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-naum- – :
A blind buy, I should have tested, I actually like it, It’s not a huge love for me though, only because I go for alot more feminine scent, it’s definitely sweet enough but smells for man.
I thought I was going to hate it when I read some of the reviews.
It definitely needs time to settle down but as the reviewer below says, it’s kinda fun, and settles in a few minutes and I read the reviews further down saying to let it settle so that’s what I did .
I see what others are saying but I get more like a very dark raw coffee liqueur scent, like Tia Maria straight from the bottle before the milk.
I need to wear it alot longer yet to tell much about how it develops but at first spritz and a hour in, I find it very interesting, deep, hardcore, super sweet yet masculine.
I’d say probably better for a person who loves masculine scent like A*men Pure leather, Lattafa Raghba and Intense Wood and other beast mode men perfumes like that. This doesn’t smell the same as those I’ve mentioned of coarse but the same type.
Strong, deep smells that smooths out to sweet bliss.
Try before you buy if you aren’t sure about the Aoud, because this is definitely a Dark Aoud & Coffee Elixir perfume in my opinion.
I hope to one day swap it for something I love.
7/10
Update : It’s 15 hours later and it’s still going strong, gorgeous scent now that sits close.
Very much the Mancera DNA, definitely unisex now, I can’t smell coffee so much anymore. I think it’s the very strong coffee note at the beginning that gives it that very masculine start but that smooths out after the first half hour and all in all this is a long, strong Mancera scent, sweet and smooth. It really would suit some one who needs a perfume they can apply once and not need to reapply again until the next day.
I’ve changed my score to 9/10 .
linad – :
I get the celery on my skin and it’s fun! Because it only lasts a few minutes.
vioxianeoni – :
Someone talk about celery smell…..Seriuosly where? Come on man, give it the time to develop, this one is a first quality blend with a great performance.
offmsyrino – :
Its an OK fragrance coffee scent… Its a another pass for me… Something is just off putin with the fragrance … Performance is heavy for 3 hours and moderate for the next 10 hours… There is no issues with longevity
Alcovacap – :
One would think Aoud cafe would tweak Montale’s successful Intense Cafe, but instead they have started from scratch and created a monster. What you have here is a big, discordinant spicy opening which almost resembles the smell of instant coffee, no milk, no sugar, but also resembles celery. And this accidental celery accord will stick around, albeit fading over the course of an hour. The second and final accord in this fragrance is a thin, watery, mildly sweet, coffee candy aroma, again, with no hint of milk. Overall, this was a mildly pleasant oddball by the end of the wear, but wont be returning to it any time soon.
atlantic2006 – :
It lasts AGES and it smells amazing,I agree…I am still searching for my perfect coffee scent, yet this is so close, a bit more coffee and it would be it.
торок – :
Good stuff. On my skin I get sweet soft coffe and warmseeet woodsy notes and an airy sweet light ambernote. Unisex.
Xeroxfrlpz – :
I wonder where the people saying it doesn’t last long or that it smells like ass are trying their bottles? It lasts AGES and it smells amazing.
I’m not someone that enjoys dirty, animal notes or even leathers but this is in no way offensive
The ‘celery’smell lasts all of 20 seconds, so if you sprayed it on a tester strip and stuck your nose up to it immediately as most people seem to do without understanding that they’re only getting the top notes, then yes that would be what you’re smelling and that’s likely what a lot of the negative reviewers have done in my opinion…give it time
emin827 – :
yuk, imagine having a diluted coffee with excessive sugar that you cant even drink it… this is how it smells !
and longevity is underwhelming.
colchak.al – :
Great scent. I love it. But sadly, I don’t get any coffee. After the initial celery-like opening, which only lasts a couple of minutes, the oils settle and turn into thus deliciously sweet scent which gets better on my skin as time passes, up to 4-5 hours, then the base notes begin to kick in. That’s when the sweetness settles and the juice turns a little musky. I do notice the oud coming out in the final phase. It comes out clean and soft, nothing offensive. However, as I said earlier, sadly, I don’t notice any coffee whatsoever in this juice. I was expecting a little roasted coffee bean note, but none of that, not even the diluted coffee water or whatever it is others are describing. No coffee in whatever form and shape to my nose. I like this perfume, as a sweet gourmand perfume, pleasant and attractive to my nose, but not as a coffee based one.
