Hypnotic Poison Dior for women

This was the first "real perfume" I owned, given to me as a gift nearly a decade ago by my parents. At the time, I was only familiar with two categories of perfume, "regular" and "grandma". The former was primarily comprised of the generic fruity floral blends favored by my peers, and the latter consisted of anything that deviated from it.
Hypnotic Poison was the perfume that seemed to break this mold. It was far less straightforward and darker than the scents favored by my peers, yet was light and sweet enough to avoid falling into the category of old lady. It seemed to project mystery. One sniff and I was hooked.
For years, this was the sole perfume I owned. I would douse myself in it before heading to school. Initially, it would be perfume perfection- a mixture of almond, sandalwood, musk and vanilla that could perhaps be best described as an adult rootbeer. Inevitabley, after a few hours I would be left with a drydown not unlike the copper penny smell of blood. Yet I persisted in wearing it for some bizarre reason, to stubborn to admit the perfume didn't work on me. Eventually, I wound up giving it up to my sister.
I was at a shop this past weekend and they had this perfume on the counter. Nostalgic, I decided to give it a try for old times sake. To my nose, it smelled quite different-there was no obvious changes is notes, the whole thing seemed to have a different feel (for the lack of a better term). Previously to my nose Hypnotic Poison possesed a slighty nostril stinging, faintly metallic effervescense-giving it an almost carbonated feel. Now it's much more quite-still and straightforward. The mystery is gone.
That being said, I still think that this is a good perfume for people looking to branch away from the typical fruits and florals marketed to women. This is due to the familiarity and comfort provided by the vanilla, with none of the heavy feel that sometimes comes with orientals.

I tried a spritz yesterday at a fragrance event at the mall. This is very sweet and has an almond, vanilla base which could be very enticing.

I will have to revisit this one and try along side the original Poison. I think that this definitely has potential, but is clearly in the rage of high octave, sweet perfumes.

From my initial impression, this is in a much higher register than the original Poison, which has a definite smell of tobacco that seems to anchor the sharper high notes. The original Poison blend comes in more like a full chord with some sharp notes (the first hour or so). Where as this newer creation seems to have a much higher Soprano range.

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This was one of the fragrances that the top 3 noses in the department smelled at the fragrance event. I liked it, but the other women preferred Chanel's Chance Eau du Fraiche, saying that they felt like Fraiche went much better with my chemistry than this fragrance.

Great vanilla scent. Unusual ! A little bit like play dough but I don't mind that. Salty sweet and plasticky lol. I preference the two newer versions. Eau sensuelle and eau secrete. I have them both.

I love it!! it is really similar to Sensuelle but, This is more mature and vanillic

I have been wanting this for SO long and I finally got it today! I fell in love with it about a month ago and I got on here to research on it and I found out about the reformulations. It has a few layers, but its not that complex which I don't mind, but all stages it smells like ice cream with almond or coconut slightly noticeable now and then. It's very seducing and I love the bottle but the only complaint I have is with dior instead of the fragrance. Why reformulate something so perfect? This one smells so good but the thing is that all I can do is imagine what the original smells like! I'm only 16 so I didn't really get a chance to smell the original since I was like 2 when it came out. And I'm sure I'd love it, doubt anything would take me by surprise. Nothing can intimidate an angel lover teeheehee. Anyways amazing fragrance none the less

Vanilla, almonds, coconut... I love everything! Hypnotic Poison turns out very powdery and dry on my skin.
I think one can wear it in summer if one uses it lightly.
Sadly, the longevity is not what i hoped for, about 5-6 hours.

My moms signature from it's introduction in late 1998 until around 2004 or so. I remember when she first brought it home and how weird I thought it smelled. This was in 1998 when perfumes had lightened up considerably from the previous decade, so when I smelled Hypnotic Poison, it was like being back in the '80's with the sweet orientals that were so vogue back in that era. Whatever the notes are, everyone else has listed those, so I'll say how it smells on me. It smells like Carmex lip balm, slightly medicinal, with a creamy vanilla face powder veiled over the top. I wear this perfume every winter, will always remind me of late 1998 and all of 1999. Love it always.

I love it!

But you really have to test it on your skin first and wait a few days before you go rush and buy it!

It is a great one in my little collection, but it doesn't go with my chemistry.
*All the dolphins around the world are weeping*
Yes, yes, it begins to smell very plastic-y after a minute already...
BUT I'm stubborn and bought it anyway for I can spray it on my best friend!
(She goes along with it so beautiful and who cares that I'm not the wearer myself?)
Mmm.. Almond..

This perfume was just.....not it for me.I was so happy to go to Sephora and smell this fragrance but I was just not happy with the smell.

For me, DHP sits close to the skin & works best when used sparingly so that my natural scent can mingle with it. Warm & sensual. Hypnotic.. They named it well.

This is more a gourmand perfume than oriental to me.

I can only smell the coconut, almond and vanilla notes, but this stuff it's so good that doesn't matter at all.

Sexy, glamorous, opulent!
What a poison blend!

Really named right, I can't avoid to sniff my arm and wrist.
I'm completely hypnotized by it.
Amazing sillage and longevity.

For sexy girls!

i liken this perfume to the classiest root beer float you will ever encounter. if you're looking for a grown up vanilla scent, look no further than this little red bottle. it's warm and playful--a mix of aforementioned vanilla, almonds, and (on me) a hint of licorice. it's the perfect remedy to the winter blues. it's musky and lies close to the skin. there's something intoxicating about it. wear it and hypnotize someone today.

A strong and very sweet fragrance. After the initial raw smell of sunoil a dry woodnote emerges.
I have the reformulation and are sure the original scent must have been good as so many people love it.
Now it is a very stale and flat fragrance in my eyes.
Do not like it at all even as many of the notes are my absolute favorites.
This ended up being a scrubb off.

Man, dhp is one hot bitch. Spicy root beer float with roasted almond shavings. Its musty and lingers around forever. She is cloying, slutty, and obnoxious. I absolutely love her. Too much will give me a sore throat but its safe to say she is my favorite of all time. This is probably the only perfume I will ever even consider buying a flanker of.

I'm a man and I love this one!
Girls, believe me, vanila always succeeds in seducing men.And those fresh scents are for casual events.. if you wanna be sexy, pick the sweet ones.

But please just spray small amounts during romantic moments.. do not choke your man to death.

And most importantly, let him feel your own clean skin scent together with a hint of sweetness (I admit fuits and flowers are better during summer).
Nothing can seduce more than your own scent, not even vanila ;)

The most sexy perfume ever....but the staying power is very weak.. I spray like 7 times and can still not smell it...Where is it?? Im joking! This is hot stuff! One spray is more than enough :) This is a very nice evening perfume :)

The reformulation:

The name says it all, but the current version is tamed and weakened.Made not to cast the spell from the initial blast, but the alluring temptation starts at its middle to the drydown. It has sweet floral accord, quite play-dough'ey' as many would say, yet it is not offensive.

I was quite surprise to see Hypnotic Poison being sold in Malaysia after many years I did my purchase oversea or either online. I was glad but then I realized it is not the one I used to love*. There is the reminiscing trail of the vintage HP in the new formulation. I would say, the current one smells a little bit 'plasticky' while the vintage is more vanilic, and 'sarsi' sweet, and many find this a bit too harsh, quite piercing and an offense to the olfactory.

Yet, don't despise the current formulation too soon. There bewitching vibe is still present, only that it is not as loud as before, the sweet-floral temptation is made subtle and alluring.

Both vintage and current version has great lasting power, only the vintage has a powerful silage.

I like the current formulation, but I love the vintage one.

*It was back then in 1998 when I had my first HP, then it was informed to be the fragrance was discontinued by Dior, later I learned that Dior stops its selling in Malaysia because it didn't do well.

This smells AHHHmazing on paper! I can't wait to test it on my skin! It smells so creamy and sexy! My husband's gonna love this! Hope it smells just as good on my skin! I wanna eat this paper! I kinda get the root beer thing too! Love it! I'll update!

It's a very lovely and sexy fragrance. But as Javi0005 has said below, the key is not to overdo it. It's a very strong and sweet scent that will fill up a room when you walk in. Just the perfect amount of sprays can make a huge difference between a suffocating and annoying smell to a very feminine, sexy and killer fragrance.
Everytime I wear it I get compliments, especially from men, which really boosts you up on a night out. They seem to love it.
It is a fragrance that doesn't seem to evolve much. Personally, I seem to only get almond and vanilla all the way through.
I highly recommend it if you like sweet fragrances and you want to feel like a femme fatale, without feeling trashy. Just be careful with the amount you spray on.

very feminine scent but please girls don't overdo it ;)

I am not a fan of this fragrance. It just smells like sweet almond cookies, which isn't necessarilly a bad thing, just not what I'm into. It also smells kind of plasticky after it dries down.

I love this fragrence and get compliments ALL the time. It makes me feel sooo good when I wear it. I find it as important to my wardrobe as the perfect purse, boot's, jewelry,etc. It just breathes femininity and sensuality. It is "Hypnotic Poison"!!!!

I'm very surprised to see such positive testimonials regarding this fragrance. I have been told countless times over recent years everything under the sun about Hypnotic Poison! "it's unisex. a panty dropper. sugar cookies in a bottle. the best thing you'll ever own. worth the price. irreplaceable". You can probably imagine my anticipation when I finally saw it OUT ON THE COUNTER at Nordstrom! One spray, I've been told is enough. This smells like someone poured a liter of almond extract into some coconut cookies. It's enough to drive you crazy!!! It's like that one ex you have that you just HAD to break up with because they suffocated you, and no matter where you went, what you did, it's always IN YOUR FACE. I am SO glad that this wasn't a blind buy experience for me. I would've returned it faster than an expired loaf of bread.

I am so glad we don't have root beer where I live and that to my recollection I have never tasted or smelled one. I don't think I could bare a perfume my brain associated with a soda. At least that is what happend to me with the Guerlain Little black dress perfume. I could not stop smelling Cherry Cola in that one and it was killing me. But again to Hypnotic Poison. It is truly quite astounding how my taste in fragrances keeps developing and changing. What remains a constant though is my appreciation for "fresh" floral-fruity type of fragrances. That is the type i'm most often drawn to, ever since I starting smelling perfumes as a very young girl. I remember when Hypnotic Poison first came out. At the time I was wearing Ralph Lauren Romance a lot, but I was immediately drawn to the beautiful bottle and the attractive name of HP. I imagined the juice inside this pretty bottle to be something ultra feminine and seductive, which in my mind at that time was something fruity-floral. So imagine my dissappointment when the fumes from this pretty bottle hit my nose for the first time. I absolutely HATED it. Could not understand how ANYONE could possibly find this smell to be pleasing by any means.

Fast forward to today. I have been really wanting to add a sultry kind of vanilla scent to my collection, stepping it up from the child-like Pink sugar. So the good people of fragrantica kept reccommending Hypnotic Poison. The true deadly poison from my past. But today I decided to step out of my comfort zone and try it on. I sprayed Hypnotic Poison on my left wrist and Hypnotic Poison Sensuelle on my right wrist. It seemed that most people that didn't like the original one seemed to fare better with the sensuelle edition. So I was fully expecting to like HP Sensuelle better. HOWEVER, the opposite occured! There is something in HP that I really really like! Who would have thunk it! I think it is basically the combinatin of almond and coconut that my nose mainly picks up.

