Brownie Pop

Oh----weeee this is good. Gourmand lover is checking in. This passes the test! Gone head to the front of the class and get your gold sticker, your shiny read apple, and pick out which book you want to take home as your prize. This one takes the cake for sure. This smells like Chocolate Queen and What About Pop had a baby. It's addictive. It's long lasting. It makes you smile. It's not overly sweet. Its like undutched powdered cocoa on top of nuts in the organic market for $18.99/lb. It's labeled as imported from Belgium even though this was harvested, fermented, dried, roasted, and mixed with tired brown hands in West Africa. The mid has the soft essence of popcorn but not that movie popcorn with synthetic carcinogenic orange liquid butter they have in America that's banned in other smart developed nations. (I'm definitely on my soap box here) This is South Carolina, great grandma, share cropper, elbow grease, put-your-foot-in-it churned butter, melted on fresh hot corn bread that Jiffy WISH THEY COULD goodness. This is cast iron gas stove no indoor plumbing, pick your switch, someday we gone make it over, down home, Sundays best smooth & delectable butter on pop. Make sure you put this on skin. Make sure you WEAR IT WELL. Wash, polish, moisturize...prep your surface and then go ham! I want a full bottle. Can you tell?

First thing I’m gonna say is that this smells nothing like a brownie. I only get chocolate for the first 30 seconds of the dry down, and overall the strongest note is hazelnut with a hint of biscuit and popcorn. VERY reminiscent of SDJ Cheirosa ‘71. I start getting some sandalwood after about 30 minutes which fades after a couple of hours and brings out the brown sugar. Has moderate sillage and lasts all day and more. In terms of perfumes listed as similar— ❌ by/ rosie jane Dulce: I’m nose blind to this so it obviously doesn’t smell similar to me ❌ Chabaud Lait de Biscuit: a simple biscuit and vanilla scent, not nutty at all ❌ GDT Bianco Latte: a thick and creamy caramel and coumarin fragrance ❌ Jo Malone Ginger Biscuit: very ginger heavy, nowhere near as nutty ❌ Montale Chocolate Greedy: isn’t nutty at all and remains chocolate heavy through the entire wear ❌ Pierre Guillaume Musc Maori: very sour, nowhere near as sweet or nutty ❌ Shay & Blue Salt Caramel: smells like salty sandalwood ❌ Vivamor Caramel Pop: much more caramel and popcorn heavy with distict chestnut

Brownie Pop was love at first whiff for me. From the moment I put it on, I was enveloped by the aroma of freshly baked cookies and warm brownies straight from the oven. As someone who loves realistic gourmand fragrances, this is exactly what I hope for when I reach for a dessert-inspired scent. What wows me most is just how photorealistic it smells. Many fragrances claim to capture the essence of baked goods, but Brownie Pop REALLY delivers. It's rich, indulgent, and seriously mouthwatering. I also find it to be beautifully balanced as well. The sweet elements are complemented by subtle savoury nuances, giving it depth and makes it surprisingly wearable despite its decadence. I've received numerous compliments while wearing Brownie Pop, too. People seem really drawn to the warm, comforting scent trail it leaves. If you're a gourmand lover, I consider Brownie Pop a must-try. It captures fresh-baked treats better than almost any other fragrance I've experienced, and it has quickly become one of my favourites.

Sampling Maison Mataha Brownie Pop, one of the house’s three releases, all gourmands so far, the first I tried being Escapade Gourmande. Brownie Pop is fittingly a mix of brownie and buttery, caramel popcorn, quite well done, sweet with just enough salt for credibility, but quite warm, interesting, and inviting—realistic yet pleasant to wear. It’s an instant winner of a gourmand, in my opinion, a must-try for gourmand lovers, like Escapade Gourmand. It’s neither too heavily chocolately nor an obsessive popcorn blend but rather a harmonious pairing between the two that, while not extremely loud, performs quit well, and I love the value. It’s extrait concentration and priced at $215 for 100ml, sold at boutiques in the US like Perfumology and Luckyscent, among others. I think this value is very good nowadays for wearable, high-quality juice, and I’ve not smelled something quite like this, so I give it plenty of credit for uniqueness, also. 8 out of 10

If you like (or kind of like but wish it was better) Chocolate Greedy by Montale, Sticky Popcorn by Jousset, Crème Brûlée by Theodoros Kalotinis or Cheirosa'71 by Sol de Janeiro, chances are you will love this one. It is also much higher quality, more complex, rich and delicious than Montale, not as salty and body mist like as SdJ, more rich and less salty than Jousset and less coconuty/more biscuity than Kalotinis. It is certainly worth the price, as althout not groundbreaking or novel scent, it is super delicious and very good quality (no off putting silly or synthetic notes), and also has superb longevity. The biscuit is the strongest note to me, along with vanilla, then followed by brown sugar, chocolate and popcorn. It is not as strongly popcorn or brownie forward as I expected, also not much of hazelnut. And although not listed, I get a hint of sweet toasted coconut which is lovely.

An exciting opening of sharp hazelnut and biscuit, the scent then changes into a warm, rich, chocolate brownie with a drizzle of popcorn. It just blends so well together. The dry down of sandalwood brings balance and calmness, leaving a beautiful, cosy, vanilla trail. I was most surprised at the depth of this and how I adored both the opening and dry down, equally the same. I can’t get enough of Brownie Pop, it’s absolutely delightful!