I have been stopped twice at stores (people have actually followed my scent trail) to stop and ask me what it is I’m wearing.
Ramzes577 – :
This smells to me like a weaker version of “Uomo” by Salvatore Ferragamo, but not as synthetic. I get the coffee with Tiramisu essence. I don’t smell any aoud.
It’s an OK fragrance, but not anywhere near the best from the house of Mancera.
I doubt that I will use much of my bottle as I would rather go to use “Intense Cafe” by Montale, which is far superior in my opinion.
andr6525 – :
not horrible but too much cumin! Not my favourite…
mega_dee – :
I have owned a bottle of Aoud Cafe the past few years and, although I haven’t been wearing it this past year (I have a lot of fragrance), I wore Aoud Cafe today and it reminded me of how much I love it; very nice and unique take on a coffee fragrance.
In a nutshell, take the coffee note from A*Men Pure Coffee, blend it with the sweet notes from Mancera Aoud Black Candy minus that loud licorice note, and add some extremely smooth woods, spices and musk…and there you go! Another comparison in the making of Aoud Cafe would be taking an empty coffee cup and filling it half-way with crushed assorted hard candies, and then filling it to the brim with strong espresso. Voila! It’s Aoud Cafe!!
Although this fragrance is somewhat linear, I find that the woods, amber and musk push forward a bit more in the drydown while the coffee and sweet notes become more subtle, but are still present through the life of the scent. Performance is stellar in that Aoud Cafe lasts an solid 10-12 hours on my skin leaves a nice, thick, scent trail. It’s not beastly, but it will leave a nice scent bubble and leave a favorable impression.
There is no hint of celery in this fragrance, as some have mentioned, and I have received favorable comments from others. It’s not one of those people-pleaser scents, but I find it to be a comforting cool weather fragrances that many will appreciate smelling in your presence. Finally, this is very different than Montale Intense Cafe…which is actually similar to Mancera Roses Vanille. Cheers!
arez – :
Was expecting a lot of oud and coffee in this. However, turned out to be something else..a rather fresher, aromatic smelling one
nvp416speagoessenda – :
This is a very unique fragrance…. the name says it’s aoud cafe…. yup it smells like sandalwood mixed with sweet coffee.. coffee is in the background….coffee not the dominant note …. sandalwood is the dominant note … smells really pleasant … definitely a unisex fragrance …
Smell – 9/10
Longevity-10/10
Projection-10/10
Silage – 10/10
Compliments – 7.5/10 ( I gotta be honest it’s not a compliment monster .. but still u can expect compliments from ladies … not every time ull get compliment from ladies… occasionally)
Versatility- it’s a strictly fall/winter fragrance… but still u can pull this off in spring evenings/nights
Jes spray 2-3 sprays(max) … don’t go more than that ull b choking urself for sure
doorVad – :
This is a unique and very Nice gourmand. It smells like what a chocolate covered coffee salted pretzel would taste. That is the best way to describe this. Performance and projection is good. Not BEAST like other mancera fragrances but good enough. Cold weather only. I don’t know why this isn’t talked about more in the community.
bevage2011 – :
WOW, impressive long lasting fragrance, this one is excellence……10 plus hours on my skin. Love it !
Mencz272intitytek – :
Longevity for me is 8 hours solid. Projection a good 6 hours.
eroma – :
This did not last on my skin for more that 30 minutes. Then is was a skin scent for the next 30 minutes & then it was gone. I get the same effect with Cedrat Boise.
I do get great performance from the other Montals that I have in my collection. It’s just these two.
My favorite Mancera so far is Wild Leather, I get beast performance from that one and it smells great.
