Cocoa Woods

Got this on sale at Sephora for the rollerball. I love it! It smells so close to Aquolina Chocolovers, one of my favorites that was discontinued over a decade ago. It's a warm, rich cocoa, dark chocolate fragrance with a slightly floral sweetness. It's like a fudgey, spiced brownie, nearly on the edge of cloying-sweet but not tipping over to be too much for me. I used to chop up candied ginger and bake them into Ghirardelli triple chocolate brownie mix to make ginger brownies, and it makes me think of that as well as Aquolina Chocolovers. Because it's a rollerball, I would say it's intimate to moderate in sillage. I'm surprised people find its longevity to be weak because I've worn it on the back of my dominant wrist, and I wash my hands very frequently, but have still smelled it throughout the day and overnight to the next morning. Just now reading see_u_space_cowgirl's review and their first paragraph is spot-on to me in terms of the notes! I think we used the same descriptors and I agree as one who can't recognize the sequoia note. Despite not having a ridiculously long note-list (unlike some frags out there!), it feels pretty complex, deep, and very well-rounded. I'm sad if this is being discontinued because I do enjoy it as a fall-winter fragrance, might have to snag another one.

This is my absolute favorite perfume I own. It’s my signature scent. I love how it wears and how unique it is. I would wear this perfume for any occasion, day or night. But I would say the general population would classify this as a more cold weather/nighttime scent. This was a complete blind buy for me during it discontinuation. It is a beautiful woody fragrance that contains some powder from the white florals, but has a sweetness to it from the cocoa. The initial spray is a powdery cocoa and then as it wears on me the woods come through in the dry down. The cocoa keeps the woods at a nice creamy level for my chemistry that doesn’t make it too masculine or pull like pencil shavings/hamster cage. Overall, perfection for me.

Chocolate woods for sure...and underneath is a blanket of light tiare flower and sandlewood...This is an "odd bird".....and...I am LIKING the oddity !!! Very different IMO. Has some sweet spiciness going on,yup! And this borders gourmond,but not full-on. I would say it IS unisex for sure. I am very inclined to own this unusual scent. I will say...the sillage and projection are average..but if it were higher..it could of become cloying. I can see some similarities to Pinrose Gilded Fox, but the Gilded Fox smelled way more synthetic/metallac to my nose. EDIT: Went thru my Sephora sample of this....and....I miss it !!! I will buy a full bottle A-S-A-P !!! Unique...unusual....brilliant.

I really like this fragrance. It’s floral, powdery, slightly musky intertwined with nutty bitter cocoa notes and a woody base. This is NOT a gourmand chocolate or sweet scent. It’s more powdery than expected, and I normally don’t like powdery scents but this works. I’m happy to find a more mature, woody, but still feminine scent. I think it works well as a unisex fragrance although Cocoa Woods is heavy on the floral so it leans feminine to me. If you like unisex scents like Nirvana Black, 7 Virtues Vanilla Woods — you might like this! For age group, I think late 20s and up might appreciate these notes and lack of sweetness.

This has been my fragrance since summer 2021. It is so good and long lasting!! I like sweet scents but this surprised me, the ginger note reads peppermint to me and my skin brings out the cacao into a dark chocolate sort of depth. Of course great for winter but this scent is a surprise hit for the summer <3 stays on my clothes for days. I feel personally attacked that nest discontinued this. Beware trying to find cocoa woods online: it smells even better macerated and I will fight you for it. Going rate is 50$ (opened, no box) - 100$ (bnib).