Fragrance note
Cocoa
Dark chocolate powder: bittersweet, roasted, warm and slightly earthy.
You may know it from Unsweetened cocoa powder
Where it comes from
Natural or synthetic
From roasted cacao beans or recreated with aroma materials.
Worth knowing
Cocoa in perfume often smells drier and less sugary than chocolate.
Accords it shows up in
How many of the fragrances listing Cocoa in our catalogue also carry each accord. We counted this ourselves.
Often paired with
The notes that appear next to Cocoa most often in our catalogue.
Well-known fragrances with Cocoa
Fragrances that list it in their notes, most-rated first.
Houses that use it most
Ranked by how many of their well-known fragrances list Cocoa.