OxyJkeee – :
The longest lasting, most enduring frag I have ever tried…nice coffee but the acidic note kind of spoils its warmth, maybe this is the aoud/woody thing in it? Maybe it works better on a man?…I quite had some expectations as I long for coffee scents that are not coffee candy like but this mix does not seem to fill my cup… somebody mentioned celery, only if it had it, would have been better I think: in just 2 words too harsh for my nose
Borizzz – :
For me this is a skin scent in less than 30 minutes. I have to really rub my nose in to smell a faint inoffensive oud after the initial blast of coffee that lasts 5 minutes or less. I got no celery like some mentioned before. Definitely a work place fragrance if you prefer not to offend anyone. It lasts 10+ hours very very very close to skin. I’d say for the price you pay you don’t get much. It is pleasant though. For being what it is, the consumer is paying for the brand name only. It is overpriced.
A year later I decided to buy this for a great price. Nope, it is not a skin scent. This juice is a projectile for sure. It stays on your skin for long hours. But, it is very similar to his cousin, Mancera Aoud Vanille. I do not see the point of having both, unless you like the coffee burst when you first spray. The coffee disappears very shortly and a creamy oud vanilla takes over.
lorian07 – :
real bordering on pissy oud in the top with some dry cacoa, coffee and wood; in the drydown, it smells like Raghba Wood Intense with the wood really rising
marinchonok – :
“Celery Covered by Baby Powder”
The opening has a celery smell to it. The dry down smells like baby powder.
Nothing offensive, but nothing special either. Longevity is great, but I have definitely smelled much better Mancera fragrances before.
This is not a full bottle worthy for me.
Эстель – :
Mancera Aoud Cafe seems to be one of the best-reputed fragrances from the line, and one I’d especially aspired to try, since I love coffee-dominant scents, and it’s not bad. In fact, it’s quite good, though it’s simply not among the best coffee-dominant fragrances out there.
First off, it’s a bit biting in the coffee and wood combination that really tells most of the story. The florals don’t add much enjoyment. Overall, though, the biggest complaint is the acerbic quality of it, and the comparatively poor quality of the coffee in the blend. It’s a bit cumbersome to classify, as the coffee smell isn’t specifically burnt, or too dark, or too light. Rather, it’s very heady and acidic, and not rich enough, at least not along the lines of the coffee-dominant fragrances I love and own, in no particular order:
Piotr Czarnecki – Sensei (now Shihan)
Sebastiane – Espresso Royale
Kerosene – Follow
Dua Fragrances – Cafe Oud
Thierry Mugler – A*Men Pure Coffee
I’d recommend all of them, and most I’ve rated at 8 (out of 10), and frankly, a couple might be a 9 if I reevaluate it, and I’d say Mancera Aoud Cafe is a 7, so there’s much conceptually separating them in the overall scheme of things except for the quality of the coffee component.
Performance, at least, seems outstanding, so this could be a winter staple if it’s your cup of tea (or coffee). I see this as leaning toward the masculine but certainly isn’t restrictively masculine as with the very slight sweetness and florals, it has some stereotypically feminine aspects as well.
7 out of 10
kegor2004 – :
Great and interesting fragrance. It doesn’t smell As potent as a cup of coffee. It smells of 30% coffee and the rest being fairly fruity notes with a small hit of amber. It’s crisp and slightly warm scent. Best for spring and fall in my opinion. Not heavy or warm enough for winter. Would be too much in the summer though. Very interesting and original scent.
Well done mancera. Haven’t been let down by this house yet.
zencerciacuum – :
one of my Favourite Mancera Fragrances, deceptive longevity, seems like its gone sooner than it really has! i find it to be a warm slightly sweet spicy coffee scent, perfect for day or night, definitely a cooler weather scent, Nice soft scent trail, not harsh or offensive at all.
AOUD CAFE: 9/10
Vectra – :
It took me a while to actually appreciate this scent. I like it now, but at first I didn’t at all. Maybe it had something to do with weather conditions, not even sure, but it’s a nice fragrance in winter time.
Assinanlite – :
I like this perfume but its not something that will leave me impressed.
It starts with whiff of fresh coffee which soon fades away to give room to fruits, flowers, and amber.
It smells nice, but if you smell any old montale perfume you will recognise that this one carries the same DNA.
And as with all Montale/Mancera line, it has bomb-like projection and stays for long time.
