Choco Raptor
Choco Raptor commits to its brief without apology. Chocolate and cocoa open at full volume, coffee adding a roasted note that prevents the accord from reading as confectionery. Black pepper is the element that makes the composition interesting: its heat gives the chocolate note an edge that most gourmands at this concentration lack. Tonka bean and vanilla in the base deepen the sweetness in the drydown, but patchouli keeps the composition grounded enough that the finish reads as fragrance rather than food.
Why We Carry This
The chocolate-coffee-pepper construction in Choco Raptor is more considered than the name implies. The pepper element is present at a level that genuinely alters the character of the chocolate accord, and the patchouli base gives the drydown the material texture that separates serious gourmands from synthetic ones.
Scent Profile
Top notes: Bergamot, Coffee, Cardamom
Heart notes: Chocolate, Cocoa, Tobacco, Vanilla
Base notes: Patchouli, Musk, Amber, Sandalwood
Character
Accords: Gourmand, Sweet, Vanilla, Warm Spicy, Tobacco, Woody
Perfumer: Lorenzo Pazzaglia
Launched: 2023