# M. Micallef — Crème de la Crème

> Creme de la Creme is a 2022 coffee gourmand built around the idea of a polished tiramisu: coffee, vanilla cream, macadamia, tonka, woods, and soft florals. It is a plush unisex scent that prefers crea

## Essence
Creme de la Creme is a 2022 coffee gourmand built around the idea of a polished tiramisu: coffee, vanilla cream, macadamia, tonka, woods, and soft florals. It is a plush unisex scent that prefers creaminess and warmth to bitter roasted coffee.
## Scent Profile
Coffee provides the opening signal, brightened by neroli and ylang-ylang. The flowers keep the first impression from becoming a literal cafe accord, adding a smooth perfumed lift around the roast.
Macadamia becomes important in the heart, giving the scent a nutty, rounded texture. Rose and jasmine remain polished accents while sandalwood and cedar begin to create a creamy woody frame.
The base moves toward vanilla, tonka bean, tolu balsam, musk, ambergris, and massoia. It reads as coffee dessert rather than a dry espresso: sweet, creamy, nutty, and cushioned by woods.
## Performance
This is a warm, substantial gourmand whose creamy coffee-vanilla base carries well into a long wear. Its richness benefits from moderate application, especially indoors or in close social settings.
## Wearing Context
Creme de la Creme suits fall and winter, evenings, cozy occasions, and relaxed dates. Its unisex coffee-and-cream profile can work for anyone who enjoys dessert scents, but heat may make the sweetness feel too dense.
## Comparisons & DNA
Tiramisu is the clearest scent image: coffee, cream, vanilla, nuts, and soft woods. The fragrance is less a bitter barista coffee than a refined plated dessert, with florals and sandalwood smoothing its gourmand elements.
## Reception
The attraction is its polished creamy coffee warmth and unusual macadamia texture. The same richness is the likely dividing line, since a wearer seeking a dry, austere coffee may find its vanilla, tonka, and creaminess too sweet.
## Versions & Reformulation
It is a single 2022 EDP with no documented reformulation. Its coffee-and-cream theme is the composition's defining feature.
## Acquisition Notes
This is a premium niche 100 ml EDP. A sample is useful before purchase because gourmand sweetness and creamy coffee accords can vary substantially by skin and season.
## Notable Facts & Lore
- Creme de la Creme launched in 2022.
- Jimmy Anton Studer composed it.
- Macadamia gives its gourmand profile a distinctive nutty texture.
- Coffee, vanilla, tonka, and woods create its dessert identity.