Spiced Cocoa

The first few minutes I smell dry, powdery and very aromatic cocoa, not the sweetened kind but real, pure cocoa. In the next minutes the scent becomes more “milky” on me, by which I mean it becomes softer and creamier. The dry cocoa has turned into milk chocolate, semi-sweet, very soft and very creamy. I love it! It smells and feels like the real thing (and I am talking about milk chocolate with at least 60% cocoa, as I like it). There is a slight spicy undertone, also slightly aromatic. I wonder if there is some herb in the mixture, and maybe a bit of clove? As soon as the vanilla comes more into the foreground, the fragrance turns into chocolate-vanilla heaven. From then on till the end the fragrance is cuddly, warm, mellow and spicy. It lives up to its name and evokes the picture of a cup of warm, aromatic cocoa with mild and warm spices. It’s not a foody fragrance on me. It’s a dark, spicy vanilla, only semi-sweet, not really gourmand, mixed with this luscious dark chocolate. That’s how I like my gourmand fragrances. Cuddly, soft and mildly-spicy, with a fluffy, powdery vanilla, but not too sweet. There’s no sickening sweet vanilla bomb, no “girly-sweet” vanilla and no thick, stuffy chocolate flavour (that in other fragrances tends to get sweaty on me). Here the balance is perfect, in my humble opinion!! It’s a grown-up gourmand, even elegant because it feels so serene. The scent is a deep, still flowing chocolate river, it’s dreamy, it doesn’t scream, it’s not loud, it’s like a warm embrace. It already brought me two compliments. My colleagues didn’t say “What’s that perfume you are wearing?”, they asked “What smells so good here?”

Over 40 male reviewer: A wonderful, delish scent. Very inviting, warm and chocolaty mostly (but not completely) linear but in a way that you would want it to be; the opening is just that terrific. Cozy spices in the background and so authentic, but never robbing us of the predominant mouth watering chocolate. A must-have for any chocolate lover out there, with the quality dark to almost milky chocolate vibe, no cheap artificially-flavored Halloween candy here. Sophisticated, not teenager. Classy while being homey. Upper level gourmand with both sex appeal and smile. All natural, so a little lacking in projection and longevity, but plenty fine enough in both departments to lure in a passersby who is as addicted to chocolate as we are. An under-known, under-rated, very talented perfumer here who deserves a lot more love for putting out really decent, actually outright fantastic fragrances. I'm in love with another of her fragrances that I'll review soon (Mimoza). Both the Spiced Cocoa and Mimoza are unisex in my opinion, the latter will however have a more feminine wear. Received her affordable sample pack, and the quality of her ingredients are, in my experience, unsurpassed. Your nose will "get" that immediately and without question. Happy to give this review without her knowing, without compensation nor any benefits of any kind. Hint to all perfumers: We need more frags out there like this line.

92nd The cardamom note is strong, amazing, the best I’ve smelled in any scents. This is sweet cozy powdery cardamom cocoa. But it truly reminds me of a cardamom -chocolate tootsie roll candy-which would be better than the original candy in my opinion. Pleasant gentle gourmand for cool days. Intimate and delicious. Radiates powdery sweet cardamom cocoa aura. 8/10

Beautiful, but watery with no depth

This is nice and is one of the few gourmands that I actually enjoy. It opens up with the most realistic cardamon note I've encountered and the rest of it is a lovely, sweet chocolate. It projects well for a few hours and persists as a skin scent for most of the day. Experiencing this, I realize that I don't actually hate gourmand fragrances. What I hate are the aromachemicals most of them are made of. Coco Blanc by House of Matriarch is another nice, all natural gourmand I enjoy. This one is less complex but a solid and enjoyable chocolate scent.

Seems like Meshaz' fragrances turn a lot sweeter on me than other reviewers. I got coco puffs, and as we all know, they are sweeeet!