As simple as the title suggests and as intriguing as you may imagine, Gingembre Latte by Affinessence grabs attention with the very first whiff, for its energizing and mood-lifting spicy freshness.
In this perfume, the nose Alexandra Carlin of the IFF company, creates a different, quite functional, and wearable tea accord and ornaments it with citrus notes, fresh juicy ginger, green herbs, and a touch of milk, and the result is a scent that wears like a white linen waving on skin in the breeze.
Built around natural ginger extract and ginger CO2, it avoids the common trap of sharpness the spice is notorious for. There is no aggressive bite. Instead, the ginger feels mellow, steeped in cream, like thin slices warmed in milk and drizzled with a faint touch of honey.
From the first spray, the scent uncorks with a glowing spice that leans inward rather than outward. It isn’t bold or loud. It lingers close, as if infused into skin rather than sprayed on top. The latte in the name is not just a nod to milk; it’s a mood. Comforting, skin-like, and just slightly sweet, never gourmand in the traditional sense.
Cedarwood and mate tea bring structure with a woodiness that is clean and dry, forming a soft frame around the creamy heart. A faint touch of patchouli adds breath and distance, without tilting the balance toward anything earthy or dark. It lands into a pale touch of milk that supports the milky-soapy sandalwood, rather than playing solely.
Gingembre Latte is a fragrance made to project gently like a haiku read in solitude of a calm afternoon in the gentle presence of breath and pulse. Not a murmuring fragrance, nor a massive trail it leaves. Subtle, but not thin. Smooth, but not flat. The drydown settles into a kind of second skin with the ginger still playing there, now whispering, softened into suede-like tones.
Gingembre Latte does not chase contrast. It blends. It soothes. And that’s the charm. A perfume for close moments and stillness, for mornings or shaded afternoons, when spice becomes silk and heat feels like home.
Minimal in form, intimate in feel—this is not a scent that aims to impress. It invites instead. And in that quiet invitation lies its strength.
Gingembre Latte
$325.00 USD
Gingembre Latte by Affinessence Paris is a Citrus Aromatic fragrance for Women and Men. Disrupting the codes of luxury once again, Affinessence collaborates closely with perfumers to unite what tradition has opposed: fresh, flamboyant notes with the hallmark qualities of intensity, long-lasting wear,… read more