7/10
realgaara – :
Trying Aoud Cafe from a carded sample, and liking it quite a lot.
I usually dislike oud, but here there’s only a hint of it, if at all. In the opening I get roasted coffee but soon this aroma dissipates, much to my disappointment. Woody and powdery floral notes I can only smell thereafter, and the whole composition smells familiar, ethereal and truly unisex on my skin.
I think the name is a bit misleading apart from the top notes perhaps, as it’s not that caffeinated or oud-centric at all.
serp77 – :
Lasts very well, and smells like a fresh sweet coffee. Very pleasant, having said all that I’m not sure it’s a buy merely because do I want to smell like coffee all day?
I have 100+ niche samples for swap within Europe – get in touch! Updated spreadsheet of samples on my profile.
anry – :
Aoud Cafe is an unexpected gem. It comes on very tangy and sweet with a slight bitter edge to it. It’s brown sugared, dark roast coffee and chicory at Cafè Du Mondè in the French Quarter of New Orleans after a cool morning rain where the slate tiles are still damp and mineralic-in a bottle.
Slightly floral, sweet, rich, a little metallic like the scent of brass doorknobs. It’s strange and decisive and beautiful. The juice is a bit syrupy and it isn’t a very prominent projection but seems to cut through the air like a dark oily coffee. A very unusual and instantly memorable perfume that skews totally unisex but might play better on men.
If this had a color, it would be russet. This is now one of my favorite Autumnal scents. Has a slightly leathery coffee-tangy dry-down that has a sugared aura about it similar to CH for men.
Scent: 8/10. I wish the coffee was a bit creamier but the composition works well and is really memorable. The “brass doorknob” scent I also get is unique.
Projection: 7/10 for the first hour, easily (on my skin which eats fragrance), then 4/10 from hours 1.5-2, then it sits close but doesn’t become a skin scent from hours 2-8.
Sillage: 5/10 surprisingly not much of a train follows from what I could tell, but it did get noticed.
Longevity: 10/10. Granted I stop counting the longevity after it becomes a skin scent, but I did get 10 hours of use, even though the last half was spent close to the body. It was still detectable at hugging distance. for you sticklers though…Ive had it on the back of my hand for 20 hours as of right now and can still detect it.
Would I buy another bottle?: yes indeed.
vladuka – :
I’ve been wearing this lovely coffee, Oud, woody and semi-fruity concoction for a week now. I love it even though I develop olfactory adaptation of it within 1 hour (everyone smells it but me). So while I smell it it is cheer delight. I was very surprised learning from more than 1 reviewer here about the celery smell as, by far, I couldn’t detect any of it. However, after a full week of wearing this juice the celery note hit me like a rock today. Big time also. It was not pleasant at all either. The only difference today was that I sprayed more juice than usual, from 3 sprays to 5. I also had used a balmy sandalwood aftershave before applying this juice. So it could be a mix of things but definitely i got the celery smell. Then after 15 minutes or so it started to fade away and the usual notes came forward. Perhaps I should keep the number of sprays on the moderate side and be watchful of other things I may be using in my shaving routine before applying this fragrance.
Update: 9/1/2016
Yes. It is definitely celery and now I made sure I wasn’t carrying forward any scents from my shave. I am consistently smelling this awful celery smell upon spraying this frag daily and the beautiful initial roasted coffee scent is no more. After 30 minutes or so the celery smell fades and disappears but no coffee any more.
Update: 9/3/2016
Fix found for me. The key is to keep the number of sprays in check and to not stick your nose into the skin when smelling this perfume. So I reduce the number of sprays to two or three light sprays. This perfume projects well and does not need much to be noticed. When I do this I don’t get the celery note. Also I don’t apply full sprays but load about half of the trigger. My perfume now smells as it should, I don’t get the celery smell but the deliciousness that this perfume offers and I still project. People smell it on me after hours. I have gotten a few compliments already. Last don’t stick your nose into the skin to smell it. Less is better with this baby.
seat – :
Aoud Cafe is a legitimate perfume for those who like the coffee aroma.
