could even smell the perfume on my clothes when I woke up the next day. It was so yummy that it quickly became my signature fragrance, and even bought a 100ml backup. When you first spray it: It smells to me like citrus fruity - vanilla - cacao at the beginning. Dry down: yummy warm spicy cacao powder with a touch of chocolate. The sillage is good because I could literally smell it on me after multiple hours and got OBSESSED. So for gourmand fans, don’t walk, run for this one !

So this came out 1997 and chocolate greedy 2007. Did Montale really copied this? (Jokes aside). But to me these are straight up identical. I can’t find any note that would differ one from another. A little interesting how both montale and comptoir sud pacifique’s bottles are metal (or metal-ish). Coincidence? 😉 either way I love them both. Amour de cacao isn’t a super affordable choice for chocolate greedy because 30 ml goes for around 50$ while chocolate greedy 50 ml goes for around 100$ ish. Amour de cacao is an eau de toilette and therefore not giving beast mode as chocolate greedy does. But if you want that chocolate scent to project lighter then definitely try out Amour de cacao. It’s is super delicious and the chocolate is very photorealistic

This was a FABULOUS blind buy! Soft dusty sweet sweet dry cocoa and crunchy vanilla meringue candy. At first you get a hint of the orange, but the dry down is pure sweet chocolate dust. I say dust because I do not find it creamy or milky, but do find it thick, hearty and absolutely satisfying. Like popping the top off a fresh tin of powdered hot chocolate with dehydrated marshmallows and taking a big whiff. It is just a really really pretty chocolate fragrance. I respect this cocoa. L O V E. The lasting power is excellent and the sillage is satisfactory. It'll be perfect alone or for layering. I think my search for the perfect sweet cocoa fragrance stops here. Glad I got the 3.3oz! Try it :) (this is a review for the metal bottle formulation)

A very realistic, cozy and natural chocolate cookie smell, with some orange zest in the beginning to give it a slight different twist. The drydown is more powdery, and on me it lasts really really long. I recommend to let the bottles chill because they get better and better month after month. One year after, my 30ml bottle smells amazing and performs wonderfully. Finally, this was the first, the original, the leading chocolate perfume on the market. Did you know than when it went out, Pierre Montale worked in Comptoire Sud? A decade later, he created Chocolate Greedy which is a copy of this, so honors where honors belong, Chocolate Greedy is a copy of this, and (just personal opinion) is also a more synthetic version of this :-)

Wow this is so much better than i remembered. I have been wanting this perfume since I was a tween. It smells like one of those nougat candy that are coated with orange flavored icing, placed next to a warm chocolate milk. It smells like the sweet shops you can find at fairs or in Italy during the Christmas period. This is such a Christmassy scent to me. First i get a sweet orange, then nougat, then the cocoa comes up and floats and is vanillic and sweet. This perfume is not overly sweet, nor sirupy or "wet". It is dry and airy. It is such a happy smelling perfume and it improves my mood. I can see both men and women wearing it. It definitely is a lighter perfume: the projection is moderate to light.

Amour de Cacao has all the hallmarks that I love about CSP fragrances. It’s a simple, sweet, linear, and comforting gourmand fragrance. It genuinely smells like milk chocolate without smelling at all artificial or cloying. It indeed has a kinship to Montale Chocolate Greedy – that similar sweet, milky combination of vanilla and chocolate is evident from the beginning. I don't really smell the citrus or starfruit. I personally find Amour de Cacao a little more straightforward than Chocolate Greedy; the latter has a coffee twist to make it a hint more complex. Amour de Cacao is much more a milk chocolate treat than a dark chocolate one. It’s a crowd-pleaser, and one of my favourites from the CSP line.

This is INCREDIBLE!! I am thrilled to find this and kicking myself for not buying sooner it's a chocolate gourmand lovers fantasy! I bought the discovery set and had. to immediately order this, it is perfection. Sure. it could be more chocolatey but to me it's a must own,, its got a touch of vanilla and orange(!!!!!!!!) but is mostly a solid milk chocolate delight! This will move to my topshelf favorites in no time. If you want to smell like a chocolate orange and are a sweet scent lover I highly. recommend. It is intoxicating and addicting and I would like to bathe in it. This brings me so much joy I justified buying a full bottle, like a liquid antidepressant! Thank you comptoir sud pacifique!

