Gilded Fox

I bought the variety mini roll on pack at Sephora to try out since their bottles and display are so cool looking and this was the first scent I tried and it's a winner! This is a delectable and edible natural cocoa powder gourmand without the horrible synthetic harsh notes that cause headaches and doesn't have a monster projection which I find a lot of gourmands have. I sprayed this on my wrist and ate a bag of chips and every time I opened my mouth I would slightly taste some of the cocoa notes emanating in the air near my wrist and it tasted naturally sweet and good like real food. The cocoa notes are well blended with everything else for a soft seamless cozy scent that lasted on my wrist overnight. I am very impressed because cocoa is not a scent that has been very successfully been the focus of a perfume in my opinion without it getting too coconutty which I hate.

It's not exactly what I expected, but still good for what it is. The cacao is the most obvious note the first seconds I apply it. You would think it's going to be a warm chocolatey gourmand with some wood in the back, but no. It dries down pretty much to rum and lots of cedar. The butter is never present as literal butter, but might be rounding out those notes the way vanilla does in other perfumes. On me, it basically smells unisex. It's warm and cozy, something I'll be wearing a lot in the fall. It reminds so much of White Fox by Solstice Scents, for those who have smelled it. I think it's just because of that cedar note.

It's like I'm walking around in a powdered cocoa rum cloud. I LOVE this fragrance. Pinrose has some winners for me- I also love Pillowtalk Poet and Cuddle Punk, and secret Genius is ok, too. Gilded Fox is very warm. It makes me feel cozy. Cocoa is really distinct to me and in a very good way- I think a lot of chocolate scents have more of a vanilla bean or coconut vibe? But this is unmistakeable. really lovely.

This fragrance is such an underrated gem. Definitely the longest lasting and most unique of the Pinrose offerings IMO. Very chocolatey and boozy with some beautiful amber waves, but somehow still elegant and different. Can't get enough of it and wish it were available in a larger bottle.

Gilded Fox is my favorite fragrance by Pinrose. It smells like hot cocoa with rum on my skin. It isn't overly sweet or cloying. This is a perfect fall/winter fragrance. Fortunately, I get 8+ hours of wear with this so the longevity is not an issue for me. The sillage is fairly moderate.

Sweet milk chocolate with some bourbon barrel and marshmallow notes. This is a playful woodsy gourmand. Great for layering with other warm and woodsy fragrances; my favorite is to layer with By the Fireplace by Maison Margiela or Aquolina Pink Sugar.

A blind buy that I LOVE. A definite unicorn, there. I get cocoa, the spiciness of the cardamon, the butter makes it a bit creamy and the cedar grounds it with a little sharpness. The amber seems to ride in the background instead of taking over on me.

I'm totally in love with the chocolate rum part of this. I was surprised at how how well it mixed with me. It immediately puts me in a better mood. I'm a fan forever of this Pinrose scent. I also like Cuddle punk and Secret Genius !

Cocoa powder + rum. Deeeee-lightful. Even better when layered with Secret Genius.

I have this perfume and I love it. I’m obsessed with and always on an endless quest for the perfect spicy, boozy chocolate perfumes (aqualina’s chocolovers has always been a favorite too), and this one is not my absolute *perfect* ideal of this type of gourmand, but I do really love it and reach for it most days during fall. It’s a spicy, woody, boozy chocolate, it’s mature for an edible gourmand and it has dimension and layers. Initially it’s very chocolate up front, the spice is there immediately and so is the rum. The chocolate aspect is alllmost, tootsie roll? In a way...but not like in a cheap immature way! I never really notice the floral aspects to it, but I guess I can detect it slightly if I really inhale. The dry down is very woody and still chocolate...it reminds me of eating a fudgesicle when you get down to the stick and can really taste the wood with the chocolate. I don’t totally love that part but I don’t hate it. Like I said I’m still in search of my ultimate, perfect, ideal boozy spiced chocolate scent. But I will continue wearing this one in the fall until I find an even better one. It makes me feel sexy, seductive and opulent, even witchy.

Got a sample in the towelette form of this with my sephora order.. must say upon opening the pack my nose curled a bit I got hit with a huge blast of almost synthetic like cocoa.. I said ok maybe the skin with play a diff story. so I applied.. at first I was like nuh uh no still smells the same.. then a few moments later it was like oh hello what's this emerging. You get the most intoxicatingly beautiful hypnotic cocoa-nilla mix. It's like opening a new box of chocolate cake mix & then splashing in a bit of rum and vanilla extract for flavor..think rum balls..it's has a smooth whimsy merged with a devilishly-sexy vibe, though slightly synthetic it still balanced with a level of quality. It's deff. foody I also get a slight powderiness from it. deff a fun/ intriguing scent, Pinrose is good for that, not sure if I'd leap for a full bottle (think I may get sick of it after a while) but I could see deff. getting the towelettes.

