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Flor de Café Annette Neuffer 2014

7.8 / 10 99 Ratings

A popular perfume by Annette Neuffer for women, released in 2014. The scent is floral-spicy. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Floral

Spicy

Gourmand

Sweet

Resinous

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Bitter orange

Galbanum

Clementine

Grapefruit

Indian bay leaf

Heart Notes

Coffee blossom absolute

Champaca

Tuberose

Coffee absolute

Frangipani

Ylang-ylang

Base Notes

Balsamic notes

Bourbon vanilla Cocoa

Cocoa

Resins

Patchouli

Woods

Tonka bean

Perfumer

Annette Neuffer

Ratings

Scent

7.899 Ratings

Longevity

7.689 Ratings

Sillage

6.991 Ratings

Bottle

8.172 Ratings

Value for money

6.117 Ratings

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Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

03/24/2019

8Scent 9Longevity 9Sillage

EdithLyri
31 Reviews

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EdithLyri

Top Review 16

Bittersweet Chocolate, Coffee, Sex & Such

For me, "Flor de Café" is a gourmand from the start. As someone before me wrote, the opening is very spicy and dense. And there is a note in it that I would understand as "oriental"; it somehow feels very vintage and niche, also somewhat "hippie-like". Perhaps it’s the undercover working patchouli or the presence of natural essences (the hippies, in my imagination, also once rubbed themselves with fragrant essential oil).

At first, the scent smells like orange liqueur, very bitter dark chocolate, and coffee beans. I'm not a fan of the tobacco in it, and I don't really like the orange either, which makes the perfume smell like "everyone is already drunk at Christmas from the liqueur." I only like Flor de Café after 45 minutes, when it no longer smells like orange cookies with chocolate, but rather like balsamic base accords of cocoa, vanilla, patchouli, balm, sandalwood, and a sip of dark coffee; then it is truly beautiful.

Throughout the entire scent progression, Flor de Café is very herbaceous, bitter, and characterful-nothing delicate, fluffy, soft, or even powdery. At times, the impression is almost leathery, smoky, woody. The white flowers blend wonderfully into the herb-bitter character of the perfume. It is exactly the softly heavy scent of the flowers that I love so much, giving me the feeling that I can let go when I close my eyes. (In contrast to the *chrm chrm cough* quote unquote "jasmine" in many modern perfumes, which just smells like chewing gum). However, as floral as previous commentators found it, I don't find Flor de Café floral at all, but mainly chocolaty.

To me, the scent feels very sexy, challenging. Perhaps because of the strong base notes. Or the chocolate. I've seen the association of chocolate scent and sex in perfume compositions before. Maybe it’s also the flower absolutes that feel very sensual to me. In any case, the scent feels like a subtle message that one presents oneself as a sex object, but not in an intrusive way, rather in a pleasant "mmh, something smells so nice here, I want to get closer, I want to sniff more of that" - way.

The sillage is initially way too intense. With just half a mini-spray on my wrist, the perfume already spreads meters away. However, this mega sillage settles down quite quickly (after about a quarter of an hour). After that, it is appropriate, although still strong. I would prefer a slightly closer-to-skin scent.
You can definitely smell the quality; it smells very natural. You can also see that the perfume is orange like, for example, orange essential oil - so BE CAREFUL with white clothes! It stains!

Would I wear it? Hmm. I'm not sure. If I did, then only a drop on my wrist; more would be too noticeable and "too sexy" for me. I wouldn’t know of an occasion, as I'm more of a laid-back person. It is definitely not an everyday perfume, but rather something extraordinary.
Flor de Café is beautifully harmoniously composed. It is a very warm, delicious scent full of spices.

And as someone plagued by sinusitis, where my sinuses immediately close up with synthetic stench, I am very glad that there are Neuffer perfumes.

Updated on 06/15/2019

08/12/2018

8Scent 10Longevity 6Sillage

Ergoproxy
1131 Reviews

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Ergoproxy

Top Review 4

Attempt at a sober assessment

Before I turn to the scent Flor de Café, I would like to take the opportunity to clarify something.
I have, had nothing, and will never have anything against Ms. Neuffer or her products. On the one hand, I do not know Ms. Neuffer personally, and on the other hand, I test and evaluate fragrances naturally also from the subjective standpoint of whether I like the concept and whether I can imagine wanting to smell like that. Even though I have been engaged with my hobby for a very long time, I have never claimed or intended to be regarded as a professional. I leave that status to those who have completed training in the fragrance field.
I want to emphasize again that I have nothing against purely natural perfumery per se, but I must admit that I generally prefer scents that combine the advantages of both areas, chemical and natural perfumery.
When it comes to the quality of a perfume, I can only argue for myself whether the concept seems valuable to me. But definitely, only a gas chromatograph can determine the quality of an ingredient.