I love most all CSP fragrances including this one. Amour de Cacao doesn't last long on my skin, but while it's there it's great. It's not an overpowering coffee scent, thankfully. I adore a coffee note in fragrances as long as it doesn't overpower, and this doesn't. On my skin it's a nutty, rich coffee scent. I don't get any starfruit. On the whole, I love it but I much prefer the original formulation. This frag was fantastic back in 1993. There was nothing like it on the market. I also adore CSP Matin Calin, Eau de Biarritz, Coeur de Vahine, Monoi Tiare, Vanille Coco, Vanille Mokha, in short, most of them. Amour de Cacao's Sillage and longevity aren't great but still FB-worthy.

I love this scent. I had a sample -but recently decided to get a bottle to satisfy my chocolate fix. Cacao is strong, but you get a lot of vanilla at the same time which adds sweetness. The star fruit is a little stronger than the orange, and definitely detectable. Although the cacao is the most prominent note, I wish it was just a wee bit stronger. Don't get me wrong -- this is a good chocolate scent -- very nice. I smell like a divine chocolaty dessert. I can see why others call this a dry cocoa powder scent. It's not overly sugary sweet or anything, and yes it is similar the way cocoa powder smells. But more complex with the vanilla star fruit and orange.

I am so happy about this! I finally found my cacao scent. Even though the top notes only say orange it's cacao from beginning to end. It's so realistic I thought it would hardly last when the top wore off and projection died down, but it picked up and actually became a little stronger after a while, and lasts as well as anything else I've worn. The other notes are wonderfully blended, the orange just lifts and brightens the opening and the star fruit brings out a subtle contrast that complements so well, everything seems in service of the cacao. And it's vanilla sweetened cacao on me, not cookies like on some other reviewers. I feel so lucky! :)

I rarely go for pure gourmands, but this juice works wonders on my skin! When I first tried it I was like "Oh well, one more artificial smelling cookie..." But when the weather turned cool and rainy it began to smell richer, not a cookie any more, but an elegant full-bodied enjoyable perfume. A cheerful, up-lifting happy scent! It's airy, light. The sillage is medium-strong, the longevity downright admirable for an EdT: easily 7 to 9 hours. I particularly enjoy the distinct starfruit and orange notes. They mix beautifully with the dominant milky cocoa drink note. I get only little vanilla.

I agree with others in that Amour De Cacao initially smells like a chocolate orange candy before settling into a delicious Palmer's cocoa butter-like scent. (I personally don't see the comparison to Choco Musk at all, as Choco Musk has a bizarre stale spicy note I can't stand.) This fragrance lasts a looooong time on my skin and clothing and is also noticeable and enjoyable to others in close proximity. While I'm glad I purchased it for a great price, I don't see the point of buying it again when it smells so incredibly similar to the more affordable Palmer's lotion.

Ordered 4 Comptoir's unsniffed 4th to review.. This is similar to Serendipity 3 Serendipitous but instead of hot chocolate it has more of a coffee or nutty smell. This reminds me of hazelnut coffee/cappuccino w/marshmallows and lots of vanilla or whipcream! :) The orange gives it just the right amount of fruitiness but sits in the backgound compared to the other notes. Still could stand some power after initial spray but it lasts good and wears very close to the skin. I love all of these Comptoir's and I can't wait to try the others!

This smells 95% similiar to Montale Chocolate Greedy, but this ones softer and a little bit less rich. I'd suggest Chocolate Greedy over this, but the price of this thing is reaaally low. So if you don't want to spend more than 30 USD on a chocolate cake/cookie dough scent then this one is your obvious choice. Or if you think that Montale Chocolate Greedy is too much of a beast then this one might be your choice too. For every other gourmand lover I'd recommend paying a few dollars more and getting Chocolate Greedy.

My love in a bottle,there's always in my collection, i never run out.... It's a perfume that makes me feel good and whenever i wear it,it feels like home.... The orange is present at the beggining,then the amazing smell of cacao appears with a hint of milkish vanilla that makes it so delicious.At the drydown its all vanilla safe and smooth!....... I can't be objective it's my love!...... The best cacao scent you can ever smell! Help youself to fall in love!

So this is a straight up cacao scent. If you are looking for one, look no further. I wouldn't say it is very original, because I have come across many similar ones, but it certainly does the job. It is warm, delicious and chocolaty. However, bear in mind, it is not going to last!!! CSP scents are not perfumes, so if you want sillage and longevity, this is not the one. Regardless, for the price you pay, it is kind of expected, they are not overly expensive.

