Description
Originally created for the 2012 Artisan Chocolate and Fragrance Salon held in Santa Monica, Coco Blanc offers creamy luscious gourmand aromas using all natural ingredients.
The “Gourmand Gold Standard”, an irresistible vanilla musk. The perfume explorer does not need to be a fan of exotic niche fragrances to enjoy this perfume. It is a universally loved accord of the highest quality noble materials which are lactonic, vanillic and warmly appealing to almost everyone. Not overly sweet like mainstream gourmands, Coco Blanc is exceptionally long-lasting on the skin and perfectly unisex in the dry down, finishing with soft woods and spicy organic vanilla.
Coco Blanc by Matriarch is an Oriental Vanilla fragrance for women and men. Coco Blanc was launched in 2013. The nose behind this fragrance is Christi Meshell. The fragrance features white chocolate, vanilla, massoia, woody notes, spicy chai notes and natural musk.
BeCool – :
To my nose, this is a natural, woody version of Chanel Coromandel.
Instead of a polished and refined scent of creamy variations built around patchouli, here you get a wilder, less balanced yet intriguing scent of creamy, slightly sweet and spicy engulfing the woody tones.
I really enjoy my sample. Alas, I’m still more of a Coromandel girl, but this is lovely and very natural.
XUIS – :
A bit white chocolaty, indeed. But even more I smell fire, or smoke. Campfire like. It is subtle and gives the scent a nice extra dimension.
Overall I like Coco Blanc.
Some side notes:
The topnotes a not particularly good, this fragrance is all about the dry down. Sillage could be better.
7,5/10
C_A – :
At first spray, I really loved this unique, woody vanilla. I had never smelled anything like it and I was quite impressed. Later on as the drydown occurred I found myself not that into it though. Two days later I decided to try it again and it really grew on me. In fact, there are a few scents from HoM where I had this very same experience.
After seeing many good reviews and recommendations regarding this house I purchased a sample kit. The packaging and unboxing alone was an awesome experience in itself. Meticulously and eloquently designed and packaged, right down to the silky cardstock of the boxes and description cards. And I think that’s one thing people are missing here regarding the price: when you go with this house you’re not just buying the juice, but the whole experience and philosophy surrounding HoM. You’re also paying for the all-natural ingredients, which are not cheap. You may not care about natural ingredients or presentation, but that’s up to you. All of that said, it is still quite pricey for my budget, and I say that having now fallen in love with this scent as well as a few others. (But I’m a sucker for anything vanilla.)
Many have mentioned the lack of projection as a negative but fail to realize not all of us wish to blast every person with whom we come in contact. Some people like skin scents. More importantly, some people like wearing low-projecting scents certain times and high-projecting scents other times. (For instance, at work. Don’t be that guy or gal drowning your co-workers into olfactory hatred of your presence!) This be may blasphemous to the fragrance community, but I feel projection shouldn’t be such a huge deciding factor in whether something is good or not.
Many have said Coco Blanc is better fit for women, but I’m a straight man in my mid-30s and I say if you like a scent, no matter what it is, rock it like there’s no tomorrow.
If you like woody, musky vanilla you will like this, no question. House of Matriarch may be too expensive for most, but they definitely make some very uniquely exquisite fragrances. Coco Blanc is one my current favorites.
giver0 – :
This won awards for a reason.
The most realistic and mouth watering fragrance I have ever smelled and it is of the unique note of white chocolate.
I find this fragrance very sexy and screams to be worn in white.
I found it to project well for the first 30 minutes before it slowly becomes a skin scent and last for about 4 and a half hours. I found it more on the feminine side of things personally.
This could be your next intimate or seductive fragrance ladies.
Ольга Главбух – :
boozy vanilla on top of a creamy sandalwood foundation, rounded off with chai spices. The overall composition is far more woody and dry than one would expect given the name “white chocolate”, and in turn, far more unisex and agreeable than a sickly sweet feminine gourmand.
The vanilla and white chocolate accord do scream out feminine in every way, but I think people often times fail to mention how much of a key aspect the sandalwood note is – possibly mysore given it’s strength and pungency – and I think the men trying this out could be pleasantly surprised.
