Matin Calin

Disclaimer: Dairy is my favorite food group. I love all things milky, creamy, and buttery. Dairy fat tastes like heaven and heavy cream is my ambrosia. So this is the scent of a morning hug. It is beautiful. I can understand the many reviews of dislike, because I imagine most people have no desire to smell like a glass of milk. But I do! Actually, this is too sweet to be a glass of cold milk, but it does contain notes that milk takes when heated. I love the smell of milk and cream and find this perfume to be so comforting. I bought the large bottle for a reasonable price and am happy I did. I have worn this alone and have barely scratched the surface of playing with layering. I can tell you right now, this is a scent I will not go without. Would it be my signature scent that I wear daily? No, but I didn’t buy it to be my signature. I bought this scent to provide comfort and warmth, and that is exactly what it provides. It is an obvious creamy, lactonic scent sweetened like condensed milk. I do pick up facets of buttery vanilla, but it is in a rounded sweetness rather than an actual detectable vanilla note. There is a tiny slight hint of the milkiest sandalwood in the dry down, but really sandalwood is barely perceptible. I have a feeling this would be wonderful layered lightly with a sandalwood to bump up its milkiness. I find the performance (longevity and sillage) to be moderate, which I find as a good thing. The last thing I want is a condensed milk scent the blasts the entire room. If this were stronger it would be more than cloying, it would be choking and quite off putting. This performs exactly how I want a milk scent to be. It gently wraps around you with the softest morning hug that provides both comfort and reassurance. I can hear my grandma saying in my ear, “Now you know grandma loves you. You’re my beautiful blonde baby.” Milk reminds me of childhood, which then reminds me of my grandma who provided safety from the outside world. I miss my grandma and I love this fragrance. Also, I do not get burnt popcorn (thankfully), but I know how creamy scents can go there. I get a lot of popcorn from the coconut scent from Sol de Janeiro (the turquoise one). I can relate to “bottom of the cereal bowl”, but that is also a scent that provides comfort to me. Next, I would LOVE to try a fragrance inspired by the scent of a cold glass of milk. That is an equally lovely, but different from hot milk. A barista once told me it’s the opposite, but I swear milk heated to almost boiling has a much sweeter smell and taste. I love it. So if anyone know of a cold glass of milk scent, please let me know. Also this reminds me of Ave Luxe’s Milk perfume, which is another beautiful rendition of sweetened heated milk.

Can I just write a quick love letter to a fragrance? I have been looking for something that smells like genuine sweet vanilla and condensed milk. Which sounds like a simple enough request..I assure you, it is not. So many perfumes claim these notes and it is nothing but straight up bs and disappointment. But not this one, this is the real deal. She is a warm hug. She is pure, simple comfort. This is the scent of my grandmother's kitchen in the morning when she would warm up the cream for her tea. No florals at all..the only wood (supposedly) is sandalwood, but if it is really there it is buried under a warm bowl of sweetened condensed milk with vanilla bean caviar swirled into it. I have tried them all, phlur, philosophy, snif, etcetera...all of them fell flat. Then she entered the room... Matin Calin from Comptoir sud pacifique✨️✨️ She is a goddess of a perfume. She is love and happiness wrapped in sanctuary 💗 I can't stop smelling my wrist, nor do I have the will to do so. Every scent has its unicorn 🦄 the perfect embodiment of the description, hyper realistic and expertly blended. This is the perfect example of what a cream scent should smell like. No bs, no paid ads filled with lies..just honest and straightforward.

Lucky Scent says: Sweet, warm and tres milky! The creamy, buttery note of milk and the sweetness of sugar candy and vanilla make Matin Calin a fragrance of innocence and comfort. It's the exact scent of warm condensed milk with a dash of sugar steaming on the stove, served with butter cookies and a beloved grandma cluck-clucking over you. The ultimate comfort scent, Matin Calin's intense sweetened milk feel is pure joy: warm jammies, a mug of hot milk and big dollop of love, all in one bottle. Now this I think is the perfect description for me! I'm holiday as I write this and it's been a long and slightly tough day with a less comfortable ending. But as I spray this I do remember my nanna, and it does make me feel loved and warm. I walked a fair way back to the shop for this as I just couldn't forget it. It felt so comforting and reminded me of some of the best memories. Yes, it's sweet, don't get me wrong, to me it is sweetened hot milk or condensed milk warmed. Perhaps the longevity isn't all day but on a bad day it's just what you need, pretentiousness never comforted anyone.