Maybe its too soon to make this proclamation, since at this point I have only worn it for three hours, but I think I might love it! I however don't love HP Sensuelle. It's missing the precious coconut note and just does't smell as nice. To my Sensuelle smells stronger than the original and not as creamy. I don't understand why everyone refers to HP as a heavy and heady/strong scent. To me it is actually quite light and even now, three hours after I sprayed it on I can hardly detect any scent at all. I still distinctly smell HP Sensuelle on my right wrist but I feel that the scent on my left rist has mainly dissappeared. Maybe this has to do with my apparent difficulty with picking up vanilla notes in general, I dont know. Maybe other ppl smell this strongly on my skin, even though I can hardly detect it? That remains to be seen. But as of now HP is on my mind and I'm pretty sure I won't be able to rest until I get a bottle of my own. A strange strange thing indeed.

UPDATE: The drydown people. Yikes. That's where the thick stuffy feeling really kicks in. I smelled it on my jacket the day after and I have to say it put me off. Its just not me. I'm very much more of a clean, fresh and bubbly kind of perfume girl, even though I like a bit of sweetness I have to admit and accept that I prefer it to be a fruity kind of sweetness not this kind. Sorry to end this on a negative note.

This is a sample of a fragrance which can never be forgotten. And If you see a women running after her passions, be sure she's wearing that parfume...

Ok so here's a long story about how things can smell great one day and terrible the next. About a month ago I was at Ulta and sprayed some Poison on my wrist. It was gorgeous!! So alive and dark, sultry and juicy I kept smelling my wrist the whole day and when I thrust my wrist under my husbands nose and asked if he liked it he said "I do actually". He normally recoils when I do that. I thought about Poison for weeks and was getting ready to drop the coin on it (I normally bargain hunt because that's as big of a rush as the actual perfume buying). About a week ago I went back to Ulta and resprayed it to make absolute sure it was the one.....WHAT HAPPENED?! All of a sudden that dark,sexy juicy love potion turned into pure dust. I'm talking like a super thick dusty stagnant room that hasn't been disturbed for 40 years. I wore it all day but it never changed and grossed me out. I was so disappointed! Fast forward to yesterday and I was out shopping and found a place that had Hypnotic Poison and after reading how many people here loved it I asked for a test strip. My husband said he liked this one too, and so did I, but I smelled the paper of the test strip very strongly. Well, my curiosity got the best of me and this morning I went to Ulta and picked up a bottle (they had Poison, Pure Poison and Addict testers out but not this one. Coincidentally, I retested Poison and it's still dust.) Brought my pretty little red bottle home and took a deep breath and gave myself a generous squirt... This is the part of the review I'm having difficulty with. I smell paper! You know that real thick, white inky smelling paper? That's exactly what I'm getting. I really can't pick out any kind of fruit or flowers or anything associated with perfume.Now here's the really weird thing, I'm loving it! Even though my brain is telling me I'm smelling like Office Max, it's also telling me something about it is sultry and sexy. I'm having a real hard time figuring this one out. I'll probably update this review after I've had some time to get to know Hypnotic Poison a little better, but for now I'm left bewildered. Also something about this is quite familiar but I can't place it. Maybe my mom wore this? I don't think she did, I remember she had Passion, Opium, Gloria Vanderbilt and things along that line.


EDITED TO UPDATE: Unfortunately HP and I broke up and I had to return it. I SO WANTED to fall madly in love and sadly it just couldn't happen. Where's all that coconut and almond everyone is getting? The paper smell on me never went away and I tried this 3 times. Eventually a "perfume" note finally did emerge and it was a sickly vanilla, like a cheap dollar store vanilla lotion on top of hot inky paper out of a copier or fax machine. It was a weird experience that's for sure. So I traded this in for Versace Crystal Noir.

suffocating

headache in abottle . sharp heady opening ends to disturbing dust and sandstorm , nauseating and a gag reflex inducer . this stuff made me ill

Yesterday, I sprayed this perfume on my wrist at sunset time, and an hour before sleep I spray Flower Tag Eau de Parfum Kenzo for women on my chest&neck. feeling comfort blanket with this amazing fragrances, I went to bed. then I dreamt about meeting a handsome charming stranger,who politely said that he has deep attraction to me,and kiss me gently,and want to have a serious relationship with me,but sadly I can only say no coz I think our differences will only make a forbidden affair. when I woke up I thought, "wow,is it cause I wore these romantic sensual scents,then I officially 'hypnotized' by it?"..hahaha..careful everyone,this is high level of seduction stuff here! :D

This perfume smells better and better the more I wear it. Nothing else is quite like it and I've tried a lot of perfumes. To me, this scent is catwoman cool in a bottle: classy and strong.

Hey Iremz,I love it!!!!!! Too strong scent!!!! :)

I have to say,this perfume gave me unforgettable moment,new experience while choosing which new perfume you'd like. First time I smell this,I sniffed it from the opened sample bottle&my reaction was 'yuck!too strong!',and with rush,I tried to close the bottle cap as fast as I could.but faith gave me another way: because of my carelessness in haste,I spilled it on my hand! "OH NO! I will smell awfully this entire night!",my hopeless tought said.But in seconds,miracle happened.This perfume reacted with my skin,made a great chemistry:an unique, lovely, flirty, sexy, voluptuous, mysterious,yummy smells,which I looove! Just like after you swallow a delicious vanilla-almond pudding..yum,yum,yum.. Well, I have the lesson from this experience: Sometimes, first impression doesn't give you a clue about which is the best option from many choices. Occasionally, faith has a great role on it. :D
I prefer to wear this perfume just a little amount of spray, to keep the sensual mysterious 'hidden seduction' works. Too many of this will make me smelled like 'too open for everybody' almost near promiscuous female.

oh lordy! hypnotic poison is back to its usual deliciousness!

when, a couple of weeks ago, i thought i'd spice myself up with some hypnotic poison - extrait - i was entirely unprepared for the reaction of poison and skin. yoicks! it was peculiarly nauseating in that help-i'm-drowning-in-a-high-fructose corn syrup way. it hit loud, off-kilter high notes of root beer, maybe a little bit of licorice, and other roots that ought to be left in the ground, there to grow ancient, undisturbed.

well, that was a couple of weeks ago when i was also under considerable stress having to do with ancient family members, and noxious neighbours. looking back it almost appears as though the disturbances to my equanimity were disturbing to my body chemistry as well. not something i notice regularly, mind. but with this particular scent straddled, as it is, atop several mutually exclusive ideas and concepts, it is easy to see how a basic disturbance in one's essence can jog loose one or more of those strands and >whoops!< away they go. there's supposed to be coconut in this scent? never! never, never, never. same with plum. and vanilla is not so enormous a component on me. and where does the strong note of root beer hide when it's just groovin' in the bottle?

it is obvious from the many reviews of this juice that there are serious schizoid tendencies, that the same person may experience several wildly different
notes. we think we know so much. but we don't. we can't even figure out why a cocktail of essential oils, very precisely formulated in batch after batch,
not only smells different on various individuals, but it will vary on the same person.

Sweetiepea1616
Darn!!! I thought I had it solved!!!! Ah well, maybe it's the answer for a few people!!!!

@Snowfleur: Just fyi, I don't wear lotion (ever!) and I still get play-doh (and rootbeer). But I actually like the play-doh scent, and this is in my top 3 frags of all time!

Tested this on a whim in the store as my son liked the look of the bottle.

OH MY GOODNESS - I literally SWOONED at the scent!
I have never fallen head-over-heels madly in love, lust and addiction with any perfume before.

Hypnotic indeed.......

Love this perfume !!! I have also solved the mystery of the Play-Doh scent problem many experience. It's your lotion changing the smell. For instance If I wear bath and body works warm vanilla sugar lotion then spray this-Play-Doh. However if I use Vaseline cocoa butter lotion there is no change in the smell. I think too many people have poor opinions on this based on the combination of their lotion and this perfume.

It doesn't wash off! Three days, four showers, and my wrist still smells like this perfume. I'm not specifically trying to wash it off--if I was, I bet dish soap would work. But is this normal?

Tried this on today when I went to go buy another fragrance, just for the fun of it. Wow, I must say I am speechless. At first, I thought to myself "is this really hypnotic poison, or is it a flanker?" And I'm still confused to be honest. The bottle looks exactly like the one here, but doesn't smell anything what I excpected. I don't get the play dough, I don't get the root beer, none whatsoever, I smelled my coat carely and I got a lot of florals with vanilla underneath. Not sure if it was florals, florals is usually what I blame for "perfumey" smells as others describe it, but this dissappears quite fast. Soon, a creamy radiant vanilla emerges, which smells absolutely georgeous. No florals, just straight up vanilla with a touch of that same initial smell previously mentioned, which makes this truly a masterpiece. Very different from my usual teen celeb scents, but they don't even come close. No where near, and I'm definitely gonna save up for this. The price is frightening though, especially for someone my age who still relies on spending money LOL. 10/10, for everything although I don't think this smells "red" as the bottle implies. A white bottle would be perfect, or maybe a blue with a pink nozzle? I don't know, at least it smells amazing. In fact, I think I've finally found my signature, I love how it gets more radiant and creamy as time passes, and this does not smell masculine at all to me. Can't wait to get my hands on this, and if in the rare case its an HP flanker, I'll be sure to post.

I love hypnotic poison...... there's something animalic abt this scent....this is wat my nose experience...i dont know if any of u get my point of vieuw or experience the same thing...... but
i definitely love it

No positive reaction from me, i don't like it at all, it smells to sweet, to sharp and chemical.

This is the first perfume I instanly fell in love with...love from the first sniff.It is very sexy,warm,seductive smell.To me,it smells of vanilla and chocolate-yummy!It's like sex in a bottle!When I had it,I got compliments everyday ,everybody was asking what's that amazing fragrance!Now I'm using Versace Crystal Noir,which is my signature scent,but probably after I finish my bottle I would repurchase Hypnotic Poison.

This perfume is such a let down.. on me it smells like DOWNY. straight up downy! it's not a soft smell on me, it's a in your face smell. but my dad smells amazing in it.

On me this is pure powder and nothing else. Probably no one will agree with me on this, but I think it smells kind of like Kate Moss Vintage. Vintage just has a slight peppery vibe while this one does not.

I can't seem to move passed how much I think it smells like root beer! it's cool but I cannot think of any scenario in which I would wear this. when I had my brother smell it he said "I don't know why they would make this a perfume. it's horrible"

Hey Marily,my favorite s Escada magnetism but just for winter.

Hey advabart,Hypnotic Poison L'elixir and Hypnotic Poison Extrait de parfum stay stronger.. i think because of notes.

I really thought I would love this, but I don't. The biggest reason is that it reminds me of someone. I don't want to smell like someone I know. This is not the perfume's fault of course.

