You almost certainly love eating it. (We do.) But do you enjoy wearing chocolate…? If you’re a fan of gourmand perfumes (read more about them here), then maybe – and if you love Thierry Mugler’s ground-breaking Angel, the most renowned gourmand scent of all, for sure. But chocolate’s not a piece of cake for perfumers to work with: in the wrong hands it tips right over into ‘ickiness’, but in the right hands it further ups the sensuality of florals and of patchouli. Depending on the perfumer’s wish, it can add a bitter allure – or a creamy sweetness. In general, it’s a ‘fantasy’ or synthetic note you smell, rather than any essence from cocoa beans themselves – but it’s there for the sheer, pleasurable links with one of man’s (and especially woman’s) most indulgent foods…
Smell chocolate in:
Cartier Le Baiser du Dragon
Guerlain Elixir Charnel Gourmand Coquin
Jil Sander Jil
Nasomatto Pardon
Thierry Mugler Angel
Tom Ford Black Orchid
Photo courtesy of Green & Black’s