If you’re in the “vanilla is for women” boat, then this may not be worth the further inspection. Certainly try before you buy.
The price alone might scare some people off, but given some of the natural materials used and the perfumers approach on blending, I can understand why.
Overall I can’t see myself using this on enough occasion to get a 50 ML and I think it would wear MUCH better on a woman anyway.
AlexeyPodgorny – :
Sad to say this reminds me too much of a vanilla-sandalwood scented candle I used to have for me to truly enjoy this. Also has nearly non-existant projection and severely lacking in longevity. I much prefer L’Arrivee from this line.
Gremlinoff – :
I wasn’t crazy about Coco Blanc until I layered it with another fragrance that I wasn’t crazy about. Pure Tonka by Thierry Mugler. Together, they make beautiful music.
soldierrain – :
IT last like 10 mins and then turns to a very light musky scent. save your money ; it’s a scam to charge that price. I can buy way better niche fragcne with what their charging. No one can ever smell it on you unless they bury their face into your neck
yunao – :
For some reason, this fragrance has great longevity on me. I get about 3-4 hours of 1-2 feet projection. Then it projects under a a foot from 4-6 hours. Then by about hour 10 it’s a skin scent. That’s more than enough performance IMO. This scent is very intimate, however, I did buy this for myself not to pick of chicks. With that being said, this scent is truly beautiful. It takes you back to a place you’ve been before. Something I noticed about this fragrance is that temperature impacts it’s longevity greatly. If it’s hot, forget about it, it’ll be gone in fewer than 3 hours. But only chilly days, this thing just keeps it coming which is okay because this meant for chilly weather IMO. I highly recommend getting a sample at the very least!
GOSHA13 – :
Creamy white chocolate, sweet vanilla, and woods. A phenomenal gourmand. The performance is rather disappointing for a fragrance of this quality but thats to be expected with the use of all natural ingredients. However, the smells is just incredible and I like to wear this one in the comfort of my home as a comfort scent.
awgaw1 – :
I finally had the opportunity to try this perfume while I’m traveling in the USA, the brand is unavailable in Europe. I was expecting mainly sweet and gourmand white chocolate, vanilla creamy notes as described by others but instead I was surprised and somehow disapointed to discover mostly woody notes all the way, on my skin but also on the paper. It’s not sweet at all, actually I find it kind of dark. So the name is sort of misleading. It is still a popular perfume but more for a more mature crowd not teenagers.
Ivansss – :
QVC 2017 15ml Coco Blanc
A white chocolate vanillic creamy woody fragrance. The chai spice and the wood are prominent in my wearing. Sillage is low, close to the body but you can still detect it. Its not going to announce your arrival but hug you in a warm embrace.
2-3 sprays to the body is really all you need. Im glad HOM is on QVC, it makes their offerings available to a much wider audience with competitive pricing and easy payments. A very smart business move. HOM is a higher price point as it is mostly natural so that is a larger investment than the modern aroma chemicals. It does have depth and a luxe feel.
Unisex to me due to the large wood presence. This is smoother and more likable than Baruti Chai, and a woodier coromandel. I couldnt handle the screechy synthetic Kulfi note in TF . This is a nice option to have. Longevity is 7hrs strong, so if anyone had doubts about that issue, the new QVC version seemed to have addressed it.
Stas t-800 – :
They price is ROBBERY!! for such a fleeting scent. The scent is good but only last like an hour on me.
Durnotrurbemo – :
COCO BLANC by HOUSE of MATRIARCH is a skin scent to me.
The reason why I bought this perfume, even no SA at GINZA SIX or ISETAN Department store in Tokyo knew about it was because of a very beautifully created You Tube video review by FraganceView shot at MACHU PICCHU!!! Tricky, tricky.
Well, actually, that channel is not sponsored by any house, so, no intention to trick anybody. He’s just being very honest with his feelings and very creative.
So while waiting for the perfumes to arrive, I’ve grown my idealistic image by watching his videos again and again.
When finally the package arrived, I had to pay extra ¥2,900 (almost $30) import tax in addition to already very expensive $150.00 shipping fee (with using 50% discount coupon, I separated my order in two. $55.00 + $95.00 shipping fee each). Paying extra tax for perfume import never happened to me before, so, I was kind of in shock. Anyway, I got my hands on COCO BLANC and other items. Yay!!!
