Amour De Cacao Comptoir Sud Pacifique for women

My first impression is chocolate cake, yum.
Can't stop smelling my arm.
However, after a while although nice, wonder if this chocolate cake had been in the oven a bit to long - getting the impression the edges caught.
States ladies fragrance, I could imagine men wearing it as well if they have choc-a-holic tendencies!

This perfume was kinda love hate for me at first. It reminded me of of chocolate mixed in with orange then something powdery after. I stop smelling it on myself but yesterday this random guy asked if i had been eating ice cream so to some it smells like of ice-cream or vanilla, to me at times it smells like chocolate biscuits we have in the kitchen. Liking it.

Edit:09/05/2012- Loving this, can't get enough of it now. It says on my cloths for a long time and makes em smell sooooo yummy. o > w < o

This really is a big cacao blast. It reminds me of the instand cacao powder my granny used when we were kids. Anyway, there is something in the mix of this scent and maybe also the reminder of cacao powder that doesn't make it a scent for me.

Got this from France last week love it
There's a strong alcohol blast when you spray first but them its just sweet mellow chocolate
As others have said bit like smelling coco pops
That's not an ideal image but its a lovely comforting smell
Lasting power not great tho would need to re apply after two hours

I love this scent. I had a sample -but recently decided to get a bottle to satisfy my chocolate fix.

Cacao is strong, but you get a lot of vanilla at the same time which adds sweetness. The star fruit is a little stronger than the orange, and definitely detectable.

Although the cacao is the most prominent note, I wish it was just a wee bit stronger. Don't get me wrong -- this is a good chocolate scent -- very nice. I smell like a divine chocolaty dessert.

I can see why others call this a dry cocoa powder scent. It's not overly sugary sweet or anything, and yes it is similar the way cocoa powder smells. But more complex with the vanilla star fruit and orange.

I tried a sample of this today. Initially, I felt that it was most certainly a yummy orange and chocolate dessert. (Really, how can that be wrong?) However, I was wondering whether one should really smell this much like dessert. I was wishing it was a bit more complex...Then the surprising dry down came after a half hour or so. Oh my. Quite a sensual, indescribable scent emerged. I like it very much now. Also, it seems to have fairly decent silage and lasting power. So yay Comptoir. You've done it again.

For me, Amour de Cacao is like a summer blockbuster that has been heavily marketed for months, prior to its release; going to see this movie, paying $9.00 for my ticket, only to find out that I've already seen all the best parts in its trailers. Or like watching a scene from a movie, where the lead actor's life flashes before his eyes.

The meaning of these two analogies you say... I sat poised as the life of this scent flashed before my eyes. Upon initial spray, you get all the glorious cacao, orange peel, and star fruit you can handle, but for just a few precious seconds. It reminds me of Frederic Malle Bigarade Concentree. Not in how it smells, but that I have to keep reapplying it to get that initial blast of goodness from these quickly fleeting notes.

Shortly after (in comes the middle), you'll smell like a random candle store at your local mall. Just think of what you smell as soon as you walk in to Yankee Candle Co. Not at all what I want to smell like. Then comes the drydown. Great longevity, but wasted on this waxy, candle-like, cheap vanilla, cotton candy-ish type scent. This kind of sugary vanilla works well in Aquolina (Blue & Pink) Sugar, but not so here :(

I wanted this one to work because I love cacao (essentially chocolate) as a scent, especially juxtaposed with any kind of citrus note. Oh well, I'll keep looking. Meanwhile, I'll keep this one for the water closet.

