Dark Chocolate

Demeter Dark Chocolate opens with a strong projection of chocolate accords. The chocolate note included in this fragrance can be described as strong intense, cacao powder, sugary, creamy, and rich. The fragrance has no opening to dry-down changes, however, the initial projection changes from strong to moderate. The chocolate note in this fragrance is close to milk chocolate than dark chocolate. Once Demeter Chocolate Cologne has reached its full dry-down, it can be described as a moderate projection, very sweet dark chocolate (intense, cacao powder, sugary, creamy) fragrance. The fragrance feels aromatic, bold, comforting, creamy, delectable, delicious, exotic, gourmand, heavy, intense, inviting, modern, natural, rich, sugary, unisex, warm, and very pleasant. BATCH REVIEWED: 2020. WOW RATING: 8/10. Impressive, but evocative of milk chocolate as opposed to dark chocolate. DISLIKE RATING: 0/10. The fragrance contains no offensive notes. UNIQUENESS: 8/10. Chocolate fragrances are relatively common. MASS APPEAL: 8/10. This is a crowd-pleaser. PROJECTION: 4/10. About 4 feet around the wearer but it dissipates quickly. SILLAGE: 4/10. About 4 feet behind the wearer. APPLICATION: 4 atomizations. LONGEVITY: 3/10. Low, about 3 hours, it projects well for about 1/2 hour, then it becomes a skin scent. SEASONS: Winter, spring, fall, colder days, and climate-controlled environments. OCCASIONS: Formal events, outdoor gatherings, office, casual, holidays, romantic, dating. In moderation, this is an office-friendly fragrance. VERSATILITY: 6/10. Moderate, this is fragrance is better suited for colder weather. GENDER: Unisex. AGES: Any. RECOMMENDATION: Demeter Dark Chocolate is a very pleasant fragrance, however, the resulting scent is closer to milk chocolate as opposed to dark chocolate. The longevity is very low. It is a nice-to-have but not a must-have. BLIND-BUY: Yes, but keep in mind the milk chocolate vs dark chocolate note. SIMILAR: These are examples of fragrances that feature chocolate notes. Dua Fragrances Beauteous Delight is the clone of Feve Deliciouse, very similar but with stronger citrus notes and great longevity; Feve Delicieuse is a fantastic gourmand fragrance featuring cacao, milk, and other notes; Kilian Black Phantom EDP features delicious coffee, rum, caramel, and dark chocolate; KMontale Chocolate Greedy bring cacao, vanilla, and tonka, but lacks performance; Paco Rabanne Black XS By Paco Rabanne is a gourmand fragrance that features praline and it feels chocolaty; Thierry Mugler - A*Men Angel Men Pure Tonka is another great gourmand fragrance featuring coffee, cacao, and other delectable notes; Tiziana Terenzi Al Contrario is an exquisite malt, woods, cacao, and sugar cane gourmand fragrance; Tom Ford Noir De Noir is more floral and more chocolaty; Costume National 21 is a delicious amber, milk, vanilla, and tonka fragrance SUMMARY: A moderate projection, very sweet dark chocolate (intense, cacao powder, sugary, creamy) fragrance. The fragrance feels aromatic, bold, comforting, creamy, delectable, delicious, exotic, gourmand, heavy, intense, inviting, modern, natural, rich, sugary, unisex, warm, and very pleasant.

This is a FANTASTIC chocolate scent! It truly is a DARK chocolate...on the dry side of chocolate w/out being too much of a dusty or powder cacao (just barely). It is sweet, but not overly sweet. It does sweeten as it wears tho. There is no vanilla, no creamy...its just a DARK dry bar of chocolate. Definitely worth the full bottle. I can see layering with this a LOT. Very similar to Hilde Soliani CiocoChic but at the same time different. - Side by side the CiocoChic wins. It is just a touch sweeter and the salt really does bring out the chocolate note. Where the Demeter sort of fizzles out and I can't smell it as well or distinctly. Plus CiocoChic does last just a bit longer. CiocoChic has a sort of cooler accord to the composition where Dememter Dark Chocolate has a sort of warmer aspect. It is really interesting. It is like they are almost the same scent. If you smelled one independently and it wore off then sprayed the other you would say yep these are almost DUPES. But side by side you really notice the nuances and variations in creating the 2 different perfumes (the salt note, whatever fixatives and other chemicals that make up the perfumes that set them apart from one another). Overall Demeter Dark Chocolate is super, especially for the money....and lasted about 5-6 hours.

I have tried a few different chocolaty scents from Demeter, and so far this one is my favorite! It is just what I was looking for: a pure chocolate smell, with no sweetness or related notes such as vanilla. It smells absolutely delicious, like being walking into a fancy chocolate store. Sadly, it doesn't last very long, maybe 2 or 3 hours.

i added some drops of cinnamon clove and rose essential oils to this and it turned an already good scent into something a m a z i n g

I use this strictly for layering other fragrances. I love the nuance it adds when layering.