Pinches of woody notes, i get guaico giving some smoke dry tone, maybe oud but so slight, all this mixed with roasted coffee, or only coffe and the woody chord made this feeling, of a roasted solid coffee, reminds me the essential oil, so well done!
It is not a gourmand as the wood dries well, and for me does not make a perfume as gustatory scent, but the pleasure of the aroma is solid and so good.
Rating: 8,5-9/10
v-64977 – :
Great fragrance. Aoud Café slightly reminds me of Spigo of the Bois 1920 line in the very opening from its sweet edge but with less pine, lemon, and punch;
Aoud Café opens with a syrupy, almost smoky sweet violet aroma; A gourmand fragrance that smells gorgeous! I do get the fruits, coffee, and oud in the opening. As this fragrance mellows you are left with this beautiful combination of a sweet coffee peachy spice(s) that is very unisex, perhaps even more masculine. I would also say there is a powdery feel to this, not to the extent that it is somehow leaning towards the feminine sides of things. I think this powdery spice edge balances out the Oud, the Fruits, the Coffee and others; there is this sweet, raspberryyyyy kind of a vibe that I detect-the oud, coffee, and the fruits mixture is wonderful; I personally don’t want to smell like a coffee shop, however, the way the coffee, flowers and spices are infused in this has been artfully done.
This fragrance performs well in terms of sillage and projection; I sprayed one spritz on the back of my hand and it has been projecting immensely, again with only one spray….WOW!!!!!
You don’t need much of this; I would say 4 sprays at the most in the summer as the heat will cause this to be cloying for you and possibly those around you if more than that. For those who’ve expressed the Pure Malt or Havana reference, yes I can see that to be accurate. However, for the few who mentioned celery…I am not detecting that anywhere in this juice (every nose is different-I’m just not getting it).
Unisex or Masculine
Projection:9/10
Sillage:9/10
Longevity:10/10
Overall:9.5/10
JEZTER – :
Provato già altre volte e ho sempre scelto qualcosa di diverso, ma mi è rimasta la voglia. Oggi meglio di altre volte ho capito il senso, una giornata molto calda, uno spruzzo ed è come se mi fossi fermata in un bar a bere una crema di caffè , quella crema soffice e dolce, fredda molto goduriosa. Questo è, almeno in apertura il profumo più cremoso che io abbia mai annusato, il caffè non è un espresso, non è tostato, non è stantio, è solo crema di caffè con tanto zucchero . Non ho nessuna nota agrumata, nessuna frutta, così dall’inizio alla fine . Non sono un fan di Mancera ma questo merita anche perché non sento molte note chimiche e mi ricorda una sosta rilassante .
ivn105 – :
Where’s the cafe notes? Smells like celery…pass
Valera S – :
Yowza! This punched me in the face similar to the way wasabi does when you eat too much of it. It was sharp, and initially the only note that came through was celery. There is something soft in background I can’t get to it because of the in your face punch. I love coffee, drink it daily and grind my own beans and I also juice regularly and this does not smell like the coffee beans I grind….It smells like the celery I juice! I have tried it multiple times and always the same. Harsh celery! I will say out of the decant it smells like some type of liquor but the celery doesn’t come through. It is acrid smelling out of the decant and I perhaps get a faint…very faint coffee. It’s is a boozy celery that I’m adding to my drinks! Actually, if you’ve ever taken a shot of some type of liquor, well the smell is different than the burn that goes down and once it’s down it tastes different than it smells. That is what this reminds me of. (A good burn and change depending…)
What I think happens is chemistry plays a huge factor with this one. It doesn’t work for me unless I’m trying to be the ultimate condiment at the bar that will accompany a Bloody Mary. It has great staying power I must say so I don’t want to wear it out. I don’t hate it but as fun as it is to play detective with its progression and life, it is a no. I don’t want to smell like I rubbed schnapps on my skin! Plus, my first tests came when it was still “cool” in my region and now that it is warming up forget it.
Try it though…it is interesting and reading others reviews it might work. Not a blind buy most definitely.
uhr556elipseskism – :
I’m reading different takes on this and another website, about the coffee note. Some are satisfied, some are not.
