Jil Sander Coffea is part of the Olfactory Series 1 launched in 20225. Created by Paul Guerlain, it has notes of orris, coffee, aldehydes and peru Balsam. This is an EDP, eau de parfum
From the brand -
"A floral ambery fragrance, with the vibrant, dazzling facets provided by the aldehydes across the CO₂ extracted Coffee beans, the upcycled Orris, and the Peru Balsam from El Salvador, producing a clash, and a synthesis, of two worlds. Outside it is white and silent. Inside, in a timbered room full of people, the morning sunlight and the smell of ground coffee after the brew. Jil Sander Coffea fully exhales both its greener and roasted notes.
"The fragrances were designed by five of the most talented emerging and established international perfumers under the guidance of Jil Sander’s Creative Directors, Lucie and Luke Meier. Their shared vision was to elevate the quotidian into aesthetic experiences, attaining the highest expressive qualities through the fascination of personal memories, epiphanies from life in nature or in familiar environments, places and things. With complete creative freedom and the idea of offering customers surprising and significant
experiences. The ensuing formulas are characterized by the radical olfactory signature of aldehydes - sparks of light flashing through the fragrances, that amplify the key notes and the harmonics of the main ingredients, and give to every natural material the right exposure and new ways of expression.
"Ingeniously simple, they generate vertical, unexpected yet comfortable fragrances, devoid of anything incidental. An advanced approach to composition that does enhance through subtraction and specific accents; through clear-cut compositions in which the immediacy of the results hides the complexity of the creative process. As the fragrances are formulated using only alcohol, water, and fragrance, they can change color over time, without their olfactory quality being affected."
Fragrantica - "Sampled this line and I have to say they re all very well done and there's not a single one I don't like. The notes sound very minimalist and yet they don't smell minimalist at all , like this one. Coffea is a Dior Homme'ish type fragrance , with that sweet dry down.The magic for me is the " doughy" iris opening , which lasts for a while. Love it slightly more than iris in Dior Homme Intense. The coffee is very subdued in the background , but it's there. Thumbs up from me!"
Fragrantica - "A playful character with effervescent aldehydes and an elegant iris note, but its dose of coffee brings the scent down to earth, in a good way!"
Fragrantica - "Has a nuttiness (from the coffee) that adds a nice depth but otherwise a smooth, musky iris with a decent backbone. Nevertheless, surely a joy to smell for iris lovers, like myself."