This was a FABULOUS blind buy! Soft dusty sweet sweet dry cocoa and crunchy vanilla meringue candy. At first you get a hint of the orange, but the dry down is pure sweet chocolate dust. I say dust because I do not find it creamy or milky, but do find it thick, hearty and absolutely satisfying. Like popping the top off a fresh tin of powdered hot chocolate with dehydrated marshmallows and taking a big whiff. It is just a really really pretty chocolate fragrance. I respect this cocoa. L O V E. The lasting power is excellent and the sillage is satisfactory. It'll be perfect alone or for layering. I think my search for the perfect sweet cocoa fragrance stops here. Glad I got the 3.3oz! Try it :)
(this is a review for the metal bottle formulation)

I should declare from the outset that the gourmand is not normally a genre of fragrance that I find especially attractive. However, there is something to be said for the chilly, chocolate and vanilla ice cream effect that has been created. It also narrowly avoids toppling over into excess, as in time this could easily have become cloying and annoying.

I may well come back to Amour De Cacao and learn how to appreciate the self-indulgence.

Rating: 3/5 Good

Chocolate truffles filled with orange cream. Not very dark chocolate, but dusted with cocoa powder on top. Yummy, definitely, I think this is how Juliette Binoche would smell in the movie 'Chocolat'

Rich, creamy milk chocolate beginning but unfortunately it lasted less than an hour on my skin. I will have to revert to Montale Chocolate Greedy for my fix to get any longevity. Pity, but I really didn't expect anything from CSP to last long I guess.

Enjoyable and comfortable, close enough to be chocolate, but this is no expensive, fancy chocolate. Actually I'm not even really sure it's chocolate. It smells like Cocoa Puffs, not so much the cereal but more of the chocolatey milk left after the bowl, super sugary sweet and just the sort of thing to bring you back to childhood. Not dark at all.

I enjoy it but I don't think I will be getting a bottle.

All I can say is it's delightful,delectable, delicious & delovely....life is short so let's wear the good stuff and that this is, a fun gourmand of a chocolate scent. Chocolate is a cure all for most things in life, the way I see it and what not a better way to indulge yourself without it going to your hips. This is the real thing, sweet dreamy warm melted milk chocolate that isn't immature nor sickening sweet, just a delight to the senses warm and enveloping. Having a bad day, heck having a great day for that matter a few spritzes of this beauty will send you to chocolate heaven.

This scent has moderate silage and lasts at least 5 hours holding true to a warm chocolate ending with a touch of vanilla much like a great cup of warm homemade coco that is made great with a splash of vanilla bean extract. Unlike Chocolate Greedy perfume that opens with a dark chocolate/orange twist, I don't get a fruity note with this one. But there is something, a note possibly the star fruit that keeps this jewel from being juvenile... yes it has a subtle complexity to it.

If you love gourmand perfumes especially chocolate this perfume is a must try!

Starts off citrusy, I agree with others who say this is a "dry" chocolate scent. Smells like nesquick and cocoa powder. Cozy and lovely. Spritz all over for a chocolate sensation that will last all day. :)

I bought this fragrance in hopes that it would replace my greatest love chocolovers. (discontinued long ago, my last bottle turned before I was even half done using it :/) Sadly while i see a few similarities this fragrance doesn't hold a candle to my precious chocolovers. Chocolovers was incredibly creamy and had one heck of a projection and siliage. Amour de cocoa sits much closer to the skin and smells weaker and dry. Still a great fragrance, but just thought I would leave a comparision for those looking for a substitute.

Amour de Cacao is the chocolate perfume that I always wanted without knowing that I actually wanted it.

What greets me first on initial spray is a dense cloud of cocoa powder - dry, dark, choholatey - as if it is meant to be poured into a cup of milk straight away.
The scent develops into a softer direction, with a sweet and delicious blend of chocolate and vanilla becoming more prominent.
This is choco-lover heaven!

In the late drydown when the vanilla has vanished, a dark and slightly bitter trace of cocoa powder remains on my skin.
At the same time I can feel the tart and crisp aroma of star fruit in the background - a perfectly chosen accord that refreshes the late drydown and takes some of the density off which gives the cocoa powder a somewhat airy feel, comparable to 'what is left after the storm' (I hope this makes sense).

Amour de Cacao stays close to my skin but lasts for around 6 hours which is not too bad.
As said before, this is every choco-lover's dream come true in a fragrance.
Amour de Cacao is incredibly authentic and plain delicious.

