Aftelier cacao

When I first tried this, along with a group of other Aftelier samples, I really wasn't sure. It hit me with what at first seemed to be a big punch of BITTER BROWN, and I was more keen to try the other, more immediately pretty scents.

However, after sampling this several times and after nosing through all my other Aftelier samples, I feel like I've developed more of a sense …Read more

A bit too much orange in this for my taste. Nice though, especially if you enjoy sweet scents. UPDATE: Just bought a small bottle of this on impulse at a store by me that carries this Aftel (and only this one). If Tango had been available I would have snatched that up and/or if I had the extra money and Parfum Prive had been there I would have bought that. Anyway, it's really hard to …Read more

I sampled this twice, once in a store where the store owner gave me her personal bottle to try, and then again a day later when I decided I had to hunt it down and try it again and possibly even obtain a bottle. I'm glad I didn't order one of the mini bottles online for $45 as I was tempted to do. A retry of Cacao confirms that it is sweet on my skin, almost cloyingly so. Mandy Aftel …Read more

Refreshingly sweet and delicious, this was more citrusy than chocolatey to me, and the jasmine note was very subtle. It was less perfume-y than I expected. Quite simple actually, but very pleasantly so.

Simply, and apologies for a review lacking in content, but this is a holy grail for me...cacao and jasmine (neroli?)...BEAUTIFUL and complex, fbw for sure, price not withstanding. I really like Mandy Aftel's style, somehow "US American", very particular, refined, evocative...this for me is a sort of tropical chocolate mmmmm Amazing.....wearable and doesn't make me …Read more

Jasmine and chocolate. Very foody scent. I think you might like this if you like Angel. Interesting, deep lush velvety. Not for everday though, and certainly not at those prices!