I absolutely LOVE this but I couldn’t keep it. The initial spritz was amazing, yes, exact dupe for Montale Chocolate Greedy, but unfortunately that initial chocolate scent only lasts a few minutes. It quickly turns into a skin scent & the chocolate disappears, leaving only a hint of vanilla that has no projection power. It’s just a very weak vanilla scent. Lavanila has stronger vanilla scents. I love it, but I wish it projected & lasted longer.

Ooh, this is a really good one! I agree with everyone else, totally Chocolate Greedy vibes, but the orange note.. which on me is subtle and rounds out the scent really well... really is just different to everything else. I don't get chocolate orange, on me the citrus is just too quiet, so if you're thinking about picking up based on that comparison then I'd sample first - it can evidently change based on skin chemistry.

Reformulation w/ water has struck again! A distant memory of what this once was. So sad. There was nothing like this around at the time & only a few have done it since. Serendipity 3 has been reformulated & Chocolovers discontinued. These fragrance companies have some nerve really. Thank goodness Choco Musk & Chocolate Greedy are still around. Even Demeter's Chocolate is more potent than this, less expensive too.

The opening as others said, is delicious, I’d describe it as a chocolate chip cookie from a nice bakery. The dry down is softer and more like a chocolate bar or like carrying an open box of chocolates. I think it is a winter, autumn, cold day, kind of fragrance and it is only for gourmand lovers. On my skin smells wonderful, not overwhelmingly sweet nor synthetic, it lasted all night.

Wonderfully rich, like a sinful dessert. The raw, slightly bitter cacao note reins supreme, and is beautifully sweetened by the vanilla and starfruit. In turn, it provides these succulent fruits with beautiful depth and texture. Nicely blended, and not at all the chocolate milk milquetoast scent I was fearing it would be. The only downside is that it makes me RAVENOUSLY hungry.

This smells delicious and modestly sweet, a must-have if you love foodie scents. It's subtle and not outrageously floral and saccharine gourmandish. There are quiet milk undertones and a subdued vanilla. Some crisp wafer smell, like wrapping open a Kit Kat bar. Barely any orange. Sadly, sillage is weak and it lasts barely 10, 15 minutes on my skin. I wish I could drink this.

Sweet, buttery, nutty. This is just delicious! The vanilla comes through STRONG (duh!), but the cocoa comes through beautiful and transforms this from your average “vanilla” scent, into a wonderful baked good day-dream! It’s like an oatmeal chocolate chip cookie! Lasts for a long time on the skin too, and even longer on clothes! Quickly become one of my current faves.

This reminds me a lot of Body Shop's discontinued Brazil Nut! I've been searching for that kind of scent for years and now I've found it in Amour de Cacao. Sure it's gourmand but not the sickly sweet kind. It's rather nutty than chocolatey, but the chocolate is dry and hinders the vanilla in becoming suffocating. It's a warm and cuddly scent made for the cold weather.

first i thought: wooow very VERY strong chocolate note. but after a few seconds it gets softer and sooo creamy. very delicious vanilla note. a perfect match. on my skin it lasts for hours. the best chocolate fragrance i have ever smelled. somehow "milchschnitte" comes to my mind when i am smelling it, but thats not bad (i loved milchschnitte when i was a child ;))

I love this scent. It’s such a warm, cozy gourmand. To me it smells like the most delicious, moist chocolate cake naked with the richest high end chocolate. I mainly smell the chocolate note and the vanilla. But there’s a very subtile hint of orange in there. I adore it, and I like to wear it by itself or combine it with other gourmands, preferably berry notes.

It's a shame that CSP changed the formulation of Amour de Cacao (and keep saying they don't) ! I had two metal bottles before 2009 and I loved it. First, I smelled toasted cocoa bean with a hint of orange and then a long lasting vanilla dusted with Nesquick. In the glass bottle, I only smell greasy Nutella. It's not horrible but really disappointing...

I was so excited to have this one arrive on my doorstep from the U.S. Unbelievably rich and velvety and the scent stays true all day. Exactly the smell of the best quality Italian hot chocolate powder with a dash of rich orange and spice for balance. I tried it out on my teenage daughter who was speechless and wants her own bottle. Utterly delicious.