The other reason I don't like this is that there is a strong 'chalk' note that comes out on my skin. This, combined with the heady other notes in HP makes me feel nauseated after about thirty minutes.

Very long-lasting and strong, if this was a scent I loved it would've been worth the money!

Hypnotic Poison is perfection in perfume for me. I smelled it once on a friend and I had to ask her what she was wearing. I rarely ask people what they're wearing unless it's just that delicious smelling. On me, HP lasts 7+ hours and radiates outward a few feet. I get compliments from my boyfriend whenever I wear this. I swear, this perfume is a great attractor of the opposite sex as men love this on ladies. Almond, sandalwood, slight coconut, and vanilla are the biggest notes I pick up from this, but it's unlike any other vanilla perfume I have and I have a lot of vanilla-based perfumes. It's truly a unique perfume.

Well, after testing HP twice, and having been wearing it for over 8 hours now, I feel ready enough for my review.
Realizing I can't actually add anything new to all the great reviews down here, since there isn't much which hasn't been said already, I have decided to do a mini search instead.
To me, this scent can be best described using three key words: plastic, synthetic and medicine. However, it has struck me, that out of 748 reviews, only 15 reviewers have found HP plastic-y, synthetic or medicinal! [to be precise: plastic is mentioned 14 times, medicine/medicianl 15, and synthetic 9].
To sum up, this could have been a beautiful scent. What a pity on me it fails to feel like that...

I also thought of Hypnotic Poison while smelling Crazy Rem. So I do a side-by-side comparison right now of CR, HP first edition and HP recent edition.

Crazy Rem is like the funny sister of Hypnotic, especially in the dry down, where they are very alike.

In the top of Crazy Rem I definatially get a whiff of the original Rem, which means it leans slightly towards Womanity in a way. I find the original Rem revolting, I have to add; I like Womanity and can bear Aqua Motu, just to get you the frame of my taste here. To me this salty smell can give the impression of warm skin at the beach, but it also can smell anti-perfumery if too heavy.

In comparison to Hypnotic CR is sunny and positive and bright, I also get a little suntan lotion. Therefor it is really beachy: Rem ( = hot sea) + suntan lotion (coconut, ylang ylang, tiare, tuberose, vanilla, sandalwood).

Hypnotic on the other hand is very foggy from the start, especially the first edition with the funky stripes on the box (the recent has lost a lot of fogginess, smells more raunchy and much much lighter, especially on the sandalwood). First edition starts like recent edition, but recent gets weaker while first goes stronger with time. Talking of projection monster strong here.

Actually I think the coconut and sandlewood makes Rem and Hypnotic sisters, the similarities are there from the middle to the end. Crazy Rem is a sister of the recent edition of Hypnotic, though. The first edition goes a different direction with it's heaviness and projection.

To me Hypnotic Poison always evokes a melancholic feeling, which stops me from wearing it. It's like HP is holding something back, like a beautiful woman, to whom something happend that was very grave and that let her be warily of life; it is a very serious perfume. This is especially true for first edition, recent is more like sweet "meh".

Crazy Rem gives it a very nice positive twist and frees the perfume from all this gravity; I might be tempted to buy a bottle as a summer frag, but I'll wait until I get my hands on EL Bronze Goddess 2013.

If you are a fan of HP and you are looking for something similiar for summer, this might be a good catch. You have to like the salty sea cream smell of Womanity, though, because this is what you get in addition.

KateAnette, you've made it perfectly clear. Thanks a lot!

@Advabart
I think the regular Hypnotic Poison only comes as eau de toilette?
The flankers, Hypnotic Poison L'elixir and Hypnotic Poison Extrait de parfum are perfumes/ stronger ones i think.
(There is also Hypnotic Poison Eau Sensuelle and Hypnotic Poison Eau Secrete, i think these are eau de toilettes as well). Don't be fooled by the EdT tag on these, all the Poisons are quite strong.
All the Hypnotic Poison versions have different notes, so they do smell different from each other.

The differences between eau de toilette and eau de parfum varies, depending on what house/ brand it is.
Some houses make really "light" eau de parfums, other houses make their eau de toilettes really strong.

Thanks, iremz.
Did you mean there are two versions of Hypnotic Poison, which differ only in terms of strength and longevity? No other changes in notes between HP edt and HP edp?

A nice vanilla based fragrance, very strong, complex and definitely expensive smelling. I love the smell of this but to me this is a bit too strong to wear it everyday, I prefer lighter, more wearable scents. Reminds me a bit of Kenzo's Amour, except this one is much more nutty and complex.

Iremz which is your favourite perfume? Mine is Narciso Rodriquez for her and I get the edp always when I buy perfume

Hey advabart,

Edp is eau de parfum
Edt is eau de toilette.

One bottle for edp they usin per %15/%30 essential oil
One bottle for edt they usin %2/%4 essential oil.

Because of that,edp stay min 4 hours in ur skin,edt stay 0-2 hours.

İf u gonna try for a first time,u can buy edt (they r more cheap),if u tried and like it buy edp.

My mother used that,so almondy and vanilla notes for me. Maybe just for winter or night. But really long lasting it s stay for 8 hours.

I got an EDT sample from a generous saleslady [for the first time in my life! they are not willing to give out samples in my place ...] It's quite a unique scent, but not exactly my taste, although I'm a vanilla lover. I guess the reviews here are of the EDP. Is there any difference between the EDP and the EDT?
Help, anybody?

I acquired a new and sealed vintage 20ml refillable oblong bottle off eBay, at the bargainous price of 8 pounds (when the same flacon on eBay 'retails' for over 100!) so first of all yay for eBay! It is a very nice vanilla, with lots of sugary marzipan, but the kind without bitter almond. Very happy to add to my collection, I will wear it those cold days and nights when I need some warmth and comfort to cheer me up. I am actually finding this quite an innocent, not very loud-sexy smell, but I guess that's just down to personal taste

Tried this. As most vanilla scents smell like pee on my skin, this one didn't. It smelled like black licorice. It smells totally different on my sister's skin (was her perfume). I wouldn't wear it, myself, but it IS a good scent. Nothing wrong with it at all, just not my style.


ETA: 20 minutes later, I smell the vanilla. But it STILL does not smell like urine on my skin, which is currently cold and dry (I am normally pretty sweaty). It is an absolutely gorgeous scent. Still not my style, but it is good. As far as vanilla scents go, this is high quality. If you are after a feminine vanilla, this might be the one.

hypnotic poison is one worthy successor of the mighty poison lineage. It's extremely sultry, sexy, unusual. Right from the top notes, a synthetic undertone sneaks underneath the fragrance; you can smell the gourmand opening of apricot, plum and coconut. sharp, sweet and sour. A decadent almond and vanilla accord peaks through and grows warmer and more oriental by the minute. It is one beast of a concoction.
5 stars.

On some people smells absolutely horrid,so I was avoiding it for years and years....One day I decided to take a chance and give it a try.To my genuine suprice it was totally different perfume on my skin.I am so happy that I can pull this on and not to be affraid that I smell like people in dark ages when covering they BO with a strong scents.Lol

My hubby went overseas and I batted my eyelashes and asked if he would buy this perfume for me. I have wanted it for so long. Then to make doubly sure he got the right one I gave him a picture of it with "Do not get Sensuelle or Secrete version"
He arrived home yesterday with two 50 ml bottles..... 100ml was sold out!
He tested it and liked it!!!!!!!

I JUST LOVE IT......Vanilla....Ahh

I have 2 teenage daughters, one just loves perfumes, the other gagged or sneezed at my every attempt at getting her to like a perfume. I held my arm up to her nose and she held her breath and refused to smell it. (Believing all perfumes are not her thing) Then a few moments later she said what was that, the vanilla had lingered and she immediately sprayed some on her wrist and found her one and only signature scent. Now I have to guard my brand new expensive loved bottles of Hypnotic Poison.

Its sillage is great, not overpowering, but enough for other people to know you are wearing it and appreciate it and not run for the exits.
Longevity is great too, 8 hours plus (sometimes you can smell it after a shower or in the morning)..... I think I tested this way too often.

i'm glad that katiecakes, at least, is getting enjoyment from this perfume as the olfactory version of her favourite dessert. i feel i have to add something further to my odd experience yesterday - as noted below - because my previous experience with it was pleasant! none of the rippin'-yer-throat-out sensations, none of the disconnect between the acrid top notes and the eventual candy-shop atmosphere.

>sigh!< must be because i'm getting old, or, rather, i am, like a fine wine, maturing.

well, the only way to fix it was to rub a bit of esprit de parfum of the original poison into my arms, near the wrists, so that every move would scent the atmosphere but not too near my nose.

this calls up a question.

how many of you have posted amended or outright new reviews because the same perfume no longer smells right? there can be changes in metabolism, one's hygiene (using different laundry detergent can leave residues on one's skin that interact - doesn't have to be a lot), one's perception -

hypnotic poison is one of those perfumes i loved because it was different - sassy, somewhat in-your-face at the same time as it abided by the classical french construction, which, in my opinion, is the only way to go. who wants to smell the same all day long? the progression of interactions among the various perfume components and the skin, the atmosphere etc. exerts subtle influences upon one's mood, and it is sad when a reliable perfume seems to part ways. it isn't a case of heat, or light - my collection is treated almost as reverentially as wine! cold, dark, stable linen press that is not often disturbed, so that the elixirs can slumber until called upon for their duty.

i am far from ready to throw out my hypnotic poison, my partner and i loved it last time, tho at the moment he isn't big on trying it - wait till one may open the windows again! he says - so there might yet be a third take on this complex number.

(c)Daisy Morant 2013

This is exactly a root beer float. EXACT. Deep creamy vanilla bean ice cream with root beer soda. I use this in the fall and it is definitely a night time scent. Root beer is my favorite soda so this is right up my alley. If I have a root beer float I think of this perfume if I spray the perfume I dream of root beer floats. They are one in the same :) Thick scent and long lasting power. Trying to collect all the poisons even though they are extremely expensive. I own this and pure poison which smell totally different. Pure poison actually stinks like granny perfume, smelled different to me in store kind of feel like my bottle was old.

original formulation, black cap.

>ack!< what a choking blast! root beer, sarsaparilla, anise, gentian root bitters, all held together in a caramel web with bitty bits of almond. don't think i would characterize this EDT as "syrupy delight" or "creamy", or "sweet". . . the caramel has been stripped of most of its sweetness, perhaps nearing the point when it will overheat, go black and -

perhaps that is the poison??? no, i don't think you can poison someone with carbonized sugar.

but wait: is that a halo forming over my head or a sign that i'm a hypnotizing, poison-happy she-devil?

or an echo of YSL's notorious suggestion that a french perfume named poison had more in common with fish than noxious substances??? as the sweetness settles into my clothes, i have to say, all that remains this time is the root beer/sarsaparilla edge. bllllerghhhh! definite proof that one can never entirely predict how one's favourites will wear on one's changing(aging) body.

now to determine just how poison itself smells 'pon the bod.

tho i am curious - how different is the old formulation of EDT from the perfume?


