Chocolate perfumes: 16 to try, from dark cocoa to milky and floral

Every perfume below lists chocolate or cacao in some form among its notes, and each comes in 3ml and 10ml. Start with the group that matches your taste, then try two as 3ml decants before you choose a bottle.

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#	Hajuvesi	Palkinto	Päänuotit	Pysyvyys	Sillage	Vuodenaika	3 ml	10 ml	/ ml
1	Chocolate GreedyMontale	Paras kokonaisuus	Tonkapapu, Vanilja	Pitkään pysyvä	Voimakas	Talvi	6,57 €	21,51 €	2,15 €
2	Dolce PassionePantheon Roma		Tumma suklaa, Hunaja, Mansikka	Pitkään pysyvä	Voimakas	Talvi	10,26 €	27,18 €	2,72 €
3	Tobacco ChocolatTom Ford		Kaakao, Tumma suklaa	Pitkään pysyvä	Voimakas	Talvi, Syksy	18,18 €	50,40 €	5,04 €
4	Midnight EspressoBy Kilian		Suklaa, Paahdettu hasselpähkinä	Pitkään pysyvä	Voimakas	Talvi, Syksy	21,51 €	56,61 €	5,66 €
5	Fève GourmandeGuerlain		Ruusu, Mausteet	Pitkään pysyvä	Voimakas	Syksy	17,64 €	50,31 €	5,03 €
6	AngelMugler	Voimakkain sillage	Aprikoosi, Karhunvatukka, Kumina	Ikuinen	Valtava	Talvi	8,37 €	25,74 €	2,57 €
7	Black Orchid ReserveTom Ford		Bergamotti, Tryffeli	Pitkään pysyvä	Voimakas	Talvi, Syksy	15,93 €	50,31 €	5,03 €
8	Attrape-RêvesLouis Vuitton	Paras raikas valinta	Kaakao, Pioni, Turkkilainen ruusu	Kohtalainen	Kohtalainen	Kevät	19,08 €	50,31 €	5,03 €
9	Tabac RoseBDK Parfums	Paras talveen	Suklaa, Kaneli, Turkkilainen ruusu	Pitkään pysyvä	Voimakas	Talvi	11,34 €	31,59 €	3,16 €
10	TethysGiardino Benessere	Paras kesään	Meripihka, Damaskoksenruusu	Kohtalainen	Kohtalainen	Kesä	9,90 €	24,75 €	2,48 €
11	Love DelightAmouage		Heliotrooppi, Jasmiini, Ruusu	Pitkään pysyvä	Kohtalainen	Kevät	13,77 €	39,33 €	3,93 €
12	VelorumTiziana Terenzi		Manteli, Kaneli, Mausteneilikka	Ikuinen	Kohtalainen	Talvi	30,78 €	89,64 €	8,96 €
13	Blanche BêteLiquides Imaginaires		Suitsuke, Jasmiini, Mahonial	Pitkään pysyvä	Kohtalainen	Syksy	17,10 €	45,27 €	4,53 €
14	Valentino UomoValentino		Suklaa, Hasselpähkinä, Paahdetut kahvipavut	Kohtalainen	Kohtalainen	Syksy, Talvi	7,65 €	22,05 €	2,21 €
15	Gentleman Eau de Parfum BoiséeGivenchy	Paras hinta-laatusuhde	Kaakaopalko, Setri, Iiris	Kohtalainen	Kohtalainen	Syksy	7,29 €	19,98 €	2,00 €
16	Bad BoyCarolina Herrera		Setripuu, Salvia	Pitkään pysyvä	Kohtalainen	Syksy, Talvi	7,83 €	22,05 €	2,21 €

Näytä kaikki 16 valintaa

Yhteisön äänet

What chocolate smells like in perfume

Chocolate begins with the cocoa bean, the seed of the cacao tree. The tree's Latin name, Theobroma, means "food of the gods" in Greek. Before the beans become chocolate, they are fermented, dried and roasted.

Chocolate was a drink long before it was a bar. In Mesoamerica it was drunk bitter, flavoured with vanilla and chilli, and it reached Europe in the 16th century.

Guerlain describes the cocoa in one of its perfumes as an accord its perfumer composed, with notes that are sweet and bitter at once. Read the perfumes below the same way: the partners around the chocolate decide whether it comes across as dark, milky, floral or woody.

Chocolate is one corner of the wider sweet family. For that bigger picture, from caramel and praline to coffee, read our guide to gourmand perfumes. This page stays with chocolate alone and sorts it by its partner.

Chocolate at the centre

These five build around chocolate or cocoa, with coffee, vanilla, tobacco, rum or tonka bean beside it.

