Not many houses would dare list baked dough among their top notes, but Demeter does exactly that in Chocolate Chip Cookie Perfume, and it does exactly what it says, milk chocolate and vanilla cream joining it for a warm, immediately recognisable character. Sugar, tonka bean and musk build a centre that is sweet and soft, the tonka adding an almondy depth beneath the sugar. Chocolate, brown sugar, butter, vanilla and tonka bean let it rest rich and unmistakably baked.
The butter is what sells the illusion, since chocolate and sugar alone smell like confectionery while butter smells like an oven. Demeter is not attempting perfume here, only accuracy. Best kept for colder months, day or night, Chocolate Chip Cookie Perfume from Demeter earns its place there as a gourmand Cologne.
There's real staying power behind Chocolate Chip Cookie Perfume.