Mystic Sugar

As someone who has shied away from gourmands having been a little scarred by the sweet sugary juvenile vibes of gourmand designer perfumes (prior to getting into niche), I was hesitant to try this. But owning and loving 3 others from Coreterno, my curiosity and my itch to buy something new resulted in a blind buy of Mystic Sugar. I am not disappointed! This is such a grown up but delicious fragrance. There is subtle sweetness but only coming from a combination of the purity of the notes, a distinct absence of straight up “sugary” notes. The opening is, as others have mentioned, a delicious grilled pineapple with the tiniest hint of almond blossom (zero marzipan here!). Then the warmth of the cacao and tonka begin emerging. The spiciness is only a mere accent, I wouldn’t consider this a “spicy” perfume compared to others I own which are heavier on the spices like cardamom and pepper. My only gripe with this is that on me it is so darn close to skin, or maybe there’s something about it I am anosmic to. Today I sprayed about 15-20 times on my skin and another 6-10 sprays on my clothes (I am aware of this expensive overkill haha) and although I could detect the tiny cosy cocoon I am wearing, I am just not satisfied and want MORE! I don’t want to be caressed with this, I want to drown in it. Call me a gourmand convert.

Burnt sugar on my skin. Reminds me a lot of What About Pop from thoo. But I am less impressed with this one, probably because warm vanilla gourmands are so in style right now. But, I think this one is still a good one, it's not overly sticky sweet, it's mature yet still very cozy and the hints of spicy notes gives it something special. Unfortunately, on my skin, it is not as loud as some other people have stated (I sprayed it once from a tester bottle, maybe I have to try it again), so I don't get to research the undertones as mush as I hoped. I like this kind of scents, it's just really hard to decide which one to actually purchase in full bottle size. I think this one could suit me in travel size. In my opinion, launching travel sizes is a good move from this house, because their perfumes are quite interesting, but when you test the whole line it's like.. Something is almost always missing, so it's not fb worthy, but travel sizes come handy in these situations. For layering or only for playing around.

The opening pineapple is really smooth and sweet. Nothing Aventus-like if you’re wondering. More like smelling a pineapple drink sans the sourness. The sugary note, however, can be rather taxing on some noses and might induce fatigue, and thus some nose blindness may occur on and off, rendering a certain period where the scent maybe undetectable intermittently, quite like BCR540. But the overall scent is not the same as BCR540. This is like a vanilla cream Frappuccino with extra syrup and a slice of pineapple.

Well, this was a beautiful surprise 😍 Managed to get my hands on a partial bottle and I’m so glad I did. Opens with what initially smelt like a boozy accord but looking at the notes, I think it must be the pineapple and orange mixing with the cardamom. The cacao comes through quickly after that and leaves a gorgeous, spicy, vanilla drydown with a sprinkling of ginger. Very, very moreish. It’s been a minute since I’ve truly loved a new scent!

I love this scent. Tho I don't really smell pineapple in it. It's really addicting, powdery, sweet smell. It's kind of husky, which I like about it. It doesn't stay for long on the skin, works wonders on the clothes tho. I'd say that is more of a female scent than male, I have seen some comments saying otherwise, but I really don't associate this smell with male fragrance.