Chocolate Queen

Ok so after letting this macerate it’s true beauty finally shined through, and it’s oh so beautiful! When it first arrived I wasn’t completely inlove with it and I thought it smelt a bit harsh and chemically. But now after letting it sit for a whole month I am absolutely inlove with this decadent fudgy dessert. Ok so I will write this review as I smell it so I can give the most accurate description. 🍫🌰🥛 It smells exactly like a warm milky chocolate fudge. The chocolate in this is very realistic, creamy, milky and buttery smooth. Imagine glossy melted chocolate that you just melted on the stove! This is exactly that. It’s not a cocoa powder smell like montale chocolate greedy for example. A few minutes later, you start to really smell a sweet and nutty hazelnut coming through and giving it a bit of a kick along with some almonds. You also get a slight booze in the background all throughout the entire scent. Later on when it completely dries down, you will be left with a woody caramel & vanilla combination of goodness! Sooo delicious😍 Gabby definitely came through with an amazing and unique gourmand👏🏼 Also this doesn’t smell like any other chocolate scent, but if you have smelt dolce passione this has a similar milky chocolate aspect but in no way are they dupes! The latter is a truffle and strawberry scent and this is a fudgy caramelly milky chocolate. After giving it the full month to bloom, I will confirm that it became much more long lasting and its projection has doubled! Definitely give this a try if you love chocolatey and decadent gourmands. Also if you bought this one recently and you are not liking it, please give it some time to bloom and macerate because I also felt the same way when it first arrived and it started smelling amazing at week 3. It reached full potential at week 4. I realised I got carried away and this review is now long but if you read this far then thank you❤️

I love Chocolate Queen! 🥰 It is a woody chocolate scent on an ambery base. The most prominent notes I smell are dark chocolate and fudge, but they are balanced by the sandalwood and amberwood. The chocolate softens over time and the vanilla starts to come out more, but the chocolate never completely goes away. The other gourmand notes are so well blended that I can't detect them individually. In the drydown, the amberwood base is more noticeable and smells like a molecular amber to me. On skin, I get 6-8 hours and on clothes I get 12+ hours. Projection is moderate (within arms length), which I like because I never want to overwhelm others with beast mode fragrances. I like to be more considerate and polite with my fragrances, but I still want to be able to smell it on myself. Chocolate Queen is delicious, but is not a literal gourmand, which I am so happy about it. I love fragrances that are gourmand-ish, but do not smell like literal food. Chocolate Queen has enough of a gourmand touch to satisfy my gourmand craving, but does not go overboard to smell like a walking dessert. For that reason, I feel like Chocolate Queen is appropriate for any season, any occasion, and any time of day. I've been wearing it everyday for the past few weeks and it has become an easy reach because it always feels appropriate for wherever I'm going or whatever I'm doing. I even wear it to bed because I constantly want to smell it 😁 As far as comparisons go, I honestly can't think of anything that it smells like. Chocolate Queen is unique and doesn't smell like other chocolate fragrances and I am not reminded of anything when I smell it. I know Gabby mentioned it was her goal to create a fragrance that didn't smell like anything already on the market and in my opinion she succeeded at that 😊

I heard Chocolate Queen from Navitus was a just another basic chocolate gourmand fragrance. I got a decant in and did my own sniff test and determined that for me, it was nothing close to basic. If heaven had a section called the Chocolate Room, this is what it would smell like. I love almonds and I felt like angels from heaven had somehow harvested organic spun sugar and nuts and landed them on my skin. It smells so good it boosted my confidence. I BOLDLY proclaimed that I was wearing Chocolate Queen and it emboldened me made me feel like I was THEE CHOCOLATE QUEEN. Yes its a gourmand but it isnt overly syrup sweet. Its like unrefined cocoa powder. Juuuuuust the way I like it. Im beginning to think that Jesus Himself told the perfumer Bertrand Duchafour, "Follow My directions bc I love My daughter Joy and I want you to create something spectacular that she will enjoy. I know what she likes." Im very particular about how I like my hot chocolate. I dont like it very chocolatey. I cant have it made with syrup and I want it extremely creamy made with milk not water. Chocolate Queen has that lactonic touch that I crave in my hot chocolate. This is nothing short of divine for me. It doesnt say that it has coconut in the notes but I feel like it has freshly shaved pieces of coconut whipped in the background tickling me just for my fancy. I will graduate to a fb soon!

This was my first chocolate fragrance and although I had smelled some other fragrances with a chocolate note in them I will admit I wasn’t a fan. I wanted to support Gabby so I blind bought it. The first couple of days I thought meh. After the third day I fell hard like in love head over heals obsessed. I am so grateful that I continued to try this perfume. It’s so good so rich so decadent and creamy. It’s so long lasting and it projects. It’s the perfect layering fragrance to add to other perfumes to add that perfect touch of chocolate and creaminess. I have layered this with florals, leathers, other gourmands, and citruses it’s amazing. Just amazing! I love wearing it alone as well. It’s the perfect comforting and cuddling perfume. My husband loves it, my kids love it. It has quickly become a staple and top tier -can’t live without it in my collection. Gabby did so great! This is a masterpiece, I’m glad she didn’t add florals or citruses or fruits that way we can add those notes from other perfumes by layering. I love that it’s not too complex and stays almost the same from top to base. 10/10 from me, I’m in love with and grateful for this magnificent juice! This and siesta drive are my top favorites!

I received my Navitus Chocolate Queen today so here we go: the first note I smell is the dark chocolate, its very prominent and it definitely smells more masculine for the first few minutes so I was not sure at first..I think I expected instant sweetness. However... the dry down...oh my this scent is beautiful. It smells clean and fresh with a hint of chocolate and hazelnut. Not overly sweet thankfully, but just sweet enough to lean more feminine. I don't bother spraying my skin as NO perfume lasts on my skin, so I spray my clothes - too early to comment on longevity yet I will need to let the perfume sit for a few weeks at least anyway. I have not stopped sniffing myself though! This was a blind buy for me because all of the notes are what I adore! I would say this is a safe blind buy. Run, don't walk! EDIT: projection is pretty rubbish, but I would not expect a chocolate scent to be beast mode, it does last for around 6 hours. I sprayed a jumper with it liberally, but I could not smell the perfume on my jumper the next day. So its a very subtle scent...I would expect more from an extrait parfum but apart from this it is still a stunning perfume and I am tempted to purchase a back-up bottle!