Almond
EDT · 2020
Monotheme Venezia
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Almond Cream
Note Profile
About
The smell of crème d'amande, the almond pastry cream also sold as frangipane. Ground sweet almond is bound with butter, egg and sugar, so the nut arrives already softened by dairy. It is marzipan that has been made rich rather than dense, and it is not baked or toasted.
Scent Profile
Almond Cream smells of sweet almond paste softened with butter and egg, marzipan made rich rather than dense. A milky, buttery custard note sits close behind the nut, the dairy that separates it from plain marzipan. Icing sugar and a faint vanilla sweetness dust the top, with a whisper of warm floral balsam underneath. A faint cherry-like shadow follows the almond, the trace note bitter almond always carries.
ScentWheel
Breadthmedium
EnvelopeHeart · ~7h lasting
Family
Sweet & Gourmand
Read off the wheel, not a label applied to the note.
ScentArt
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Origin
A pastry preparation, not a raw material. There is no distillate or extract of almond cream. In perfumery it is a built accord. The almond half is usually benzaldehyde with heliotropin for the powdery lift. The cream half is lactones and vanillin. Carrément Belle reaches the same smell from the other end, saying bitter almond essential oil "immediately reminds us of the almond cream of a good king's cake with frangipane" and then "reveals a vanilla, floral and balsamic note".
Usage in Perfumery
A gourmand heart note. It sits in bakery and dessert compositions where a plain nut note would read too dry and a plain dairy note would read too thin. DOOP Fragrance lists "Almond Cream, Buttery Pastry" as the middle notes of an almond croissant, under toasted sliced almonds and powdered sugar. Two Parfumo brands use the term.
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Perfumes featuring Almond Cream
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