Latte Macchiato
Note Profile
About
Latte macchiato is milk marked with coffee, the reverse of caffe macchiato. Espresso is poured into a tall glass of hot frothed milk, often half a shot or less, so the drink stays layered and the first sips are mostly milk. In perfumery the accord is milk-led and sweet, with roasted coffee sitting behind rather than in front. It carries more milk and less coffee than caffe latte.
Scent Profile
Latte macchiato smells milk-led, warmer and fuller than plain milk since it is steamed and foamed. A sweet vanillic tone sits just under the milk, making this the sweeter of the coffee drinks. Roasted coffee and cacao sit behind that, present but held back rather than in front. A faint clean musk from the foam and a light roasted-nut touch round it off, with almost no smoke.
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Origin
An Italian preparation. Macchiato means stained. Here the stain is the coffee. The milk goes into the glass first, the espresso is poured through the foam afterwards, and the drink is not stirred. About one espresso to 200-250 ml of milk. There is no perfumery material behind this note. It is a reconstruction, built from milk lactones, cream and vanillic sweeteners with a light coffee base.
Usage in Perfumery
A base accord for milky gourmand work. It gives the creamy, sweet, faintly roasted volume of a milk drink without the coffee mass of an espresso accord. It pairs with vanilla, tonka, caramel, hazelnut and white chocolate. Use caffe-macchiato when the coffee must lead instead.
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