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02/09/2023
Landshark321
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Landshark321
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Nice coffee/rose/pepper combo
My second sampling of Maison Tahite is Coffee Bomb, one of a quartet of 2022 coffee-themed releases, and like Café Gourmand, it’s really a blend of notes, not coffee-dominant, but coffee is certainly more present in Coffee Bomb than in Café Gourmand. Still, Coffee Bomb, while having some black coffee, too has prominent notes of rose and black pepper, a really fun blend that, for obvious reasons, reminds me somewhat of Café Rose in the Tom Ford Private Blend collection. There’s comparatively a little more coffee in Coffee Bomb, though, with the notable pepper note as well. There are a handful of other notes—frankincense, iris, vanilla, patchouli, etc.—that may factor in, but for the me, the coffee, rose, and pepper trio tell most of the story.
Overall, I really like this. It has a Montale/Mancera-esque quality of well-used rose and pepper notes, which create something special with the coffee. There could certainly be a Montale fragrance with a similar-enough composition but none come to mind immediately.
Coffee Bomb, like the rest of the entire house, is priced at $115 for 100ml in EDP concentration, a fairly modest price for niche perfumery. The discovery set is currently out of stock at Luckyscent, but individual vial samples are still available.
8 out of 10
Overall, I really like this. It has a Montale/Mancera-esque quality of well-used rose and pepper notes, which create something special with the coffee. There could certainly be a Montale fragrance with a similar-enough composition but none come to mind immediately.
Coffee Bomb, like the rest of the entire house, is priced at $115 for 100ml in EDP concentration, a fairly modest price for niche perfumery. The discovery set is currently out of stock at Luckyscent, but individual vial samples are still available.
8 out of 10
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