Vietnamese Coffee

This. This is the best coffee perfume I‘ve tried yet. Was very excited to try the discovery kit especially because of this one. I’m very sensitive to extremely gourmand fragrances, and Vietnamese coffee has a very photorealistic coffee note while being not overly sweet. The first spray is straight up strong, roasted coffee — imagine opening a bag of roasted coffee beans. The scent then turns more chocolatey and on the dry-down flows into a milky-sweet condensed milk and brown sugar, which is smoothed out by cedarwood and amber. In comparison, the fragrance performs less sweeter than most gourmand scents, making it absolutely not headache-inducing. You need 2-3 sprays maximum to have a sillage acceptable in public places (regarding a 50ml bottle goes for $120). This is a perfect gourmand fragrance without the cloying smell. Simply beautiful. Edit: I don’t know if it’s my tester bottle or my senses, but I now slightly smell that perfumey/plasticky note in the opening, which I honestly don’t like. The coffee too has now become more artificial with weird plasticky undertone to it. It still smells like strong, roasted coffee, just this powdery perfume smell won’t leave my nose.

If this perfume was a guy, I would've made love with him on a rainy Tuesday while "Cigarettes after sex" is playing on the background and after he would make us cacao chai tea. Incredibly pleasant, even nostalgic. Like re-meeting a stranger you saw years ago by whom you get captivated. The opening is a smooth and silky coffee sweetened with condensed milk note that almost fronts as a caramel milk, but not nauseatingly. Maybe just me but each note presents itself from the initial spray, I get the amber and tonka bean immediately, so I can say it is crafted so beautifully that each note co-exists while none of them surpasses each other. Though, I should add that the coffee note evaporates quite quickly so this perfume would be a big no for you if you like your coffee black, dark and roasted like your soul. (For that I would recommend you Coffee addict by Theodoros Kalotinis) This one is a smoother blend of an iced latte with condensed milk. My only critic for this perfume is the aforementioned quick disappearing of the coffee note. No need to be THAT mysterious mister, let me enjoy you a bit longer, but oh well. Same time next week?

Came accross this at a perfume shop and throughout the rest of the day could not stop smelling myself. From what I can see this is not a blind buy, as it reacts differently to people's skin, but if you have the chance to try it please do. I kid you not I have not stopped thinking about this perfume since I put it on. It smells like one of those coffees that make you feel like a connoisseur, rich, warm, delicious. True to its name, there is a faint sweetness rounding out the edges of the coffee smell: condensed milk. But it is not a spoonfull shoved into your mouth. The same way condensed milk leaves a sweet film around your mouth, and the coffee washes it down perfectly, the sweet milk scent simply removes the bitterness that coffee often has, without making it actually sweet in my opinion. I have to be honest, on my skin I wouldn't even consider this a sweet gourmand, the coffee note is strong during its whole dry down process, and every other note feels more like it dances around you, giving you a slightly new and addictive perspective on the coffee itself. LOVE IT <3

This house has really impressed me. They know how to tell a story. This a coffee fragrance, pure and pretty simple. First and foremost, I am not a fan of coffee fragrances. I have never liked thick, syrupy sweet gourmand coffee fragrances and thankfully that is not what this is. This smells like a freshly brewed cup of coffee. Lightly sweetened, a touch lactonic and creamy. The coffee is made a bit richer with a not-too-sweet dark chocolate. It's a long lasting fragrance and the coffee is there for the whole ride, though it does get a bit more woody and powdery as it dries down. It's long lasting but it's not beastmode. Projection is about arms length and the sillage is nice. Definitely a fall and winter fragrance and it's perfectly unisex. This fragrance is well thought out and delivered. There are others in the line I enjoy more than this (again, I'm not a fan of coffee) but for coffee fans, who are looking for a realistic coffee smell, this is one I can easily recommend. *This fragrance was sent to me for review but the opinion is mine and mine alone

I am looking for a pour-over coffee fragrance, and although this is not it, it is a beautiful fragrance in its own right. It rejects a linear dry-down and instead dances around its notes for hours of wear. It smells like a coffee date. The first 15-20 minutes you are at the counter ordering. All you smell are the dark roast beans and just a moment of the syrups and mocha on the counter. During the next stage, the coffee and milk are in the background as you get acquainted with the smell of lilies, a fresh reprieve from the overwhelming smell of coffee. As the smell of the lily leaves, you are left with the smell of dark roast coffee beans, condensed milk (not too sweet but definitely lactonic), and the warmth of amber and tonka that envelop you like a comfortable throw. It’s a gourmand, but not an overly sweet one, nor a one-note gourmand that gets cloying. Personally, this fragrance is not for me; however, it is far too magnificent to disregard. Give it a try if you like coffee, gourmands, or complex fragrances.