With opening the black plastic ballooned up kind of bag (not a box was another shock), one little box was squashed a bit. Although, the great thing was that, each bottle was put in a velvety soft beautiful little bag to make a gorgeous feeling.
Then at last I tried COCO BLANC, first spritz, then another spritz, then another . . . ending up spritzing 5 times on my arm to distinguish any note because the projection was very very weak. I had to sniff with my nose right on my arm but only very vague cloying chocolate kind of note (not exactly white chocolate) and animal musky note with woody vibe and It lasted only 2 hours.
This time, I learnt my lesson in a hard way. I’m not a TV person so, I don’t get influenced by TVCFs but I now know that I can easily get influenced by you tubers.
I really wish I could feel the same as FragranceView but maybe because of the very hot humid summer in Japan, it didn’t work well enough. It might be different in winter, I hope.
In Japan, perfume culture is not really common. No women friend of mine wear any perfume. Some of my men friends wear on special occasions and only one guy is a heavy perfume wearer. I force my husband to wear whatever I want him to wear. He doesn’t have particular taste in fragrances.
Well, I’m not going to give up just yet, because the good thing is that natural ingredients of COCO BLANC doesn’t cause any rush to me. I will continually wear COCO BLANC to train my nose to be more sensitive to be able to smell softer projecting fragrances.
Christy Meshell’s magic might gradually develope in me〜❤︎
P.S. I’m adding The third day opinion of wearing COCO BLANC, here, I can clearly smell not too sweet adult kind of vanilla, not too strong masala spice and some kind of rubbery stuff, too. I’m actually enjoying the natural softness of COCO BLANC more.
P.P.S. To make this masculine gourmand COCO BLANC more feminine, I layered just a little spritz of INSOLENCE and pretty much satisfied with this blending〜❤︎
shul1 – :
You say “kulfti” I say “white chocolate.” Please don’t hate me for being morally bankrupt, but I prefer the Tom Fords. This is a lovely, sweetish amberish vanilla gourmand that is the organic, good for you, light version of Tom Ford pick something: Pour femme, noir noir, tobacco oud, tobacco vanille–but I think if you were to spritz the Tom Ford Noir Pour Femme you’d have the darker, longer lasting, lovely silage version of this with one distinct and fleetingly beautiful difference–butter. Okay, I really would pick the Noir Pour Femme which I have. I love it. I like this one too, very much, but it’s super low in silage, a skin scent that wears a bit shearer than I’d like it to. There is less depth than in the TF and more butter, but there’s also less sweetness. TF can get a bit saccharine and toothy. This becomes a nice amber vanilla in the drydown without cavities. Now, admittedly, that amazing longevity and silage of TF is probably due to all sorts of unnatural aromachemicals, which, purportedly HOM avoids. However, HOM is more linear after that gorgeous opening.
And about the opening. There’s something decadentally buttery and salty in the initial 5-10 minutes–top notes of HOM Coco that does differentiate it. It is like a hot pan with salted butter, or a bit of briney air without the nasty seaweed; there’s almost something like salty butter popcorn in that opening. It’s really great–loved it and inhaled my wrist each tine I have worn this.