1Paras kokonaisuus

Chocolate Greedy by Montale

Huippunuotit

Karvas appelsiini, Kaakao

Sydännuotit

Tonkapapu, Vanilja

Pohjanuotit

Kahvi, Kuivatut hedelmät

Vuorokaudenaika

Ilta

Kokeile: 3 ml 6,57 €10 ml 21,51 €

Chocolate Greedy by Montale is a niche perfume for women, launched in 2007. Bitter orange and cacao open it, tonka bean and vanilla form the heart, and coffee and dried fruits close it. Montale frames it as a search for childhood comfort. For the rest of the house, our guide to Montale perfumes sorts ten of them into oud, wood and tobacco, sweet, and spring and summer scents, and names Black Aoud as the one to try first.

On longevity, community votes lean long lasting, then eternal. Strong, then moderate, is how voters rate its sillage. Voters pick it for winter and autumn, for the evening, the day or the night.

2

Dolce Passione by Pantheon Roma

Huippunuotit

Tumma suklaa, Hunaja, Mansikka, Tryffeli

Pohjanuotit

Luumu, Sahrami, Tonkapapu, Valkoinen muskus

Vuorokaudenaika

Iltamenot

Kokeile: 3 ml 10,26 €10 ml 27,18 €

Dolce Passione by Pantheon Roma is a niche perfume for women from 2016. Dark chocolate, truffle, vanilla, honey and strawberry open it, over a base of tonka bean, plum, saffron and white musk.

Its longevity votes lean long lasting, then eternal. Votes on its sillage are split between strong and moderate. Winter is the season voters pick, for night or evening wear.

3

Tobacco Chocolat by Tom Ford

Huippunuotit

Appelsiini

Sydännuotit

Kaakao, Tumma suklaa

Pohjanuotit

Ambrofix, Patsuli, Perun palsami, Tupakka

Vuorokaudenaika

Ilta

Kokeile: 3 ml 18,18 €10 ml 50,40 €

Tobacco Chocolat by Tom Ford is a unisex perfume from 2026. Tom Ford describes a co-distilled accord that joins fine chocolate with smoky tobacco, set against bright orange. Akigalawood and orange open it, cacao and dark chocolate form the heart, and tobacco, patchouli, Peru balsam and ambrofix close it. Our guide to tobacco perfumes explores that side further.

Longevity votes for Tobacco Chocolat lean long lasting, then eternal. Sillage votes lean strong, then enormous. Voters link it with winter and autumn, and with evening and night.

4

Midnight Espresso by By Kilian

Huippunuotit

Kahvi, Rommi

Sydännuotit

Suklaa, Paahdettu hasselpähkinä

Pohjanuotit

Bentsoe, Vanilja

Vuorokaudenaika

Ilta

Kokeile: 3 ml 21,51 €10 ml 56,61 €

Midnight Espresso by By Kilian is a niche, unisex perfume composed by Mathieu Nardin. Coffee and rum open it, chocolate and toasted hazelnut form the heart, and benzoin and vanilla settle at the base.

Voters lean long lasting, then eternal, when they rate its longevity. Their sillage votes favour strong, then moderate. Winter and autumn lead the season votes, with evening and night the occasions.

5

Fève Gourmande by Guerlain

Huippunuotit

Kaakao, Rommi

Sydännuotit

Ruusu, Mausteet

Pohjanuotit

Patsuli, Tee

Vuorokaudenaika

Ilta

Kokeile: 3 ml 17,64 €10 ml 50,31 €

Fève Gourmande by Guerlain is an Eau de Parfum for women from 2023, and the perfume whose cocoa accord Guerlain describes as sweet and bitter. The house also says it is the new name for Gourmand Coquin. Cocoa and rum open it, rose and spices follow, and patchouli and tea finish it.

Most community voters call its longevity long lasting. Its sillage draws strong votes first, moderate second. Autumn and winter evenings are when voters pick it.

Chocolate and patchouli

Earthy patchouli meets the chocolate in these three. Two set chocolate and patchouli together in the base; the third keeps cocoa in a floral heart above it.

6Voimakkain sillage

Angel by Mugler

Huippunuotit

Bergamotti, Cassis, Kookos, Hattara

Sydännuotit

Aprikoosi, Karhunvatukka, Kumina, Hunaja

Pohjanuotit

Meripihka, Karamelli, Suklaa, Muskus

Vuorokaudenaika

Iltamenot

Kokeile: 3 ml 8,37 €10 ml 25,74 €

Angel by Mugler launched in 1992, and Mugler presents it as the perfume that opened the gourmand genre. Its top is a crowd of cotton candy, bergamot, pineapple, coconut, cassis, melon, jasmine and mandarin orange, with honey, red berries, plum, orchid and rose in the heart. The chocolate waits in the base, beside patchouli, caramel, vanilla and amber.