I absolutely hated this at first, my initial impression was sour milk, salt, and hot morning breath. Tried this scent again three months later, fell in love, and now it's one of my favorites to wear at bedtime or just around the house. It smells exactly like a glass of warm milk mixed with caramelized sugar or maybe lightly salted buttery toffee. I agree with a previous review that there's a vague eggy/savory note that mixes so well with the creamy sweet lactonic dessert notes.

To me Matin Calin smells like sugared milk and a light realistic vanilla with some vitamins sprinkled in it.I love sweet and creamy scents when they do not smell artificial or chemical,this is very natural.i love the smell but i hate the staying power.my skin drinks this up in a few minutes.(sigh*)i would give this scent an 8 and the staying power a 2. p.s.I must admit i prefer Demeter condensed milk and it is cheaper.

This is a line I'm very familiar with and have used most every scent. This one, Matin Calin, I didn't like it the first time I got it because at the time it was expensive and I didn't like the idea of smelling like milk but I'm liking it better now and The smell lingers. It's a sweet and fun to wear scent.

It is my bedtime scent. It smells IDENTICAL to evaporated milk with sugar, egg and vanilla. It smells just like FLAN. Its so milky and sweet. The most comforting scent ever. GREAT dupe is Lait Sucre from Pittsburge soap works..EXACTLY THE SAME/

pure milk. sent juste le lait sucré. je crois que je vais le porter pour dormir car ça fait bizarre d'être parfumé au lait même si j'adore l'odeur régressive. If you want to smell just milk you can blind buy it

I felt like it lived up to its name, it really smells like a morning hug. Waking up in the morning with a warm glass of milk waiting for you on the kitchen table. Warm, incredibly creamy and and lactonic.

I ordered a sample collection from CSP & this is Delicious! Sweet milky vanilla with a hint of toffee. Wonderful gourmand! Perfect cozy scent for a cold March day....

Sweet milk popcorn. It is perfect. I can easily translate this to a morning breakfast scent. I love this, the milk note is just restrained enough.

If you want to smell like sweet condensed milk, get this! It's totally yummmy! :-)

Buttery condense milk. I looooooove this one!

When I got offered a little decant of Matin Calin in a swap, I decided to try it despite having my doubts. Sure, the note list looked promisingly gourmand, but so did all the other Comptoirs I've tried before and I've had trouble with most of them just because they're a little TOO gourmand for my taste: too sweet, too powerful, too straightforwardly edible. Still, it couldn't hurt to try, because the couple of ones that did work for me are among the best comfort scents I know. Luckily, after some hard going at first, this one falls in that last category as well! The first couple of times I tried Matin Calin I thought this was the worst one yet. It's so incredibly sweet and milky, and so very strong especially at first, that it made me slightly queasy. Even worse, one time I also got that dreaded "celery" smell that I'd only read about in others' descriptions of gourmands, but had never experienced before. So I was all set to write a dismissive review and pass my little decant on, but something happened when I tried it again this morning. Maybe it's because I'm used to it now, or maybe a lazy weekend morning is really the only time this is suited for, as the name suggests, but I suddenly found myself liking it a lot. Instead of bringing to mind (slightly spoiled) milk with sugar, which I definitely don't want to smell like, I was now reminded of Petit Beurre-cookies, as someone else has mentioned. It really smells exactly like those beloved childhood favourites: still sugary sweet, sure, but more buttery than milky, and with a pleasantly burned or rather toasted or caramellised edge to it. Lovely and a trip down memory lane for sure! I'd still never set a foot outside of my apartment wearing this: except maybe for a visit to a kindergarten or nursery, I really don't see any suitable occasions for grownups or even teenagers to wear this. But I'm definitely keeping my little decant now, for some sweet comforting morning nostalgia when it's needed.

