Dark
AkroEau de Parfum2018
Side by side
Dark vs. Black Phantom
Is Dark better than Black Phantom?
Dark is the tighter, meaner chocolate fragrances. Akro stacks cocoa, hazelnut, and dark chocolate into a 3.5-star experience with zero floral or fruit distraction, while By Kilian's Black Phantom opens its sweet palette with Bulgarian rose, peach, and rum. Black Phantom is wider, Dark is darker. When raw cacao intensity matters, Akro wins outright.
Pick Dark
Pick Dark if you want unapologetic chocolate with hazelnut and cocoa, no florals or fruit softening the drydown.
Pick Black Phantom
Pick Black Phantom if you want a broader sweet-warm profile with rum, coffee, and Bulgarian rose in the mix.
Why this score
Performance proximity
Accord profile overlap
Gender alignment
VanillaDark ChocolateCinnamon
warm spicychocolatesweetvanillawoody
This match is a verified relationship from our fragrance graph. The score weighs each fragrance's notes, accords, mood, occasion, weather fit, gender, and performance — the same scale as the badges on every “reminds of” rail.
The essentials
What's different between Dark and Black Phantom?
| Dark | Black Phantom | |
|---|---|---|
| Concentration | Eau de Parfum | Eau de Parfum |
| Launched | 2018 | 2012 |
| Gender | Unisex | Unisex |
| Perfumer | Olivier Cresp | Calice Becker |
| Best season | Winter | Winter |
Scent DNA
How do Dark and Black Phantom smell?
Dark
Warm Spicy
Cacao
Chocolate
Sweet
Vanilla
Nutty
Cinnamon
Woody
Black Phantom
Sweet
Warm Spicy
Coffee
Rum
Chocolate
Caramel
Woody
Warm Spice
Shared between both fragrances
The pyramid
What notes do Dark and Black Phantom share?
Top
Dark ChocolateCocoa
PeachRumAppleCaramelDark ChocolatePlumCinnamon
Heart
HazelnutCinnamon
Bulgarian RoseCoffeeAlmondJasmineHeliotropeBourbon Geranium
Base
Vanilla
SandalwoodHoneyVanillaMyrrhTonka BeanVetiverSugar Cane
Notes both fragrances share
Community taste
Which performs better, Dark or Black Phantom?
| Dark | Black Phantom | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 3.5/5 | 3/5 |
| Longevity | 6-10 hours | 6-10 hours |
| Sillage | moderate | moderate |
No varnish
What do reviewers say about Dark and Black Phantom?
This isn't a dessert you wear. It's cocoa as it exists before sugar gets involved, bitter, dusty, almost ashy. The opening has a medicinal edge that some will love and others will resist.Dark
Straight up, Black Phantom smells like you bathed in a chocolate shop's rum cellar. Not for the timid, this one commands attention. If edible fragrances are your jam, you'll find plenty to love here.Black Phantom
The hunt
Where to buy Dark and Black Phantom
| Dark | Black Phantom | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | $59.49fragrancenet | — |
| 1.7 oz | — | $284.19fragrancenet |
| 8.5 oz | — | $699.99fragrancenet |
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