Count Chocula ah ah ah ah (cereal vampire attempt at evil laugh)

This reminds me of the Halloween season as a kid, when Count Chocula, Frankenberry...and I think some other ghouly cereal were simultaneously rotting the teeth of American children.

Amour de Cacao opens with a nice hit of zest from the orange, but this passes quickly, bringing with it the warmth and roasted heat of a fresh-baked chocolate-chip cookie.

If you're expecting the smell of a rich, dark, chocolate truffle, you will be disappointed, because this chocolate is of the milky-sweet hot chocolate mix variety (or Cocoa Puffs, Cocoa Krispies, etc). Except for the initial blast, the scent sillage is small and stays close to the skin. This lasts quite well, but it doesn't stay strong.

Holy Mother of God. Sprayed a sample and thought I'd died and gone to heaven. This is dark chocolate cocoa with a fleeting hint of orange, pure and simple. What's not to like about smelling like food of the gods?

Mmmm, well this is an interesting fragrance to explain. As I am a fan of CSP's frags I don't like to criticise, but this was expensive, as CSP's fragrances are in Australia.
4 ingredients, should not be that hard to perfect??
To boot there are my 3 of my favourite ingredients I adore, oh what a shame.........
A pity they not list alcohol nostril hair burning ingredient and soapy remaining after effect.
I can't quite come to this one, trust me I have tried as I said I love CSP's frags, I so wanted to LOve this one, but buy at your own perril.
Has the mixture changed,?? as I received mine in a glass bottle (which resembles metal) and before, all my CSP's frags came in a metal based container.
I so wish I could love it.............

Coco is one of my favourite substances- to eat!

As the *main note in a scent however, it's really a little discomforting, especially when I'm in the mood for an Iced choca-mocha or something!

I much prefer cocoa notes of the sweet-dark type in the mids of fragrances- or as a fleeting base, when the top allows some movement to be created. Imo, linear scents only work with Lemons/Citruses for me, because as a niche scent you're essentially paying $100+ to smell like a bar of Lindt!

I'm not giving a rating to this scent, as it's one of those that are too simple and focused on an off-centre note. Also, I prefer it if perfumer could avoid always adding some form of orangey/mandarin note to these products!

It does smell like Coco Puffs and I like it, but it's too androgynous for me. I wish my husband would wear it though.

The Cocoa Puffs smell that everyone mentions is more like... the grain that builds up at the bottom of the bag. It is chocolatey enough but think more along the lines of powdered cocoa from a bag going into a cup of cold milk.

It doesn't have the rich sweetness or smooth depth I anticipated but it is still fun, still interesting. Smells like grainy paste. Cocoa malt o' meal maybe. It's the Cocoa Puff dust that makes your milk taste funny. Chocolate is an after thought.

Pretty synthetic and maybe kind of disappointing, I don't know, I'm ambivalent about it. Vanille Extreme is such a blast of creamy sweetness so it is possible my love of VE led me to hope for the same richness in Amour de Cacao.

I would recommend you smell before you buy it because the reviews make it out to be some indulgent treat meant to titillate your senses. It doesn't. It's somewhat stupid to walk around smelling like something a reasonable person would have spent maybe $6 on, not $85.

Chocholate dipped in a glass of Grand Marnier.

This smells like Coco Puffs cereal in milk. It's awesome!

Hm.. this is a nice treat , but pretty close to skin . Off all the chocolate perfume i have tryed this is th weekest one and that is a little sad.. This is beautiful light and airy chocolate and vanilla mousee whit a twizt off citrus on my skin.
It could be a tiny bit more dry on the chocoa note. But not bad at all . There is a slight nutty feal to it aswell, very gental and nice . a nice blend . one off the best chocolate perfumes i have tryed . there is this and Egeo choc that stay closest to this in resamblanse off the ones i have tryed . so many off the is to dark and to much like angel . mixing up to many notes making the chocolat i want stay in the bacground . Oh.. and dont get me wrong I like Angel . but this time im after some cleaner chocolate whit a bit off sweetnes .
i would like to get my hand on a bottle off this one , for thouse times you nead that little extra cosynes off chocolat:) <3

the open is a chocolate cookie,then i get almost an marzipan nutty.followed by a chocolate covered orange.then a light coco and warm vanilla finally it turns into a medicinal chocolate (very strange). i personally do not enjoy chocolate oranges and do not enjoy the smell of them.i will continue looking for the perfect chocolate perfume.i give it a 7 out of 10.Nice ,but not for me.p.s.it fades quite quickly and stays VERY close to the skin.