I don't dislike it as much as I used to, I actually kind of enjoy it, in a guilty way... which is really strange and funny, because I used to hate this on my skin. I 100% agree with the sentiments shared below--- I got baby puke, baby formula, hot milk skin... It's a hyper-realistic hot milk perfume and in a very uncanny way. Do I still get all of those now? Yes, but it doesn't feel as strong as it used to, somehow. By the way, this is one of CSP most long-lasting and projecting EDT, at least on me. So be warned lol. As of today, I still get hot milk / baby formula stronger than I get baby puke (thank goodness). I get reminded of the latter if I think hard about it (I've babysat my baby nephews and nieces years ago but I still vividly remember the smell of baby vomit). Now, my appreciation of this perfume has changed and as much as I still don't entirely like it on myself, I appreciate the realism. It feels warm and sweet but it has a tinge of sourness I'm not fully on board with. I really like drinking milk, hot or cold. When cold, I love it flavoured or not, sweet or not. When hot however, I absolutely do not like it unsweetened and I very much prefer it AT LEAST slightly flavoured. I don't like the smell of hot, unsweetened milk with no flavour whatsoever. Matin Câlin is an incredibly accurate impression on boiling / hot milk, unflavoured, slightly sweet. I can almost smell the milk foam, it's crazy. This may be the reason why I'm in a weird limbo with this... But again, it's impressive. I think it's a must-try if you're a gourmand / lactonic fragrances lover, just out of sheer curiosity. Also I don't get caramel, unfortunately. If you like Matin Câlin but wish it had way more caramel, you may like Gourmand Bakhoor from Jousset even better. This one also has a realistic milky note but I much prefer this one over MC.

The first frag I bought with my own pocket money was a gourmand: Lait Concentré (Condensed Milk in French) from Eau Jeune, I think. It really smelled like actual condensed milk, in all its tender lactonic and slight vanillic über sweetness glory! Perhaps for nostalgia sake, I've ordered a sample of Matin Câlin. Following my disappointing experience with Vanille Extreme and Vanille Banane, while just alright with Coco Extreme, I didn't have much expectations. What a pleasant surprise! It smells very good and realistic, exactly like condensed milk. Even better because I don't find it excessively sweet or sticky. Soon after dry down, I got a familiar, cosy breakfast whiff. It took me a minute to figure out it came from Matin Câlin! Some additional wheaty notes came out: toasts slightly buttered and browned out on the edges. I assume this is the caramel (furans? Pyrazines?) that adds that nice toasted bread layer. Longevity is correct: 6 hours later, smooth condensed milk still lingers on my skin. Greatly enjoyable to wear but not sure it worths the price tag. I'm curious to know how it compares to the cheaper Demeter's Condensed Milk.

Huh. As a big fan of lactonic fragrances, I was sure I'd love this one when I get my hands on it. Turns out my skin is probably not what this frag needs to perform the way it's intended to. It's milky, but super dry. The sandalwood makes for a woody, dry note that sticks out so much that it's barely on gourmand territory for me. I was prepared for this to be probably too sweet, but it's the other way around. Interesting, but not what I was looking for or expecting from this, unfortunately. If you know your skin instantly turns everything less sweet, and you want something super milky and dessert-like, look into Chabaud Lait Concentre instead - that's straight up condensed milk without any other notes. Unfortunately, that one is way pricier, though. UPD as of Summer 2025: Learned from friends that the older releases smell exactly like it should, and I managed to get a decant. It's perfect! Sweet, milky, warm scent of something like caramelized oatmeal or pudding. Very foody and very cozy.

Yes! I get the smell of pineapple first on, too, so it's not just me. Then it goes to a sweet vanilla and something that makes this smell a little like coffee (I think it's the sandalwood.) As I sniff my morning latte, there are definite similarities. This is really, really light and gentle. I am wearing a sample of it, and have used up the whole thing today to even smell it past an hour - literally poured the whole sample on. I have never had to do that with a sample before to get a lasting whiff. Occasionally, a generic sweet, warm and creamy vanilla smell will waft up, but overall it just has very little potency. I like it, but it's just not worth the cost.

Wow, this definitely smells like hot sweet milk with a lot of sugar. It radiates a sense of warmth and comfort for me. I can see the sugar, I can almost taste it. After a few minutes, though, it has changed quite a lot. Someone else mentioned that this smelled burnt on them - and I get that. There is a warm, toasty note here, but it doesn't smell bad to me. To me it smells like creme brulee, or sweet buttered bread. I really love this, even though it's pretty straight forward and not all that unique. It's very very comfortable and sweet. I will be buying this.

Reading these reviews, I'm kind of glad I have no idea what a baby's burp smells like. To me this smells like sweet milk, peaches, and a little vanilla. It's warm and cozy, slightly synthetic, but not overly so, and not in a bad way. It's such a strange fragrance, I've never smelled anything else like it. I have a decant of this, and I don't think I'd buy a full size, but if they made a pillow spray or something, I'd totally get it and use it every day. Sits very close to the skin, and lasts a long time. I can't stop smelling my wrist.