The Story
Why it exists.
The beginning
"Making Love" asks an immediate question: playful, provocative, or literal? Perfumer Jarekhye Covarrubias leaned into all three interpretations when composing this 2020 release. The name invites multiple readings without prescribing any single one. Kophē built its collection around emotional resonance rather than traditional classification, with names like Your Sweetness and Pricilla's Theme standing alongside "Making Love" as invitations to interpretation. The house approaches fragrance naming as a deliberate choice, allowing each wearer to bring their own meaning to the bottle. This approach creates space for personal connection rather than dictating experience.
The sweet-savory tension is the engine here. Cupcake and maple syrup pull in one direction, warm, soft, edible, cozy. Coffee and bacon pull in another, bitter, smoky, savory, grounded. These shouldn't balance, but they do. The bacon doesn't overpower or add pork-like realism. It cuts through the sweetness the way salt makes caramel work, preventing the composition from becoming one-dimensional. Coffee grounds the bakery accord, stopping it from floating into pure confection. It's a breakfast fantasy that knows it's a breakfast fantasy, which is what makes it wearable rather than literal.
The evolution
The opening hits coffee first, dark, slightly bitter, almost as if someone just pulled an espresso shot. Maple syrup arrives immediately after, sweet and sticky, rounding the edges. Then the bacon arrives. Not smoky or meaty in a way that overwhelms, more like the memory of salt on warm skin, a savory undertone that adds depth instead of shock. The composition shifts as the cupcake accord emerges, soft and buttery, threading sweetness through the darker notes. The drydown is where the magic settles. Maple sugar crystallizes on warm skin. Coffee fades to a whisper. The bacon recedes into something almost smoky, intimate and close. The fragrance lingers like the last trace of warmth under rumpled sheets, sweet, quietly satisfied, not quite ready to disappear.
Cultural impact
Making Love arrived in 2020 as part of a collection with names that positioned the wearer as part of the narrative. Names like Your Sweetness, Pricilla's Theme, and Making Love stood together, each offering a different angle of approach. The bacon note brought unexpected character to the composition, unexpected enough to spark conversation while remaining balanced enough to keep people wearing it. It's the scent that demonstrates how an unconventional concept can become a compelling fragrance.
