Mokaya

I have a varied fragrance wardrobe. Some I wear to refresh, some to feel pretty, some to feel sexy. Mokaya is none of these. It is my comfort blanket when it is cold and I'm in need of transport to another time and place that is warm and sensual. It is not overtly sweet, or pretty - it is in it's own South American world. It is delicious Mole sauces, and fragrant gardens of heady white flowers. And then...it settles into the memory of all this laid out on a comforting bed of vanilla and cassie absolute. Teone has somehow bottled the headiness of the ancient Aztec air - deep raw cacao and fragrant earthy tobacco and balanced it perfectly with the heavy, moist scent of jasmine at dusk. It begins dark and raw, and finishes smooth and silky. I have luxuriated in every drop. Mokaya can easily be worn by both men and women - there is more than enough in this confection to be loved by both. We all search for fragrances that feel as though they belong on our skin, that challenges our concept of scent - this is mine.

From among the oeuvre of Teone Reinthal's all natural perfumes, where fairies dance, holy men fraternize and unicorns appear, comes this dominatrix of a fragrance. This is what Slumberhouse's Ore aspired to be. Instead that turned out to be a tamed chocolate butter cookie. Mokaya blazes the trail with a blast of bitter apothecarial tobacco and unsweetened cocoa. It rushes up your sinuses straight to your mind like a hit of cocaine. And just like that, you're in the mood to spank or be spanked. The smokiness of tobacco leaves swirls around a musky ambrette, setting the stage for an evening of forbidden play. Brutal. Erotic. Smouldering. Very good. For those who are tired of overly embellished tobacco scents or smelling like a prepubescent chocolate biscuit. This gets down to business.

Full-bodied and well-blended as usual with TRNP fragrances. This has rich and realistic accords/notes that lend gourmand impressions. If you’re a chocolate lover, this is something to sample! On first smell I was reminded a little of Ambre Loup; but that fragrance feels like a 2D and synthetically composed version of this - no offense to Rania J. The bottle this came in was elegant with a genuine wood cap.

i actually get corn, not sweet corn but deep seared corn with sweet earthy notes of mole at the opening. this, for me, is close to the open market at oaxaca. it has been many years since my last trip there, but this reminds me of the sultry air. odors of jungle fruit and flowers, and, of course, chocolate in endless varieties. it is a private and very personal reminiscence. exotic and spicy. the progression through drydown is rich and warm. great longevity

This smells like corn. And a human body smell. Not my favorite from this brand.

Mokaya reminds me of a scent my mother used to wear when I was a child. She was into French perfumes at the time There was a carved crystal boulle filled with deep orange liquid and clear stopper on her dressing table that I used to dab on when she went out. Oranges, sweet jasmine, and something tobacco-ish and patchouli ....I’ve no idea who made that perfume or what it was called. My mother was Russian and grew up in China and Paris.. she had much of the best that life could offer. When I close my eyes, and inhale Mokaya, I am eating chocolate in a bath of ambrosial twilight where orchards drip sweet fruit and piles of autumn leaves burn at sunset on rich loam. This is an amazing ‘”transportation of a scent” that transcends all initial test trials until the lingering veil conquers with a waft of immortal breezes, carrying one off to other lands and other times. Truly Scentsational!!

This is a patchouli bomb on me with orange blossom being a co star player. I really like this scent because this, to me, is like parfums de nicolai's patchouli intense how they sweeten up the patch with orange blossom (gives me grape skittles vibes) and this also reminds me of hyde slow dive (again, that sweet neroli) Even when I do not detect much tobacco, this is still a great scent! Oh, and this has nothing to do with sticky fingers, if anything, Psychedelique makes the most sense since Patchouli, along with sweetness, are significant factors. Update: I do get a good dose of chocolate on the drydown!

Fruity Cacao is ruling this scent. It has something primitive, so when it was mixing with smoky Tobacco and a resin-like Ambrette, it becomes earthy taste. It has also relevanced with Patchouli like a scent of ink. Adding by a little sweet Orange Blossom and impressive iris (and adding a little of rich jasmine), bitter floral chocolate with over 97% cacao will complete. This is Mokaya - it's the scent which I'd like to bring from earth.

Musk mellow, ylang, & mate. The mix of musk, & mate brings that vintage stamp. I sense oakmoss, moss, and chunks of ylang. I can't sense cacao powder! maybe at first spray yes but not dominant, just hints and traces of cacao and vanishes within minutes. On the other hand, the musk mellow is just over the board side by side with mate. This is vintage at max, most probably early 80s powerhouse blends. nice.

I composed this fragrance and the review below really amuses. How does someone with such 'authority' get it so wrong? Mokaya contains no oakmoss, no moss, no musk mallow, no ylang ylang and certainly no mate. It DOES contain 25% hand-tinctured cacao beans and 200ml cocoa absolute per 3litre batch. The reviewer's verdict that its an 80s vintage is also entirely wrong, it was composed in 2013.

On my skin, the most prominent notes were rough tobacco, spices, ambrette and iris. The cocoa note was not very prominent, unfortunately. Maybe is just my chemistry. I would love to have loved it, damn!

Looking for a bottle of this. Pm me for a swap