(c)Daisy Morant 2013

Forget the eau sensuelle this one is WAY more delicious and raw. The vanilla is more voluptuous and has a more expensive feel to it. This one i find is more simple, gets straight to the point of what is desired in hypnotic poison. Great signature it is HIGHLY memorable.

The almond in this is really bitter. Thats why I couldnt love it. Yet it smells really expensive and sexy (kenzo amour smells quite cheap and nothing sexy) I would prefer eau de sensuelle version since it has no almond in it. For almond lovers I suggest you l'instant de guerlain magic. It has same notes with softer and better mixed almond

This is one of those that's almost impossible for a person who likes perfumes don't identify / detect in another person or in his own skin (in a blind test). The focus of this scent is obviously the vanilla. It's here that's all the passion that the hypnotic scent promises. It's a wonderful and delicious blend of vanilla, coconut milk and almond oil (no, I don't speak of bitter almond). A wonder deliciously tempting and lovely. If you haven't tried it, run!


Scent:

4,5* /5*


Bottle: (I love the bloody red color of the bottle.)

3,5*/ 5*

I would sell my soul for this.

Male Skin+Hypnotic Dior=Sex in a bottle

I am in love with this! it lasts soo long and smells like heaven in a bottle!

Tried this years ago and it was unbearable. Tried it again last year and it was just right. Perhaps its been reformulated, perhaps my tastes have changed. Love this one, unique and the scent lasts 5+ hours. Worth the money in my opinion. A little goes a long way.

SEX IN A BOTTLE!

I smelled this for the first time just before christmas but made the mistake of only smelling it on the sample card (big mistake) I didnt even give it a second thought!

But after reading the reviews a few days ago on here i thought i would try it on me,as soon as i put it on in the chemist i knew i had to have a bottle,im sooo glad i tryed it as its a beautiful fragrance and only got better the longer it was on.

I use 2 sprays and it lasts for agood 7 hours on me (there arnt many that last more than a few hours on my skin) and gives off the most beautiful soft fragrance.

Great site and great reviews!

yes, this truly is a sexual elixir in a bottle; I still use it, but only when I go out clubbing or for late evening parties... it used to be for year my One and Only; but since they reformulated it, something is missing... and now I also don't feel really confortable wearing it by day or at work; ;-) may be when I was younger I was more provocative and bolder, now at 30 I look for "classier" and subtle fragrances, specially by day, but still quite sensual; now I love Vanilla form Reminiscence, soft, powdery, with an elegant "suede" note, a bit retro', and very similar to Cuir Beluga, just a bit lighter...
But when i want to feel ultra sexy, vamp," poisonous" then I still turn to HP ;-)

This is liquid sex.

Women Perfume gorgeous and sexy and worth the experience but loses element of consistency somewhat

Love this perfume! I'm new to the perfume-collecting world so can't detect any notes specifically aside from the vanilla, but it smells creamy, woodsy, and sweet. That's the dry down on me and I can't get enough. I'll have to try the Eau Sensuelle to see how it compares. Maybe I can get away with wearing that one during the warmer months as HP is definitely a cold season perfume.

Also, I have to disagree that this is a "young" scent just because it's sweet. But to each their own.

It's a great and very distinctive scent but also an instant migraine in a bottle. And I can wear heavy scents - I was a Kenzo Jungle Elephant addict for at least 3 years. But this one is unbearable, it makes me sick, and I actually love this scent, so the only way to feel only love for it not fear and stomach-churning sensation is to wear the Eau Sensuelle version.

I understand why people love this perfume so much--it's certainly one of a kind. Unfortunately, the bitter almond and the fruit together just don't work on my skin. At all. And I CAN'T GET IT OFF. After scrubbing twice and showering, it's STILL THERE.

I'm a huge fan of Kenzo's Amour. The 'rice' and playdoh note are very similar - but in Hypnotic Poison the coconut note seems very noticable. Hoping the coconut mellows out a bit. I accidentally just emptied out my entire sample vial, MAAAAD.

Might be the only Poison I'll like and if I were to find a good deal somewhere - I'd most certainly snatch up a bottle. It's definitely a bit more woman than Amour, let's see if this will become competition. Will have to try the Eau Sensuelle, seeing that it doesn't list coconut. This might be a little too much suntan lotion for me otherwise.

Edit: The coconut drifted off and left a lovely result behind.
Longevity and sillage seem quite alright to me - even post shower scrubbing I am still reminded of it. Very impressive.

I really like this perfume. Sandalwood and vanilla make the perfume playful and feminine. It has longevity and sillage. I believe, however, it is a winter perfume.

When I smell this,I pick up cherry pipe tobacco and black licorice mixed with deep vanilla and rootbeer

I love it beyond all others but find it more of a heavier winter scent.

There is a woman in my office building that wears Hypnotic Poison, only I didn't know the name of the perfume until much later.
It is so delicious. Every time we passed each other and I'd smell that scent I felt like falling to my knees and melting. I kept thinking "I'll follow you till the ends of the earth on my hands and knees with you wearing that scent"

I'm not sure why I don't love this perfume. It's creamy, feminine and confident - it's definitely a great perfume! I just think this one is too heavy and powedery for my taste, at least for everyday use. It's just too much of everything for me. I would also like to point out that it's for sure a grown-up scent in my opinion. I usually don't like to label perfumes like that, since people can like whatever regardless of their age. However this just smells so sexy and womanly that I associate it with adult women, not young girls or teens. As I am currently in my late teens, I might like it better when I get older. But for now this just isn't for me. Cool bottle and very long lasting though!

This is one of my all time favourite fragrances! I'm wearing this today and while I'm huffing my wrist just now, it makes me think of a woman, maybe an artist, wearing "Hypnotic Poison" as her only accessory to the finest beige, shoulder-padded cashmere wool coat, black pantsuits, creme coloured silk shirt blouse and red lacquered nails, to a meeting with her agent.

This is a striking and powerful statement/signature fragrance.
Hypnotic Poison doesn't please and sweet-talk, she's not about that.
She's not "young", romantic, shy and a seeker of knowledge anymore..., but
wise, determined and smart. She's on a secret mission. A smooth operator.

In my imagination, this is the perfume that the likes of Marlene Dietrich, Anna May Wong and Tamara Lempicka would have had on their crystal art deco dressers along with Vol De Nuit, Tabac Blonde, Mitsuoko, Joy etc., if Hypnotic Poison was launched in the 1920's or 1930's.

It's an empowering potion exuding an air of strength, self-determination, dominance, generosity and above all ultimate elegance.

I don't think that this is a cosy comfort scent per se and principally not a gourmand, considering that the vanilla and coconut notes, at least to my nose, smell somewhat synthetic, dry and muted, like other reviewers referring to the plasticky smell or that of play-doh.

It's the sweet almond, dark plum and sultry tuberose notes that make HP feel warmer and more approachable to a certain extend.
But that is exactly what I love about Hypnotic Poison and I think, this is where the genius in Annick Menardo's composition lies:
I find this contradictory quality to it absolutely extraordinary and intriguing.
It feels aloof and embracing at the same time.

As with most of the fragrances that I count among my favourites today, I have tried HP over 10 years ago, when I was in my early 20's. Back then I couldn't make any sense of it and it left me pretty unimpressed.
Now I realise, I was too young for HP at that time. I simply wasn't ready for it, yet.
I have revisited this fragrance 2 years ago and now this is an essential in my collection and to my mind, a truly masterful "classic".

This is a 10 out of 10 for me!
Sillage and projection absolutely live up to the standard of this exceptional fragrance. Longevity is superb!

Gorgeous creamy almond-coconut scent without being too sweet or gourmand. It does have that sort of suntan lotion feel to it, but it's the sexiest, most luxurious suntan lotion you'll ever smell. Lasts for hours and has strong sillage. Popular, but not "common" smelling.

Heaven...

HP + Pacifica Indian coconut nectar = Devine

First, I must say I’m a vanilla hater. I hate all the “edible” fragrances. Second, I have an extremely sensitive nose and often I can smell things that other people can’t, so I am very picky about perfumes. And third, I am of those unlucky people whose sweat stinks like hell, and I had had genuine trouble to look and feel ladylike while reeking as a football team.

Solved by HP.

HP is just a wonderful example of how much a perfume can depend on your own body chemistry. On me, there are no vanilla notes. I can smell fresh milk cream, tingly spices, dark rose, dry sandalwood and bitter almond, with just a hint of musk. It lasts for hours, and on my skin and in my hair for almost two days. The miracle is that my sweat doesn’t exist any more – if I am dancing, it will just add to the intensity of HP. I’ve been using it for 11 years now and often I am told by people that it smells quite different on me, they love it. (I love it too, of course.) My husband adores it – he claims he can feel my feromones and hormones through it.

I’d describe it as warm and deep, with a provoking mix of creamy and dry. Great for winter evenings, even greater for summer nights, and absolutely fitting for your day if you know how to wear it. It sends a strong message of sexuality, so first make sure if it matches your personality. Also, it’s bit demanding when it’s about your clothes and style. Be sure you’re wearing HP, not that HP is wearing you.

Hypnotic Poison, is an enchanting, vixen of the night. Her sexuality pulsates through her svelte body, and she exudes a smell that can entrap any man in her path. On a guy Hypnotic is just Amazing, or so I keep getting told whenever I Use it. Being a Vanilla Fan it was not hard for me to fall for this Siren in Red. Hypnotic Opens up with a Plum, coconut fruit explosion and gives way for a party of dark florals and Woody temperaments, The Vanilla and Almond are the Rulers from the start to End with the other notes just adding depth and mystery and preventing this fragrance from going all out girly frills. HP is not a scent of young giggly girls and teens, she is a woman of power, magic Sensuality, ethereal beauty and the power and wisdom of aphrodite and Athena combined.
I feel inferior to wear her, Yet when I do, the spirit of HP works her charm and this time she even tepmts her fellow women to fall to her Powerful Charm.
9 out of 10.
Oh and HP lasts and projects.
Projection-5 hours then lays close to skin
Longevity-10 plus hours.

I feel like I have searched high and low and NO OTHER FRAGRANCE comes close to my LOVE for this Fragrance (including others in the same Dior family).

It makes me feel sexy, bewitching, and delicious

I love this on my skin. So gorgeous, it creates sort of physical craving. Fantastic blend of vanilla and almond, with the hint of jasmine. For heavy winter, though.

What an interesting perfume.
At first spray, I get a weird, almost medicinal scent, followed by play doh. After it has sat for a minute, it starts to morph into root beer candies. It hangs out there for about an hour, and then changes into a nice vanilla+almond+woods+coconut concoction. There is always a strange note of something heavy lingering in the background throughout, I would call it licorice [even though that is not listed in the notes].
The sillage and lasting power is amazing. 3 sprays lasts 8+ hours, and I am constantly getting whiffs of myself any time I start moving.
For me personally, I don't like this perfume. It smells great, but it doesn't feel like *me*. But I would not be offended smelling this on other girls. It is a beautiful fragrance.

