Sweet Like Candy

Sweet Like Candy is a sugary gourmand from Gulf Orchid, released in 2022 and worn by anyone. Gourmand is the word everyone uses for it, most also find it woody and floral, and a quarter notice musk, amber or leather, which points to a sweet scent with a darker base than its name suggests.

Sugar and brown sugar open it with a plain, candied sweetness, and crème brûlée adds a richer, burnt-caramel, custard-like depth that is the signature of the scent. Rose, jasmine and orchid form the floral middle, the rose warm and jammy, the jasmine heady, the orchid soft and powdery, so the sweetness feels perfumed rather than purely edible. The base is where it surprises: agarwood brings a dark, resinous wood, leather a smooth, smoky richness, and patchouli an earthy depth, with vanilla, tonka bean, amber and musk wrapping them in a warm, lasting sweetness.

It is a cold-weather, evening scent, worn by anyone who likes dessert-like fragrances but wants oud and leather underneath the sugar.

Sweet Like Candy — unisex fragrance by Gulf Orchid (released 2022). Notes: Agarwood (Oud), Amber, Brown sugar, Creme Brulee, Jasmine, Leather, Musk, Orchid, Oud, Patchouli, Rose, Sugar, Tonka Bean, Vanilla. — Parfica open fragrance database