Coffee Break
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- Authentic original perfume
- Try before the full bottle
- Travel-ready 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
- Long-lasting scent
Coffee Break by Maison Margiela is built around a warm coffee accord, softened by lavender and a milky sweetness rather than left bitter. Black pepper and orange blossom open it with a spicy lift, and patchouli adds depth early on. At the centre, coffee, benzoin and tonka bean sit beside lavender and milk for a rounded, comforting warmth, while the base of cedar, vanilla and vetiver keeps it grounded instead of sugary. Launched in 2019, it is worn equally by men and women who like gourmand scents that lean spicy rather than sweet. Voters wear it across winter and autumn, by day and by night alike. Wearers' votes lean long-lasting for how it holds, and lean strong for how it carries. A 10ml decant covers weeks of cold-weather mornings before you commit to more.
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The community verdict
Warm, powdery and gently spiced, Coffee Break moves from black pepper and orange blossom to coffee and lavender, then vanilla and cedar. Wear divides between long-lasting and moderate, as does projection between strong and moderate. It feels at home on winter days; autumn and nights work too.
Summarised with AI from perfume-community reviews
- Topfirst impression
- Heartafter a few minutes
- Benzoin
- Coffee
- Lavender
- Milk
- Tonka Bean
- Brand
- Maison Margiela
- Scent profile
- Unisex
- Launched
- 2019
- Decant sizes
- 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
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Maison Margiela Coffee Break, hour by hour
How it opens, settles and lingers on skin.
Fresh coffee and lavender on a knitted blanket by the radiator.
Main accordswarm spicy, sweet, coffee, powdery, lavender
What you smell
First spray0–15 min
Heart15 min – 2 h
- Benzoin
- Coffee
- Lavender
- Milk
- Tonka Bean
Dry-down2 h – 7–12 h
- Lasts
- 7–12 h
- Long lasting
- Sillage
- Strong, 3 of 4
What wearers say
Votes from fragrance communities, most-voted answers first.
Longevity215 votes
Most voted: 37%Long lasting
35%Moderate
Sillage190 votes
Most voted: 42%Strong
37%Moderate
Season250 votes
Most voted: 44%Winter
40%Autumn
Time of day140 votes
Most voted: 57%Daytime
43%Night out
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Longevity215 votes
- Very weak5%10 votes
- Weak16%35 votes
- Moderate35%75 votes
- Long lasting (Most voted)37%80 votes
- Eternal7%15 votes
Sillage190 votes
- Intimate13%25 votes
- Moderate37%70 votes
- Strong (Most voted)42%80 votes
- Enormous8%15 votes
Season250 votes
- Spring12%30 votes
- Summer4%10 votes
- Autumn40%100 votes
- Winter (Most voted)44%110 votes
Time of day140 votes
- Daytime (Most voted)57%80 votes
- Office0%0 votes
- Evening0%0 votes
- Night out43%60 votes
Which size is right for you?
Every size is decanted from the same original bottle.
At 3 sprays a day.
Loved by 50,000+
Why scent lovers try it with us before they buy the bottle.
Hand-decanted from the original bottle
Decanted by hand from authentic bottles, never diluted.
Wear it for days before you commit
Live with it at work, at night and at the weekend before you buy a full bottle.
Just like the full bottle
A fine-mist atomiser sprays like the original, so it opens, projects and lasts on your skin the way the full bottle does.
10ML vs a blind buy
What a decant gives you that a bottle bought unsmelled can’t.
Why 10ML?
Blind buy
Authentic original perfume
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Yes
Smell it on your skin before you buy
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No
Try several scents for one bottle’s price
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No
Travel-ready atomiser
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No
No full bottle wasted if it’s not for you
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No
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The house
More from Maison Margiela
Maison Margiela is the Paris fashion house that Belgian designer Martin Margiela set up in 1988, known for taking clothes apart and rebuilding them in unexpected ways. Its perfume line, Replica, arrived in 2012, and each bottle sets out to capture one remembered scene: a place, a season, an hour of the day. The range swings between two moods. One is fresh and clean, with bergamot, white musk and a soapy, watery lift. The other is warm and spiced, built on vanilla, benzoin, patchouli and a curl of smoke. Start with Under the Stars, spicy woods with a leather edge. Jazz Club is sweet and smoky, the one for evenings in. When the Rain Stops is cool and aquatic, with a floral hint. Every one of them is unisex, so choose by the moment rather than by the label.
Frequently asked questions
What does Maison Margiela Coffee Break smell like?
Maison Margiela Coffee Break opens with Black Pepper, Orange Blossom and Patchouli. The heart brings Benzoin, Coffee, Lavender and Milk. It dries down to Cedar, Vanilla and Vetiver. Shoppers on fragrance communities describe its main accords as warm spicy, sweet, coffee, powdery and lavender.
Is Maison Margiela Coffee Break long lasting?
Shoppers on fragrance communities most often rate its longevity as long lasting (37% of votes), and 44% rate it long lasting or eternal. They most often rate its sillage as strong (42% of votes). How long it lasts on you also depends on your skin and how much you apply.
Is Maison Margiela Coffee Break good for summer?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rate it mainly for autumn and winter; summer takes only 4% of season votes.
Is Maison Margiela Coffee Break good for winter?
Yes. Shoppers on fragrance communities vote winter its best season, with 44% of season votes.
Is Maison Margiela Coffee Break for day or night?
Shoppers on fragrance communities wear it day and night alike: 57% of time-of-day votes are for daytime or the office, 43% for evenings and nights out.
Can I wear Maison Margiela Coffee Break to the office?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rarely pick it for the office: only 0% of time-of-day votes go to the office.
Who makes Maison Margiela Coffee Break?
Coffee Break is made by Maison Margiela. It was launched in 2019.
How many wears is a 10ml decant of Maison Margiela Coffee Break?
A 10ml decant of Maison Margiela Coffee Break holds about 200 sprays, roughly 67 days of wear at 3 sprays a day. The 3ml decant holds about 60 sprays, around 20 days. The 30ml decant holds about 600 sprays, around 200 days.
Which other Maison Margiela perfumes can I try?
Besides Maison Margiela Coffee Break, 10ML has Autumn Vibes, Beach Walk and Bubble Bath from Maison Margiela, each decanted from the original bottle.
Is this Maison Margiela Coffee Break decant the original perfume?
Yes. Every Maison Margiela Coffee Break decant is filled by hand from an original Maison Margiela bottle, with nothing added or diluted, so it opens, dries down and lasts on your skin the way the bottle does. We sell only authentic originals.
What is a decant?
A small amount of a perfume, taken from its original bottle and put into a travel atomiser. You get the real fragrance in a size that lets you live with it for days before you decide on the full bottle.
How does the money-back guarantee work?
If a scent isn’t right for you, get in touch within 30 days of it arriving and we’ll arrange a refund. Terms apply. See our refund policy.