I haven't tried this one on yet. I sprayed it on sample paper and waited about 10 minutes. At first, it smelled of vanilla and mild spice. Then it morphed into root beer. Just plain old root beer. Eh.

Obtained this scent in a 2006 formulation from a lovely Fragrantica member.

Upon first application I get a hint of fruit, in particular plum. The heart notes to my nose are vanilla, almond and coconut. Very powdery and delicious.

It is not until the dry down that I really detect any of the white floral notes, jasmine being the main attraction. The dry down also begins to bring forward woody notes, in particular light and powdery sandalwood.

Overall I find this to be a powdery, comfort scent in the vein of gourmand. There is also a liquor or boozy edge to the almond. I can imagine at the time of its creation it was quite unusual, but in the current market with a plethora of overly sweet gourmand choices, this shines as a delicious and not overdone sweetness.

I do not find this to be a sillage monster as it is frequently touted. I leave a trail, but do not clear a room. I get excellent longevity. It has always been my concern that this scent would be too heavy for regular wear which prevented me from buying it, so I am glad that I took the plunge.

I see no problem with this as a day or night scent, but find it lends itself to cold weather, like a favourite comfy sweater. I am wearing it at work today and a female colleague keeps coming into my office and asking what smells "wonderful".

I also do not find this to be particularly dark or mysterious, rather I think its seductive appeal is due to the homey and comforting nature of the scent. Besides testing has shown men like their partners to smell like food, vanilla and pumpkin pie being particular favourites.

I find this to be the sweeter and younger sister to Cartier Basier du Dragon, which has greater emphasis on the booziness of the almond, as well as more wood in the base and less musk/powder.

Very nice, elegant and delicate vanilla perfume. It stands long and helps me to feel comfortable in my own skin.

I recently got this in part based on the reviews of it being a man magnet ;-) in part because of a recomendation from a friend. Years ago I had the Pure Poison which I did like but was not too crazy about. I mostly bought it for the lovely, lovely bottle with the old fashioned vaporizer. In any case, back to Hypnotic, I was pleasantly surprised whn I sprayed this on me. It is a hard to describe smell, i want to lick my self i smell soooo yummy like a a magical coconutty chocolatly pastry. If the enchanted apple from the snow white fairytale was a cocunut this it what it would smell like! Kind of like a spell, bewitching indeed. Still have not tried the "spell" on the boyfriend....will wear this on Valentines day!

You can wear this as a man, trust me women love this fragance on the rigth men, when a girl use it, she is the queen of the nigth. Sweet and sexy.

As I always say you cannot go wrong with Dior

if you want to experiance both flavours which are opposite to each other. bitter and sweet this is it perfect blend of bitter almonds and vanilla 's sweetness reflects a persons bitter side of sweet personality love it like it have it

I tend to shy away from vanilla-based scents since I usually find them a bit cloying and can't help but associate them with being surrounded by girls wearing Vanilla Fields back in high school. But this, I really like! And while I know there's obviously vanilla in it, my mind doesn't immediately think "vanilla perfume!" when I smell it.

On first spray, I find myself unable to decide if it reminds me more of root beer or cream soda, but ultimately lean towards the latter. After 20-30 minutes, it starts to veer more into root beer, but more like the hard candies that are shaped like little barrels—yes, exactly like root beer barrel candies! This is the dominant impression I get from Hypnotic Poison. As it settles further, I do get Play Doh, too (though I'm not sure I would've identified it as such if I hadn't read others mentioning it) and occasionally a hint of something like licorice.

This fragrance is so gourmand and evocative of such innocent pleasures (cream soda, root beer candies, Play Doh) that I really can't think of it as sexy or mysterious at all. Never mind, we don't always have to play the vamp. I can imagine this being something that I would happily douse myself in while at home alone or before bedtime—the kind of thing where I don't care whether others like it or dislike it; I just want to keep smelling it! An unexpected pleasure for someone who'd previously gravitated toward your average fruity-floral.

Hypnotic Poison is a unique and seductive fragrance.

I know this sounds a bit weird but it smells like rich, creamy hot chocolate with almonds sprinkled on top. It's deep, dark and beautiful, perfect for date night ;) Lasting power is great, about 8 hours and sillage is great too.

Overall, a beautiful, unique and seductive fragrance. Highly recommended!

a warm and cozy vanilla scent without being overly sweet. smells much better on skin than on paper. even tho i think it smells quite common, i can see why people like it, also it's quite longlasting.

just pure amazing. the perfect blend and combination of ingrediants. always blows me away.

este sin duda es uno de los perfumes mas selectos y dulces que yo haya conocido mi nota un 11

I NEED TO OWN THIS. Smelt today in Boots and I love it - admittedly when I first put it on I didnt like it. But the drydown on it is gorgeous I can really smell the almonds and vanilla which are my faves.

I love Kenzo Amour and this is VERY similar, apart from this is really long lasting and has 1 more note that is slightly different.

I do understand the play doh smell people talk about but I love that!

Hopefully Ill be able to get a bottle duty free :)

Today was the day that i realized just how great this perfume smells and how much i love it.
The creamy almondy vanilla scent is to die for.
I think this would work best in the fall and winter and in the day and night :)

I absolutely adore this! The opening is strange to me. Vanilla with a sweet plastic note and some spicyness softened by the almonds. Then comes the playdoh. I keep a jar of Playdoh in my desk drawer at work for aromatherapy so I can differentiate this scent as more floral with a suggestion of playdoh. It's not a kiddy smell. It's interesting to me. The soft vanilla/almond drydown is so comforting and beautiful. It brings thoughts of being all snuggled up in a favorite quilt. I applied this at 4pm yesterday and at 8am this morning, the scent still lingers on my skin. I am truly captivated by Hypnotic Poison and have determined I'm gonna need a bigger bottle!

WARNING: negative review. Take with grain of salt or skip.

The opening is strange and not at all beautiful.
Play-doh and something coldy medicinal
The dry down is vanilla with almond. It's admittedly better than the ugly opening, but it was not enough to redeem the fragrance for me. Very cloying.

It's an over-the-top caricature of female sexuality (Anna Nicole Smith impersonating Marilyn Monroe). This fragrance left me feeling sleazy rather than beautiful. It just tries too hard and ends up overdosing on vanilla in a desperate attempt at being sexy IMO.
This can be construed as a positive or negative depending on how you feel about it but one spray of Hypnotic Poison made me smell like I had been bathing in the stuff.

HP is a turn off for me. Sorry fans.

I had just found out I was a few weeks pregnant when HP was realesed.
I remember going into a Douglas perfumerie to get some skincare and the SA gave me a few fragrance samples one of these was HP.
When I got home I tried it and nearly fainted I fell so ill I thought I was dying but.... that was the immense beauty of HP then, fair enough I was pregnant but I still was mesmerized by this gorgeous larger then life scent even thogh It made feel sick.
HP used to be such a deep mysteriuos even dark fragrance, unfortunately what we have on the market at present is just a pale shadow of it.

Oh dear, I find this dreadful and more dreadful as in the true meaning of the word, making one feel full of dread. The caraway note in this scent hit me first in the topnotes, mixing with the apricot and plum into a syrupy cough medicine/cough drop elixir that was fairly nauseating and lasted about 30 minutes. At that point the woods began to come in and the almond note became stronger. The sweet flowers overtook the fruits and made the entire scent overwhelmingly sweet. I've smelled jams that were not this sweet. I've eaten candy that was not this sweet. There is nothing to counterbalance the uber-sweetness of the fruits and the white flowers, compounded by the very sweet sandalwood, There is only the weird medicinal note of caraway. Patchouli would have been better or at least some spice. To my nose, this is just a sweet, stonking mess.

I gave it a few hours on my skin and I could endure it no longer. I scrubbed it off and quickly listed it on Ebay. I remember the original Poison as being much darker and more interesting than this one. I deem this one a definite "do not buy."

To me it is almonds and almonds and almonds... Sweet an dull. Like smells from the kitchen when you are baking something (you really wanna smell of that?). I didn't really get the coconut and hardly any florals. Maybe an overripe plum in the beginning. There is a lot of vanilla also, but as I usually love vanilla, I didn't like it here. It was a bit nauseating. It is an ok scent, I imagine it on a mature woman, but for me there is nothing going on. Maybe I would've liked it if it had a sparkly beginning or a spicy note in it. It is like a single-note scent on me... Not worth the price in my opinion.

Caution it is hot!

If this perfume was available from the beginning of time I would imagine it being the signature scent of Delilah, Salome, Cleopatra and Mata Hari. It lures you into its web of sweet, mysterious allure.

Like chocolate candy you know it is bad for you but it is just oh so damn good!

It is like the proverbial red poison apple in classic tale of snow white or even the apple that tempted Eve.

Hypnotic poison is the perfect name for this poison of choice as it is mysterious, tempting and just...oh so damn sexy...

Love it, love it, love it! Light, soft, fresh, clean, unique, long lasting, classy. I could go on and on about this one.

I tried Hypnotic Poison, and I found that it is very synthetic. I believe that is the almond note.
It does smell a bit like playdough, but the playdough on me lasts only about 30-40 minutes. After the playdough fades, this dries down to a very sweet vanilla. I smell no florals at all, and the synthetic note stays for the entire duration of the perfume.
On me, there is almost no projection. :-( My boyfriend had to get right up on my wrist to smell it all.
This is not a bad scent, but I didn't find it to be awesome or a classic. On me, it smelled about like Vanilla Lace by Victoria's Secret or Warm Vanilla and Sugar by Bath and Body Works.
Maybe it was the reformulation, or maybe my body chemistry, but Hypnotic Poison didn't work for me. It may work for you though.

This perfume is warm & comforting. Sure, men find it sexy, but that's beside the point. The most important thing is the way it makes me feel!

I dont get the Play Doh or Rootbeer?

Anyhow I love this perfume, I think it is awesome. I love warm vanilla, almond, coconut, jasmine scents. It feels mysterious and sexy to be wearing it. It last all day , 8 plus hours and you don't have to have your nose touching your arm to smell it either. The first half of an hour could be a little strong for some people, but just wait through it and it develops into this adorable smooth comforting intriguing smell.

This perfume is what I call '' My date night special trick'' If you want your date to get obsessed and crazy about you (even more than he/she will have already been) then have this perfume on. Delicious, provoking, with one word yummy. Trust me. ;)

At work today I walked into the locker room to only be knocked down by the essence of PLAY DOH. I knew what is was instantly. I found the accomplice and as I thought it was hypnotic poison. The guys were calling her play doh all day.I felt really bad for her actually. Not the cheapest of fragrances and very popular it seems. But the guys really brought her down today over it.
Like ive said before I think it's the almonds that give it that play doh feel.

Years ago, I saw this in a store and was attracted to its red bottle and name. “Hypnotic Poison” just sounds so seductive and mysterious, so I sprayed some on from the tester. And wow. I was not expecting such a strong, mature opening, so I put the bottle back and went on my way. But as the day went on, I couldn’t help from smelling my wrist. It has such a deliciously warm opening and smelled seductive and alluring.