I am not impressed with the opening because the coffee just seems to be lacking in authenticity, at least to me.
Other fragrances do a lot better job with coffee, I felt like I had to wait about three hours for this to soften up and allow the sweeter notes to take stage and blend well with the musk.
Not until about the third hour does the harshness of the coffee/wood notes settle down and turn into a great aroma that makes me happy.
I did not notice the peach and currant notes listed until I got this scent in the mail. Those notes had me wondering whether this would end up syrupy and too feminine.
No, not feminine and the peach is not in the forefront, just in case your wondering.
Maybe spring but I’m not sure about summer…….autumn and winter? Yes.
Seems to have good projection.
Romyr – :
I get a strong coffee and spicy wood opening, yes really do get the coffee in this one, like freshly ground coffee beans on my skin with a citrus musk vibe hanging out in the background. The initial spray fills the room with this delicious scent.
Aoud Cafe quickly develops into a coffee, woody, musky dry scent with just a tiny bit of sweetness, but this is not a sweet gourmand type fragrance to my nose.
3 hours in Aoud Cafe Settles down a little and the coffee recess just a bit, but is still present, while the wood becomes more pronounced. Projection reduces to about arms length at this point. 6 hours in and I still get a coffee / wood scent on my skin, but it becomes a skin scent. After 24 hours I still get whiffs of coffee and wood on my skin.
I don’t get the celery note that others have talked about. To me this is almost all coffee and wood on my skin.
Bottom line: If you like coffee and / or woody scents, you should try a sample of this.
шреддер – :
This, to me, is not coffee as bean or grounds or bitter beverage but more of a coffee syrup or perhaps it’s like…damnit, where’s a bottle of Kahlua when I need one? (Not the first time I’ve had that though, actually.) I also get a strong licorice note in the front, which makes me wonder if it sat to close to the Aoud Black Candy bottles in class. Once that’s over I find this a mostly musky affair with a little powdered amber, a dash of salt and something synthetic. The fruits and flowers are a no show on me.
daztgenfkacxfar – :
Interestingly, this smelled like a (clean) baby diaper on my husband’s skin (cotton and plastic, a little bit of powder) and like celery on his collar! I didn’t get the coffee at all.
Update: I decided to try this on myself since perfumes/colognes can smell different on different people. It started out with an extremely strong celery scent that faded into something less recognizable as celery in about 10 minutes. Now, after about 30 minutes, I don’t detect celery anymore and it smells pleasant enough – maybe a little spicy if I was forced to be a little more specific. I still can’t smell any coffee though and I even though I put on a lot, I can barely smell it with my nose pressed against my arm.
kacya – :
The other reviewers have described this fragrance perfectly and for that reason, I’ll just review this with a different angle. Opens with a smell that i can only describe as a Java Forest; Part coffee, part vegetal but all the way October, November, and December. Equipped with Thierry Mugler-like longevity, this is probably too out there for a gala but feasible enough for the 40/40. Like i’ve said, this “opens” as a coffee fragrance but don’t expect the duration to be full blown Folgers. There’s a lot going on here, mainly the nameless sweet notes which borders confectionery and maple wood. Realistically, you can’t talk Aoud Cafe and not talk florals. To be honest with you, the floral notes should have a higher voting further proving that some people write reviews based on the opening. With that being said, is this fragrance really an Aoud cafe? I’d have to say, no it’s not; still doesn’t take away from this being enjoyable.
ROMAN_LVIV – :
عطر (غريب) بالفعل..فيه مزيج القهوة الرائعة
kolyan462 – :
Amazing, CAN TASTE COFFEE! The citric-musk background has fruity aspect that also moves with gustation
snep147 – :
Unfortunately I don’t get this coffee note for long on my skin, only for the first half an hour to an hour and then it dries down to what I can only describe as a musky berry mess.
However, longevity is good at around the 12 hour mark, and it projects pretty well. Just a shame I don’t get that coffee vibe from this.
Stagglusa – :
1st of all, I get no celery on my skin, not even at the opening. There’s a small salty touch so I guess that’s what’s registering to some noses as such.
