Gourmand familyHeart to Base note
Coffee
Coffee is a heart to base note from the gourmand family: bittersweet roast that keeps a sweet composition from turning cloying.
- 01Family
- Gourmand
- 02Pyramid
- Heart to Base
- 03Best seasons
- Autumn, Winter
- 04Type
- Note
What does coffee smell like?
Coffee: bittersweet roast that keeps a sweet composition from turning cloying.
From our page: Gourmand fragrance familyIs coffee a top, heart or base note?
Coffee is a heart to base note.
- Top15 minutes to 2 hours
- HeartHour 1 to hour 5
- Base4 to 12+ hours
A gourmand is anchored in the base and heart, where sweet, food-adjacent accords (vanilla, tonka, caramel, praline, coffee, cocoa) sit on a warm foundation of amber, musk, or woods.
From our page: Gourmand fragrance familyBase notes are the memory: they are what lingers on a coat hours after you took it off.
From our page: Top, Middle, Base: How the Notes Pyramid Actually WorksWhat does coffee pair with?
A gourmand is anchored in the base and heart, where sweet, food-adjacent accords (vanilla, tonka, caramel, praline, coffee, cocoa) sit on a warm foundation of amber, musk, or woods.
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