This perfume is delicious! The opening smells like the chocolate outside of an Oreo cookie. Within a few minutes, it begins to dry down a bit and at that point, it smells more like the whole Oreo, with the creamy white middle. Truly, it smells as though I have taken the outside of a few Oreo cookies, crumbled them up and rubbed it on my skin. Amour De Cacao is really so simple and honest. Three parts dry, dark chocolate. Two parts milky vanilla. There is the tiniest whisper of something a wee-bit peppery. Is this the Carambola, (Star Fruit)?

This perfume is exactly what it claims to be- Love of Chocolate. It isn't challenging or complicated, but it is fun, wearable and interesting! And for something so seemingly sweet and foody, Amour De Cacao is not at all cloying, syrupy, heavy or juvenile. I enjoy many of CSP's perfumes and also find that they are versatile. They wear well alone or layered. For a richer, even sweeter treat, I have layered Amour with Vanille Coco or Vanille Extreme. To add some warmth and sweetness to Aloha Tiare, I have layered with this or Vanille Coco. The latter works especially well with Aloha, in keeping with the "beachy/floral/tropical" vibe.

Amour De Cacao is pleasant, complimentary and good for my mood. No doubt, it has satisfied more than a few urgent cravings for chocolate.

Its very nice. Chocolaty. Comforting. Not sickening sweet. Creamy and uplifting. Smells like a chocolate brownie!

Very disappointing to me. The delicious "WANT TO EAT NOW!"-smell from the bottle just turned into synthetic, old plastic, chewn-out candy bar stench on my skin. Maybe there's something all wrong with my chemistry.

first i thought: wooow very VERY strong chocolate note. but after a few seconds it gets softer and sooo creamy. very delicious vanilla note. a perfect match. on my skin it lasts for hours. the best chocolate fragrance i have ever smelled. somehow "milchschnitte" comes to my mind when i am smelling it, but thats not bad (i loved milchschnitte when i was a child ;))

Holy chocolate!

I didn't just smear the dipstick of my sample on my arm, I just slathered on a half melted milk chocolate bar. I was not expecting such a cocoa explosion! This is the most divine chocolate scent in perfume form. So close to the real thing on me that I'm not sure if I can personally feel comfortable enough to wear it. However, I might have to make an exception. My hubby who I made smell it, and who dislikes perfume, happens to love chocolate and really enjoys this perfume for this reason only. Gosh, just my luck the one fume he likes has to smell like a Hershey's factory!

Wonderfully rich, like a sinful dessert. The raw, slightly bitter cacao note reins supreme, and is beautifully sweetened by the vanilla and starfruit. In turn, it provides these succulent fruits with beautiful depth and texture. Nicely blended, and not at all the chocolate milk milquetoast scent I was fearing it would be. The only downside is that it makes me RAVENOUSLY hungry.

The fragrance itself is beautiful. I love the notes, and I love how it is all composed and smells on my skin. Very similar to Aquolina - Chocolovers, but more cacao .. Chocolovers is more of a chocolate with tiny bit of citrus. I can smell, apart from cacao, some nuts, like almonds or hazelnuts, .. it's so yummy. However, on me, it has zero lasting power .. once I spray it, I can smell it intensively for 30minutes, and then it's practically glued to my skin, for one hour more, and that's it. Very poor lasting power and silage on me .. I prefer Chocolovers, it lasts longer.

