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.

i got the perfume oil and it smells exactly like brownies baking in the oven

I blind bought the roll-on oil version & am finding it yummy. Definitely does smell like chocolate; I wanted to drink it when I first removed the cap! My cat also loves the smell of chocolate and seemed to like this, too. If it can fool a cat's sensitive nose, that's impressive to me! (Of course, she's never allowed to eat chocolate, just sniff it!) I will say that I agree with other reviewers who say the scent is sweeter than actual dark chocolate, but I'm not bothered by that. On me, this does seem to have a faint hint of something floral in it as it fades, but maybe that's just my body chemistry. I think a little of this will go a long way and I expect this small bottle to last me a long time. UPDATE: 10/29/21: It turns out that I don't seem to actually want to smell exactly like chocolate; I haven't reached for this since the day it arrived & I tested it. There's nothing wrong with the perfume or the scent; it's just that I think I'd prefer my chocolate notes in a well blended composition...or maybe I'd just rather *eat* chocolate. I also wish I'd opted for the cologne spray rather than the oil. Might offer it for sale or swap.

A delicious scent! Not sure if it's truly a Dark chocolate fragrance per se, but it is a sweet, slightly bitter (in a good way) and over all a pleasureable scent. The downside is that for me, it lacks depth on its own which is something like about the way dark chocolate actually smells. At first, you are hit with the scrumptious smell of chocolate truffles with a coco dusting, but it quickly mellows down into a milk chocolate candy bar, or a chocolate cupcake. I recommend layering with a coffee or nutty fragrance for that added depth! Over all, I'm actually pleased for I was looking for a decent chocolate scent, which it is.

When I first took the cap off lemme tell you I was blown away, straight brownies, smells incredible. On my skin the smell transforms into more of a dry chocolate cake kinda smell, theres also this odd earthy note that I think is trying to be the “dark” in the dark chocolate but its not doing a very good job of coming off as such. Nonetheless I think this is worth the blind buy, as others have said the longevity leaves something to be desired, but honestly these are more of a novelty than an actual perfume and its so inexpensive that it really doesn’t bother me all that much. Overall I’d give this an 8/10

This blew my mind with its deliciousness. The chocolate is not the darkest, but more of the darker side of milk chocolate. It's incredibly creamy, rich and buttery as opposed to powdery or dry, like cocoa butter but with a much stronger chocolate scent. It's almost oily in texture, and I love it. It lasts a painfully short time, like many by Demeter, but this is without doubt full bottle worthy for me as it will do more than enough as a layering perfume. Highly recommended.

brownie batter. intense cocoa, almost to the point of dry powderiness, but with a deep sweetness to it as well, so not a 100% dark chocolate. gooey, warm, gourmand, simple. mildly artificial smelling but not offensively so. it's fun and i definitely see the appeal as a cheap layering perfume, but i am not a gourmand fan so i can't actually imagine myself wearing it longevity is nonexistent

It is photorealistic dark chocolate. But the darkness of this one is just beyond me especially since I'm a sweet tooth and it's way too powdery in here. Eternal sillage and longevity. But regardless such a fun layer to have around. Layered with a rich leather like godolphin dupes and extremely faint cevit musk this becomes a majestic dirty and dark fur sent.

A surprisingly naturalistic chocolatey smell, but I definitely detect butter, salt, and vanilla in the composition as well, so it reads more like brownie batter than pure chocolate to me. Does not last very long, so this is a bedtime exclusive. I'm curious to understand how this scent differs from the several other Demeter chocolate titles.

A linear vanilla chocolate fragrance. As the scent progresses, I smell a sweeter and softer chocolate scent. This is a great addition to layering with other fragrances. I layer this with sweet and dark scents.

Like chocolate crackers rather than candy. I have smelled this exact same smell before but I have not tried this perfume before, so it's a perfect dupe for something but I can't remember what.

This is truly a dark chocolate — perfectly bitter. I use it to layer with sweet fragrances to balance it out more. Perfect with an almond scented lotion, like a dark chocolate covered almond

This baby smells like walnut chocolate on a mousse. Delicious, not chemical at all, but not perfumed either. I don’t know where to actually use this, but honestly...I don’t even care!😋

Smells for sure like a dark chocolate, I like it! I just wish the chocolate be a little bit stronger but it’s ok. Has an artificial scent to it tho...

Smells like a tootsie roll or the moment you open a packet of instant hot cocoa powder, not dark chocolate. That said it’s still nice :)

A true chocolate scent! You'll know once you smell it "Oh, that is definitely chocolate!" Leaning more towards a decadent Nutella/dark chocolate fudge brownies, this is delicious as a gourmand, and a fun novelty! Deep, rich, and I'm going to go ahead and say it isn't a synthetic-smelling scent, as I've gotten from Demeter a few times before. An issue I usually encounter with fragrances featuring chocolate notes, are an overabundance of either powder, chalk, or woods - all three of which when combined with chocolate feel nauseating. Happy to report that this scent contains none of the three. Grab a bottle & beware - this will definitely activate your sweet tooth!