Carnal Cacao

Let me start by saying that I absolutely do not like perfumes with edible nuts in the scent. Yes, then why buy a scent blind with chocolate as the main note....? I got interested in this fragrance because of a review I read. It was compared to Frederic Malle's Carnal Flower. The scent was described as a creamy tuberose and the chocolate was described as a creamy white chocolate note. I love creamy tuberose perfumes. So already own several. The sustainable way of working of this perfume house gave me the last push to blindly order the fragrance. The perfume starts with a sour and bitter pure chocolate note and with a green tuberose (more like the stem of the tuberose). It started with a disappointment. No creaminess to be found anywhere. Gradually the chocolate becomes a little creamier and the tuberose blossoms more and more. But I cannot describe it as a creamy perfume. Am I still disappointed? No definitely not. But a bit confused by my expectation. It really is a complex niche fragrance. The perfume is so beautifully blended. The tuberose is so natural and beautiful. And for the first time that a food note in a perfume doesn't bother me but, on the contrary, adds something. A high quality perfume.

Maison Tahite is the gourmand brand by default. All their collections are made around edible stuff mixed with a variety of flowers, resins, spices, ambers, herbs and aromatics. Carnal Cacao is built around the contrast between cacao and white flowers: sharp, bitter neroli and lush, green tuberose. Mandarin, pepper and ambroxan are mostly used as supporting notes to complement the main players. It’s a more subtle perfume that feels very feminine and fairly versatile. Certainly a safe office fragrance, with moderate longevity and minimal to moderate sillage, depending upon the number of sprays. Anyone who loves a well balanced tuberose/neroli scent with slight hints of spice, fruity sweetness and cacao powder will enjoy Carnal Cacao. I find it very airy, creamy, warm and straightforward. If you like the notes listed, you will love Carnal Cacao! If not, stay away, it’s the kind of perfume that reflects with a high accuracy the raw materials that been used in its production!! Good quality fragrances and for a niche brand, super affordable. Actually, I think their prices are lower than most of the designers ones are currently!! Rarely heard anything about Maison Tahite on social platforms.

This is my favourite scent. It smells like an enchanted tropical jungle. The cacao not is not smelling like chocolate but it gives the flower notes a depth that is hard to describe - almost a mossy depth - but I can smell it. I cannot stop wearing it. It is sweet (not at all sugary or nauseating), but lovely. I am somebody who hates to smell like "oh she is wearing perfume" - so this perfume creates a really colorful jungle aura. But it is clearly more of a feminine fragrance. I had to leave this review, because it is a really wonderful perfume. So 10/10. And btw it is totally different from the other cocoa scents of this brand - they all smell like different versions of chocolate or things you could eat.

From the notes I actually thought that I purchased Cacao Libertine, because its a warm, spicy, solar kind of smell. And I dont smell the tuberose and florals- theyve been mixed with cacao, and the warmer notes really well! To my nose this is perfection! Its like Ganymede without that metallic quality! Warm cacao with woodsy notes and ambroxan is what I smell the most. The silleage is decent and it lasts for 6-8hrs on my skin, so Im verry happy with this purchase. Its definately unisex, because the florals are not prominent. And I think this can be pulled off in the day, in the evening and all year round!

First few sprays from a new bottle - hmm, it's got a bit of a bug spray smell I get from certain perfumes but let's give it a chance. It's a strange blend of floral and cocoa. Next few days - the cocoa is definitely there. It's in the background from start to finish. It reminds me of palmers cocoa butter but powdery. It's a very light perfume and I have to over spray but I now find it totally intoxicating unlike any other perfume I own. There's something in it that leaves me in a bit of a stupor.