On Angel, community votes on longevity lean eternal, then long lasting. Votes on its sillage lean enormous, then strong. Voters pick it for winter and autumn, for night wear.

7

Black Orchid Reserve by Tom Ford

Huippunuotit

Bergamotti, Tryffeli

Pohjanuotit

Tumma suklaa, Patsuli, Tonka, Vanilja

Vuorokaudenaika

Iltamenot

Kokeile: 3 ml 15,93 €10 ml 50,31 €

Black Orchid Reserve by Tom Ford is a unisex perfume from 2025. Bergamot and truffle open it, and dark chocolate, patchouli, tonka and vanilla form the base.

Its longevity votes lean long lasting, then eternal. Most community voters rate its sillage strong. Winter and autumn are the seasons voters pick, for night or evening.

8Paras raikas valinta

Attrape-Rêves by Louis Vuitton

Huippunuotit

Bergamotti, Inkivääri, Litsi

Sydännuotit

Kaakao, Pioni, Turkkilainen ruusu

Pohjanuotit

Patsuli

Vuorokaudenaika

Päiväsaika

Kokeile: 3 ml 19,08 €10 ml 50,31 €

Attrape-Rêves by Louis Vuitton is a perfume for women from 2020. Bergamot, ginger and lychee open it. Peony, Turkish rose and cocoa form the heart, with patchouli beneath.

Most community voters rate its longevity moderate. Most voters call its sillage moderate too. Voters pick it for spring and autumn, by day or in the evening.

Chocolate with rose and flowers

Rose meets the chocolate in all three of these, and two of them add jasmine.

9Paras talveen

Tabac Rose by BDK Parfums

Huippunuotit

Sitruuna, Pinkki pippuri, Luumu

Sydännuotit

Suklaa, Kaneli, Turkkilainen ruusu

Pohjanuotit

Labdanum, Patsuli, Tupakka

Vuorokaudenaika

Iltamenot

Kokeile: 3 ml 11,34 €10 ml 31,59 €

Tabac Rose by BDK Parfums is a niche, unisex perfume from 2021. Pink pepper, plum and lemon open it. Turkish rose, cinnamon and chocolate form the heart, and tobacco, patchouli and labdanum finish it.

Most community voters rate its longevity long lasting. Most voters call its sillage strong. Voters pick it for winter and autumn nights.

10Paras kesään

Tethys by Giardino Benessere

Huippunuotit

Suklaa, Kahvi, Jasmiini, Vanilja

Sydännuotit

Meripihka, Damaskoksenruusu

Pohjanuotit

Setri, Muskus, Patsuli, Vaniljankukka

Vuorokaudenaika

Päiväsaika

Kokeile: 3 ml 9,90 €10 ml 24,75 €

Tethys by Giardino Benessere is a niche, unisex perfume from 2018. Vanilla, chocolate, coffee and jasmine open it. Damask rose and amber sit in the heart, with vanilla flower, musk, patchouli and cedar below.

Longevity votes for Tethys lean moderate, then long lasting. Sillage votes lean moderate, then strong. Unusually for this guide, voters pick it for summer and spring, for the day, the office or the evening.

11

Love Delight by Amouage

Huippunuotit

Kaneli, Inkivääri, Mandariini, Ruusuvesi

Sydännuotit

Heliotrooppi, Jasmiini, Ruusu

Pohjanuotit

Kaakao, Cypriol-öljy tai nagarmotha, Rommi, Vanilja

Vuorokaudenaika

Päiväsaika

Kokeile: 3 ml 13,77 €10 ml 39,33 €

Love Delight by Amouage is a perfume for women from 2024. Ginger, mandarin orange, cinnamon and rose water open it. A heart of heliotrope, jasmine and rose sits above vanilla, cacao, rum and cypriol oil.

Voters lean towards long lasting when they rate Love Delight's longevity, with moderate second. On sillage, votes favour moderate, with strong behind it. Voters pick it for spring, for the day or the evening.

Milky and white chocolate

Here the chocolate is white, or it sits beside milk, with vanilla, musk and tonka bean underneath in both.

