Marie Antoinette's

"The name comes from the French phrase croque en brouche, which means "crunch in the mouth"...."  Read the Full Post here!

YSLGuy, of Let Them Eat Cupcakes, has recently posted on croquembouche, a very fun and delicious dessert.  I enjoyed his post and now I find I am very curious about the fragrance he mentions which is inspried by the dessert!  I have also found a fragrance inspired by the same, and I am interested in comparing the two.  Has anyone else come across a fragrance like this? Would you try it? I am looking for suggestions based on the sweet scent!

YSLGuy's post:
Croquembouche

Ironically I cannot find a link to the fragrance mentioned by YSLGuy and the Croquembouche I have by Demeter Fragrance Library, well it was knocked over and spilt everywhere! Now their site seems down. le sigh! I did find the body lotion though:
Demeter Croquembouche body lotion

More on croquembouche and it's history

I just got a fabulous new perfume, and the scent is Croquembuche. I just love it and suggest you try it! A little about the tasty treat....

Croquembouche typically looks like this (right). It is composed of light cream (mousse or custard and can be in a variety of flavors) filled pastry puffs, and they are typically towered on one another. The finished tower is then sealed with hot crack caramel (like...345 degrees super hot) and when this cools the tower can be decorated or eaten by cracking off the puffs. Delicious!
And how did this fun and fancy dessert come to be??

"It has its origins as a fanciful, edible architectural structure displayed on the medieval tables of French royalty and nobility. Antonin Careme (1783-1833), the most famous French chef of his generation, popularized the Croquembouche. He created Turkish mosques, Persian pavilions and Gothic towers. The entire genre spiraled up and out of control towards the end of the 19th century, but then subsided to manageable dimensions. During the 20th century the Croquembouche has survived as a conical construction of choux balls piled on top of one another, each on a nougat base with a decoration at the top. Demeter’s Croquembouche captures the light and sugary scent of the nougat and choux balls perfectly, in a scent far more delicate than you might otherwise expect."


*About the top image, Louis and Marie are celebrating the birth of the dauphin. The room is decorated with fabrics, and on the table are elaborate confections and decor......Marie and Louis are sitting at the head of the table with their backs to us