I get a lot of musk, warm musk with blackcurrants. There are woody and warm, slightly powdered (amber) sweet touches, too. A certain tartness remains, bergamot I suppose, but it’s very much in the background to a warm musk. The only notes I can truly dissect are MUSK, BLACKCURRANTS, and the woody/sweet touches.
It’s decent as such (projection/longevity are good) but I came for coffee and am still needin my fix. I truly envy those of you who get the all-day coffee! Chemistry and olfactory perception are so fascinating!
[11.30.14 updated]
NikolaSZveR – :
This has more oud and musk than anything. Not my cup of tea. I am a big Montale fan and love Intense Café but am not a fan of this. Their is a small hint of sweetness but the whole composition smells funky IMO. Very long lasting as expected but that’s about the only good thing about it. Yes I do get a celery vibe from it as well.
bctrecha – :
At the beginning it has a very nice and realistic coffee note, but then it does something weird with my skin chemistry and I don’t like how it smells.
Anyhow, this is an amazing fragrance for those who really “love” agarwood, this has a pretty good aoud note, even though I had finally realized that it isn’t my note, its interesting but too masculine for my taste. The great thing is that I can actually smell a coffee note from beginning till the end. This fragrance is something you have to try several times to fully appreciate, I noticed that with all Mancera fragrances, when you really try them out for a while you begin to really love and appreciate their uniqueness.
On Russian fragrantica they are saying that this smells like Intense Cafe by Montale and since I had that fragrance, I can tell you that I completely disagree. Aoud Cafe and Intence Cafe smell nothing, and I mean nothing alike, maybe the brief coffee note, but thats about it. Montale is much more sour and aoud note is much more loud, coffee only hints at the beginning and then its gone. In Aoud Cafe coffee note stays till the end and Aoud is much more refined.
I have a full 60 ml bottle of this for a swap, message me if you’re interested.
EDIT: I’m starting to like this more and more, in few more tries I might be in total blown love for this fragrance, Mancera can do this to you. This had happened with two of their other fragrances I have, Roses Vanille and Roses Greedy. At first they were like Naahh skip, but then they hit you like a hammer and you’re like whoa, this is amazing!
Eminempfr – :
Very good opening with realistic coffee aroma. Unfortunately, after about 2-3 hours it started smelling weird on my skin, somehow synthetic and sour. Too bad, because it could have been an amazing scent.
Scent: 6/10
Longevity: 8/10
Projection: 7/10
dyimka – :
Yes, there is a vague hint of celery for about the first 5 minutes, because of the way the fruity and woody notes interact with each other, but as the coffee, amber and musk warm up, this turns into a delicious, gourmand vanilla confection. After 10 hours, the floral and sweet notes dominate and you feel like you’re rolling in a bag of sugared rose-petal candy. Absolutely delicious!
The “celery” reviewers shouldn’t be reviewing fragrances if they can’t let a fragrance progress beyond the alcohol dry-down before passing comment.
pkv25 – :
Celery blah, not at all! This is a beautiful gourmand, with candied, oud, coffee and Amber notes. On my skin it simply lasts for hours and hours. It’s very natural smelling and its what TM pure coffee should have been! I can honestly say it’s the best coffee scent I have smelled so far. Just like the rest of the range its wonderful! !!!
Гашеный – :
One of the most disappointing experiences ive had in awhile. I really really wanted to like this one. But sadly like the original review from here by kris919 I also got a celery vibe. To be honest it was kinda gross/disgusting. And it lasts for quite awhile, a good 4-5 hours my nose instantly related this mix to this. While this is going on slowly, a very sticky candy vibe, with some coffee in the background is coming into play. Until it eventually takes over completely. For people looking for a coffee shop/dunkin donuts/ sorta vibe for what its worth, I do get wiffs of a very distinguishable coffee note at times. But for the most part its just a sweet sticky candy with coffee in the background. It does smell nice, and its certainly nice in a different way then other “coffee” scents but man that opening… Its just way to long, and the dry down does not justify getting through that for me.
Maybe ill come back to it, and it will change but sadly a as it is now a pass.
Enascallolo – :
Delicious