Gourmand fragrances smell of things you could eat: vanilla, caramel, coffee, milk, bakery. They are the family people either wear constantly or avoid entirely, and the gap between "comforting" and "too much" is narrower here than anywhere else in perfume. This compares ours along that spectrum.
The soft end: milky and powdery
Mykonos Milk Drops is the quietest gourmand we make. It is also the only one tagged moderate rather than strong in intensity. If you find most sweet fragrances overwhelming, this is where to start.
Mykonos Pink Drops is still soft and milky, a touch sweeter than Milk Drops.
Mykonos Vanilla Clouds is an original composition and does what the name says: vanilla without the bakery.
The middle: coffee, tea and dessert
Mykonos Cafe Drops is the vanilla-forward one most people picture when they hear "gourmand".
Mykonos Matcha Latte is the odd one out in the best way — green and slightly bitter against the sweetness, which makes it far more wearable in daylight than the rest of this list.
Mykonos Caramel Fudge Cookie is exactly as advertised and the sweetest thing we make. An original composition, and firmly a winter fragrance.
The dark end: smoke, wood and tobacco
This is where gourmand stops being dessert. These are all tagged Gourmand and Woody & Vanilla, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Mykonos Bonfire Vanilla is smoke and vanilla together — the classic autumn fragrance and the easiest entry point for someone who normally dislikes sweet scents.
Mykonos Untamed is, unusually for this group, tagged spring and summer rather than winter, which makes it the gourmand to reach for when it is warm.
Mykonos Aphrodite sits at the far edge — tobacco, myrrh and burnt cinnamon over vanilla and sandalwood. Sweet, but in the way a cigar bar is sweet.
Choosing
| If you want | Try |
|---|---|
| The gentlest possible gourmand | Mykonos Milk Drops |
| Sweet but not sugary | Mykonos Matcha Latte |
| Classic vanilla | Mykonos Cafe Drops |
| Full dessert | Mykonos Caramel Fudge Cookie |
| Smoke with the sweetness | Mykonos Bonfire Vanilla |
| A gourmand for warm weather | Mykonos Untamed |
| Dark and adult | Mykonos Aphrodite |
Two practical notes
Heat is not their friend. Sweetness amplifies in warm weather and can tip into cloying. Most of these are tagged autumn and winter for that reason — see choosing a perfume by season.
Apply less than you would a citrus. Gourmands are dense and most of ours are extrait concentration, so they last. Two sprays is usually enough; four is a decision you are making for everyone in the room.
Browse the full Gourmand collection, or the neighbouring Woody & Vanilla. If you are not sure which family suits you at all, start with fragrance families explained.