Kilian Black Phantom

“I tried kilian black phantom recently and that dark mix of coffee and chocolate is pretty nice. It's a very heavy and dense fragrance, not to mention that coffee and chocolate notes aren't really all that sweet in perfumery so the fragrance didn't smell as sweet as I expected it to. I also tried Nasomatto Pardon and once again, it wasn't all that sweet although I loved the chocolate note. I feel like these "dark" notes would work wonders in designer fragrances. Most coffee/chocolate/oud fragrances are made by niche houses and they often like to make their scents very challenging to wear. Designer brands could definitely make something nice out of these notes. Chocolate, Coffee, maybe a bit of oud/other woods/spices with vanilla and other sweet notes would turn out to be quite a unique yet mass appealing and easy to wear combo if it was made by Dior, JPG etc. I feel like most people like Le Male Elixir, Stronger with you Intensely/Absolutely, Azzaro Most Wanted and other gourmand designers but almost none of them have any underlying darkness to them from the Oud, Coffee or Chocolate. Arabians Tonka is the only Oud-Gourmand fragrance that I can think of right now and it also happens to be one of the most popular montale releases. Wonder why these types of scents aren't explored more often.”