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Gourmand

A style of edible-smelling perfume built from food-flavor molecules rather than a single source.

What it is

A classic blend perfumers build from several materials.

How perfumers build it

Ethyl maltol (spun sugar)Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (tonka)Patchouli, not in Ingredients yetHeliotropin (heliotrope)

Known in

Angel (Thierry Mugler, 1992)

Worth knowing

Angel, generally called the first modern gourmand, once outsold Chanel No. 5 in France.

Named by the house in 4 of the 452 perfumes read so far

Amber Oud Gold EditionAl Haramain · “Gourmand Notes”Zahara Amber DubaiAl Haramain · “Gourmand Notes”YaraLattafa · “Gourmand”Vanilla Candy Rock Sugar 42Kayali · “Gourmand”