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    Irish Coffee fragrance note

    Irish Coffee captures the comforting aroma of freshly brewed espresso, amber whiskey, sweet sugar, and velvety cream, offering a scent that…More

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    Fragrances featuring Irish Coffee

    Berlin Im Winter by Baruti – Extrait
    Best Seller
    3.8

    Berlin Im Winter

    Baruti

    Extrait

    Character

    The Story of Irish Coffee

    Irish Coffee captures the comforting aroma of freshly brewed espresso, amber whiskey, sweet sugar, and velvety cream, offering a scent that feels like a cozy hearth on a misty morning.

    Heritage

    Irish Coffee began as a practical solution for cold, rainy evenings at Foynes, a small Irish port, where a chef mixed hot coffee, Irish whiskey, sugar, and cream for stranded travelers in 1943. The drink quickly spread to Dublin cafés and then to the United States, where a San Francisco bar claimed its own invention in the 1950s. By the late 20th century, perfumers recognized coffee's aromatic power and began experimenting with coffee absolutes. In 2015, a London fragrance house introduced the first dedicated Irish Coffee note, pairing coffee's bitterness with whiskey's warmth and cream's softness. The note now appears in niche perfumes that seek to evoke comfort, hospitality, and a touch of indulgence, echoing the drink's legacy of bringing strangers together over a shared cup.

    At a Glance

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    Origin

    Ireland

    Primary source region

    Ingredient Details

    Extraction

    Solvent extraction

    Used Parts

    Roasted coffee beans, aged barley whiskey, vanilla bean, dairy cream

    Did You Know

    "The original Irish Coffee drink was served to weary passengers at Foynes airport in 1943, and the scent was first translated into perfume by a London house in 2015, a full 72 years later."

    Production

    How Irish Coffee Is Made

    We begin with high‑grade Arabica beans, roasted to a medium‑dark hue that releases deep, chocolate‑brown oils. The beans undergo supercritical CO2 extraction, a process that pulls aromatic compounds without heat, preserving the bean's natural richness. The resulting coffee absolute is a thick, amber liquid rich in caffeine‑linked aromatics. In parallel, aged barley whiskey is distilled in copper stills, capturing volatile esters that convey its smooth, oak‑kissed character. A small batch of vanilla bean extract and a dairy‑derived cream accord are blended in a temperature‑controlled vat. The master perfumer adds the coffee absolute, whiskey distillate, vanilla, and cream in precise ratios, then lets the mixture rest for 48 hours to allow the layers to meld. Finally, the blend is filtered through a fine mesh and diluted with ethanol to a 20 % concentration, ready for inclusion in fragrance formulas.

    Provenance

    Ireland

    Ireland53.3°N, 6.3°W

    About Irish Coffee