Coffee Break by Maison Martin Margiela bottle
Maison Martin Margiela

Coffee Break

4.0/5 · 5,769 votes Unisex 2019
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Character

Longevity2.8/5
Sillage2.3/5
Day78
Night46
Fall100
Winter79
Spring40
Summer16
Our take

Lavender and coffee meet early in Coffee Break, and the milk note softens what could have been a sharp jolt into something closer to a latte, gone a little sweet from the pepper and orange blossom stirred through it. Siam benzoin and tonka bean thicken the middle as the coffee starts to recede, and underneath, vanilla, cedar, and vetiver take the composition somewhere drier, dry wood standing in for the cup itself. Longevity sits at a middle point, present for a while and then quietly gone, and the scent itself barely travels past your own skin, warmth kept for the wearer more than for anyone standing near, better suited to a desk or a train seat than anywhere loud.

A chilly morning is when a coffee-and-milk pairing feels most natural, far more than the middle of summer, and someone who wants their morning ritual worn as scent, without the sugar rush a gourmand usually brings, will get along with it well. The lavender runs alongside the coffee rather than smoothing it out, giving the middle a faint herbal lift. What stays with you afterward is the image of a lukewarm oat-milk coffee going slightly spiced and woody in a cold cup left by a window.

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