Condensed Milk is created by pasteurizing during the evaporation procedure, with the added sugar making any further sterilization unnecessary, since the sugar inhibits the growth of microorganisms. It is also this combination of milk and sweet sugar that gives condensed milk its distinctive odor. It is a cologne.
DEMETER CONDENSED MILK REVIEWS
Fragrantica: "So hear me out, this is the white floral, white milk, “lactone” note that I smell in Blanche Bete. Its airy like a fat free sweetened almond milk, definitely not condensed full fat dairy milk. Its missing an inherent savory-fattyness that I think dairy cream has. Its extremely sweet and fresh—as in there’s nothing deep or dark, no layers or dimensions—and a little sharp like white sugar crystals nonetheless. One of my favorites to wear to bed or to layer under other gourmands.Generally inoffensive, office, church, interview safe, and as all Demeter frags, gets a little performance anxiety and shys away after a few hours. I love her for what she is though, artificial and synthetic but still charming."
Fragrantica: "This smells exactly how the old school Milk bottle lollies taste like. It's very comforting as a scent. Very lactonic."
Fragrantica: "My first image that comes to mind when I close my eyes is sweetness and the inside of a plastic bottle. I do not get condensed milk, or any lactonic note to see why they put milk in its name. It is not creamy the way tonka bean, benzoin, or vanilla can be. It is sweet, but it smells more like shampoo than a gourmand. Technically it smells faintly sweet like a flowering tree that you walk past. That part was disappointing. For the record, I tend to change my mind after a while when I become more familiar with a fragrance. In the meantime, it definitely feels like something that would be easy to layer with. On my skin it seems to be turning into a sort-of bread-like fragrance. Grocery store bread you can smell through the plastic bag."
Fragrantica: "There’s something very warm and comforting and skin like about the scent which I was not expecting. This is now one of my go to before bed scents. I love smelling this as I am getting cozy and winding down for the night. I find it lasts well on my clothes. This one really surprised me."
Fragrantica: "This is a great laconic fragrance but it’s very clean smelling too! i got this to layer my fragrances with and make them gourmand and it is great for layering."
Fragrantica: "This is my all-time favorite fragrance. When I can't sleep I will spray my pillowcase with this, and am able to drift of to sleep with this sweet, innocent smell of comfort. I layer it with nearly all of my other fragrances, and wear it as-is on quiet, at-home days. It smells like sugar and vanilla which is what I smell when warming condensed milk. If I bury my nose into my wrist or occasionally as I turn my head I do smell a warm-milk fragrance, but the other thing I smell is a warm powdery fragrance that blends with everything else and keeps this from smelling too sweet! If your mama spent all day in the kitchen baking fresh cookies, this is what I imagine her hugs would smell like. Warm, sweet and comforting, with plenty of rich vanilla."
Fragrantica: "I love its simplicity as a scent. It smells just like fresh ground coconut drizzled in rich sweetened condensed milk when first sprayed.on the dry down it smells of only sweetened condensed milk. Very light, delicate and realistic. Over all 7 1/2 out of 10 next to other perfumes. But if I were holding it up to other milk note scents, it is a firm 9 out of 10."
