13 community ratings

Dark Syrup

Name: Dark Syrup
Brand: Monkoku

2026Unisex

8.1/ 10

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Monkoku Dark Syrup is a sweet, oriental unisex scent that opens on resins and spicy notes and deepens into syrup, precious woods and amber notes.

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Skunky's take: Opens sweet, so if sugar is not your thing, think twice.

How does it perform?

From 16 community ratings, all out of 10.

Longevity

8.0 /10

Holds up through the day and fades gently toward evening.

Sillage

7.3 /10

People close to you notice, nobody gets overwhelmed.

Bottle

7.4 /10

Sits nicely on a shelf.

Value for money

8.8 /10

Easily worth what it costs.

Blind buy risk

Low risk

85% of votes are positive and opinions barely differ.

Notes

They open one after another, from the first spray into the evening.

Top notesfirst 15 minutes

Resins Spicy notes

Heart notesfirst few hours

Balsamic notes Spices

Base noteswhat stays into the evening

Syrup

Precious woods

Amber notes

Accords

From most dominant to most subtle.

Sweet
Spicy
Woody
Oriental
Resinous

What does Dark Syrup smell like?

The top is built from resins and spicy notes. Balsamic notes and spices carry the heart, and the base is dominated by syrup, precious woods and amber notes. Sweet, spicy, woody, oriental and resinous accords shape the whole, and the dry-down settles into a warm, sweet, woody base.

Voters rate its longevity as strong and its sillage as good, though the small number of votes means these ratings are tentative. It reads as unisex, suited to both men and women, and is also rated well for value. Its profile is close to Stéphane Humbert Lucas 2022 Generation Man and Tauer Perfumes Au Coeur du Désert.