Café Chantant

The opening of this fragance is gorgeous! It is like a cherry liqour mixed with the smell of the cherry bubblegums that i had when i was a child. The cherry is very noticeable, but totally different to other cherry fragances, for example Lost cherry by Tom Ford, which is much more gourmand and sweeter,; intense cherry by montale, much more floral; or B by Blood concept, woodier and more alcoholic. Café chantant is a very subtle fragance... Sweet but elegant. Soon the cherry liquor goes down and It appears a more noticeable laurel and a powdery flower vibe, with the iris and the heliotrope as main actors. The sweet background with the vanilla, benzoin and a very subtle musk give to the perfume some more intensity and increase a bit his longevity. The Woody character of the patchouli is for me very very subtle as Well. The dry down makes me remember the Air freshner that the company blanco (already Closed) used in his stores. The performance is just average. Average longevity and not very strong sillage, what gives more versatility to this fórmula and makes this perfume suitable for everyday use un almost any condición. I find It unisex but i think that probably women Will use It more than men. Scent: 9 Longevity: 7 Sillage: 6 Quality/price: 7 Versatility: 8 Originality: 8 Global: 9

I’m on a nobile kick right now, and I blind bought so many of them because I am obsessed with this brand and 6 fragrances so far did not disappoint! ❤️ This is a gorgeous fluffy and marshmallowy cherry and vanilla fragrance. When you first spray it, you are hit with a blast of a beautiful cherry that isn’t too sweet or too sour. It’s just perfect! It also has a very strong base of vanilla, and it almost has an almondy creamy marzipan quality to it! That marzipan is probably coming from the heliotrope. When it starts to dry down, you get some powderiness, but it is more of marshmallow powder dust than baby powder or cosmetic powder. This has become one of my favourite cherry fragrances because it is SO unique and smells nothing like any other cherry fragrance to me. It’s like an almond and vanilla flavoured whipped cream topped with cherries ontop. It’s also like vanilla flavoured jelly beans and cherry flavoured jelly beans mixed together. Yummy!🍒🍦 Also, this is super lactonic, fluffy and powdery. It smells amazing! If you love cherry fragrances try this one out because you will not be disappointed! And the longevity and sillage is above average.

Oh dear, how I'm loving this. I tried this blind, without knowing any of the notes, and I'm so glad I did, because cherry usually makes me run for the hills. Here, the dark cherries just add a boozy layer with hints of fruit, without ever being tart or sweet or "perfume cherry"-like. It's the cherry-star anise combo that makes the opening shine. Then, a soft, almondy (heliotrope) vanilla wraps itself around the wearer, deepened by benzoin, which keeps it from being gourmand, with its resinous qualities. The patchouli and musk are barely there, but they counter the sweetness, preventing the frangrance from becoming too heavy or cloying. The vanilla is sufficiently sweet, but also woody, more like the vanilla pods, rather than an extract. It mixes gorgeously with the floral almonds of the heliotrope and the sweet resins of the benzoin. Café Chatant wears like a weightless cashmere wrap: comforting yet sensual. Absolutely perfect.

This one surprised me, as I was expecting a gourmand vanilla cherry cupcake - instead I got a powdery licorice cherry candy. To me, Café Chantant smells like tincture and incense in the opening. Like something a bohemian doctor might prescribe. As Café Chantant dries down it becomes powdery, the heliotrope and iris mixes with the cherry licorice candy. Laurel and patchouli keeps it from becoming to sweet, yet it’s far from the mossy patchouli-licorice found in the Lolita Lempicka line. Some type of rice or wheat sweetness is present in the late drydown. It’s powdery but not soapy, and I havn’t yet found a cherry/licorice fragrance that competes. Cafe Chantant has that lovely vintage powder vibe that I’ve been looking for, and it’s my favorite fragrance for when I want to smell like a sweet licorice snack.

I've had this on my 'Must Try' list for ages, and finally got to sniff it yesterday. I was delighted to discover that it is indeed, as reported by Fragrantica reviewers, very similar to both Cuir Beluga by Guerlain, and also to Vanille by Reminiscence, one of my favourites. If you have any of these three, you don't need the others. They are all light, airy, calm, and sophisticated vanillas, sweet yet not at all gourmand. Angelic. I feel elegant and composed wearing this type of vanilla. I don't pick up the cherry in Café Chantant, (to be fair, my nose was frozen from the London weather so take that with a pinch of salt) but the powdery vanilla is lightly dusted with fine almond from the heliotrope, not too much, just a trace. It's very lovely, a perfume that transcends seasons.