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Creamy hot chocolate

post #1 of 21
11/10/12 at 2:00pm
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Everyday I'm reading someone reviewing a fragrance and saying how "dry" and "powdery" the chocolate note in that fragrance is. Here's a few: "Guerlain L'Instant Pour Homme Extreme" and "Bond No9 I Love NY For All"

Now, is that what I want? No. I'm looking for a chocolate scent but not a dry one, nor do I want a powdery one. I want a creamy, warm hot chocolate smell that is well combined with another good note that blends well with chocolate. For instants, orange.

Thanks in advance.
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post #2 of 21
11/10/12 at 2:05pm
Montale Chocolate Greedy.
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post #3 of 21
11/10/12 at 2:47pm
Les Senteurs Vanille Chocolate
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post #4 of 21
11/10/12 at 2:52pm
Vintage Dior Homme Intense
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post #5 of 21
11/10/12 at 3:01pm
Serendipity 3 Serendipitous is just like hot cocoa with a little orange rind.
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post #6 of 21
11/10/12 at 3:05pm
Serge Lutens Borneo, hot chocolate mix and patchouli... very dry/dusty and wonderful.

Terry
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post #7 of 21
11/10/12 at 3:29pm
Chocolovers by Aquolina

Unfortunately discontinued but still widely available on Ebay for a reasonable price (this stuff used to be super cheap when it was in production though).
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post #8 of 21
11/10/12 at 3:36pm
Chocolat by il Profumo
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post #9 of 21
11/10/12 at 7:22pm
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Originally Posted by Terryd'Hermes View Post

Serge Lutens Borneo, hot chocolate mix and patchouli... very dry/dusty and wonderful.

Terry

Oops, I thought you were looking for dry... my mistake
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post #10 of 21
11/10/12 at 7:26pm
Despite most people describing LIDGE as having dry powdery cocoa, I find it quite sweet and creamy, probably due to the vanilla, which disappointed me a bit at first (vanilla? in a Guerlain? I know! Who'd have thought...). I find the dryness comes more from the patchouli and cedar, but I think my evaluations of sweet and dry differ from the average in that I'm quite sensitive to sweetness, and anything that smells sweet on paper will be even sweeter when I spray it on my skin.
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post #11 of 21
11/10/12 at 9:00pm
i think i know what you are looking for - AOMASSAI by parfumerie generale. top quality hot chocolate-baked caramel nuts... a typical gourmand (and the best typical gourmand i know) great smell but i personally don't like to smell like that... when i try it out of the sample i always crave some good coffee or hot chocolate. it is just too gourmand for me.
borneo 1834 by lutens is dark (hard) chocolate - patchouli. less gourmandic, more perfume-artistic, and my preference between the two.
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post #12 of 21
11/10/12 at 10:50pm
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Chocolovers by Aquolina

Unfortunately discontinued but still widely available on Ebay for a reasonable price (this stuff used to be super cheap when it was in production though).

This.

Exactly as you described in your first post: Orange and Chocolate.
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post #13 of 21
11/11/12 at 3:32am
I want to try every scent on here...please send samples this way! J/k. I think I tried Chocolat by Profumo. I didn't get much chocolate from it..at least the chocolate I was looking for anyway. Wasn't very gourmand at all.

There is a niche brand, Noblie 1942, and the line is Le Petit Chocolatier. Try the 1, Confiture. Chocolate+orange. Samples can be found on Luckyscent(not affiliated). I think all three chocolate samples from the LPC line come together when you choose the sample option. All worth trying.
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post #14 of 21
11/11/12 at 3:47am
Red Aoud by Montale
Givenchy Play Intense by Givenchy
Rochas Man by Rochas
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post #15 of 21
11/11/12 at 3:56am
If ou're fine with very sweet stuff, give a chance to Parfumerie Generale's Musc Maori.
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post #16 of 21
11/11/12 at 4:44am
Further seconding DHI and Rochas Man
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post #17 of 21
11/11/12 at 7:53am
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Montale Chocolate Greedy.

#1

I would describe it as a smooth, nutty hot chocolate
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post #18 of 21
11/11/12 at 11:13am
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Originally Posted by alfarom View Post

If ou're fine with very sweet stuff, give a chance to Parfumerie Generale's Musc Maori.

Very sweet stuff is my way of living!
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post #19 of 21
11/11/12 at 12:52pm
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Originally Posted by MikeDropIt View Post

Very sweet stuff is my way of living!

You won't be disappointed then
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post #20 of 21
11/11/12 at 6:34pm
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Montale Chocolate Greedy.

This is as good as it gets when it comes to chocolate fragrances, IMHO.
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post #21 of 21
11/11/12 at 7:55pm
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Originally Posted by Chasing the Dragon View Post

This is as good as it gets when it comes to chocolate fragrances, IMHO.

Extremely chocolate. Like a candy bar.
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