12

Velorum by Tiziana Terenzi

Huippunuotit

Musta pippuri, Kardemumma, Inkivääri, Mandariini

Sydännuotit

Manteli, Kaneli, Mausteneilikka, Lootus

Pohjanuotit

Meripihka, Guajakkipuu, Muskus, Santelipuu

Vuorokaudenaika

Iltamenot

Kokeile: 3 ml 30,78 €10 ml 89,64 €

Velorum by Tiziana Terenzi is a niche perfume for women from 2017. Mandarin orange, rose, ginger, saffron, black pepper and cardamom open it. Passionfruit, almond, tea, cloves, cinnamon, lotus and nutmeg follow. White chocolate sits in the base with vanilla, musk, amber, sandalwood, tonka bean and guaiac wood.

Velorum's longevity votes lean eternal, then long lasting. Its sillage votes lean moderate, then enormous. Voters link it with winter and autumn, and with night and evening.

13

Blanche Bête by Liquides Imaginaires

Huippunuotit

Ambrette (myskimalva), Maito, Mystikal

Sydännuotit

Suitsuke, Jasmiini, Mahonial, Tuberoosa

Pohjanuotit

Kaakao, Muskus, Tonkapapu, Vanilja

Vuorokaudenaika

Ilta

Kokeile: 3 ml 17,10 €10 ml 45,27 €

Blanche Bête by Liquides Imaginaires is a niche, unisex perfume from 2021. Ambrette, milk and a note listed as Mystikal open it. Incense, jasmine, mahonial and tuberose form the heart. Cacao, musk, tonka bean and vanilla close it.

Most community voters rate its longevity long lasting. On sillage, the majority vote is moderate. Autumn and winter are the seasons voters pick, for the evening or the day.

Chocolate perfume for men

We list these three as men's perfumes, and here the chocolate sits beside wood and spice. The unisex picks above, such as Tobacco Chocolat, Black Orchid Reserve and Tabac Rose, are worth a try too.

14

Valentino Uomo by Valentino

Huippunuotit

Bergamotti, Myrtti

Sydännuotit

Suklaa, Hasselpähkinä, Paahdetut kahvipavut

Pohjanuotit

Setri, Nahka

Vuorokaudenaika

Iltamenot

Kokeile: 3 ml 7,65 €10 ml 22,05 €

Valentino Uomo by Valentino launched in 2014. Myrtle and bergamot open it, hazelnut, chocolate and roasted coffee beans form the heart, and leather and cedar close it.

Longevity votes lean moderate, then long lasting. On sillage, most voters say moderate. Autumn and winter lead the season votes, for night or day.

15Paras hinta-laatusuhde

Gentleman Eau de Parfum Boisée by Givenchy

Huippunuotit

Musta pippuri, Korianteri, Geranium

Sydännuotit

Kaakaopalko, Setri, Iiris

Pohjanuotit

Patsuli, Santelipuu, Puiset nuotit

Vuorokaudenaika

Ilta

Kokeile: 3 ml 7,29 €10 ml 19,98 €

Gentleman Eau de Parfum Boisée by Givenchy launched in 2020. Geranium, coriander and black pepper open it. Iris, cacao pod and cedar form the heart, and woody notes, patchouli and sandalwood close it.

Most community voters rate its longevity moderate. For sillage, the majority vote is moderate as well. Voters choose it for autumn and winter, for the evening or the office.

16

Bad Boy by Carolina Herrera

Huippunuotit

Bergamotti, Musta pippuri, Valkopippuri

Sydännuotit

Setripuu, Salvia

Pohjanuotit

Amberwood, Kaakao, Tonkapapu

Vuorokaudenaika

Iltamenot

Kokeile: 3 ml 7,83 €10 ml 22,05 €

Bad Boy by Carolina Herrera is an Eau de Toilette from 2019 by Louise Turner and Quentin Bisch. Bergamot, black pepper and white pepper open it, cedarwood and sage form the heart, and amberwood, cacao and tonka bean finish it. Our guide to tonka perfumes covers that base note in more depth.

Votes on Bad Boy lean long lasting, then moderate, for longevity. Sillage votes lean moderate, then strong. Voters link it with autumn and winter, and with night and evening.

The chocolate map at a glance

Try a dark and a milky chocolate in 3ml

Choose one dark chocolate and one milky one, and start with a 3ml decant of each. At around 60 sprays apiece, there is enough for several days of wear with both. If you are unsure how a decant is filled, read what a perfume decant is.

For the dark side, Chocolate Greedy in 3ml is 6,57 €. For the milky side, Velorum in 3ml is 30,78 €. When one wins you over, the 10ml size holds around 200 sprays, enough for weeks of wear.

Not sure how to choose without smelling first? Our guide on choosing a perfume without smelling it walks through it, and fragrance families explained shows where the gourmand family sits among the others. Voters pick almost every perfume here for winter or autumn, so our winter perfumes page is a natural next stop.