Many thanks to everyone who listed their favorite chocolates* in the comments to yesterday’s post about Sonoma Scent Studio’s Bois Épicés. I ate a lot of chocolate last night while reading the recommendations, and I figured I might as well do a chocolate perfume today. Chocolate is used as an accent note in any number of fragrances, but chocolate “soliflores” (solifoods?) are relatively scarce. There is Aquolina Chocolovers, also Aftelier Cacao, the Temperare Chocolate trio by Yosh, Comptoir Sud Pacifique Amour de Cacao, and a handful of others. Serendipitous by Serendipity 3 is today’s subject; it features notes of cocoa, Tahitian vanilla and blood orange.
The ice cream parlour Serendipity 3 is something of a New York institution…