Anyone have any “dark gourmands” they love? I discovered Foxcroft Fairgrounds by Solstice Scents and love it but haven't found anything else like it. The base notes are earthy and incense-y while the rest of the notes are cotton candy, vanilla taffy, etc.
Dark Gourmands

Mitchcraft
Addicted+ has a bit of a dark chocolate to it. Very nice gourmand.
And Notorious (2023)
Are 3 great gourmand from my favourite house ATH
and from Lorenzo Pazzaglia
Xerjoff’s Tony Iommi Monkey Special is very nice also, even though it is not categorised as gourmand it certainly feels like one to me.
Carnival of Souls instantly popped in my head. It's exactly what I'd consider a dark gourmand. It has sweet, smokey incense, amber and violet, which would be the "dark" notes, that perfectly merge with the vanilla, mimosa and coconut. Easily one of my favorite fragrances
Oud, leather, and apple pie:
Dark, smoky chocolate gourmands:
Earthy/dirty patchouli and caramel:
Cool topic !
Immediately thought about Black Phantom - Memento Mori and
Smoking Hot
I definitely agree with Rose Noir by Gallaguer's recommendation, and I would add Gourmand Oriental by Clive Christian.

Lempi
Forbidden &
Van Py Rhum +1
Raw Cherry
Black Orchid Eau de Parfum
Dead Sexy No. 6
"Fantabulosa / Ladyboy (Perfume) | Lush / Cosmetics To Go"
"Tank Battle | Lush / Cosmetics To Go"Le Baiser du Dragon Eau de Parfum
Déliria
Valentina Myrrh Assoluto
A*Men Pure Malt
Black Sugar
Black Perfecto by La Petite Robe Noire Eau de Parfum Florale
Tobacco Vanille Eau de Parfum
Lolita Lempicka (1997) Eau de Parfum

Tealight10
"Ummagumma | Fzotic / Bruno Fazzolari"
I’m not sure what you mean by dark but this one smells precisely of Italian panetonne to me. Spicy, sweet, dense, bread.
Many patchoulis are shaped to be darkly chocolatey that feels gourmand to me. Patchouli Noir had a lovely dark minty-chocolate feel.
Give Mentor a try
The sort of hybrids you recommend sound interesting ! Nothing similar comes to mind quite frankly.
There are a lot of perfumes which take "edible" notes in a dark direction though (cocoa powder, coffee, rhum).
I thought of Little Song - coffee's the main note, I don't know if that's enough to place it in the gourmand category (it certainly doesn't belong in the sugar caramel gourmand type category 😅)
Then there's... Dark , haven't smelled it yet (I will soon - heard good things about it being a very well done dark chocolate).
Plum in Cognac maybe ? It smells very drinkable to me - while still being unmistakably dark.
My suggestions are a bit of a stretch, but that's what came to mind