I didn’t buy the perfume at the time, but it has been on my mind since I first sprayed some on. It has a most beautiful dry down in my opinion. I love the almond and vanilla combination—so delicious and inviting. I kept stalling on making the actual purchase because it is a warm scent that I would only want to wear for fall/winter and I kept questioning if it was too mature for me.

But this fragrance is undeniable and irresistible. I admit that it does open with a medicinal scent, as some others have noted. The medicinal smell disappears after a half hour, and then it goes right into the base notes of vanilla, almond, and sandalwood (and a hint of coconut still lingering in the background). My nose doesn't pick up on any floral middle notes, but I don’t mind since the vanilla and almond smell amazing together! The sandalwood also helps keep the fragrance creamy and woody, which prevents the vanilla from becoming too sweet. Spices, florals, and fruits are listed in this perfume, but the vanilla and almond are the star notes, especially vanilla. It’s not a sticky, candy vanilla, but it’s comforting and deep. If you are not a fan of vanilla and the warmth of almond and creaminess of sandalwood, stay far away.

This is truly the strongest perfume that I have ever worn; it has fantastic sillage and is a total powerhouse. It lasts several hours all day. One spritz on the wrist goes a very, very long way, so beware of abusing this scent. And when I put too much on myself, I easily get a headache, which never happens with other perfumes. So, I definitely apply lightly. Like the commercial with Melanie Laurent in which she places a little dab on a man’s lips, that little dab should do the trick. It’s bewitching! I don’t wear this daily just because it’s too heavy. Besides, I like keeping this fragrance special by using it on selective days.

So if you like vanilla and almond, and you want something comforting and inviting for the cooler months, try Hypnotic Poison. It’s one of my all-time favorite perfumes. My younger sister doesn’t really care for this scent—she says it smells like “old lady,” so it isn’t for everyone, but what perfume is? So try this one for yourself! 5/5

Smells great but lamentable I get headaches with coconut notes and it doesn't help that it has heavy almond.

I almost love it if it wasn't for that. I do think it's amazing. One of the best and classiest oriental vanillas out there. Has an incredible lasting power >8hrs. If you love coconut with vanilla. I don't see why skip this one. The gourmand from the Poison Collection for sure.

For me, this ist the epitome of sensual, confident feminity. When I first noticed and smelled this scent in a shop, I thought it was too heavy, too in-your-face and too sexy for me to handle it. But I felt a need to try it again and again..., so after 2 years, it got me in the end. It has become one of my favourites! I am a lover of vanilla in perfumes, and this precious fragrance seems to be built from a ton of vanilla, slightly dark but still creamy and soft, mixed with sweet almond and also some nice flowers, who are lingering rather shyly in the background of the composition. My first impression was: instant vanilla pudding! But worn it smells so much better!
I own the un-reformulated version (or a not-so-much-reformulated one at least) with the dark red ring. I love wearing it on dark, rainy and cold days to lift my mood and make me feel womanly throughout the whole day, as its sillage and lasting power is amazing! I also own the flanker "Eau sensuelle", which is more orchid-flowery in the first hours, but I really prefer the original version. It is very distinctive and recognisable.

I've first smelled this perfume on one of my friends. She's been wearing it forever and i really wanted to know which is it. Since that day I've been in loooove with it.
I definitely can smell vanilla, a bit of cocoa and coconut. It doesn't really have that much of floral scents as far as i can smell. It does actually smell a lot different on other people. I tried it on and it smelled alot more fresh on me than it did on my friend. It does sort of change when it's on for a longer time; it becomes more musky. When u first smell it its a bit too heavy, thinking, "oh hey I won't wear this it will make me sick", but actually its really an amazing fragrance.
I can definitely recognize it when someone passes by me, wearing this perfume. It stays on for ages really, if you spray it on clothing it's just gonna stay there, wont fade out, which is amazing!
Would definitely recommend this to anyone who loves vanilla or coconut and would love to try something feminine and sexy :)

Oh how I wanted to love this! Unfortunately it does not love me! There is a note in this that just does not agree with me. There is a beautiful warmth and creaminess to this fragrance that I love. The vanilla in it is deep and inspired. However, there is something else in it that gives me a wretched headache and almost makes me feel nauseated. It's really too bad. The fragrance is very well done and top notch quality. I will have to stick with Pure Poison, it seems to like me a lot better!

This perfume reminds me to a lot of fragrances...yesterday I'm falled in love with Zara Femme and I think definitely is a light version of hypnotic.

Whenever I inhale this fragrance, I hear this song being sung from nowhere and I smile, I close my eyes and I feel the breeze caressing my skin:
I am a woman in love
And I do anything
To get you into my world
And hold you within
.................................
This is my new signature perfume! It is my new and forever love! This perfume winds its way through my senses, passion, & instincts giving me, joy, happiness, confidence, satisfaction & independence!

My 12 year old loves this. She says it reminds her of a rootbeer float and I think she is right on the money with that! Good for her, too girlie for me.

I can't open it! Somebody help me. The lid is too tight. I have had this perfume for about a year but it's still a mystery for me. I can as well say I have "Poison de Secrete" :)

İtiraf etmeliyim ki bir erkek olmama rağmen banyo sonrası sıkmadan duramıyorum. Leziz bir koku!!!

I had to buy it again ... can not be replaced by any other ;)

HP is a very sweet vanilla/coconut gourmand scent that will only appeal to vanilla and coconut lovers, everybody else will probably run for a mile. This stuff is so good I didn't only want to bury my nose but my whole head in it when I sniffed it the first time. Delicious, yummy, in your face, yet soft as well and totally addictive with a foody element to it that manages to just stop short of being too much (if used lighthandedly). HP has great sillage and excellent longevity when sprayed on clothes and tends to stay more linear in the vanilla/coconut stage (which I love). When sprayed on skin it morphes into a soft almond skin scent on me which is also quite lovely but with a much shorter life span. I must admit, though, that a lot of fragrances don't last for too long on my skin. To date this is the best vanilla/coconut combo I have come accross.

This has been my signature scent since I discovered it while on vacation in Toronto with my family, at seventeen years old. I am now a 31 year old mother of 4, and it is still "my" scent. I get compliments every day, and my husband cannot smell it without "responding". I highly recommend this perfume to anyone, however, I am a firm believer in trying a scent, on your inner wrists, for a period of time before committing to it entirely. Body chemistry has a lot to do with how a scent performs. Perfume is chemistry, so it has to blend harmoniously with an individual's chemistry. I describe this scent as deep, sensual and warm.

Unfortunately it smelt like play doh on my skin. Was very disappointed. I believe it's the almonds and the vanilla mix that just doesn't work, so will stay clear of them together.
Will try the hypnotic poison sensuelle as it doesn't contain almonds I believe.
Pity though.

Was excited to try this, as I love plum, vanilla, and almonds. But I was disappointed from first whiff. On me, the vanilla was unnatural smelling (yes, playdough) and heavy, and I didn't detect any plum at all. It reminds me very much of Cinema, so if you like Cinema with your body chemistry, you may very well enjoy this also. If you have neither, then for what it's worth, I think Cinema's golden color and bottle is more attractive than the rather cheap looking apple of Hypnotic Poison.

On a trip to London, with my School classmates in 1999, I noticed this really indulging scent from one og my female clas's mates. On the ship I saw her but hypnotic poison by Christian dior. I myself have since that autumn Day in 1999 been buying, using and loving this indulging tempting scent "hypnotic poison". It still hypnosises me each time I open the bottle and smell.

I have been dreaming of this perfume the first day I smelled it...but the price kept me from getting it...BUT THANK GOD FOR THIS AMERICAN RITUAL OF SANTA CLAUSE AND HIS LITTLE HELPERS...because he gave me the BIG bottle for CHRISTMAS and I am so happy!!! I cannot wait to wear it and seduce every man I pass ;-)

Super heavy vanilla but drydown is sensual with a small amount of spice.Lasts long

I love the vanila and almond, but on skin I get the Playdo aspect that others have referred to. It's still pleasant (certainly not unpleasant), but not enough to buy it.

This fragrance is an acquired taste. It is heavy on the almond and vanilla. Suitable for night time, fall, and winter.

Not a fan of this one. It's an overwhelming boozy-vanilla scent. It smells like sickly-sweet vanilla ice-cream with strong synthetics appearing in the drydown. Another reviewer mentioned Play-Doh, I smell that too. But hey, each to their own!

this really is poison....this should be re-named "Mans ruin".

Every time i wear this syrupy delight i can feel the male attention burning through my skull...eyes will follow you ladies and cheeky smiles will ensue. I promise you.

Dont be fooled by the power of this smell. I feel like if Ulyssus sirens wore a perfume it would be this, it draws people into you and can be dangerous. Its empowering, it gives you new character and will ignite the seductress in you.

Men love vanilla, we know this. Anything that smells like food. But that paired with the almost spicey almonds note and sandlewood just totally creams it out and spiralls into an uncontrollable spin of all things sexy.

Wear with caution.

One of the best fragrances of the world, in my opinion. Better than J'Adore. This always reminds me of my sister, and how I used to steal it from her from time to time :) It's for very independent women, strong and intelligent. It's like a wild cat inside a kitten ;)

ok so i bought this on a sale and wore it today for the first time after seeing all the good reviews, but the only thing i could smell was jasmin and the flowers, no vanilla/almond at all :( maybe it still hasn't reached the base notes idk, is my nose crazy?

I actually have never owned this one, but my best friend wears it so often I could recognize it anywhere. This is a great semi-sweet coconut vanilla scent. I can't really pick up the almond individually since it is blended in with the coconut-vanilla, which is a bit of a shame since I love almond...but it still smells so good.
This a very stylish and modern gourmand. Definetly something I could wear some place nicer than my usual routine, but still feel like myself wearing.
A touch woody and flowery, it has an amazing ability to stay non-cloying no matter how much you put on. My bestie sometimes is guilty of taking a bath in the stuff, but it never gives me a headache. I think the world should pay her for making the world a better smelling place :P.
She wears this one to work, out, and even at the gym. I will always think of her when I smell it :)

This is my cousins signature perfume. It is very sweet, vanilla and very very hypnotic. Too much of this juice can induce headaches and nausea. But on small doses it is just perfectly lethal.This is the way a grown up gourmand should smell like. You have to know how to handle this kind of perfume.

The opening is sharp and then it starts to simmer down. For some reason the middle stages remind me of root beer and banana pudding! It is so good. And at the end it turns into into a fluffy amber and velvet shawl that wraps itself and coils on your shoulders. It is mysterious, intriguing and sensual. I want to roll in it and let it suffocate me. I understand why Dior uses apples, snakes, smoke and Monica Bellucci in the new ads for the recent formulations of hypnotic poison. This is a perfume for a goddess.

This scent is perfect, I don't even want to use it so I have it in my little shelf forever. It is soft, warm and cozy. it has good sillage and longevity. It smells like coconut with vanilla for grown-ups. I get compliments from women when I wear it, but not from men, well not yet at least. My husband like the floral fruity perfumes, but I have like a million of those, so I crave something different every now and then. I love this juice.

