Le Donne di Masque

Madeleine 2020

Madeleine by Masque
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7.3 / 10 74 Ratings
A perfume by Masque for women, released in 2020. The scent is gourmand-sweet. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Gourmand
Sweet
Spicy
Creamy
Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
ChestnutChestnut CreamCream CuminCumin
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Egyptian geraniumEgyptian geranium CypressCypress Tuberose absoluteTuberose absolute
Base Notes Base Notes
Tonka bean absoluteTonka bean absolute MuskMusk VanillaVanilla

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
7.374 Ratings
Longevity
7.864 Ratings
Sillage
7.265 Ratings
Bottle
8.057 Ratings
Value for money
6.638 Ratings
Submitted by Hatka, last update on 04/19/2025.
Interesting Facts
The fragrance is part of the "Le Donne di Masque" collection.

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Reviews

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Landshark321

676 Reviews
Landshark321
Landshark321
Helpful Review 7  
Beautiful gourmand - nutty, sweet, bready
Masque Milano Madeleine is a 2020 release that I just had the pleasure of smelling for the first time last week with Nir Guy at Perfumology, which carries the full Masque line. The name of the perfume conjures the cake of the same name, and I believe is the perfume’s inspiration, as almond features significantly in both. The perfume does have a baked goods quality to it along the lines of Hilde Soliani Buonissimo, but instead of smelling like buttery, cocoa-dusted croissants, Madeleine has a prominent nutty quality of almond, chestnut, and coffee in concert with a cookie/cake vibe, without the lemon of the inspiration and without the cocoa of Buonissimo. It’s slightly sharp (probably due to the combination of almond and tonka) but in general sweeter and breadier with light spicy touches.

Madeleine is dense, rich, delicious, and a very satisfying nod to gourmand lovers like me, and is different enough from other perfumes I’ve tried to be worth looking into and (if you’re as much as a fan of it as I am) buying a bottle. Overall, I’m quite smitten with this.

Madeleine is sold at Perfumology and other boutiques like Indigo Perfumery and Luckyscent and is priced at $160 for 35ml, on par with most of the line.

8 out of 10
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Laceyastra

8 Reviews
Laceyastra
Laceyastra
Helpful Review 5  
Cozy roasted chestnut gourmand
This is one of my favorites for curling up at home, and it's perfect tonight while heavy rain, thunder and lightning rage outside.
It's a unique gourmand, not particularly sweet.
Roasted chestnuts, milky vanilla and tonka with a buttery phase, then midway a delicate tuberose enters the mix. Eventually dries down to a most impeccable amber. Longevity is superb, sillage is rather close. Wearing to bed, I know I'll wake up still able to smell it.
The scent of roasted chestnuts is very nostalgic, reminds me of winter in NYC with my grandfather.
I'm halfway through my travel sized bottle already, kicking myself for not getting full size.
It's a literal bittersweet fragrance.
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Raluko111

313 Reviews
Raluko111
Raluko111
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You really have to love pastry to go this route.
Madeleine is a ultra-HD realistic gourmand perfume. It smells spot on like buttery, vanilla rich crumbs of madeleine or financier cookies. It's so real, you'll keep checking yourself to make sure your clothes haven't been soiled by sweet, buttery dessert remains from the still warm cookie on your plate. Madeleine is truly an olfactory impersonator: you're not wearing to experience its evolution and to exclaim "Oh, here is the tuberose! Ahhh, now the geranium came on the scene!" No, no! Fanny Bal wants to serve you with some sweets and a glass full of milk. A polite and attentive hostess, in the meantime she realizes that maybe you're still craving for more, so she brings you an whipped-cream and chestnut rich Mont Blanc.

It's not my cup of tea, but if you like sweet, realistic gourmand perfumes, you should try this. Its silage and longevity are impressive.
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Madeleine este un parfum gurmand foarte realistic: miroase exact ca numele, firimituri dulci, untoase, vanilate de biscuiți madeleine, sau poate chiar financiers. E atât de real, că ai impresia că brațele îți sunt mânjite de unt și că undeva pe o farfurioară ai un biscuit cald, neterminat. Madeleine este o experiență olfactivă: nu ești aici ca să exclami "Ah, aici este tuberoza! Oh, acum apare mușcata!" Nu, nu! Fanny Bal vrea să te servească cu niște dulciuri și un pahar plin vârf cu lapte. O gazdă politicoasă și atentă cu musafirii ei, între timp ea se gândește că poate îți mai dorești ceva, și-ți aduce și un Montblanc, sau poate un castron de piure de castane dulci cu frișcă.

Dacă îți plac parfumurile dulci gurmande și castanele, Madeleine este foarte frumos îmbinat, cu o proiecție puternică și o longevitate impresionantă.
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Deja1sabel

294 Reviews
Deja1sabel
Deja1sabel
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super nutty, super sweet
extremely nutty, powdery, in an almost dusty way, and very sweet. The chestnut here almostttt reads like a peanut butter sort of accord, as its overtly nutty in an uncanny sort of way. I do find the sweetness a bit overwhelming the heavy hand of powder here. The scent reminds me of Mazapan de la Rosa, a powdered peanut candy funny enough. You do get a milky vanilla with rich tonka in the dry down, that is undeniably enjoyable, with remnants of nutty accords, but I do find the ultra powdery opening and heavy hand of nuttiness a bit much to get to the tamer end result.

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Art

68 Reviews
Art
Art
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A modern gourmand
Medeleine is made in the absolute tradition of the modern gourmand genre - it contains a lot of the most delicious things: caramel, cream, praline, nuts, vanilla. Do you want more? Then, there is also added a prominent honey-floral nuance, which is the main accord in their newest fragrance called Ray-Flection.

If you are familiar with Trastevere by Pantheon Roma, for me Madeleine is Trastevere minus chocolate and plus Ray-Flection's floral honey. And this comparison is not a criticism at all, I do like the perfume - it is beautiful, optimistic and perfect for winter holidays.
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NicheOnlyNicheOnly 10 months ago
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6.5
Scent
Some florals in the top, mainly structured as a sweet-nutty-creamy gourmand scent, adjacent to SL's Jeux de Peau & Caron's Comme je Suis.
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DryasiuliaDryasiulia 1 year ago
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They don’t really smell alike, but this and Blanche Bete are both kind of “fluffy white sweet scents with an edge”-I love them both
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