Separate a milky wish from a chocolate wish
You may be looking for a milky impression, or for chocolate beside other notes. Both can fit your idea of gourmand without leading to the same perfume. To prepare a trial, finish a sentence: I want milk with spice, or I want chocolate with coffee and flowers. You will have a choice to test rather than simply expecting a sweet perfume.
Horchata de Vanille: milk at the heart of the list
Sphinx’s table puts cinnamon and vanilla at the top of Horchata de Vanille, milk in the heart and rice in the base. Those four references form a manageable route into a milky and cereal pairing. The dossier retains undocumented concentration. The perfume’s title is not a recipe to complete: do not automatically add almond or other ingredients from a drink you know.
1969: look beyond the chocolate
Histoires de Parfums names chocolate and coffee in the base of 1969 Eau de Parfum with patchouli and white musk. The heart makes room for rose, white flowers, cardamom and clove; fruit and peach appear at the top. This offers a route into chocolate within a fruity, floral and spicy construction too. Gourmand references do not replace the rest of the list: that setting may be exactly what interests you.
Milk plus chocolate does not create milk chocolate
Milk belongs here to Horchata de Vanille and chocolate to 1969. Bringing them into one guide compares two directions rather than inventing a shared milk-chocolate note. If that last idea is what you want, write it as a personal preference. You can then observe whether either sample approaches it for you without presenting that impression as a newly published note.
After sampling, refine one dimension
With Horchata de Vanille, ask whether you want to continue towards milk, rice or cinnamon. With 1969, see whether chocolate, coffee, flowers or spices drive your choice. The rice-marshmallow-coconut-milk guide widens the first search; the coffee-and-chocolate guide extends the second. If you hesitate between them, wear them on separate occasions and record which you want to return to rather than assigning a theoretical gourmand ranking.
Sources and references
These links provide the references used for this article. A reference does not verify every fragrance listed elsewhere in the catalogue.