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www587Bessinepome – :
I would say this is more of a powdery tres leches cake…yum! The iris accord definitely gives it the powder, and the rest is the pistacho-almond-honey cake (and a hint of myrhh gives it just a tiny touch of spice). I really love this, I need to get a full bottle someday.
Black Sun – :
I agree with Meama below: sticky rice with a touch of coconut in a Thai restaurant next to a cup of jasmine tea. Enamored. Wonderful summer gourmand. Light, sweet, foodie, but not in a western bakery kind of way, clean and delicious.
jku883Diobtetty – :
Absolutely zero cake, no stickiness no bakery. Smells of fresh laundered shirts , but then again no not really. It’s ‘nice’ and no one wants to spend come des garçons money to smell ‘nice’ you want gourmand , almost toffee gooey, creme blend of a scent that is something supreme. You will not get that here.
It’s important not to blind buy this.
I sprayed this I asked other peoples opinions… specifically asking ‘does this smell like cake?”
The answer is nope.
Edit: this is a review on the white bottle .
TheVano – :
Imagine an upscale European style bakery with marble floors and delicious treats displayed behind glass. The sweet sugary smells envelope you as you choose which treats to take home. Even on the way home, you can smell the almond croissant and marzipan pistachio bonbons from inside the box.
This is the image I get when I smell Sticky Cake. A beautiful almond croissant accompanied with marzipan pistachio treats. Sweet, nutty and warm. The scent is not overwhelming and it’s just faint enough to smell like when smelling the treats in the bakery or through the box.
I am absolutely in love with this gourmand fragrance and have added it to my wish list.
Edit – bottle style has changed, it’s now white and more modern looking.
Mecky735InsuffBooni – :
This is an okay fragrance for me. It is not a love, but a like. It is sweet, but I was expecting more cakes or baked goods. This just smells like sweets to me. I get lots of almonds and pistachios, but no milk. I was expecting a creamy, baked good. I would have loved sticky cakes, but all I got was jolly ranchers.
Okay sillage, okay longevity.
serg0911 – :
I love this so much that I could cry!
This scent simultaneously takes me back to my childhood, and forward into a heavenly realm.
Sticky Cake is the wrong name (in my opinion).
That sounds far too cloying and dense.
“Angel Food” is more like it.
It is an incredibly soft and endearing gourmand.
Top Notes – Almonds, Honey, Pistachio, Dates
Heart Notes – Iris, Milk & Brown Sugar
Base Notes – Ambrette Seeds, Cereal Notes, Myrrh
The sweet notes of course smell delicious, however it’s the Iris, Ambrette (Anise), and Myrhh that make this scent special. Something soft and powdery from the Iris, something light and vegetal from the Ambrette, something resinous and complex from the Myrhh…
Random thoughts that come to my mind when I sniff my wrist- Marzipan, Fluffy Clouds, Nana’s Pizzelles, Sweet Cereal Milk, My Childhood Doll, Middle Eastern Dessert, Innocence, Comfort, LOVE.
*I’d also like to add that Lolita Lempicka is my all time favorite scent… And I think this could be her baby sister. 😉
paltusxxx – :
I found myself unexpectedly charmed by this fragrance. “Sticky cake” isn’t very inviting in a market hyper-saturated in gourmands, but this isn’t what you’d expect.
To my nose, this fragrance is mostly about almond and iris suspended in resins, with a salty vanillic dough (or maybe even Play-Do) accord being the “twist”. If this was a baked good it would be almond shortbread, maybe with some fleurs de sel sprinkled on top.
Rather than sticky and sweet, this is almost a lighter, more piquant take on Hypnotic Poison’s almond accord. Nothing earth-shaking, but I’m happy CDG decided to give this a second release.
2094528 – :
I didn’t look at the notes before I tested this, I just knew what I expected from the name. It starts with an obvious but not dominant note of bitter almonds. What’s dominant is this soapy and powdery iris note. Later on when it dries down, it takes on a minty quality that can be attributed to the myrrh note, making the overall impression more of root beer. The most reminiscent perfume that I come to think of is Mandorlo di Sicilia by Acqua di Parma.
The perfume doesn’t last very long, even with a such characteristic and often lingering note as bitter almonds. First, a soapy bitter almond, later rootbeer until fading to a quiet powdery iris, the longest lingering note. Pleasant enough, not groundbreaking.
LaurfLurlJask – :
This is a pretty nice fragrance, albeit a tiny bit “dull” for a CdG one. Sweet, a bit powdery, very dry as mentioned earlier (not sticky at all, I think!) and a vague hint of milky coconut. It’s not bad and would make a nice home fragrance, but for me it’s just not something I’d wear. I only got a sample and I’m sure I’ll enjoy dabbing it on when I’m feeling like I need something soothing.
If you’re into very light gourmands that hover more around the vanilla, coconut, milk family you’ll probably like this okay. It’s got moderate lasting power and moderate silage. Over all it’s fine, just not to my taste and a bit unlike most CdG releases that have kind of an edge or something a bit woody or musky behind them.
lergus – :
I’m fair disappointed in Sticky Cake. The description on Luckyscent mentions “sugary”, and “sweet” (which I like), so I blind bought a bottle. Mistake. On me there is no sweetness at all. I would almost call this a “dry” fragrance, and that may be due to the iris. It isn’t offensive in any way, so I didn’t feel the need to wash it off. It just isn’t at all what it was sold to be, and I don’t see myself ever wanting to wear this again. How can it be, when every single one of the notes normally appeals to me?
So what does this smell like? My first thought when I sprayed it was “hairspray”. Six hours later, it hasn’t changed at all. Still hairspray. What a waste of $95.
ibragim764 – :
25)Oh yes, the sticky (rice) cake with jasmin in the Thaï restaurant! That it!
lyida-62 – :
I agree it does smell like church, and that smells divine to me. It’s very nutty aswell, I really like this take on sweet because it focuses on the saltiness, and that’s rare. It makes perfect scent when one experiences the collection as a whole that they would make these subtle variations between the scents soo subtle: Where one is more aromatic and herbal, another is more floral and sweet, this one has more of an edge (the salt does this) and it’s unique for that.
I haven’t smelt all the fragrances but this is one of the two I favor most.
papiroska – :
I had this one and still there’s some liquid left on my botlle, and from time to time i get a sniff. Although not love anymore it strikes me how reserved on sweetnes was the Series 7 Sweet of CDG if you consider all the toothaching fruity florals on the department store counter.This sweet musky skin scent, gives a whole new style of iris , one that haves a calming effect, as if curly smoke pierces our nostrils as it rises from a milk and rice puding and it goes deeper into the drydown.A nice multistranded structure of all things nice and nurturing, touches on human nature, not entirely succesful but mesmerizing.And as tessture said delicious
oti391speagoessenda – :
My husband said ‘smells like church.” Probably the myrrh. Reminds me of Kheer rice pudding: Rice, rose and honey. The cereal is very prominent, but it’s still somehow perfume. I like it very much but it’s terribly expensive. Still, delicious.