So, no, they’re not dupes, but if you are a Tom Ford fan, you’ll probably like this. What you WON’T like: if you think Tom Ford is spendy, welcome to HOM. I like this perfume a lot, but I’m sticking to my samples. This is just not worth it. However, if the marketing “works its MAGIK on you”–then go for it. I think a lot of the hype is due to some outstanding marketing of HOM. The scent does smell “natural” and didn’t make me sneeze, and it’s really lovely–but clearly, there’s a lot of wizardry at work here in terms of the gorgeous bottle, the website, the hypnotizing spell of what the letters stand for, the rare and costly ingredients and so on. On the plus side–I ordered some samples and they’re really, really generous! I ordered several of the SAME scent, because I wasn’t sure what it would look like, and I was pleasantly surprised. So, there you go! Now, back to my Tom Ford (don’t hate me…)
senya985 – :
Coco Blanc. A stunnigly beautiful, smokey vanilla with a lot of sweet milk chocolate and a bit of woodyness + bitter tea. I love gourmands, and this one is definitely one of the best out there. The vanilla is done so unbelievably well, it actually reminds me of Feve Delicieuse, both are very dense and complex (Feve is smokier, darker, less sweet and deeper). Both are absolutely gorgeous, however I would have to choose Dior over House of Matriarch for this one. Coco Blanc is basically a skin scent from the beginning, got to dig my nose in to get anything out of it (same issue with Albatross). It stays like this for about 4.5h and then completely evaporates. Therefore, I see this as a cuddle scent, but nothing else. Not even for a date, as the other person would most likely not smell you at all. With that price tag as well… I have to pass. I know it should not be beast mode for this type of scent, but this performance is not acceptable.
djdrad – :
Coco Blanc is like an epic date. You’ve been waiting to see this person and now it’s finally happening. After a walk through the city as the sun sets on a cool evening, you head into a chic and cozy bar. You’ve scored the best seats in the house – an intimate table for two next to a huge pizza-oven-turned-fireplace. Taking off your sexy and smart leather jacket, you settle into a chair, leaning in to learn more about this person. Over two white chocolate martinis, you spend the evening talking about everything you can think of. Ordering another round, you wish this evening, the crackling, smoky firelight, the smiles, the looks, would go on forever. From now on chocolate martinis are your secret favorite, because they will always remind you of this night.
So few fragrances can transport me like this one. It’s a grown-up gourmand. The white chocolate, smoke, leather, wood, and milky and boozy touches are blended to perfection. Such a unique, beautiful bottle too. The art of perfume. 10/10
Edit: I must have more of this. If you’re willing to part with it, PM me!
sergio2704 – :
Ok this fragrance messing up my senses . This never happened before
I put a dip of coco blank on my hand then I sniffed it. Smells pretty good but then I have another scent on my wrist and the scent of coco blank totally changed the other fragrance
TomBoy – :
I’m with seekritdude/Clayton below on this for the most part, relieved to see someone else is having a similar experience with this frag.
Let me start by saying I’m a natural frag fan, so I absolutely WANT this fragrance to work.
But it’s not at all what I expected. Quick notes:
I test everything on paper strips first so I’m not stuck with something that won’t wash off and make me sick in the process.
That said:
I am hoping that letting this test sample age a bit will make a difference. All I’m getting from it at this point is what I would equate to a woody-ish scent with barely a hint of gourmand.
If I knew nothing about it, and was asked to pinpoint what it smells like…I’d say it smells almost exactly like a sandlewood I sniffed about 20 years ago, and/or a very smooth and toned down oud.
I have to really dig to attempt to find anything else, and to be honest, it’s not worth it. Either the gourmand component stands out in a frag or it does not.
That said, the positive: It’s a nice fragrance, but I really want the white chocolate and other effects claimed.
The negative: The price is absolutely intolerable.
I am willing to pay more for a natural frag. I personally am absolutely fine with natural frags performance; less projection/sillage/longevity. I can compensate with slightly more product use to get more projection, and I actually LIKE a scent leaving me after four to six hours so I can refresh my palate.
I would save up and indulge in any natural frag at half this price point, but I won’t go beyond that. I am low income, there is just no way, esp when there are other natural frags out there that are terrific and at half this or less price points, such as a couple of DSH’s offerings as one example.
I want HoM to pan out and provide great natural frags. But this was expected to be perhaps a holy grail that I’d be willing to indulge in, and I can’t when it’s just a pleasant sandlewood/oud.
To end on a positive note: Also received a sample of Forbidden…I def like it more than Coco Blanc. It is a terrific fragrance. But AGAIN, NOT at this price point. I again like DSH natural offerings more and at half the price. Forbidden would be a contender if it was priced far less.
If she can bring that price down and produce the quality of DSH, I will sing praises about her. There is a massive void for naturals in the fragrance industry and HINT PERFUME MAKERS: THERE IS DEMAND FOR THEM.
