Welcome to the perfume room. My center of the day today is Crumb Couture from Sniff. Now, if you remember a previous solo episode, I feel like this was like a year ago at this point, but you all wanted

to hear my trend predictions for the upcoming year. And I talked specifically about this

genre of the in-between gourmand. I'm talking weedy sense, brettie sense, nutty sense,

milky sense, those scents that are not quite dessert, but in that confectionery realm. And you know what?

I mean, there have been some notable releases in the last few months. K.L.E. Pistachio

gelato came out, then Crumb Couture from Sniff. So not to tutelute my own horn, but I will say,

I wasn't wrong. Anyway, you know I love this genre of fragrance,

and specifically a croissant fragrance, my God, I love it. Couch lutein, Je de Poe, one of my faves.

So I was elated for a new flaky croissant scent to hit the market, and sniff generously sent me

a bottle to try, and I am really enjoying it. Now this one is a journey and I'm going to

take you all on that journey right now. Okay, so the initial spray was immediately familiar and it took

me a second to get my bearings, but for any fellow members of the tribe, the opening reminds me of

Herosate, which is like a fruit forward dish that you eat

specifically on Passover, which ironically is a holiday where you must avoid croissants and all

other leavened bread at all costs. But you know what? Herosate, as I think about it, is an in-between

gourmand because it's not served as dessert. It's served as like an appetizer, but it's like a sweet fruit

forward appetizer, and it consists of apples, chopped walnuts, honey, cinnamon, and kosher wine.

And that is kind of what this opening feels like. It's nutty, it's sweet, it's a little

spicy, has like a little fermented fruity thing going on, and somehow feels like a realistic

gourmand, but elevated.

And it all makes sense when you sort of line up what I'm getting in the horosate

with the actual fragrance pyramid of this note.

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