I make no secret of the fact that I have not found most of the fragrances tested so far from Ms. Neuffer's hand to be very pleasant, which should not be taken as a criticism of the quality per se. When I look at the fragrance pyramids, it should actually be the opposite, as I generally like woody, resinous, and spicy scents. However, many of the fragrances shared a timbre that I perceived as dull (yes, there's that nasty word again) or musty, and I have encountered this timbre in other natural scents as well. Moreover, I find this note persistently disturbing. If I had to describe the smell more precisely, I would say that a mixture of dried cigarette tobacco and sweet furniture wax comes closest to it.

Flor de Café also initially showed signs of developing this note but quickly drifts into a pleasant white floral direction without exhibiting the annoying characteristics. Somehow, it reminds me of jasmine, but the floral tone is much softer and creamier. In the background, a subtly bitter-spicy note resonates, preventing the whole thing from becoming too sweet and feminine.

It takes a good while for the floral note to integrate into a balsamic-sweet base without completely fading away. Here, I can best identify patchouli and vanilla.

The projection is quite pronounced at first, and then the scent also feels somewhat overwhelming, but it quickly dims down to a moderate aura. The longevity was about 8 hours on the skin and nearly impossible to remove from fabric. Even washing withstands the coffee blossom quite well. By the way, the scent can only be sprayed on dark clothing, as its intense reddish-brown color leaves stains on lighter fabrics.

I must admit, Honeysuckle Rose and Flor de Café have pleasantly surprised me, and I can express that quite soberly and relaxed.

I am also curious whether there will ever be another opportunity to test more from the brand. Here, I must admit again that I will not actively go hunting for it.
I wholeheartedly wish Ms. Neuffer success and positive feedback from fragrance guru Luca Turin, but I will not become a customer of the brand again. Even if a fragrance were to receive a full 100 percent from me, I would not want to own it; I can be a somewhat resentful customer and, above all, consistent.

Updated on 08/12/2018

03/11/2017

9Scent 10Longevity 6Sillage

Seerose
775 Reviews

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Seerose

Top Review

Finally, it's one you want to devour

"Flor de Café" begins with a warm cream-colored floral scent blend that is sweetly intense, light, and slightly citrusy. None of the white flowers that usually overwhelm me (Champaca, Jasmine, possibly Coffee Blossom) are intrusive. They are finely balanced; I like all the others, but only when they are top-quality essences. Then comes that floral-sweet hay green again, the base scent that I have smelled in every Neuffer fragrance so far. The scent becomes drier, warmer, like a sunny late summer day in a sandy heath landscape.
I can't identify galbanum, laurel, or citrus; they are certainly there. But why should I, of all people, know how they act in a supportive or antagonistic way? And do I even want to claim that right now?
Gradually, the somewhat dry, powdery, friendly, and beautiful floral scent becomes more gourmand, sweeter, creamier, while also becoming woodier. I distinctly smell woody cocoa. Tonka/vanilla, balsamic notes.
Now "Flor de Café" smells like the marble cake I baked and tasted. Of course, I also added real vanilla, some grated lemon zest, a splash of lemon juice, as well as one or two drops of bitter almond oil. These are all things that one couldn't taste individually and shouldn't either.
However, regarding "Flor de Café," it feels as if I have enhanced everything with a precious blend of fragrance oils to create a fine cake with praline layers, garnished with pistachios. A cheerful scent. With "Flor de Café" on the skin, we women smell beautifully delectable, or so it seems to me. Along with the powdery floral-delicious scent with a hint of almond bitterness, I smell some patchouli and something fermented like tobacco.
The longevity is very good, the sillage is moderate.
Even though I describe it so deliciously, these are somewhat just comparisons, mere attempts to describe "Flor de Café." However, "Flor de Café" is much more complex. With what care and richness a unique, non-intrusive scent has been composed here.

Updated on 03/11/2017

01/08/2017

8Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

Meggi
1018 Reviews

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Meggi

Top Review 31

Interim Report - Mahler, Bach, Wagner

I had the opportunity to try ten Neuffer fragrances over the past few weeks. Five of them are "fully tested," and I take this halftime as an occasion for an interim report. More on that later; first, a few words specifically about Flor de Café. This won't take long, as it is one of those fragrances that gently but persistently refuse analytical scrutiny (especially since I do not know some of the presumably key components in their pure form). It shows me different faces depending on dosage, temperature, humidity, mood, position of the sun, lunar phase, traffic situation, and who knows what else. The following remarks should therefore be understood merely as guidelines.

