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Chocolat 1997

6.8 / 10 161 Ratings
A perfume by Il Profvmo for women, released in 1997. The scent is gourmand-sweet. It is being marketed by Valmont Group.
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Main accords

Gourmand
Sweet
Spicy
Woody
Fruity

Fragrance Notes

VanillaVanilla CocoaCocoa JasmineJasmine Mandarin orangeMandarin orange NutmegNutmeg

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
6.8161 Ratings
Longevity
7.0122 Ratings
Sillage
6.5109 Ratings
Bottle
6.7108 Ratings
Value for money
6.626 Ratings
Submitted by Andi136 · last update on 02/11/2026.
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10 in-depth fragrance descriptions
Zerotonin

25 Reviews
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Zerotonin
Zerotonin
Top Review 63  
In the Wrong Bottle
They mixed you up at birth. You always suspected it, hence your rebellious character.
They called you 'Chocolat', as if there was something cheerful, lovely about you. But you were always dark and serious, albeit with a warm core. In search of your true self, you got lost, constantly wavering between sour, bitter, earthy, dark-spicy, boozy, oriental, green, powdery, sweet...
Your gender? You haven't known it for a long time. You only know that you are welcome and wanted exclusively in winter. But mostly only when they know you, or find you without having searched for you - how often have you been spurned by people whose expectations of your name you could not fulfill?
I do not know your true name. But I know your parents' names: Patchouli and Cocoa.

Chocolat starts with a strong, almost resinous - bitter cocoa note. Dry, powdery, without milk, without sugar. Patchouli soon joins in, and together they dominate the fragrance's progression. Alongside them, aromatic-spicy nutmeg and a strict, dark vanilla in the background. Mandarin, jasmine? They must have fled. Instead, I smell in the heart, very timidly, a liqueur-like fruitiness, perhaps cherry or plum, which now brings a certain, bitter sweetness into play. However, I cannot say whether I am dealing with a gourmand here. This fragrance delivers so many characteristics that I find it difficult to clearly delineate. Something also reminds me of furniture polish.
I perceive a similarity to Angel, but Chocolat is more bitter, more masculine, more versatile, and above all, less sweet.

An exciting fragrance that I stumbled upon by chance and that I would surely never have found on my own.
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Palonera

467 Reviews
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Palonera
Palonera
Top Review 29  
Every year again...
...a new year appears in the wake of the Christ Child, along with the famous good resolution that is supposed to make our lives more beautiful, better, easier, healthier, more lovable, and more lovable to ourselves, and sometimes even lasts through the first weeks of the young year.
So the last, the very last cigarettes are smoked, the remote control is hidden, the ancient tracksuit is dragged out from the depths of the wardrobe, and the beloved is sentenced to go to the opera with us every two weeks to counteract the call of a culture barbarian.
Brand new scales adorn many a bathroom, the refrigerator looks like it has been stocked by Weight Watchers, and instead of chips and pretzels, apple slices and bell pepper strips are now served during the Sunday night crime show.

This is commendable and healthy - and every year again, my guilty conscience creeps up on me, glaring maliciously: "And you? If you’re not exercising, when will you finally stop eating chocolate?"
So far, I had given it the cold shoulder, pretending to be even more deaf than I already am, and indulgently popped a piece of melting temptation into my mouth.
But now...
Three tight jeans were thrown into the corner this morning before the fourth one fit halfway.
On Monday, I was already out of breath after ten minutes on the bike.
My cholesterol level recently raised my family doctor’s eyebrows: "Did you plunder the entire clutch of a chicken coop?"
I hadn’t.
It was the chocolate’s fault, the creamy, buttery, nutty chocolate that sends my taste buds into ecstasy, which I would never want to give up in my life, even less than...

Perfume.
Oh. Swallow.
Give up perfume?!
Out of the question, no, never!
Not on those indescribable, delicately enchanting, floral-fragile, erotically aphrodisiac, powerful, energizing, grounding, bundling, continuously surprising, astonishing, enchanting, and sometimes disturbing wonder waters, which, as irresistibly delicious as they may smell at times, are absolutely calorie-free when used properly.
For whose enjoyment I do not have to skip a meal, do not have to tear my Achilles tendon while playing badminton, do not have to buy my entire wardrobe a size larger.
So if I don’t want to renounce chocolate, why not try a chocolate spray instead?

"Chocolat" - already, film sequences with Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp flicker before my inner eye.
I long for the thick cocoa drop that will surely rise from my perfumed skin - and am taken aback by bitter-dry spicy accords that have nothing sweet, nothing sticky, nothing gourmand about them, that I would believe in a mislabeling if there weren’t an original bottle in front of me on the table.
But soon, plump, sun-kissed, highly aromatic fruits join in, reminding me less of a tangerine and more of passion fruits, peaches, dates, and star fruits, accentuating the intensifying sandalwood-nutmeg mélange and seem to strive towards oriental realms.
For several minutes, "Chocolat" leads me by the nose in this manner, before Silvana Casoli finally has a revelation and strikes the caramel-hazelnut, both velvety and fluffy chocolate notes that have been known to every gourmand lover since "Angel" - without any loud tones, without any "look at me," without being sticky, without being greasy.
So finely interwoven are gourmand and oriental-spicy aspects that I think of a handmade fine chocolate, a precious spiced chocolate, like the famous chocolatiers bring out at Christmas, but not of my dearly beloved Milka Noisette.
And that is a good thing.
Too much only spoils the stomach - or in this case, the nose.
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Smellsnice

