House of Matriarch - Coco Blanc I was gifted a sample of this oriental vanilla fragrance from a very good friend of mine. I had been interested in testing it for some time and had simply not gotten around to it. Sometimes, you need that little push from a friend! In this case, I’m so happy I got that push. While on the surface, the main notes in this fragrance read as gourmand, let me stop you there – this fragrance does not wear as a traditional sweet gourmand. Instead, like all of the House of Matriarch fragrances I’ve had the chance to try, this one is intensely complex. Coco Blanc opens on me as a creamy white chocolate, chai spiced, walk in the woods. There is almost a warm floral quality to it. The fragrance does not feel weighted down but instead has a lightness to it. Hints of coconut peek through enveloped in an accord that reads on me as a smoky leather. I get a lightly resinous warmth. Coming ...