The chocolate and hazelnut dominates for the first minute or so, then the popcorn begins to appear. Becomes intimate within 10 mins. I would wear this lightly in the summer. This doesn’t smell like Chocolate Greedy at all. Chocolate Greedy has that Orange Chocolate thing going on. This smells really delicious, I don’t think it’s worth the price point because it doesn’t last. Hours has passed and it’s turned powdery. 🧍♀️

The chocolate note in this is the star of the show... amazing! Some of the most photorealistic chocolate I've smelled, like you took a fresh batch of brownies and drizzled chocolate syrup on top. I was worried about the popcorn note but it is thankfully also delicious, and takes a backseat to the chocolate, simply serving to add a toasty note instead of remaining recognizable as popcorn in the drydown.

Because who says chocolate is only for dessert? Brownie Pop has bottled the experience of fresh out of the oven gooey chocolate brownies. Creamy melting chocolate, buttery biscuit & toasted nuttiness. The ingredients blend together for a sweet and luscious treat. Every spray is an explosion of warmth, comfort, and nostalgia.

Very good. I get mostly brownies and hazelnut, and not much popcorn, but I love it! Not too sweet and especially as it dries down, it becomes very wearable for someone like me who's not into wearing gourmands too often. Dense and rich, and smells of high quality. Longevity seems alright as well.

It is nice, I get slice of brownie with mint on top. There is no mint in notes but it is so realistic. This is the only chocolate fragrance I can wear. I hate chocolate note to be honest, but here its different. Cant explain that is the different, but its really lovely.

Similar to one of the reviews below, I am also getting (what I detect as) a very odd mint note in this. It's not unpleasant, but I suppose my skin makes this more like mint brownies. 😄 I think I might like this, but need to test more.

I absolutely ADORE the samples I got of this. So warm, hazelnutty & chocolate-y. Didn't come off as artifical or chemical smelling to me personally.

I swear I get peanut butter in this. Chocolate brownies with peanut butter chunks, melted

I was a bit worried this was going to be a heavy brownie scent but it isn’t. I can smell all the notes, but they are beautifully blended. I get the chocolate hazelnut brownie in the opening, then the cream and toffee/caramel popcorn. It’s absolutely gorgeous! I was looking for a popcorn scent that wasn’t too OTT and this is it for me! It does remind me of Sol de Janeiro 62 & 71. This was just an instant love at first sniff for me! Ive ordered a full bottle. It’s a gorgeous, comforting, warm hug in cool weather scent. It is sweet, but I definitely think a man could pull this one off too. This is absolutely a new favourite for me! I’d also recommend giving Evaison Bon Bon a try on your skin! That one isn’t something I’d have normally gone for and I’d planned to pass on, but it took me by surprise! Evaison Bon Bon is a very realistic strawberry and cream hard candy scent, or nostalgic “Cream Savers” scent. It’s absolutely addictive! I ended up buying that as well. I also have Escapade Gourmand, which was already one of my top vanilla/caramel perfumes, but I love both of these new releases! ❤️ I can’t wait to see what Maison Mataha do next!

Oh instant BIG smile! This opens with a very realistic gourmand profile of nutty chocolate brownie, quickly followed by a clear and unmistakable popcorn note. The popcorn is impressively accurate and really does become a defining feature of the scent. For me, this stays firmly in 'food representation' territory. It’s fun, playful, and really very well done, but it also unapologetically smells like dessert/snacks, rather than 'perfume'. Absolutely worth sampling if this is your kinda vibe, it is a super happy scent!

The opening is A Bit Too Much for me, but it settles down quite nicely. The opening blast is powdery chocolate and it dries down to nuts, vanilla, popcorn and somehow a bit of mint. It doesn’t smell like Chocolate Greedy to me (it had a chocolate orange cereal smell for me), but maybe a tolerable version of Cheirosa 71 (which I intensely dislike). Lasts a good while; I cannot complain about the performance! All in all - not a blind buy. Worth sampling to ensure you love it before splashing the cash.

I'm not sure about the Sol De Janeiro 71 comparison, but Brownie Pop does resemble Montale's Chocolate Greedy... except Montale has far better longevity and projection. Brownie Pop is a yummy salted chocolate brownie perfume that has a woody, tame dry down. It's smooth and delicious, but a total skin scent with no projection. I prefer Escapade Gourmande, and I already own Chocolate Greedy...so will pass on this release Definitely try before you buy!

Try this on your skin, on paper strip it feels overwhelming and too much while on skin it balances out into such a decadent and comfy ultimate gourmand experience. On those days when you don`t care for being chick or polished or professional but just want a simple pleasure of high carb foods in the shape of scent. I`m working from home in my PJ today, low energy so I just crave comfort in any shape and form and this scent delivers big time. Yummy.

In the opening it smells exactly like Cheirosa 71 which is my favourite gourmand. It has more chocolate though, but to me it's still not as chocolatey as I expected based on the name. I also get a biscuit note but it's not as prominent as in Cafe des Delices for example. It's a realistic baked good smell, not synthetic, with some nutty and coconut notes, but not necessarily brownie to me.