Cotton candy

The gourmand scent of cotton candy Fragrances with a gourmand scent are particularly popular! They are appetizing and sweet, and possess a comforting quality that often takes us back to childhood memories. Yet, although they are very widespread today, they are fairly recent in the history of women's perfumery. They owe their existence to Thierry Mugler and the creation of Angel. Some of them are veritable worldwide successes, and 6 out of 10 women's fragrances sold around the world today belong to this category. Among the most appreciated scents: that of cotton candy!

The history of cotton candy

Cotton candy was born in 1897 thanks to William Morrison, a dentist, and John C. Wharton, a confectioner. Together, they came up with the idea of building a machine to produce a sillage of crystallized sugar that would be wound around a stick. This invention was presented at the 1904 Universal Exposition in Saint-Louis. It was then sold for 25 cents, a considerable sum at the time. Yet 68,655 units were sold immediately at that single event; a colossal success! To this day, the process has hardly evolved at all. The center of the machine forms a sort of cone that spins on itself, containing sugar combined with food coloring. Thanks to centrifugal force, the sugar escapes through tiny holes. It is heated in the air and thus forms filaments that are caught inside a large metal cauldron. No need to spell it out, everyone has surely already tasted this childhood treat, just as popular with children as with adults. Cotton candy evokes for many of us the idea of a fairground or the circus. The mere thought of it makes us salivate and would almost give us real pleasure in having sticky fingers!

Cotton candy in perfumery

If cotton candy is incorporated into a good number of women's fragrances, it is simply to win over our hearts by appealing to our deepest feelings and emotions. It is a true olfactory security blanket whose scent is reproduced in the laboratory by perfumers. It offers us a genuine return to childhood, and its nostalgic scent already has many devotees. Among the most famous fragrances that contain it, Pink Sugar is undoubtedly the one that comes closest. Nevertheless, several creators have dared to incorporate it into their compositions, at a more or less high concentration. The very first of these is none other than the iconic Angel by Thierry Mugler. Moreover, its cotton candy scent is echoed in its successor: the latest Angel Muse. Escada also incorporated it into the recipe for Pacific Paradise. Finally, one of the greatest worldwide successes based on cotton candy is the essential Petite Robe Noire by Guerlain. As you will have understood, a fragrance based on this ingredient is not necessarily overly saccharine. It is all a matter of dosage, and cotton candy takes absolutely nothing away from the elegance of certain fragrances.