This scent is just so yummy! In fact it smells exactly like pure cocoa butter. Sweet, soft, buttery, very edible indeed. The smell does not evolve much, it is very linear. Great for layering with other perfumes. The projection is not very strong and the smell only lingers around for a few hours which is a shame. GREETINGS FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC! :)

For the first 2 minutes, it smells just a like a cocoa sponge cake (absolutely amazing, warm, deep and complex). After those heavenly two minutes pass, you get a Pink Sugar type sweetness that lasts for the remaining 1-2 hours of this perfume's longevity. In the end, buy it just for the indulgence of smelling this amazing opening from time to time.

I was using this fragrance more than 10 years ago, and my friends still remember it. They adore(d) it, and I did liked it a lot as well. I've smelled like a gourmet hot chocolate with sweet topping. Nothing artificial, 100% real quality cacao flavour. Yummy... Still mouth watering. It is a long lasting, very well projecting scent.

Good golly, this is delicious! Chocolate and vanilla together in perfect harmony. Not very complex or loud but everytime I put this on my man always asks what I’m wearing. I say “amour de cacao” in a breathy voice with a perfect French accent & with a little smile.... just so I can see him visibly melt. Ahhh the power of perfume!

100% realistic, foodie, totally yummy, freshly baked chocolate cookies. I just love this because it makes me smell like a literal snack. Not particularly long lasting, and I have to put my nose to my skin after about an hour or so, but I mostly wear this just before bed anyway as a comfort frag so it all works out.

Amour de Cacao is like snuggling with a hot cup of cocoa. chocolate, vanilla, and a hint of salt. sillage is soft, longevity weak. very lovely and comforting, but doesn't last. perhaps if i go nutso wiht spraying and bathe in it, it might have better projection and power, but i don't want to sicken those around me.

This smells like freshly baked chocolate cookies that contain much cocoa powder and not so much sugar to me. Very comfy! Unfortunately, the longevity is only medium, maybe half a day. I'm happy to have something that smells kind of nutty (the cocoa powder) as I am allergic to nuts. I have the aluminium bottle.

Smells just like Chocolate Greedy by Montale. It’s a gourmand, smells like cookies! 🍪🍫 I’ll wear both side by side to compare and come back later to edit my review but I could already notice that the longevity is not the same. The Montale one lasts forever! So far I like both and it makes me feel hungry 😋

The first sweet perfume that is exactly how described. Smells literally like the melted marshmallows on top of hot cocoa, or sweet chocolate chip cookies baking. It may not last forever on everyone. Lasts a bit on me and I’m in love my favorite guilty pleasure scent ever.

I probably have bought more bottles of this than anything else. I never get tired of it. Nordstrom carries this line again! It used to be 80.00 but I can find it for 30.00 online. Every woman that smells it wants to know the name so she can order her own bottle

terry's chocolate orange nostalgic and comforting (also the review below me which says froot loops is spot on hehe) the first chocolate/cacao scent that doesn't pull dusty on me! a pretty straightforward fragrance that makes me happy and puts a pep in my step

Delicious. Straight up Terry's Chocolate Orange. It's very gourmand-y. I am serious hungry for chocolate orange snacks now. If you don't like smelling like a sweet snack you won't like this as I feel like it's VERY photo-realistic of chocolate-orange.

The opening smells like very realistic chocolate cookies. It smells exactly like Montale-Chocolate Greedy! However, Amour de Cacao lasts a few minutes and then it becomes a skin scent... This will be amazing as a bedtime scent!

Mmmmm Amour de Cacao. Smells like Cocoa Puffs in milk. It is delicious, less orangey than Chocolovers and in my opinion, much more yummy! I couldn't bare to go through life without my Amour de Cacao. Another winner from CSP!

Top note is orange; middle notes are cacao and carambola (star fruit); base note is vanilla. Yum...Cocoa Puffs...nuff said. If you like this, you should try: ~Montale Chocolate Greedy~ ~Serendipity Serendipity 3~

Oooh, a jar of nutella with orange zest. Perfectly realistic. Love this so much. I will say it's definitely a skin scent, it had no projection-- but I prefer low-sillage, so even better for me.

A fresher fun chocolate that is every day appropriate. I also own Nebras, that is a sweater weather strong cocoa scent. This is not that. The citrus/fruit really lightens it up. I love it!!

I love this scent, it smells like chocolate powder, verrry subtle, however, doesnt last much, anyway i love it, you can put all of CSP bottles in your bag and respray during the day.