# Bortnikoff — Manie du Café

> Manie du Cafe is Bortnikoff's 2025 coffee extrait, designed around roast, smoke, castoreum, hyraceum, and musk rather than cafe-latte comfort. It is a dark animalic coffee composition with a brief van

## Essence
Manie du Cafe is Bortnikoff's 2025 coffee extrait, designed around roast, smoke, castoreum, hyraceum, and musk rather than cafe-latte comfort. It is a dark animalic coffee composition with a brief vanilla-softened opening.
## Scent Profile
Vanilla initially suggests coffee ice cream or chocolate milk, then roasted bean, black coffee, scorched grounds, smoke, castoreum, hyraceum, and deer musk take over. Tonka and cedar add a dry warm frame. Coffee remains central, but the animalic materials turn it leathery and feral.
## Performance
Reports point to solid extrait performance: long wear with moderate projection. Its perceptual weight is high, so modest application is wise.
## Wearing Context
Cool weather, low-light evenings, and personal or artistic wear suit it. This is for people who want dark coffee and animalics, not a casual office gourmand.
## Comparisons & DNA
Bortnikoff Oud Luwak II is the closest direct house reference: Manie du Cafe uses less agarwood and much more coffee. It sits apart from clean cafe scents such as Akro Awake through its roasted, smoky, animalic structure.
## Reception
Coverage is new but already split. The coffee realism and bold concept attract enthusiasts, while the animalic load can feel unpleasant or overwhelming. Sampling is essential.
## Versions & Reformulation
This is a single unreformulated composition offered as an extrait.
## Acquisition Notes
Official 9 ml and 50 ml extrait formats make sampling practical at an upper-niche price.
The smaller format is particularly useful here: the fragrance's roast, smoke, and animalic materials can develop very differently across temperature, skin, and dosage. Treat it as a deliberate specialist purchase rather than an everyday coffee option.
The composition is best understood through its full evolution on skin, rather than a note list alone.
## Notable Facts & Lore
- It launched in a 2025 trio with Siberia and Yuzu Cologne.
- The house specifies Siberian deer musk in the base.
- It is positioned as an animalic gourmand rather than a sweet coffee scent.