I just ordered this perfume off ebay and I can't wait to get it! I am obsessed with Chocolate scented perfumes. I have Delicious Chocolate by Gale Hayman, Chocolovers by Aquolina, Serendipitious and I really wanted Chocolote Greedy but I could only afford a sample. So hearing this perfume smells sort of like chocolate greedy makes me excited to buy this one. After all these good reviews I had to have it!
Update: ok I received the perfume today and my only regret is that I bought such a small bottle! THis perfume superceeded my expectations. Hands down best chocolate perfume that I have, now if the lasting power is as good as it is said to be it will be perfection in a bottle, and I'll have to order a bigger size. I like this much better then Chocolate Greedy, at least this scent isn't so linear. I'm going to layer this with serendipitious and I'm sure together it is going to be incredible.

This smells like a softer and less sweet version of Montale Chocolate Greedy. To make it short, it smells like brownie dough. Simple, soft, a skin scent that lasts fairly long, but it's very intimate; don't worry, you will not walk around smelling like you've spent the day in the chocolate factory. But in your close proximity, you will elude this desirable gourmet scent of fresh baking chocolate cake. It's worth mentioning that it doesn't have the strong orange undertone found in Chocolovers. I like Chocolovers, and Montale, and this one falls in between those two, watered down. Actually, it's less complex and more gourmand, voluptuous and attractive. I like it a lot, I don't see how anyone could complain about this scent; by the way, it has nothing to do with Angel - really, it's cocoa powder sprinkled over dough that is baking. Call it an ordinary smell if you wish, but it's fresh, warm and cuddly, and I like it a lot!
The bottle - I assume I have the new edition - is not metal, it's made of glass, same shape just a bit fatter, painted in a translucent silver, really cute.
I cannot believe my bf doesn't like it, he says it smells like chocolate protein shake!

Un début un brin orange, et surtout la poudre cacao qui s'invite et se mélange à une douce vanille. Humm une odeur vraiment douce et enveloppante. En hiver c'ets un pur plaisir! (il me fait un peu penser à Chocolade greedy de Montale, ce dernier étant peut-être un peu plus "sec" et brut!)

On the plus side this doesn't make me feel like a little girl with all my pockets stuffed with sweets.
It lasts forever, up to 26 hours on me.
Quite simple, edible and comforting but neither overwhelmingly sweet nor too strong.
A yummy milk chocolate with a hint of vanilla and a really nice cacao bean and vanilla dry-down.

But not everything is well.
For the first few minutes I get a weirdly chemical chocolaty fruit smell, thankfully not too icky.
Then about 9 hours in the fragrance starts struggling once again, completely artificial if not actually unpleasant. It's only for a little while though. Considering the total life span those two lapses are forgivable.
I'm moving on anyways. It's bland in the long haul and didn't evoke even a single comment, neither positive nor negative.

It smells very gourmand and almost eatable, but I doubt that I will ever have a wish to smell like a chocolate chip cookie of some sort. The other thing that annoys me in this fragrance - it seems very syntethic and almost plastic, the cacao smells somehow too chemical and it's hard to get past the first 10 minutes where there is this HUGE blast of alcohol which kinda disturbs me. After that, the smell gets a lot better and it's even enjoyable.
Try this, if you're not afraid of smelling like a cookie :)

A cheaper alternative to montales chocolate greedy- they smell very similar. Montale is more of a coco puff while adc is more vanillay chocolate wafer with a hint of orange. I bought a small bottle on amazon for a very reasonable price. Lasting power isnt great, but im happy with my purchase!

delicious, just like hot chocolate upon initial application, drying down to a frutier, drier, more complex scent on my skin in a couple hours.

my favorite ever.

I like it, I can smell all of the ingredients. This is a very nice and comforting perfume, perfect for cold and rainy days.I had one bottle a few months ago but if you use it every day you can get bored of it. It is good if you like vanilla but want to try something different. I don't buy again cos is not complex enough for me.