Countless of us are sick (literally) of the damn designer headaches and nausea (“COUGH” Dior Sauvage, “COUGH”…)
Natural frags CAN induce headaches as well, but it’s far less common, and we’re not stuck with beasts that won’t wash off our skin or clothes without putting them through a quarantined nuclear clean-up effort.
(Sigh).
High hopes for this one, I will let the sample age and try again in a couple months.
Nikitan – :
This has received a lot of negative reviews specifically regarding its performance. While I didn’t find the performance horrible, it was somewhat short-lived with a moderate projection. I got about 4 or 5 hours out of it, 2 hours with good projection (though moderate) and 3 more with it closer to skin. That’s not too bad, especially considering that there are absolutely no synthetic fixatives in this fragrance, and if there are, they are very, very well hidden. That’s actually one of the nicest things about Coco Blanc–it smells completely natural. It’s a borderline gourmand walking a thin line between soft milky woods with a smidgen of pencil shavings, white chocolate, and a creamy vanilla/cocounut aroma. It never gets too sweet, so if you’re looking for a true gourmand, look elsewhere. I find Coco Blanc’s tendency to not cross over tasteful, and think it would be much easier (and less satisfying) to just plunge into a rich vanilla/cocunut base. But we have a lot of fragrances which do that, and I appreciate that the drier, woodier aspects of the fragrances are maintained here As far as colors are concerned Coco Blanc comes across in shades of beige, cream white, and light browns, kind of like its name implies.. It has a soft and velvety-light feel and is completely unisex, though for some reason I picture it best on a woman. Due to its overall lightness and generally short longevity, the fact that you may be looking for a true gourmand, and its expensive price, Coco Blanc is recommended for sampling. Thumbs up.
Final Note: I owned this for a couple years and sold it about a year ago. While I enjoyed it, and didn’t own anything else like it, I just didn’t wear it a lot. For a guy, it’s not exactly something that seems befitting for work, as its almost too relaxed and comforting (it makes you want to sleep in rather than get moving). At the same time, I have plenty of other scents that I prefer to wear during my leisure time. But I honestly think this could be a great signature scent for a woman. It’s sensuous and alluring without ever becoming even slightly obnoxious or annoying, and it feels mature and elegant, avoiding any juvenile tendencies that often pop up in gourmand styles of scents.
nosov216 – :
I Guess I was a victim of skin chemistry because to me, this was not very gourmandish and was more of a lets say sweet nuanced woody scent.
If I were to try to visualize this scent it would be something like one of these…
You just got out of a sauna, and you go to the bathroom that is also a well lets say wooden bathroom, so youre relaxing while taking a bath, but you still smell sorta that warm wood all around you, some musk, maybe you have cup of spicy tea near the rim of the bathtub as you slowly drink it. And there are some candles also in the background which you just slightly smell a sweet aroma of white chocolate or vanilla…
If not that maybe something like..
You walk into again lets say a wooden dining room, you see some tea on the table, you can smell some aromatherapyish slight spices in the air, and you see your friend eating some ice cream with some hot milk on the side. But unfortunately he didnt save any for you. As a matter of fact looking at the plate its all but gone, theres a little bit of melted ice cream left, but its mostly caramel. This sweet delicious desert no more… and only a faint smell still lingers in this room. You then tell your friend fuck you asshole wheres mine! And you never speak again… But thats another story….
Anyway I dunno, I was hoping for something more tasty. I do get some tastyness out it, some milkyness, some butteryness, some caramel, a waxy white chocolate, some vanilla but its all very faint. And its mostly just a warm sweet woody scent. In that sense I think you could actually consider this a sandalwood scent maybe even then.
Performance was…….
Anyway thats my pauper opinion maybe next time will change.
Balbeillaoram – :
Ohhhhhhh dayum! This is just plain yummy – it’s like eating super rich, creamy white chocolate while you’re standing in the middle of an Indian spice shop. It’s warm and smoky and delicious. Full bottle worthy for sure!
Wolfe – :
Coco Blanc is AMAZING. It’s the best Vanilla fragrance I’ve ever tried, the white chocolate note is incredible! Turns milky and musky in the mid, and sandalwood in the base, all the while with hints of spice from the nutmeg and rich organic Vanilla, it’s amazing, I love it so much, I just bought myself a full 50ml bottle
dvp_303 – :
Hmmm!!
