Archive Cacao
Base note · Sweet
Cacao.
Dry, bitter cocoa with a dusty, earthy depth.
Our read on the material, not a measurement.
What it smells like.
Cacao is cocoa before it becomes chocolate: dry, bitter, dusty and quite earthy, with only a suggestion of sweetness. It is darker and less obvious than most people expect from a chocolate note.
It gives sweet blends a bitter counterweight and pairs naturally with coffee, rose and patchouli. Because it is dusty rather than creamy it does not read as edible, which is what makes it wearable.
Cocoa absolute is a real extraction from roasted cacao beans, dark and bittersweet with almost none of the milk-chocolate roundness people expect. That bitterness is the useful part: it plays the same role dark chocolate plays in cooking, deepening sweet things while refusing to be dessert.
In a blend.
Chocolate without the sugar. Adds bitterness and depth.
Sweet. Soft sweetness without overpowering. Shop the sweet scents.
Pairs beautifully with.
The 2 scents built with it.
Questions about cacao.
What does cacao smell like?
Dry, bitter cocoa with a dusty, earthy depth. Cacao is cocoa before it becomes chocolate: dry, bitter, dusty and quite earthy, with only a suggestion of sweetness. It is darker and less obvious than most people expect from a chocolate note.
Is cacao a top, heart or base note?
It is a base note, so it appears last and stays longest. Chocolate without the sugar. Adds bitterness and depth.
What does cacao pair well with?
The studio would start with coffee, bulgarian rose, patchouli and vanilla. It gives sweet blends a bitter counterweight and pairs naturally with coffee, rose and patchouli. Because it is dusty rather than creamy it does not read as edible, which is what makes it wearable.
What fragrance family is cacao in?
Sweet. Soft sweetness without overpowering.
Which Next Fragrance scents contain cacao?
2, including Next Bronze - Eau De Parfum and Next Bronze - Perfume Oil. Every note listed on a product page is the real pyramid for that fragrance.
Build your own.
We do not offer cacao at the bench, but there are notes close to it that we do.
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