UN MUST PER Yves Saint Laurent....anche se come tutti i profumi puo' piacere o no...come a mia moglie che con gran dispiacere non piace..... :-(

There ought to be a law against this stuff! YES its that good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There are no words....

Oh WOW, what a lady! That is one beautiful, beautiful fragrance!

I'm usually not a big gourmand fan, but this stuff is heavenly. I'm always on the fence with vanilla, but the one in Hypnotic Poison is done PERFECTLY. It's not a cupcakey/teenagey/sugary vanilla, but a very warm, sophisticated and womanly one.

I like the nutty notes as well, it's a perfect blend with the vanilla. A very elegant and grown up gourmand.

Love it!

So much to say about this one. Because most of the people talk about how they don't like heavy smells bla bla but surprisingly this is like a best seller lol.

I think this perfume would not be that famous if it didn't last very long and it's sillage wasn't heavy.

What I feel about this perfume is that you've eaten extreme amounts of cheesecake and you're extremely full and you want to eat some more. So you feel sick and weird.

As a perfume lover I love to be realized when I put on a fragrance and man I do love heavy smells,oriental smells,stuff that are considered too much that would give you headache but this one is even too much for me. Not that it's too heavy but there's a note that's overly giving you the feeling that it's sickly much of smth!!!

I agree with the comments that say it either suits your body or not and that you either love it or hate it.

On me it smells like pure vanilla and cacao. And not that long lasting either. But on one of my friends i didn't even realise it was Hypnotic Poison! It was a heavy oriental perfume that was kinda attractive actually.

Finally I think there's nothing to be very sensational about this perfume. But yes I do appricate it's sillage and lasting power(not on me). And I think the bottle and the name are important factors for this one's fame too. Try it before you buy it! You never know how it turns out to be :)

All I can smell is vanilla, and it lingers all day. If you like vanilla fragrance this is a must try. I personally find this rather heavy, even though I have only spritzed once on my chest. I agree with another reviewer that this reminds me of play doh or other scented toys.

I really hate this perfume! My friend wears this fragrance and it make me feel sick. I try to apply a little bit o. my Self even worst. I love vanilla but this perfume can literally chock you. The worst I have ever smell! It makes me wonders why some people still wear this old-fashioned stuff while we now have a huge options for all budgets!

I tried to love this for years, but I always think "Play Doh" when I smell it. I tested in on my skin and immediately someone to my left sneezed. I didn't smell any coconut. I wish I did, and I was hoping it would develop more on my skin. Maybe one day I can appreciate this perfume.

I love the fragrance, but a quick story. We had rootbeer floats tonight and all I could think of eating mine with the vanilla ice cream and the root beer was Hypnotic Poison. It was like I was eating it and it was yummy. You definetly smell the root beer and vanilla. This has been my favorite perfume forever.

Being a huge Dior fan, which I got from my mother, this was a huge let down. It was so sweet it made me nauseous. I thought that it would be like that only when you first sprayed it, and the dry down would be better, but nope. Stayed like that the entire time.

Delicious with fruity coconut in opening, floral middle and sexy warm vanilla in the base. Longevity and sillage are good. But I prefer the Eau Sensuelle version.

This perfume has generated my interest in fragrances. My girlfriend used once. Caused an effect on me that I did not know that a perfume could do. Veeeeery sexy. Incredibly sexy. Sex in a bottle.
After that day, I think I bought about 15 fragrances and I'm still buying. I think my girlfriend is happier now :)

I can definitely smell the play dough in this perfume. I have to agree this perfume is a little over-rated for my liking as there are better ones around with the beautiful vanilla notes and better longitivity. Definitely not for everyone!

Dior has always something good. Hypnotic poison is one of them. Sandy warm coco vainilla smell.Sometimes i like it more than others, it depends how hot is the day. Long lasting scent. Very nice bottle. 3 stars.

i have a small sample of this and the tiny bottle has been sitting in my collection for ages. i decided to give it a try and i absolutely adore it! its so sweet, like a powdery vanilla. its such a sensual sweet scent, but not sickly sweet which is great. its very warm and pleasant. theres also a sheer white floral note to it at the opening. definitely on my wish list!

edit; i find that the dry down gets very powdery smelling which kind of bothers me a bit... i dont think im still willing to purchase a full size of it since its not my fave and i already have a small sample...

Bought this blindly on EBAY and I love it! It is light and a little sweet but not too overbearing. After a while I could not smell it and thought...."bummer". However later on my friend told me she loved my scent and she could smell it but I still couldn't. It's a happy scent and worth the buy for every day wear, non offensive. Maybe it's the almond that makes it smell so yummy. I do love that almond smell!

Powerful, dark and heavy, I adore this scent, I cannot get enough of it. I wear this almost everyday, it is the sexiest perfume. The sensuality of Hypnotic Poison has a great impact on mood, I've found especially on men. It is warm, and comforting, but sinister and seductive. You will NEVER go unnoticed wearing this.

The aesthetic is perfection. The bottle truly looks like a poison apple. The forbidden fruit etc..The colors exude luxury and sophistication. The bottle is a wonderful addition on top of any vanity and the scent is the best accessory to any outfit (or lack of) It is the fragrance of a villainess, it's capable of making you feel like a dark, beautiful, tempting, confident, mighty sorceress.

My favorite by far, it is precious...my precious....

The reformulation is definitely weaker and smells different to the older version. I managed to find a store in London that had a tester of the old bottle (no gold ring below the cap), so sprayed on my left arm - then went to another store and tested the new version on my right. Whilst the notes appear to remain unchanged, newer HP is definitely not as strong-smelling or heavy, and the fruit notes have been brought to the 'front', assumingly to fit in better with modern perfumes. The powdery vanilla and almond are still there, but not in the same dizzying and enchanting quantities. They have essentially made it smell and look more like Eau Sensuelle. Disappointed. Just as i'd started to fall in love with HP after years of umming and ahhing. *sadly hands over horrendous amounts of cash to eBay sellers*

On first spray, it's wonderful warm vanilla. Then, almonds and wood take over, and it's almost too much for my nose. But about ten minutes after, it calms down and becomes more soft; it gets more powdery after some time too.

Unlike most people here, I don't think it's sexy. For me it's warm and comfortable, for the day I want a sweet and warm perfume. It won't become one of my favourites, though.

oh, it's a very long lasting and heavy perfume...i love it..

I love this perfume, but stopped wearing it because every girl has it now.

A present. The scent was wonderful for my personal days of laughter: Coca-Cola, lemonade, A&W root beer.

This fragrance is the love of my life! I pick up on the bitter almond, jasmine and vanilla, with a hint of caraway - everything about it is sensual, confident, and unique.

I don't know how many times this has been reformulated, but it does seem to have lost the play-do vibe I used to get when I wore it back in the late 90's, and the root beer hit I picked up in the early 00's. I will still continue to have back up bottles because nothing compares to Hypnotic Poison for me.

One thing I do find irritating is that the packaging seems to have gotten cheaper looking over time - my first bottle is a deep dark red glass with a heavy black lid, and the box was shiny and foiled, but newer ones are opaque plastic, tomato colored, with a flimsy plastic lid, and a matte red box. All were purchased at Duty Free so I don't think they are fake?

I never thought of being able to replace this perfume. but so it was. because in this bottle is missing something .. they took something. no one could take away this thought out of my head! I KNOW 7-8 YEARS AGO THIS WAS A DIFFERENT PERFUME.
THEY WANT TO CHEAT US!

My favourite perfume, especially night. This screams one word. SEX.

I absolutely "adored" this perfume only till a few months ago. I have had bad experiences with it, that I cannot wear it anymore, and will not wear it now due to its re-formunations.
Firstly I bought it on Ebay...big mistake :( It turned out to be a fake.
Secondly I bought a 50ml bottle from Strawberry net.com only to learn that they sell stock that has been stored incorrectly and is 'off' (hence the reason my beautiful perfume smelt alcohol-like and lasted a brief time only)
Unfortunately now I cannot wear it anymore and advise anyone that uses Strawberry Net, to "PLEASE" be careful as I am hearing more and more that they are selling items they should "not" be selling to the general public :( and gaining "greatly" from the process.

I like gourmand fragrances, but this is just TOO heavy, sickly and cloying for me, too much vanilla, too much almond - it gives me a headache!

I just purchased this, sprayed it once on my skin and very long lasting. Really nice on me.

I really love this scent. My only complaint is that it has NO lasting power. None at all. I have had several bottles, which I end up using more like a body spray than a perfume. For the outrageous cost of this, I expect more. The scent is gone within a half hour.

I was looking for a creamy and cozy scent. I actually found it in Trussardi Inside. On the drydown, it smells exactly like Warm Vanilla Sugar by Bath and Body Works. And it is a skin cent that lasts. It is also less than half the price of HP.

Pleasure in a bottle!! Men love it! Immense effect on mood and self-confidence, warm sensual presence, qualities of a true perfume, i believe...

Most friends who have it use it in winter, butI wear it mainly in the summer - its sillage is fantastic, and so is its lasting power. .. but i prefer the elixir version, the eau de toilette evaporates too fast from the skin. Why don't they have it in eau de parfum, i wonder.. :)

It used to have a bath oil that could also be used as a body oil and it was marvellous..

God I WISH I could learn to love this but I just can't :( I've given it several chances, and each time it gives off this old, musky, strong incense-like smell that neither I nor anyone around me likes. The notes listed all sound so delicious and I want so badly to like this perfume! I'm glad I was able to sample this for a few days before I went ahead and bought a full bottle because this was a total letdown. Perhaps it's just my body chemistry disagreeing with it.

Sexy, vinilla-y, yummy.

Ah so good! My guilty pleasure, my lust and my disappointment too. I was so deeply in love with sweet and soft almond-vanilla scent! But the drydown on me was so bad and stinking, I gave up and gifted bottle to my friend. On her is smelt divine and sexy. Eh...

This is the purchase that made me totally fall in love with perfumery.

Before I bought my bottle, I was always envious of my sisters' one which she it as a Christmas present. Since I couldnt afford my own bottle for a long time, whenever I would enter a pharmacy or walk pass by a Dior counter, I would take the tester and literally bathe myself in it.

It is hard to write a review on this perfume when everyone has already written all that is to say for it. I definitely see how this is a either love-or-hate fragrance based on people's reactions of the smell since it is heavy but in that sort of odd good way. I find that KENZO AMOUR (which is often compared to HYPNOTIC POISON) as way too overwhelming so those who find HP too watered down, you will probably appreciate that one.

Whenever I wear HP, I wear it along with the matching body lotion which I bought separately as I don't find the EDT being strong enough (all my other frangraces are all EDP). Even though this is one perfume which I can't smell on myself, others have remarked how wonderful I smell or how headache-inducing it is so be beware of mixed reactions.

I always wondered how the original HP without the gold rim smelled like since I heard a lot of people complain how the reformulation doesn't live up to the original's standards. I couldn't imagine how HP
could smell better than it already did!

Well can you imagine my surprise when I happened to come across a tester of the original one day and to discovere that I did not see what the craze was about. Yes it was still lovely, but I the reformulation available nowadays is way more sensual because of the vanilla and literally, magical.