I may have to invest in a tot of this!
It would sit alongside of a Bottle of O’Driu
Pathetique. Masculine.
This is the fragrance of the bodies of Myself and my Queen after a day of.
Lounging around on the beach of our private Caribbean Isle. Bathing in our Freshwater pool sans fragrance. Rubbed down with Cocoa Butter and Vanilla derived from the island’s small, wild oasis.
We are laying on the beach, gazing at a slightly hazy full Moon.
Chocolate and Vanilla Petits Pots de Crème.
2 eggs + 1 egg yolk
1/8 cup blond cane sugar
2 cups whole milk
1 vanilla bean, split open and seeds scraped out
50 g white chocolate
1 tsp unsweetened white cocoa powder
More than a Tot I think.
magony – :
The opening was delicious and café like (white-chocolate mocha), but then the chai accord turns it somewhat [Indian] foody instead of amplifying the desert aspect. Thankfully it eventually all drys down into a soft vanillic massoia scent 🙂
Unfortunately the middle part is just a little too awkward and lasts too long for me..
Dearliace – :
Have you ever found a perfume that made you question why you need any other perfume in your collection?
That’s what Coco Blanc is for me. I received this ethereal perfume from the lovely and generous Pravda48 in a swap; it being my first swap, I couldn’t have asked for anything more perfect than this.
It was love at first spritz, and I knew that I’d found my unicorn. This is innocent seduction at its finest; as AriesMan said, “Every woman should have this, this will make your guy weak in the knees.” However, I’m a woman and I get weak in the knees from the scent itself; there really are no words to serve justice to this beauty.
The white chocolate, vanilla, and massoia are so soft, creamy and elegant that you feel as though you’re walking through a dream; meanwhile, the chai adds just enough spice to keep you on your toes. The woods add a well-balanced base although I do not detect any sharp musk; which is probably for the better because I believe too much musk would dampen this divine composition.
This is definitely worth selling a kidney for! 😉
ZlodeiMC – :
This went on with a lovely scent but quickly turned cloying and unpleasant. Will not repurchase.
LearoPayovava – :
Coco Blanc represents, at least on paper, the polar opposite to what generally draws me into fragrance and yet, it’s surprisingly fascinating. A fatty, oily mix of milky notes, massoia and butter paired to a super-spiced, kind of chai-tea accord laying on a slightly dirty woody-musky base. Honestly, it’s weird, plain weird actually, but it works. It keeps the wearer’s attention alive for hours without falling into predictable *yummy-yummy* territories.
I’m not sure I would ever be able to commit to a full bottle but this is still a very good piece of work in my book. Creative, original and accomplished.
Bravo.
Rating: 7.5/10
ktwo_rus – :
MMM Deep vanilla cream with some woods and chai spices. 🙂
Winter heaven in a bottle.
I have dabbled in some natural perfumes before so I know that it is rare to find stuff that actually has a good longevity; I smelled this on my shirt the next day -delightful this stuff! I am not sure why people are focussed on price, for sure it is more expensive but so are any other high quality houses like Guerlain etc. Gorgeous gorgeous juice these houses, just means I have to be very patient and save 🙂
This stuff lasted over 14 hours on my clothes, skin was at least 8-9 hours and ended up being a creamy vanilla and white chocolate balanced beautifully with smooth smooth sandalwood.
svetlana_ssv – :
Price, scent and longevity are horrible on this. Skip. Can find way better scents for the $.
irvin12345 – :
Huh. Somehow I never got around to reviewing this, though I’ve worn it quite a bit and it’s probably my favorite House of Matriarch fragrance.
This one is a strong like for me. It reminds me a bit of Coromandel with the creamy vanilla, spices, white chocolate and wood. I’m not a huge fan of the musk notes at the end which keeps it from being a love.
As for complaints about the price, I don’t find it unreasonable. It’s very strong and long lasting for a natural. I hit myself with three sprays this morning, got whiffs for about five hours and nine hours later can still smell it as a skin scent and this is on a pretty hot day when I’ve been doing housework.
