Maison Tahite Cacao2 Eau de Parfum is a spiced, toasted cocoa that’s clean, nutty, and luscious with vanillic and ambery sweetness that’s supported by fragrant cedar. The cocoa lasts and lasts, even within the drydown the place it’s extra of a supportive be aware and the amber begins to take over.
Cacao2 Notes
It’s described as utilizing “cinnamon” to disclose cocoa’s “spicy aspect” together with toasted notes, cedar, and vetiver to evoke “biting a bar of additional darkish chocolate.”
- prime notes: cinnamon
- coronary heart notes: labdanum, toasted notes
- base notes: cocoa, vanilla, cedar, vetiver, benzoin, ambery notes, amber
What does Cacao2 Odor Like?
Within the first few seconds, unadulterated, darkish chocolate blasted via however then it was doused with intense cinnamon–spicy and so fragrant I may nearly style it. The cocoa was there, barely dusty and darkish, and steadily warmed up, nearly prefer it was melting, because it turned considerably nutty and toasted. The cinnamon was now not as brash because it had been given about 5 minutes to quiet down.
It managed to be candy with out dropping its darkish, chocolaty depth; it was spiced with out tickling my nostril; the cinnamon did, in actual fact, convey out the “spicy aspect” of chocolate. There was a vanilla veil that introduced out the sweetness of the chocolate however not sufficient to show it milk chocolate. There was some photorealism to the cocoa be aware, however there was undoubtedly aspects of cedar and amber that have been mere whispers within the first hour that made the entire composition a little bit extra surreal.
The modifications from that time have been sluggish and extra minor as Cacao2 drifted into hotter, extra resinous territory with the cedar changing into extra fragrant and distinctive, nevertheless it remained largely cinnamon-cocoa with vanillic sweetness. It smelled just like the style of heat, Mexican scorching chocolate–thick, clean, and spiced wealthy cocoa. It wasn’t till the third hour that it felt just like the cocoa was drizzled with golden amber over delicate fragrant cedar.
Over the subsequent 4 hours, the amber and benzoin added a extra caramelized facet, darker, gooey sweetness and made the cocoa softer, woodier with out dropping its spice. The cocoa began to change into a extra minor participant after seven hours of damage, nevertheless it lingered within the background because the amber and cedar got here ahead within the drydown.
Longevity
It lasted for 5 hours till it was a skin-scent and about eight hours earlier than it was fairly troublesome to detect on my pores and skin. The sillage and projection have been reasonable with the sillage dropping quicker than the projection throughout the first hour of damage.
Private Notes
After testing this scent, it actually hit house simply how a lot I’ve come to take pleasure in chocolate as a distinguished be aware in fragrance; I discovered the gourmand fashion that calls to me. Every time I strive a chocolaty perfume, I’m swept up by it, so I’m now having to be a little bit extra measured about what number of I buy and have in my assortment at a single level, however that is undoubtedly one I’m contemplating.
Testing Methodology
For testing, I used 1/3 of a 0.7ml pattern vial dabbed to the underside and topside of my wrist space . I used an unscented moisturizer previous to making use of the scent as I discovered scent didn’t maintain nicely right here in any other case.
I bought my pattern in February 2022; fragrances are identified to be reformulated over their lifetime , so be conscious of when a evaluation was made, e.g. a evaluation from 2010 might not mirror what the same-named fragrance smells like in 2022.
Availability
Cacao2 is accessible for $120/100ml. If attainable, I extremely advocate making an attempt a perfume earlier than buying a full bottle as a result of perfume can put on otherwise simply due to pores and skin chemistry. Pores and skin chemistry can impact not simply the longevity of a perfume but in addition what notes are distinguished or hidden.
Cacao2 Samples
We advocate the next retailers for buying decanted samples (usually 0.7ml to 2ml in measurement). This can be a fuller checklist, so particular person availability might rely on stock.
