In recent years, the fragrance world has developed a true obsession with milky, creamy and enveloping scents. Yet between ultra-sweet gourmands, dessert-like fragrances and compositions built almost entirely around sugar, finding something genuinely elegant, modern and easy to wear has become increasingly rare.
This is where Ambre Latte comes in, the new fragrance from Essential Parfums, created by Spanish perfumer Jordi Fernández.
With this release, the French brand officially enters gourmand territory, but follows a very different direction from the one currently dominating much of the fragrance market.
This is not a “delicious” fragrance in the most conventional sense. Instead, it is a soft, creamy and woody composition, built around the idea of contemporary comfort, sophisticated milky textures and the warmth of amber woods.
Essential Parfums’ Take on Gourmand Fragrance
In its official presentation of the fragrance, Essential Parfums describes Ambre Latte as a:
“neo-gourmand delicately balanced between indulgence and addiction.”
Ambre Latte does not follow the path of the ultra-sweet, excessive gourmands that have dominated perfumery in recent years. Instead, it takes the milk fragrance trend and transforms it into something lighter, airier and more refined.
The result is a softer, more sophisticated and beautifully balanced interpretation of gourmand perfumery — one that also feels exceptionally easy to wear.
Essential Parfums had already explored similar territory with Divine Vanille, a warm, spicy and resinous vanilla fragrance that feels enveloping without falling into the usual ultra-sweet gourmand style. Ambre Latte builds on that same sensibility, taking it further towards the idea of a milky, creamy and luminous fragrance.
Almond Milk, Amber and Creamy Woods
At the heart of the composition is an almond milk accord that feels velvety, soft and lightly caramelised.
Rather than creating sweetness in the traditional sense, Ambre Latte evokes the sensation of warm skin, creamy milk and amber woods.
Around this central accord emerge notes of vanilla, benzoin, roasted tonka bean and caramelised facets, supported by white musks and an amber-woody base built around molecules such as Ambrofix, Georgywood and Akigalawood.
The result is a composition that feels very different from the classic bakery-style gourmand.
Jordi Fernández and the New Modern Gourmand
Behind Ambre Latte is Jordi Fernández, one of the most recognisable perfumers working in contemporary fragrance today.
In recent years, Fernández has established a distinctive signature through intense, textural and immediately engaging compositions, often built around modern amber woods and materials with a strong, tangible presence.
His style has become associated with:
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modern amber woods
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enveloping scent trails
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bold, structured compositions
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intense yet highly wearable fragrances
Ambre Latte fits perfectly within this creative direction.
Fernández himself describes the fragrance as:
“an addictive overdose of amber woods wrapped in a delicious swirl of almond milk.”
It is a definition that captures the concept perfectly: not simply a gourmand fragrance, but a balance between creamy softness and a long-lasting woody structure.
A New Face of Gourmand Perfumery
Niche perfumery has gradually moved away from the idea of gourmand fragrances built solely around sugar and excessive sweetness. Ambre Latte fits naturally into this evolution.
This is not a fragrance designed only for connoisseurs. It achieves something far more difficult: creating a modern scent with broad appeal without ever feeling predictable or ordinary.
Rather than relying on excess, Ambre Latte creates atmosphere through softness, texture and comfort.
Perhaps it is precisely this sophisticated lightness that makes it one of the season’s most compelling releases.
In a market filled with loud, ultra-sweet gourmands, Ambre Latte appears to follow a different path: softer, brighter and decidedly more elegant. It has everything it needs to become one of those fragrances people reach for again and again.
Discover Ambre Latte at Kiri Profumi.
