Tapping into the trend doesn’t necessarily mean entirely new formulations. Legacy brands like Lancôme and Dolce & Gabbana have been reworking their hero scents with a neo-gourmand twist. Lancôme’s Idôle Nectar, introduced in 2022, features notes of vanilla, caramel and popcorn, while Dolce & Gabbana launched an intense version of its Devotion fragrance this year that opens with a hazelnut pop (and is based in vanilla). Mugler recently expanded its decades-old Angel line with Fantasm, which blends the original with dollops of creamy piña colada.
— Read more in Fine Fragrances Are Getting a New Gourmet Twist at Business of Fashion.
Gourmand is a new trend? Glad to hear Angel is, ahem, getting on the bandwagon.
They are calling them neo gourmands this year.