Vietnamese Coffee, from d'Annam was released in 2023. The perfumer behind this creation is Anh Ngo and IFF. It has the top notes of Coffee, middle notes of Condensed Milk, Dark Chocolate, and Lily-of-the-Valley, and base notes of Amber, Cedarwood, and Tonka Bean.
I really wanted to love this fragrance; I was so intrigued by the idea. But the reality of it is that it smells like sour coffee-breathed admonishments and secondhand smoke from your cranky mother when you're wearing too much fruity-floral Ex'cla-ma'tion eau de toilette and several greasy layers of cotton candy Lip Smackers before heading off for your first day of junior high circa 1989. As it dries down, the scent morphs into something eerily reminiscent of days-old espresso shots forgotten and sloshing in the bottom of a pink Caboodles organizer.