Cookie Crave

This one’s super interesting. Starts off cookies and cream- that flavor of Oreos smashed into ice cream. The chocolate fades a bit as the milk comes up- I get more milk than the cookie in the heart. It kind of goes back and forth between chocolate milk and butter cookie with milk, with the milk being dominant. Around hour 4 the whipped cream is blending with the milk nicely. Surprisingly the whipped cream stays projecting about 8 inches as it fades around the 12 hour mark. I really enjoyed this on her Edit: one month maturation later: the cocoa at the beginning became more realistic and smoothed in, but fades out quicker than before. The butter in the opening is a lot clearer- it’s nice and comforting. So the initial blast is now more cookies and cream than Oreo, but the cocoa does fade into the background faster. With the more buttery presence it makes the overall opening more like preparing the cookie dough, or how a bakery would smell with butter in the air. The cookie note does come in earlier now during the transition to the heart and mixes with the butter nicely to present a nice butter cookie. At this point the cocoa is fully gone- no more chocolate milk like the fresh bottle. By the time the heart is fully in it does become milk dominant- like the butter cookie has been submerged into the milk and is floating at the top. The heart remains milk dominant which is wonderful and leads into the whipped cream ending real nicely. The whipped cream was still going on her 8 hours in- we tried layering a fruity scent Khair Fusion which made an effect like gummy bears and cream. So by the time this settles, or even if you want to layer the milk heart this seems like a great base for layering. Overall I’m happy with how this is maturing and coming more focused as a milk-centric fragrance. No more peaks of chocolate milk right now, but I’ll do one more update at the 2 month point to see where this settles as it stabilizes and completes its maturation.

It's a biscuity version of choco overdose, which is just straight up pure chocolate goodness, but I prefer this out of the two. I get those notes of butter and bread, which then mixes with the cacao. It smells like a bakery! Very photorealistic which may not be some people's cup of tea. Again, this is a true gourmand. The bottles are also very weighty and cute, which I appreciate considering that this is just 75ml, and lattafa usually does 100 ml for the same price point. additional: while very cute and weighted, it is so difficult to grip the bottle while pressing down on the sprayer. It's just a little too wide for my hands. update: after wearing this for a day i can say that longevity on me is lacking. Also later on I asked someone if they could smell it on me and they unfortunately couldn't unless they really lean in and sniff my arm

Not oreos but chocolate milkshake 🍫🥛 Last one I'm buying from this collection because in my opinion none of the lattafa "give me gourmands" really smell like the name.. (Apart from Berry on Top. ) Cookie Crave doesn't smell like oreos at all and certainly not like cookies; it's milky, lightly coconuty and has a hint of cocoa. It's very light, It reminds me so much of a chocolate milkshake or Cocoa puffs cereals (coco pops for my europeans). I think it fits more into a "chocolate milk" category than "cookies" tbh. Don't get me wrong, it's very good, but that's not the scent I was essentially looking for ! It's maybe worth to try but if you're really looking into a super realistic cookie... Cookies & Cream by tubbees is the best one out there. 🍪✨

I don't understand how people claiming to love photorealistic gourmands say they don't like this perfume cause this is a gourmand lover's dream. Opens up as a chocolate cookie-very heavy on the chocolate/cacao side-and evolves into a more milky vanilla chocolate chip cookie as it settles. Great for layering with vanillas or experimenting with different gourmands, I've tried it with a strawberry body mist and it smelled like a chocolate strawberry cake. It's sweet, cozy and comforting, and very photorealistic. I only wish the longevity and projection were better, you really need to overspray to get some performance out of it but it's not a huge problem considering the price point

I’m absolutely in love with Cookie Grave! It smells exactly like dropping an Oreo into a warm cup of coffee. It’s a dense, delicious cocoa scent from start to finish. Out of the Give Me Gourmand series, I think Cookie Grave and Mallow Madness are the strongest in terms of longevity and projection. Interestingly, Choco Overdose and Cookie Grave give off a bit of a masculine vibe, but I’m still obsessed with Cookie Grave! + It’s a bit random, but Cookie Grave reminds me of Pink Sugar at times. While Pink Sugar has a sharper bergamot note, Cookie Grave feels like a creamier, milkier version of it. It’s like the DNA of Pink Sugar but smoother and more gourmand.