Epicurean features notes of layers of chocolate and vanilla cake topped with crushed berry compote and whipped cream. It is an eau de parfum, edp.
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Reddit: Initial Sniff: This unlocked a memory for me immediately. This sounds strange but it smells exactly like a vitamin powder you mix with water that I had as a child with a very strong artificial berry flavour to it. I can't get over that association because the taste of the powder is ingrained in my brain. The berry note is overpowering in the beginning but it smells nothing like a realistic berry or even a freeze dried one. Drying down: The berry note calms down more and more with the wear and fades into the background as the chocolate and vanilla notes take center stage. The berries become slightly more juicy and realistic and I can easily imagine heaps of whipped vanilla cream on top blanketing the berries to subdue that very different first impression. There's a hint of chocolate but I would categorize it as a milk or white chocolate. A few Hours later: Upon deeper sniffs, the chocolate and vanilla cake layers can be felt a bit more distinctly but on lighter whiffs throughout the day this feels like a jammy, juice, slightly artificial but slightly realistic as well berry concoction with heaps of light vanilla cream and a background balancing note of something baked in the background. All in all, it's not extremely artificial when drying down and has some realism to it but I think the initial moments of this peeks through a little either through the fragrance itself or how much of an impact it had on my scent memory.