Sometimes there is a fragrance you just can't classify as reminding you of something else. You think you have the name right there in your head, but then it's gone before you can take note of it. That's how Gilded Fox was for me. Then I realized the reason I couldn't place it with a fragrance was because the scents I was thinking about were all foods! This fragrance is a fun one for fall. It's boozy and chocolatey like a spiked hot chocolate or chocolate cake, but it's creamy enough to make sure no one thinks you're a drunk. I seriously want this just so I can sit by a fire, sip hot chocolate, and go to corn mazes and smell this while I do so. It's really unique and really suitable for fall, and it's got a little bit of sexy in there as well. Pinrose did it again! What a fun and well-balanced effort! I'm definitely getting to be a fan of their work.

The first time sampling this I was immediately transported into a place memory more strongly than any fragrance I've experienced yet. It was in a ski chalet, while the snow was being groomed between sessions, resting on the sofas by the fire with full view of the glittering slopes. On the sound system came "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin (already a decades old classic by then but the first time of my hearing it), and I finally understood why all the teenage boys around me talked about wanting to master it on their guitars. A sublime moment of novelty and first times that I was grateful to have surface again for me. So, I snapped this pretty up to have for my collection. It's deliriously boozy, definitely luxurious, and divinely suited for snowy white winter nights.

There are gourmands that still smell like a perfume. Then, there are gourmands that straight up smell like something edible. Gilded Fox will make you want to nibble on your arm if you’re not careful. To me, it smells like a cross between a white Nestle Crunch bar and fresh baked rum cake. As an aquatics/green scents fanatic, Gilded Fox is everything I typically avoid in a fragrance. Yet, I have to admit I kind of like this one. I think part of the issue is that I live somewhere that’s hot 9-10 months out of the year, and this is definitely a cold weather scent. I could see myself giving this another shot around Christmas time, or maybe Valentine’s Day. It has that holiday dessert kind of vibe. If you like Prada Candy or Cartier Baiser Fou, you might give this a shot.

Warm and cozy. Similar feel to 'By the Fireplace' by Maison Martin Margiela or 'Boyfriend' by Kate Walsh. It doesn't have the smokiness of the first and it is a little more sparkly than either than those. It is also sweeter and more 'glam'. The rum and the cocoa notes are the most prominent, followed by amber warmth. Nice for fall or winter. Too heavy for spring or summer. The scent card says 'sips like spiked hot cocoa,' which is fitting. This would be perfect if you wanted to feel as if you were clean and a bit made up, but wrapped up in a cashmere blanket with a decadent cup of something sweet, hot, and boozy, while fresh sparkly clean snow was glimmering outside the window.

(Based on the "petal" sampler, may be different aerosolized) The initial hit is just a blast of Kahlua liquer mixed in hot cocoa. My skin gradually draws out the cedar note to combine into something kind of root-beer-ish but more chocolatey (my skin emphasizes cedar notes veeery heavily so I wouldn't expect it to be a focal point in general). It's mild in strength but shouldn't be headache inducing. Good for middling weather conditions, not too hot or cold (spring/fall) and good for day to night. This is a good unisex scent. Edit: After 7ish hours it has dried down to a very faint cocoa butter lotion scent. Pleasant enough.

Gilded Fox, which I discovered just last fall (2019) satisfies my chocolate cravings because it's not too literal, not too sweet, lasts long enough not to overpower my senses, yet still isn't fleeting. Up front I get the cocoa note, the cardamom, and the butter. Later the boozy note comes forward with the cedar. Finally, the amber and vetiver set in and yet throughout, the cocoa note still floats along. This is a chocolate that isn't a candy bar. Instead, imagine a sly, woodland creature having found your goodie stash.

A beautiful fall fragrance that gets better with time. I had a bottle and the first time I sprayed it I didn’t love it, the notes didn’t meld well, but come back to it a few months later and it’s a lovely cross between a spicy cardamomy wood and a liqueury gourmand featuring vanilla, cocoa and booze notes. Put them all together and it reminds me of a much less harsh and over the top By the Fireplace crossed with Angels Share. Totally unisex with good sillage and longevity, lasts about 7-8 hours on skin.

I initially did not like this fragrance because it's SO CHOCOLATEY! I felt like a walking, talking slice of cake every time I wore it. But I've found that when I pair it with my more woody perfumes, the chocolate really compliments them and that spicey cardamom smell becomes a lot more apparent. Wouldn't buy it to wear just on its own, but the little sample I have has served me well.

Very very very Woody. It's chocolate wood for the first 20 minutes and then you're left with straight wood. It's nice if you like Woody fragrances. I personally find it comforting. But I wouldn't call it a gourmand. I agree with the review that it's synthetic. The wood smells like synthetic wood but it's nice none the less.