Note

Cacao Absolute

Cacao absolute smells dark, bitter and roasted, with earthy cocoa-powder notes and a soft fatty richness. In perfume, it adds depth to gourmand hearts and bases, pairing with vanilla, coffee, patchouli and woods.

In 2 perfumes.

Found in Tribeca and Cocoa Escape

Most popular with cacao absolute

The best-known perfumes carrying it anywhere in the pyramid.

Often paired with

Notes that show up next to cacao absolute more often than chance would predict.

Too few perfumes to say.

How it reads

Sweet and gourmand above all. Reaches for caramel, mossy and amber far more often than the catalogue as a whole, and rarely for citrus.

  • sweet
  • gourmand
  • caramel
  • woody
  • amber
  • mossy
  • white floral
  • earthy