A hint of orange-white flowers, then quickly a waxy impression that is both fruity-sweet and roughly underlaid. Juicy candied orange peel, cocoa and tobacco sweetness, as well as the soon subtler wax - they may provide a basis for wintery, cozy thoughts of a general nature. But the scent remains perfume. On the one hand, the underlying tobacco draws a barely perceptible line; on the other hand, the white flower note adds a twist of the unusual, and together they prevent a slide into overly Christmas-like homeliness. At least that's my opinion; it should not be overlooked that my wife holds a differing view and can imagine Flor de Café more as a room fragrance.

The next focus, at times earlier or later in the morning, is a rough patchouli-cocoa blend with, directly on the skin, dark fruity orange that nonetheless radiates a faint citrus sparkle. Espresso-thick coffee (which "floats" not just) delivers a still delicate aroma.

Around midday, the wax gradually gains weight again; the impression of white flowers and the remaining orange seem to merge. Yet even during the now commencing reign of the waxy, everything remains beautifully aromatic and rounded. I could also nod in agreement to a latent room fragrance attitude now, but that could also be said of other fragrances with a waxy-dominated finish - and those often come across as significantly less pleasant. Flor de Café, however, consistently offers fine traces of its other aromas; I primarily think of bitter tobacco and earthy-smoky patchouli, both quietly characterful. To enjoy them requires engagement and immersion.

And with that, we finally arrive at an overarching conclusion - in the sense of an interim report. Three things, in my opinion, essentially characterize the Neuffer fragrances so far. To illustrate this, I think of characteristics from the works of three composers.

First - the long preparation. Gustav Mahler took his time. In his pieces, it is not uncommon for some measures to stumble, stutter, and grumble along before a recognizable structure shows the listener where it is supposed to go. Ms. Neuffer sometimes opens her fragrances in a similarly leisurely manner. The initial phase may rightly be perceived as occasionally dark or harsh before the scent unfolds and reveals its true nature.

Second - the contrapuntal structure. Counterpoint is a compositional technique where voices and counter-voices not only harmonize but also possess melodic lines on their own. This reached its peak in the Baroque music of Johann Sebastian Bach. This does not mean that a flute or oboe does not occasionally take the lead, the most famous example being the Brandenburg Concertos. Nevertheless, every voice is indispensable and not merely there to complete the chord. Annette Neuffer's fragrances strike me as "baroque" in the best sense: From a wealth of individually significant and mostly easily identifiable notes, this or that focus emerges, always as part of a larger whole. This does not apply equally to all fragrances and throughout all time, as there are certain chemical-physical barriers that Bach's art did not face. But Flor de Café exemplifies what I mean, see above.

Third - attention to detail. Those who joke about Richard Wagner's brass-armored Valkyrie Ride thundering overlook the most important aspect: How the music, for instance, meticulously sketches Sieglinde's hesitant approach to Siegmund's camp step by step or makes Brünnhilde's blinking in the bright sunlight audibly trill. In any case, in his later works, Wagner carefully imbued every even the smallest compositional building block with solid musical quality.

The joy of discovery that Annette Neuffer's fragrances - even those I ultimately like less - provide me until the end can only be explained by acknowledging a richness of nuances that apparently cannot be synthetically replicated from high-quality natural building blocks, as well as attesting to their loving assembly. I must not claim expertise for myself in recognizing all these things in their entirety and full value. Yet how often do perfumes seem to be filled with banal, one-dimensional lab products towards the end. This usually spoils my enjoyment.

That Flor de Café will never become "my" fragrance is entirely irrelevant. I tested it with the same lasting curiosity as all the others.

Statements

25 short views on the fragrance

Floyd

2 years ago

8.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Cool pearls
On herbal galbanum
Fleshy tuberose bubbles
Resin pulses with coffee flower veins
Through vanilla-dark fibers
On decayed woods

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Eggi37

2 years ago

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In the midst of a green rainforest
Dark-bitter coffee dew on
tropical magnificent white blooms
Sweet orange nectar
Patch hammock

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Zerotonin

2 years ago

7.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Coffee blossoms in full bloom
a kitten rubs against the trunk
tonka beans and oranges
fall onto sweet earth
right next to the incense sticks

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Violett

1 year ago

8Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Exotic, cheerful summer gourmand
Darkest coffee-chocolate
caresses
sweet tropical flowers and
delicate orange citrus fruits

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Gold

2 years ago

8Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

Kaffeeblüte smells amazing to me like orange cookies dipped in dark chocolate. Tonka and patchouli complete it. Wow, a new favorite I love.

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Sonnenwende

5 years ago

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Hagenbeck's Impressions
Citrusy chirping
above the tropical house.
Sub-animal climate zone.
Moist, warm steam.
Where's the café?

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CharlAmbre

1 year ago

8Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Compact creamy floral wax with a resinous weave that warms up over time and releases the "flower souls." Exciting even without coffee.

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Bellemorte

10 years ago

8Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Coffee, chocolate truffles with orange liqueur, and an intensely fragrant bouquet of flowers - a very rich, sweet scent with an incredible number of notes.

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