SM Aura’s Café Aromatique served up scents and brews in a week-long festival from July 16 to 23, giving mallgoers a unique sensory experience that paired perfume artistry with specialty coffee.
Café Aromatique brought together an impressive fragrance lineup, with LOOK at Me and SM Beauty spotlighting global designer labels such as Kayali, Carolina Herrera, Paco Rabanne, Montblanc, and Maison Margiela, as well as timeless staples including Jo Malone London, Chloè, Marc Jacobs, and Burberry.
Niche scents from Que de Parfum and homegrown labels including Wren Atelier, GP Fragrance, Edro Manille, Domus Emeterius, Tadhana, YSVEN, and ARTÉL Manila Parfums represented the artistry of Filipino perfumery.
Complementing the scent experience was The Brew Booth, where Pocofino and Candid Coffee served handcrafted brews.
At the Sip & Sniff Soirée on July 19, hosted by fragrance specialist Bernadette Lim, 50 mallgoers enjoyed an exclusive private sniffing session where they explored different scents to understand their preferences, learned about fragrance notes, discovered new favorites, and mastered the subtle art of scent layering.
