Do Black Phantom and Sweet Taboo smell similar?

Black Phantom and Sweet Taboo rate a very similar 75% match on our similarity model. They share 4 notes including Coffee, Vanilla, Tonka Bean and Cinnamon. Both lean warm spicy, coffee and vanilla.

Which lasts longer, Black Phantom or Sweet Taboo?

Black Phantom and Sweet Taboo 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.

Which is better rated, Black Phantom or Sweet Taboo?

Sweet Taboo scores higher with the community at 4/5, 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. Sweet Taboo

Q: Is Black Phantom better than Sweet Taboo?

Neither is universally better — it depends on what you want. Sweet Taboo 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

75^%

Very similar

Sweet Taboo

Chris Collins

Eau de Parfum2019

New comparison

Is Black Phantom better than Sweet Taboo?

Sweet Taboo wins on paper with a 4/5 rating and a more complex cocoa-cardamom spine beneath its coffee-vanilla base. Black Phantom counters with Bulgarian rose, peach, and honey, it takes the same dark coffee accord and gives it a fruit-floral softness instead. The 75% similarity means you're choosing between gourmand spice complexity or a sweeter, more boozy warmth.

Pick Black Phantom

Pick Black Phantom if you want Bulgarian rose, peach, and honey steering the sweetness away from spice and toward a boozier, fruit-floral warmth.

Pick Sweet Taboo

Pick Sweet Taboo if a higher 4/5 rating and a richer cocoa-cardamom-gourmand profile matter more than Black Phantom's rose-peach softness.

Why this score

Performance proximity

Accord profile overlap

Gender alignment

CoffeeVanillaTonka BeanCinnamon

warm spicycoffeevanilla

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 Sweet Taboo?

Key facts: Black Phantom vs. Sweet Taboo
	Black Phantom	Sweet Taboo
Concentration	Eau de Parfum	Eau de Parfum
Launched	2012	2019
Gender	Unisex	Unisex
Perfumer	Calice Becker	Nathalie Feisthauer
Best season	Winter	—

Scent DNA

How do Black Phantom and Sweet Taboo smell?

Black Phantom

Sweet

Warm Spicy

Coffee

Rum

Chocolate

Caramel

Woody

Warm Spice

Sweet Taboo

Warm Spicy

Vanilla

Gourmand

Cinnamon

Cacao

Coffee

Amber

Aromatic

Shared between both fragrances

The pyramid

What notes do Black Phantom and Sweet Taboo share?

Top

PeachRumAppleCaramelDark ChocolatePlumCinnamon

CardamomClary SageCinnamon

Heart

Bulgarian RoseCoffeeAlmondJasmineHeliotropeBourbon Geranium

CocoaCoffeeGeranium

Base

SandalwoodHoneyVanillaMyrrhTonka BeanVetiverSugar Cane

VanillaTonka BeanSiam BenzoinMusk

Notes both fragrances share

Shared note families

Gourmandy Notes

CoffeeRumHoneyAlmondCaramelDark ChocolateSugar Cane

CocoaCoffee

Floral Notes

Bulgarian RoseJasmineHeliotropeBourbon Geranium

Geranium

Oriental Notes

VanillaMyrrhTonka Bean

VanillaTonka Bean

Spicy Notes

Cinnamon

CardamomCinnamon

Where they fit

When and where do Black Phantom and Sweet Taboo work?

Spring

Fall

Winter

Community taste

Which performs better, Black Phantom or Sweet Taboo?

Community verdict: Black Phantom vs. Sweet Taboo
	Black Phantom	Sweet Taboo
Score	3/5	4/5
Longevity	6-10 hours	6-10 hours
Sillage	moderate	moderate

No varnish

What do reviewers say about Black Phantom and Sweet Taboo?

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

Not a safe choice. Not trying to be. Sweet Taboo is for the hour when rules soften, when the spice on your wrist is the only chaperone. Cardamom, cinnamon, cocoa, coffee. It earns its name.Sweet Taboo

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