Do Sweet Taboo and Black Phantom smell similar?

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

Which lasts longer, Sweet Taboo or Black Phantom?

Sweet Taboo and Black Phantom 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, Sweet Taboo or Black Phantom?

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

Sweet Taboo vs. Black Phantom

Q: Is Sweet Taboo better than Black Phantom?

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.

Sweet Taboo

Chris Collins

Eau de Parfum2019

75^%

Very similar

Black Phantom

By Kilian

Eau de Parfum2012

New comparison

Is Sweet Taboo better than Black Phantom?

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 Sweet Taboo

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 Black Phantom

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

VanillaTonka BeanCoffeeCinnamon

Warm SpicyVanillaCoffee

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 Sweet Taboo and Black Phantom?

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

Scent DNA

How do Sweet Taboo and Black Phantom smell?

Sweet Taboo

Warm Spicy

Vanilla

Gourmand

Cinnamon

Cacao

Coffee

Amber

Aromatic

Black Phantom

Sweet

Warm Spicy

Coffee

Rum

Chocolate

Caramel

Woody

Warm Spice

Shared between both fragrances

The pyramid

What notes do Sweet Taboo and Black Phantom share?

Top

CardamomClary SageCinnamon

PeachRumAppleCaramelDark ChocolatePlumCinnamon

Heart

CocoaCoffeeGeranium

Bulgarian RoseCoffeeAlmondJasmineHeliotropeBourbon Geranium

Base

VanillaTonka BeanSiam BenzoinMusk

SandalwoodHoneyVanillaMyrrhTonka BeanVetiverSugar Cane

Notes both fragrances share

Shared note families

Gourmandy Notes

CocoaCoffee

CoffeeRumHoneyAlmondCaramelDark ChocolateSugar Cane

Floral Notes

Geranium

Bulgarian RoseJasmineHeliotropeBourbon Geranium

Oriental Notes

VanillaTonka Bean

VanillaMyrrhTonka Bean

Spicy Notes

CardamomCinnamon

Cinnamon

Where they fit

When and where do Sweet Taboo and Black Phantom work?

Spring

Fall

Winter

Community taste

Which performs better, Sweet Taboo or Black Phantom?

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

No varnish

What do reviewers say about Sweet Taboo and 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

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

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