35 Reviews
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Smellsnice
Smellsnice
Top Review 14  
Well, where is it... well, where is it going
The cocoa or chocolate note in this fragrance.
Due to the name and the color of the perfume, Chocolat and a dark liquid, I already had the scent in my nose without ever having sniffed it.
When it recently appeared in the souk, I bought it blind. Nothing could go wrong, I thought to myself, as a friend of beautiful gourmand scents.
Well, I wish I had paid more attention to Seerose's comment. Then I could have saved myself that, albeit small, amount of money. The Hermes courier brought me the fragrance, and I couldn't wait to spray the beautiful amber-colored delicacy on myself. So I did, generously.
And then... my facial expressions, which were slipping away from me, should have been photographed... something came that I did not expect. First, my nose was hit by a bitterness, yes, that's how I perceive galbanum, with full force. After a while, a completely shy mandarin note peeked around the corner but didn't really dare to come forward; the opponent galbanum is too powerful. Muscat doesn’t reveal itself to me at all, only the sandalwood dares to show up and makes the top note more bearable for me. It becomes a little floral and a bit sweeter. Only plum and the cocoa that gives the fragrance its name do not show themselves to me at all. The only thing I think I perceive is a hint of patchouli, which is not really my thing either. More bearable and then finally a tad gourmand, is the little vanilla note that comes in. It may be that this fragrance with its melodious name is a gourmand scent to other noses, but to mine, it is not. I find it cumbersome and not beautiful; I have tested it several times, always with the same result. Its longevity and sillage did not convince me either.
However, that shouldn't deter others from testing it. Because the comments about the fragrance sing a different tune. Everyone has a different idea of how a fragrance should be for them.
I’m going to eat a piece of real chocolate now. To hell with the kilos.
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EmergeR

17 Reviews
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EmergeR
EmergeR
Very helpful Review 18  
Cho-co-not-so-sweet
Yes, I confess, I belong to the probably dying breed of gourmand fragrance lovers.
And yet I find this scent fascinating.

Sounds strange. But it is so!

"Chocolat" is not really a gourmand. Well, it is, but somehow it isn’t. When I read "Chocolat," I think of a sugary piece of milk chocolate - preferably the one with the cow. But this scent is rather bitter, slightly fruity, not overly sweet - more like a piece of dark chocolate dusted with a hint of cocoa. Do you know that moment when you bring a forkful of tiramisu to your mouth, accidentally inhale, and the cocoa hits the roof of your mouth so that you have to cough? This scent is somewhat like that, just in a beautiful way.

Due to the bitter note, I find it quite suitable for men, but personally, I am quite indifferent about that. Tom Daxon once beautifully said that gender assignments in fragrances are purely a marketing concept. I wholeheartedly agree with him.

When I consider that this scent was created 23 years ago, it still feels like it is a bit ahead of its time today. For fans of unusual chypres, it is definitely worth a try.
Updated on 01/23/2026
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Leimbacher

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Leimbacher
Leimbacher
Top Review 10  
Darkest & most expensive cocoa you have ever drunk
After my girlfriend recently gifted me the Macadam from Il Profvumo, it was time to test the Chocolat from the brand the day before yesterday. I had also had it on my selection list, but it seemed to be overshadowed by the creamy macadamia nut. Personally, I find it even a bit better. To be honest, this is one of the best chocolate/cocoa scents I have had the pleasure of smelling so far. Powdery, dark, rich, slightly woody. But the noble cocoa powder is always in the foreground.

The scent is almost completely described with the almost black cocoa powder that lays on the wearer's skin. Very simple, but I love it; I can't get enough of chocolate scents, and this one is the pinnacle of chocolate-i. And the dark, mysterious, rough-powdery feeling makes the scent genderless for me, also wearable by men. Cocoa and a bit of vanilla. Right at the beginning, supported or introduced by mini citrus spritzes of mandarin. Plum can be sensed throughout the fragrance, but thankfully no florals. The cocoa powder seems too greedy and takes the entire range of the scent for itself.

Bottle: Doesn't look as expensive as the price.
Longevity: Over 9 hours.
Sillage: Although it is a strong, thick scent, it doesn't create too wide a halo around the wearer. Still, chocolate power in abundance.

I am curious about the chocolate variations from the brand (Chocolat Amere, for example). One thing is certain, this one will be hard to top, even by CSP's Amour de Cacao.
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One of the few scents I keep getting compliments on. Lovely, warm, cuddly, and great longevity - and, in my opinion, very much underrated.
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In the projection, it's herbaceous (sharp)-sweet-earthy. Up close, it has hints of dark cocoa with a sweet touch. Characteristically elegant.
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Spicy, green, and woody scent that is supposed to evoke the impression of chocolate (?), but doesn't necessarily do so. In that sense, original!
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4 years ago
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Only after trying it several times do I smell something chocolatey. It starts with mandarin, then floral jasmine with cocoa powder and a hint of nutmeg.
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Beautiful, unsweetened, authentic chocolate start but unfortunately very short. After that, it's close and floral-spicy. What a pity, chocolate!
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Herb 90% chocolate on forest floor. Unsweet vanilla softens it, nutmeg adds more spice. Fruit and flowers are just background. I like it.
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I find the fruits in the chocolate a bit overripe. But strangely, family tester M really likes it.
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1 year ago
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Cocoa patch with a strong top note. HN is tamer but also darker, a bit fruity and definitely MUSK high 2.
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10 years ago
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The similarity to Angel is unmistakable for me! A bit more chocolatey and unfortunately less long-lasting... Those who like A. will also enjoy this!
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5 years ago
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Definitely Angel-like, with more chocolate and mandarin but less patchouli.
Finally a dupe that’s more expensive than the original ;)
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