One thing I have noticed about House of Matriarch, it says in the packaging that if you leave it sit in a cool dark place the scents will mature. I’ve found that to be true. They seem to get deeper and better blended, if that makes any sense. I don’t know what to say about people not smelling anything. I guess it’s possible if your nose is accustomed to synthetics it takes some recalibration to appreciate naturals. I’ve found plenty of synthetics that are weaker than Coco Blanc.
If you like Coromandel or other gourmands and are interested in naturals, I think it’s a good scent to try.
lpd046Unlogrere – :
*I’m editing my review, as the first one I wrote was perhaps a bit harsh*
It’s been 2 months now since I received my sample of Coco Blanc, and in that time it appears that the oils have matured and the scent has increased in potency. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still very weak, but I can now smell a lot more notes that were barely whispering before. The white chocolate is more pronounced, creamy and dense. The woodiness is more nuanced, smoother and less raspy than I previously thought. It now projects to the point where I am aware of it when I move my wrists, but I’m still begging for it to be stronger. Lasting time is still pathetically short.
The problem I identify with Coco Blanc is that it’s not well structured; the lack of a proper top and middle tier means it doesn’t project and just settles immediately into its base.
It’s a shame because it’s turned into a very pleasant, dry vanilla scent. It’s not overly-gourmand or childish and smells very natural. But as I said before, for that price, the longevity and weak sillage are just not worth it.
Only time will tell if it matures even further.
*FINAL UPDATE*
I now own a small bottle of “Coco Blanc” and I can attest that MACERATION is the key to these natural perfumes. The bottle I received had been stewing for quite some time before it was sold onto me and thus it has become incredibly potent. One spray and I can smell raw, husky massoia wood and thick, buttery vanilla for hours and hours. So, I’m pleased to say that I was completely wrong about House of Matriarch, well almost. Their scents are still too damn expensive in my opinion, but the quality is there, if you give them the time.
salkina – :
I mostly wear oriental vanilla’s and gourmands. I loved the notes on this and decided to do a blind buy. I sprayed one spray on my wrist and cannot stop smelling it. There is something that draws you in with the woody notes, and the white chocolate is a delicious, creamy, not-too-sweet note that appeals to any goumand lover. I find this more mature than my other gourmands, but still pleansant. I would reccomend it to any woman who wants to smell both sexy and edible.
Excultetepe – :
After sampling a few times, the verdict is in: I like it, but I don’t love it. Upon contact with my skin, there is a beautiful spiciness that I LOVE, and unfortunately it evaporates in a matter of minutes. What is left behind is ok–creamy and woody, a bit of white chocolate maybe, but mostly sandalwood. Too simple for the next few hours, doesn’t have the depth that it did in the first 5 minutes. For spices and creaminess, I had better luck with Carmine.
This was not gourmand to me at all. For white chocolate, I prefer Olympic Orchids Cafe V, Montale’s White Aoud, Korres Jasmine Gaiac, or maybe even Coromandel.
Ev-Zel – :
HI’ve been wearing my sample for about five days straight, first try I only smelt vanilla and chocolate but since then it opens with a gorgeous spicy woody scent, to me it’s Christmassy. I’m not familiar with massoia or chai notes all just coming across spicy.This stage lasts 3-4 hours with the vanilla coming in amongst the spices and then it’s just vanilla and chocolate. I can smell it around me and it’s only been little dabs from a vial so I think having a bottle it would project well enough. Lasts all day but more a skin scent after 4 hour mark. Very cosy and yummy, was a comfort to me in tough week
Now that I have a bottle and can spray just want to add this projects really well 10 hours later I can still smell it and it’s just exquisite .
ivan1234567890 – :
Although I’m really not a huge fan of gourmand fragrances and was somewhat reluctant to even give this one a fair shake as I have no desire whatsoever to smell like desert, this is far more complex than it sounds on paper. Rather than simply being a straight-up chocolate fragrance, there’s a surprising amount of nuance and distinction between the elements that elevates this scent beyond sickly predictability. Butter and milk are clearly identifiable over a deep, fatty vanilla that smells nothing like standard vanillas used in modern fragrance. This one’s ever so slightly n