Ingredients · Sweet · dry-down
Cocoa absolute
Dark bitter chocolate, roasted and slightly dusty-powdery.
- What it is
- Natural absolute from fermented, roasted cacao beans.
- Where it comes from
- West Africa (Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana)
- When you smell it
- Dry-down: what stays.
- What perfumers do with it
- Gives real dark-chocolate depth to gourmands, patchouli ambers and tobacco accords.
- Worth knowing
- Raw cacao beans barely smell of chocolate; fermentation and roasting build the aroma.
- Also called
- Cacao absolute; Theobroma cacao
Named by the house, not on the label, in 31
Good GirlCarolina Herrera · “Cocoa”
Tobacco VanilleTom Ford · “Cocoa”
BoundlessAmouage · “Cocoa Absolute”
Opus XVI TimberAmouage · “Cocoa”
Lilac LoveAmouage · “Cocoa Bean”
Love DelightAmouage · “Cocoa”
AnghamLattafa · “Cacao”
Asad BourbonLattafa · “Cacao”
RareRare Beauty · “Cocoa Beans”
EilishBillie Eilish · “Cocoa”
MOD VanillaAriana Grande · “Cocoa Butter”
Soie MalaquaisDries Van Noten · “Cocoa”
Blanche BêteLiquides Imaginaires · “Cacao”
WavechildRoom 1015 · “Cocoa”
TriBeCaBond No. 9 · “Cacao Absolute”
Rose CocoaAERIN · “Cocoa Bean Absolute”
Eilish IntenseBillie Eilish · “Cocoa”
Oud CadenzaMaison Crivelli · “cocoa butter absolute ORPUR”
La Vie Est Belle L'ElixirLancôme · “cocoa butter”
Story of Your LifeEtat Libre d'Orange · “cocoa”NebrasLattafa · “Cacao”Khair PistachioParis Corner · “Cocoa”
EmpressaPenhaligon's · “Cocoa”
FollowedKerosene · “cocoa”
Sweetly KnownKerosene · “Cocoa”
Tobacco ChocolatTom Ford · “Cocoa Smoke™ Co-Distillation”
Tobacco TouchMaison Alhambra · “Cacao”
Amber Oud Tobacco EditionAl Haramain · “Cocoa”
Qimmah for WomenLattafa · “Cocoa”
Silent MelodyOakcha · “Cocoa”
Bad BoyCarolina Herrera · “Cocoa”