A masculine chocolate?

[Opiate]

Most of the 'chocolate' scents i've looked at are femme, or too sweet. Are there any that are masculine, with darker basenotes? (other than the Muglar line)
Something with notes of Cocoa, chocolate, coffee, butterscotch, vanilla, rum, dark berries, etc, with something more exotic, and a base to ground it along the lines of leather, wood, patchouli, tobacco, etc

[mrcologneguy]

Have you tried L'Instant de Guerlain pour Homme Extreme? It's chocolatey, intense, and not too femme, in my opinion.

[b0n3z]

Rochas Man

[Ekove]

A*Men. But honestly chocolate is stinky, I recommend cocoa, maybe that's what you mean. In that case:

Guerlain L'Instant Extreme
New Haarlem by Bond no9

[DavidBond007]

angel men

[JonnyLeMale]

Givenchy Play Intense

[Opiate]

Thank you everyone! I thought A men was the one but it was too sweet and had a powdery sweet geriatric drydown on my skin that was just too much. It smells good, just not on me. The Guerlain L'Instant Extreme sounds amazing, I'm ordering some now.

[volley2]

Aside from the the ones mentioned above:

A*men Pure Malt by Thierry Mugler
Borneo 1834 by Serge Lutens
Five O'clock au Gingembre by Serge Lutens

[mikeperez23]

Try Dior Homme

[Bossa Nova]

[Chasing the Dragon]

L'Instant de Guerlain PH Extreme is the best IMO. But some cheapies well worth checking out are Animale Animale and Antonio Banderas Spirit.

[hednic]

Rochas Man

[StylinLA]

Thank you everyone! I thought A men was the one but it was too sweet and had a powdery sweet geriatric drydown on my skin that was just too much. It smells good, just not on me. The Guerlain L'Instant Extreme sounds amazing, I'm ordering some now.

It's cocoa as opposed to chocolate. A minor distinction perhaps, but worth pointing out. It is also more subtle overall than A*Men.

Borneo 1834 also has a nice toned down A*Men vibe to it. Not as sweet and loud, but same idea.

[castorpollux]

Some good suggestions already...i'll add

Lacoste's Elegance (choco base)
O Boticario's Egeo Dolce (chocolate mid-base)
and the base of Tom Ford for Men extreme, the combo of vanilla and black truffle smells chocolatey and with the rum , it makes up for a great bonbon liqueur.
also some chocolate smell-a-likes that don't really have chocolate (like TFfME) are Jacomo for Men and TF's Tobacco Vanille.


cheers

[Larimar]

+1 Borneo 1834

[Basteri]

VERY IRRESISTIBLE by Givenchy ... very much chocolatish but too linear.

[SculptureOfSoul]

Givenchy Play Intense

This. It's not as cloying as A*Men, and not as stuffy as Rochas Man can be. It takes the best qualities of each and drops the negatives.

Play Intense is a great gourmand that is perfectly balanced. Out of my 35 or so bottles and the 100+ samples she's smelled, it's my girlfriends favorite on a most primal level (the tear your clothes off kind. She also includes some more complex/refined scents in her favorites on me such as Oxford and Cambridge and Lyric Man.)

[Le Grand Duc]

Dior Homme Intense and Givenchy Play Intense,
but by all means, I mean the Play INTENSE!

[SculptureOfSoul]

Duc, do you actually prefer the Play Intense? If so, why? (I've not tried Dior Homme Intense yet)

[Le Grand Duc]

Well, if one is going for a chocolatey note, the Intense rocks.
The normal Play is just another male fragrance, whereas the Intense
version is bold and spicy! I do wish, being an EdT Intensé and all, that
it actually were intense, I find it quite light, and tend to spray alot
when applying!

[BradW]

I think Lacoste Elegance deserves a mention. I think Lacoste and Rochas Man are about all you could want in a chocolate rotation.

[Ken_Russell]

Even the regular, not just the extreme version, of L'Instant de Guerlain pour Homme has some chocolate notes to it- however, slight hints of chocolate mixed with notes reminiscent of fudge, mocha, licorice and winter spices (at least, this is how I perceive this frag)

[Desmond Hume]

Dior Homme Intense screams masculine chocolate to me, very gourmandish.
Le Grand Duc, can you give a full description of Givenchy Play Intense please?

[SculptureOfSoul]

I must add that I own and love Play Intense. I'll leave it to Duc to describe it. Well, I'll just say that it's chocolatey, has a cappucino like coffee note, has a nice labdanum in the base and a good bit of patchouli, too. It's rich but never too sweet and maintains a sort of airy diffusiveness that I didn't find to be true for A*Men, and it avoids the stuffy cedar accord of Rochas Man (I may be sensitive to a specific chemical, as I've noticed this cedar note jump out before in other scents that feature it, like Fleur du Male). It really does a good job of creating an aura around you - that kind of scent aura where it is very hard to pinpoint or localize where the scent is coming from. Longevity on me is 12+ hours and sillage is moderate to very good.

Well, I guess I said more than I originally intended.

[1234567890]

Chocolate ...
Me gusta Chocolate !!

If you like Chocolate with Butterscotch-rum / Vanila-Tobacco notes
You can get this by layerings,

Bozzy Notes : A Men Pure Malt , Tabac Original EDT ,
Leather Notes : Tom Ford Men Extreme , Tom Ford Tuscan Leather , Christian Dior Homme Intense EDP ,
Leather Musk - Spices : Muscs Koublai Khan , Musc Ravageur , Dzing! , Eau d Hermes , Havana Vanille ,
Vanilla Tobaco : Fumerie Turque , Havana Vanille ,
Chocolate , Coffee : A Men , A Men Pure Coffee , ......
Pure Chocolate : CSP Amour du Cacao


Posible funny layerings : )

Havana Vanille have a Vanilla Rum notes maybe You like this ,
Tabac Original is very complex but not easy works , in me works beutifull and is my favorite for layerings
Tom Ford Men Extreme have masculine Leather-woody notes .

I like :

Tabac Original
Amour du Cacao
Musc Ravageur

[petruccijc]

+1 L'Instant PH Extreme
+1 Dior Homme Intense

[Strollyourlobster]

Vetiver Oriental has a cocoa note, a very dry one. And Lonestar Memories does also, to my nose, mixed in amongst the other stuff that some people smell as barbecue and brimstone, burning asphalt, root beer, etc.

[Pour_Monsieur]

Parfumerie Generale Musc Maori

[Desmond Hume]

Well, I guess I said more than I originally intended.

Thanks, I'm going to give this a try soon!

[SculptureOfSoul]

I hope you enjoy it, Desmond. It doesn't evolve all that much but it's not completely linear, either.

I actually prefer the original Play in a lot of cases as it's more versatile and more complex (in the sense that it evolves quite a bit throughout its lifespan), but Play Intense is definitely more distinctive, suited for the upcoming cold weather, and for me, a real comfort scent. I love them both, and really do feel that they make a good duo, having enough similarities that if you like one you'll likely enjoy the other, but being different enough that each excels during a particular season or occasion.

While neither of them are groundbreaking, they both are exceptionally balanced - especially in regards to their diffusion and their very smooth textures - and as a result I feel stand above a great majority of modern releases.