Do Black Phantom and Dark smell similar?

Black Phantom and Dark rate a very similar 77% match on our similarity model. They share 3 notes including Vanilla, Dark Chocolate and Cinnamon. Both lean sweet, warm spicy and chocolate.

Which lasts longer, Black Phantom or Dark?

Black Phantom and Dark wear about as long as each other — community testers report 6-10 hours for both. Longevity shifts with skin type, weather, and how much you apply.

When should you wear Black Phantom vs Dark?

Both Black Phantom and Dark are at their best in winter, by community season votes. Both still work year-round; the season vote just reflects where each shines most.

Which is better rated, Black Phantom or Dark?

Dark scores higher with the community at 3.5/5, versus 3/5 for Black Phantom. A rating measures overall approval, not which suits you — sample both if you can.

Side by side

Black Phantom vs. Dark

Q: Is Black Phantom better than Dark?

Neither is universally better — it depends on what you want. Dark rates higher with the community. Weigh the shared notes, performance, and community votes above to decide which fits you.

Black Phantom

By Kilian

Eau de Parfum2012

77^%

Very similar

Is Black Phantom better than Dark?

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 Black Phantom

Pick Dark if you want unapologetic chocolate with hazelnut and cocoa, no florals or fruit softening the drydown.

Pick Dark

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

sweetwarm spicychocolatewoodyvanilla

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 Black Phantom and Dark?

Key facts: Black Phantom vs. Dark
	Black Phantom	Dark
Concentration	Eau de Parfum	Eau de Parfum
Launched	2012	2018
Gender	Unisex	Unisex
Perfumer	Calice Becker	Olivier Cresp
Best season	Winter	Winter

Scent DNA

How do Black Phantom and Dark smell?

Black Phantom

Sweet

Warm Spicy

Coffee

Rum

Chocolate

Caramel

Woody

Warm Spice

Dark

Warm Spicy

Cacao

Chocolate

Sweet

Vanilla

Nutty

Cinnamon

Woody

Shared between both fragrances

The pyramid

What notes do Black Phantom and Dark share?

Top

PeachRumAppleCaramelDark ChocolatePlumCinnamon

Dark ChocolateCocoa

Heart

Bulgarian RoseCoffeeAlmondJasmineHeliotropeBourbon Geranium

HazelnutCinnamon

Base

SandalwoodHoneyVanillaMyrrhTonka BeanVetiverSugar Cane

Vanilla

Notes both fragrances share

Shared note families

Gourmandy Notes

CoffeeRumHoneyAlmondCaramelDark ChocolateSugar Cane

Dark ChocolateHazelnutCocoa

Oriental Notes

VanillaMyrrhTonka Bean

Vanilla

Spicy Notes

Cinnamon

Where they fit

When and where do Black Phantom and Dark work?

Spring

Fall

Winter

Community taste

Which performs better, Black Phantom or Dark?

Community verdict: Black Phantom vs. Dark
	Black Phantom	Dark
Score	3/5	3.5/5
Longevity	6-10 hours	6-10 hours
Sillage	moderate	moderate

No varnish

What do reviewers say about Black Phantom and 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

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

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