Café des Délices

Must review again, because this is incredibly stunning and i'm reaching for it so much daily. I can see the dent ! I Love her so much, surprisingly much, oh my. The nuttiness of this is so prominent and i just can't get enough. The next surprise you don't expect is the "soapiness" before you get hit with the coffee note just in the background. Like a pile of clean fresh laundry. This is what makes this perfume extremely feminine and exquisite. In a coffee fragrance we are so used to getting hit with the heavy notes, while here they are the perfect base to another melody. The coffee note is what makes this fragrance different, but it's not the main character, the cookie is, the vanilla and musk are, coffee just hugs them and holds them all together. It's Cafe des Delices , not Delice de cafe' , means we get all the greatness and yumminess in a cafe' of delices, so pastries, cookies, musky vanilla , nutty tonka. I can't get enough. I reach for her every day. I have an addiction issue.

I knew this perfume smelled good, but I did not expect the reactions I have been getting. I was literally told someone was about to tackle me while I was standing in line at a restaurant because of how good I smelled. People have even stepped closer just to take a whiff, which genuinely caught me off guard the first time it happened, but now I am starting to get used to the compliments. On my skin, the vanilla and biscuit notes really come through. They settle in and blend with my natural scent, and the fragrance even clings to my hair. The overall effect is warm, sweet, and inviting, almost like a soft vanilla lemon pound cake. I love Akro Bake, but the longevity on me is not the best. This scent, however, lasts all day. I can still smell it in my hair hours later, and it stays with me in the most effortless way. I grabbed this on a whim during a multi decant exploration on ScentSplit, and now I feel like I need the full bottle. This has officially become my new signature scent.

The perfect coffee scent ! OMG ! and i hated coffee in perfume , wow ! So complex and beautifully done 50/10. Don't sleep on this. There is a sweet opening with a "soapiness", it smells elevated, feminine, elegant. NOT juvenile , not cheap. This is a secret masterpiece. I couldn't even detect the coffee immediately as the Vanilla Musk is quite prominent. I swear this would be an amazing signature scent for a woman, wearable on the daily, this is beautiful. The biscuit note is not cheap nor synthetic , not a cookie. It's amazing. A gourmand dream but also finally not edible and perfectly wearable ! Sexy , mysterious and clean ! Might be full bottle worthy soon ! Def getting this ASAP ! 1000 times better then their Escapade Gourmande. my Absolute fav from the brand.

This is exquisite. I've been wearing a sample for a few hours and I smell like a frangipane tart or an almond croissant served with a shot of Amaretto in a wood-floored café. My skin really vibes with almond, which I think is helping Café des Délices to sing. It smells rounded, layered, and very complete on me. My biochemistry turns vanillas meh or savoury, and most coffees invisible or acrid. I've found the milk and caramel scents I've been trying nice, but linear. Café des Délices is on another level. I don't find it too sweet and it's not at all cloying. There's something very grown up about it, which means I feel delicious and sexy at the same time! Absolute knockout.

That’s why it’s so important to actually smell a fragrance before making any decisions. I would have passed up on this BEAUTIFUL piece if I read about the reviews here saying it’s artificial and synthetic, because in reality to my nose? It’s none of that. In contrary this might be one of the most refined, delicate and sophisticated gourmands I’ve ever smelled. It’s not cloyingly sweet and loud like a lot of the gourmands out there, instead it’s so so so subdued, reserved and fluffy. I love it so much. Maison Mataha just has this really unique “soup base” or DNA in its fragrances that rubs me the good way. Love love love.