Note

Cocoa

Cocoa smells dark, dry, and roasted, with the bitter dustiness of unsweetened cocoa powder. It adds depth to the heart and base with vanilla, patchouli, spices, and woody notes.

In 73 perfumes. Usually found in the drydown.

Opening
20%
Heart
37%
Drydown
43%
Found in Opus XVI Timber, Love Delight and Boundless

Most popular with cocoa

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

Often paired with

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

How it reads

Sweet and woody above all. Reaches for cacao, gourmand and vanilla far more often than the catalogue as a whole.

  • sweet
  • woody
  • gourmand
  • cacao
  • vanilla
  • citrus
  • fruity
  • balsamic