Mouthwatering!Wow I feel like I have in front of me and smelling before tasting cookies with a generous amount of chocolate or maybe hot chocolate with biscuits.Never mind after a while I can also smell star fruit,that mess a little bit the fragrance on my skin.

This is the one for chocolate lovers. Very sweet chocolate with vanilla. No coconut in this one. Has a hint of orange. It turns your body into a sweet dessert.

yum, yum, yum - in the early 90's Nordstrom in Seattle had the whole range and I never got bored trying the lot. This one smells like the best cafe in the world!

Mmmmm Amour de Cacao. Smells like Cocoa Puffs in milk. It is delicious, less orangey than Chocolovers and in my opinion, much more yummy! I couldn't bare to go through life without my Amour de Cacao. Another winner from CSP!

I was so excited to have this one arrive on my doorstep from the U.S. Unbelievably rich and velvety and the scent stays true all day. Exactly the smell of the best quality Italian hot chocolate powder with a dash of rich orange and spice for balance. I tried it out on my teenage daughter who was speechless and wants her own bottle.
Utterly delicious.

This scent is soooooo addicting. It has a camp fire feel to it. It smells like roasted marshmallows and chocolate. The dry down is even sweeter and more vanilla than my Vanille Extreme or my Mokha Vanille. One huge plus is that it lasts on my skin and even seems to intensify with my body heat. Favorite of the line.

Awesome! very gourmand! smells like chocolate cookie on me =)

I love this scent, it smells like chocolate powder, verrry subtle, however, doesnt last much, anyway i love it, you can put all of CSP bottles in your bag and respray during the day.

Ordered 4 Comptoir's unsniffed 4th to review..
This is similar to Serendipity 3 Serendipitous but instead of hot chocolate it has more of a coffee or nutty smell.
This reminds me of hazelnut coffee/cappuccino w/marshmallows and lots of vanilla or whipcream! :) The orange gives it just the right amount of fruitiness but sits in the backgound compared to the other notes. Still could stand some power after initial spray but it lasts good and wears very close to the skin. I love all of these Comptoir's and I can't wait to try the others!

Where's the chocolate??? All I could smell on this fragrance was a strange plasticky, burnt pong. When I tried this on my skin I had to run and wash it off because it was giving me a terrible headache. IMO it smells like burnt hazel nuts or like a motorbike's skid on a hot road previously sprinkled with vanilled sugar.
Very dark and synthetic

This scent is yummy. Initially, it seemed nutty and chocolatey, but after a few minutes it settled into powdered hot chocolate mix. It was funny because 10 min. after I applied this scent, I went to a restaurant, and the guy taking my order told me I smelled like Cocoa Puffs, and that he felt like going home and watching cartoons. He wasn't exactly hitting on me, he was telling me I smelled exactly like food. :P Anyway, it's a nice scent, but I wouldn't buy it because I'm not really into smelling like I'm stashing baked goods or candy bars in my pockets anymore.

Cocoa powder in its truest form. No unnecessary additions, no red fruits, that you so often get with cocoa. It is warm and cosy and comforting, especially when the temperature is low. After a couple of hours I get a light condensed milk smell that eventually turns into vanilla, which I'm personally not particularly fond of, but I still get a whiff of cocoa if I try hard. Simple, lovely and long-lasting.

I like it. Like some others here say; its a very realistic cacao scent.

I just bought this and was happy to find a retailer in Stockholm.
It's great for all chocolate lovers but also for anyone who likes sweet funny and carefree scents. I also love their funny bottles!

3.5 rating out of 5. Amour de Cacao has to be the most realistic cacao scent I have ever smelled. This smells just like Swiss Miss Hot Chocolate mix, before you add the water. Literally, makes you hungry! As most CSP's this is very long lasting. Amour de Cacao also has a soft, lingering sillage. Also, if you spray this on your clothes, it smells great for days. Not bottleworthy for me though.

I feel nuts in it. It is perfect at the very beginning and after two-tree hours, but not in the middle, for me...

Ummmm I love this fragrance! It's soo special, very tasty but also very exciting.