Cardamom Coffee

It's what they say it is: literal cardamom and coffee. Has rose oil which contributes to that teeny bit of rosewater kinda scent, similar to when rose syrup is used in Middle Eastern desserts. It smells quite musky as well; the oud in this is pretty distinct on me. Lasts decently on skin, maybe 5hrs max BUT lasts even longer on clothing. It's a little pricey for a perfume from what is essentially a mall brand, but compared to designer and niche perfumes (which this is more in line with in terms of performance) the pricing is okay. I would prefer that this also come in a 30ml bottle instead of just the 100ml. There are plenty of fragrances with a similar vibe to this though, that kinda dark, cosy, rebellious and mysterious vibe. Cigar Rum by Strangers Parfumerie, Serge Lutens' Ecrin de Fumee... Midnight Toker by Heretic to a slightly lesser extent. They're not exactly the same as Cardamom Coffee, but I imagine someone who likes perfumes like the above would like this. Pick one based on your budget – price-wise, Cardamom Coffee sits mid range compared to these perfumes. But if you're a hardcore Lushie and truly just want to stick to Lush if you're in the market for a perfume with this vibe, this is a good option. Overall, I like the scent, I like the longevity and the sillage is pretty good. Hated having to spend what I did in one go after buying the bottle, but I imagine this will last me a while now that I have it. Well, it better anyway.

It took me a long time but I get it now. This is indeed a very beautiful spicy coffee perfume, really reminiscent of I'm Home in the dry drown. In fact, I just realized that Lush states on their website that cocoa absolute is used in this fragrance too. The similarities with I'm Home now make more sense to me (I'm Home also seems to have coffee notes). The coffee and cardamom co-exist in harmony. On my skin, they're really blended together. After a couple of minutes though, the scent turns really masculine (is it the oud? the olive leaf note? I'm not sure). Until now, that's the point where I would give up. I like a masculine edge in some of my perfumes but I rarely appreciate full-on, "traditional" masculine scents on me. I'm glad I didn't wash CC off my skin at that moment cause this masculine vibe calmed down after 1 or 2 hours to leave a softer, slighty sweet & creamy coffee to shine. At this point, CC was becoming a beautiful and comforting skin scent. I now crave its coffee notes. This is what I like about Lush's perfumery style: it's bold, raw, simple. You either think it's weird or insanely addictive. I would really like to have it. If you're an absolute sweet tooth, you could sweeten it with a vanilla or chocolate fragrance / perfume oil, or with a coffee fragrance that is too shy on the coffee notes for your liking.

I need to add a full review of this one, heck i need to do a lot of things, but staying alive and keeping on going is taking at least 98% of my time and energy But I encountered this by chance recently and it really blew me away, I don't know if all the lush scents have improved over time (as in the production of - my experience is that the actual individual perfumes in my wardrobe age well, getting better with time, such as Tramp) But this just really hit me with, I don't know, that special magic than sometimes, rarely and with declining frequency with the more scents I've tried, but just sometimes that magic happens and when it does...it is wonderful. This is stunning on its own, and I also think would layer well over anything with leather, tobacco, chocolate, coffee, dark woods, vetivers, ambers - all the good stuff! Maybe even with the right rose. So I see this as potentially very versatile. Lasting power is excellent, the smell of your scarf the next day is deliciously good, and I think it projects pretty well but not OTT. I promise I will try and get on here again more, when able. This has been a terrible year, so I wanted to share just a candle of light in the darkness, my enjoyment of this perfume.

Spicy, smooth, cozy, and comfy This is a really good representation of middle eastern coffee making especially Turkish coffee. At first stray Cardamom Coffee smells exactly like the taste of Turkish coffee made with milk, sugar, and a Cardamom after its brewed You will get a strong coffee well blended with cardamom giving it a sweet creamy or milky vibe; after 3 hours on my skin, the coffee note starts to fade into the background but is still present. the oud and olive tree notes will start to creep in mixing with the cardamom and fading coffee giving the fragrance a smell of spice and I can see why some people think this smells like incense sticks closer to the dry down. I have the liquid version instead of the balm but I don't get any rose. This fragrance has this silky feel to it. Like the silky feel of when you touch a rose pedal so maybe, that's why this fragrance comes off as creamy or milky. I have the original pre-reformulation juice. Lush took this off the market a while ago to take off an ingredient that got banned so maybe that's why there is a big discrepancy in what people smell.

There are some unkind reviews already here, and they just don't match my experience of this fragrance so I thought I'd post mine. This was an impulse buy instore because the mark-down was massive, and the initial spray interesting. I have since found it a comforting, delicious warm blanket of deep and mellow notes perfect for staying indoors wearing a squishy jumper while the weather plays on without you. The most prominent scent is the cardamom and it is gorgeously warm, exotic and had a complex depth all of its own. The coffee note is present, but perhaps not enough for those who want that as a star performer instead of a support act. This resembles a handmade fragrance more that a store-bought big label fragrance, and as a result doesn't overpower the room when it is first sprayed. It is not a shy perfume nor a show-stopper, just a big all-day-long cosy hug. It has staying power and will still be present the next time you pull on that squishy jumper.