In the original, I detected the almond note as being the prominent note so if you covet the original discotinued version, I highly recommend that you get the body lotion as I find that it smells very similar.

Even though my 100ml bottle will last me a long time, I know for sure that this one perfume which I will always repurchase. You have phases when you can't wear anything other than this frangrance and then other time when you can't stand it. But when all is said and done, during the times that I am in love with HP I feel very, very special. That's all that i can say about this. :)

I love the scent. Very much different from the other EDP for women. The current formulation is not as great as the vintage. Too many almonds, or perhaps, to many 'eau' in the mix!

I love this perfume so much. I can't go into the details on the notes but it is one of a kind. I am heartbroken I bought a bottle on ebay from "linconscents" and it had been opened and another cheap perfume poured in. Please if you are a ebayer be smarter than me and realize that this seller or whtever name he goes by next will rip you of. Be aware he is from Nebraska and had marked this 30 0/0 off. Don't be foolish like me. I knew even before I opened the leaking box. The smell was all wrong. Anyone who loves Hypnotic Poison will know.

I would like to know which bottle is the original one. Does anyone know? I recently bought a 50ml bottle with the gold rim around the neck of it. Im so disappointed with it..so watered down..it could just be my skin chemistry but am still determined to find the original to see if this is the case or not :( !

Im TOTALLY confused with this perfume. :( I had tried it again months ago after a long time and it smelt insanely beautiful. So i bought it on strawberry net. IT smelt completely different to how i remembered it and faded almost as soon as i put it on,. The vanilla was almost non-existant and it almost smelt like a cheaper version. It has a gold rim around the base of the lid and is a divine bottle but i am so disappointed that i paid a so much for a 50ml bottle that has no similiarity to how i remember the original poison.

I smell more almond than vanilla. It is creamy, soft but fades quickly and has poor sillage. I agree it is a bit boring, although you can easily like it because it is wearable and unoffensive. I loved its caressness, its modest sweetness but it doesn't drive me crazy. It lacks depth and tenacity.

The current formulation is watered down, almondy, and smells like secnted plastic therefore it is boring.

I have been obsessed about this perfume for a long time. I love vanilla and I have to say that this is my favorite vanilla.

On my skin, during the opening I smell mostly vanilla, a very pure vanilla, not really the foody kind. My nose perceives a lot of almonds as well and I don't think there really is coconut in the scent, but the creaminess of the almonds is what may give that impression. I think I can also smell a hint of licorice here and there. I normally hate licorice but it does not bother me in Hypnotic Poison. The dry down is amazing: woods, spices and even the softest hint of incense… all drenched in the most delicious vanilla essence. It's really perfect, this scent can really be defined as "vanilla and spice, and everything nice".

To me, Hypnotic Poison is not really a femme fatale fragrance (like the advertising suggests or other people perceive it), I consider it to be a comfort scent, cozy and warm, ideal for the colder weather. However, this perfume does have some sort of "intoxicating" quality (in a good way), it is addictive and I can't stop sniffing myself when I wear it.

I also agree with those who say that this perfume smells like play-doh and/or root beer. Yes, it does remind me of those things a bit, but Hypnotic Poison is much more sophisticated than just play doh or root beer, in my opinion.

I own the latest formulation and the scent does seem a little bit watered down but I still get very good longevity (I can even smell it the next day) and a very normal sillage.

My guilty pleasure perfume!!!!
At work a few people do not like vanilla...I wear it anyways! I am careful not to over apply as others can smell it even when I can't anymore!!!

The vanilla is heavy and a little cloying, and the almonds come on so strong I would almost describe it as nutty to start with. It dies down to a kind of medicine, musky base, with what seems like a tiny hint of pepper underneath (this might be one of the wood notes?). Longevity can't be faulted though and it's of the usual Dior high standard. I would put this as an evening perfume, for wearing something rich and sultry - definitely not for every day use.

This is warm & rich vanilla, too strong & heavy for me. Not something i would wear on daily basis. But i like to wear on cold night it give nice comforting feeling. Mine is edt version.

i like it a lot, i wore this today the downside: projection and longevity on me is quite weak; very unisex smells elegant and refined.


90/100

Just tried this gorgeous ruby bottle... it's absulotely sweet sugary sexy poshhhhhh, cant't describe my feeling, will defenetily get this treasure soon .oh by the way still sniff my wrist till now .

Now this perfume has driven me nuts! It is everywhere, it paralyzes my nostrils, they litterally burn with pain when I smell it. You know the smell of the old drwers of our grannys, where they use to keep ala kind of syrups and medicines? That is the exact smell I get every time someone wears it. It is obnoxiuos, vulgar, cheap smell (sorry that's how my nose reacts to this fragrance)
Only once, when I worked in a pub, a girl enetered the door and filled the room with a strong, hypnotic, peppery but fine and expensive smell. She was wearing this perfume but in 10 years she was the only one that wore it beautifully.

a cologne version of Hypnotic Poison? GIVENCHY PI..Man this stuff smells very similar to Hypnotic Poison's dry down..first spray i get powder but 10 minutes later i get that sweet vanilla almond..kinda like a root beer or cream float..reminding me of Poison ...YUMM!!!..very unisex cologne in my opinion..

Dior's Hypnotic Poison made its debut in September 1998. From the start, it stood out from every other perfume on the market, and still today, nothing quite comes close. My mom bought this the week it launched, and it will always remind me of fall '98 and all of '99. I thought it was from another planet when I first smelled this all those 14 years ago. At that time, it was very original with its vanillic, almond and sandalwood character. Even though it starts off extremely sweet, it falls back into place once the bitter jasmine and sandalwood kicks in.

For me, this works best on the coldest winter day with overcast gray skies and snow covered grounds. I like a good thriller, warm blanket and a spray of Hypnotic to go along with this scene.

Pure awesome in a bottle. On myself this smells like waffle cones, vanilla, sugars with a touch of bitterness that is licorice, almond and caraway. It reminds me of a fairy tale. It's sexy, bold, mysterious and slightly dark. I love this. It's a comforting scent.

Well, this perfume is amazing!! even though i dont like much sweet fragnences but this one is so special and attractive, i cant even describe how much i like this perfume, but on myself it's not so good.

I think I misjudged this fragrance. After getting completely weirded out by H.P., I fell in love with H.P. eau sensuelle. Odd, I thought. How could this be? They are so close so how can I like one and not the other? The "essence" is the same! So I revisited this odd, pasty, rootbeer flavored play-doh concoction. Bizarre, yet somehow strangely irresistible. How is this possible? Granted, the new formulation is but a watery shadow of its former self, yet its current state is rather wearable as it is much more subdued and lifeless. This is not such a bad thing if you like your perfumes to last long but not slam you over the head with sillage. Overall, I'm really starting to like and appreciate this odd mixture. Quite intriguing.

strangely my husband adores this one, and only this! For him it's a real turn on, it's almost "me" ... and usually he can't stand any other I have, except may be Crystal Noir Versace, quite sexy to him too. he's very difficult when it comes to perfumes & smells generally!

there is something really mysterious about this scent, almost toxic,devilish & sexy ... the bottle just perfectly matches the feeling. it's fascinating, provocative, and I could see the effects on (male) people around me, it has a strange power, really a potion, a sex call. So beware... as it certainly does not suit everybody!
this one probably is a love it or hate it-fragrance for some.
The Bitter Almond gives it that "dangerous" twist, intoxicating, delicious and devilish; just remember that cyanuric acid had that "bitter almond" smell.
Yet the sweetness here it's just a way to mislead, imagine a sort of poisoned candy apple... looks so inviting, just take a bite of it ... and you'll be totally under the spell! So if you dare wearing this one, and are not afraid of its "sexy vixen" style, it's probably tha One for you. This is more than just a fragrance... 'm sure I'll always own it, can't imagine being without, though now I rarely wear it at work or by day, but it simply reflects the darker, sexy, sensual, part of myself, the temptress.
Staying power is still very good, not as incredible as before reformulation, but yet it lasts 8h! before it was even better, warmer, fuller, deeper, but anyway, it's so unique.

The sexiest perfume I ever owned... Irresistible vanilla paradise mixed with erotic almond muskiness, the guys just love it. Perfect for hot date nights and moments of passion. THE perfect vanilla gourmand by far.

the most amazing perfume of all times! it smells 'passion' ;)

anomie et ivoire..Your review gives me a devilish grin. Perfect!

Menardo's genius on fullest display, this is a sex grenade: a modernized and de-sane-itized L'Heure Bleue without any of that one's cumbersome class. A brunette bombshell (or a blonde with dark roots?). It may be widely worn and a designer scent, drowning in the most used note around--vanilla--but damned if this isn't pure magic. The slightest breeze animates Hypnotic Poison as a slinky villainess. Cruella, the Queen of Hearts, The Black Queen from Barbarella ... all the great meanies could wear this, but at once a girl's night out cuteness keeps things barely tamed. Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch Cherry Bomb! Suburban rebellion in torn fishnets, Cherie Currie as chainsaw artist. Hypnotic Poison's overstated naughty-but-nice angle is high camp gold: the point where saccharine almost rots and is sinister and treading the sex/death divide with the tv trope of cyanide poisoning leaving the smell of bitter almonds on the last breath. Commonly sexy but weird in a way that is very Twin Peaks. All of this for the older formula edt. The new lacks some spice and metallic bite and seems censored, but it still bests the rest of the department store pack.

I tried a tester the other day and when I got home my younger brother said I smelled like the twisted marshmallows with the clown logo/mascot we used to eat as kids. Most probably the vanilla.

I didn't like it when I applied it to my skin but it sort of grew on me on the way home. And after hearing my brothers comment I'm definitely putting this on my want list and buy it when I get the chance.

It smells like the name on the bottle is saying.

I had this perfume for a few years now and I still love it. Most of the time, when I think of a perfume, I think something that's like a white floral and it just sits on top of my skin. Not only Hypnotic poison works with my skin and converts it into a wonderful vanilla, it also breaks the mold by being bitter & sour in taste. I can smell the almond in this without spraying it out of the bottle. When spritzed in the air, I am able to get a whiff of the florals but then the scents settles to that wonderful "old book smell" vanilla. I don't know if the combination with the sandalwood helps make the vanilla smelled aged, but I commend for the genius behind that aged smell. This is a powerful perfume and I recommend one spray at the base of the throat. The progression from top to the base notes is relativly quick, but the middle notes linger as the base blossoms. Eventually the base takes after an hour or so and sustains for most of the night. I wouldn't recommend this for a workplace because it's strong in a cubical environment, but this is awesome if you're working outdoors or traveling through cold weather. Because of bitterness of this perfume, I feel this would be suitable for night time.

My mom had the original poison when i was a little girl.20 years later...and i'm in love with Hypnotic Poison.I have the old version,before the reformulation i mean.Oh My God,what a chic vanilla-almond perfume,every time i use it,i feel so feminine,so powerful,so confident.A perfume for a mature nose,for a mature personality.It's not girly at all.If you are not a grown up lady,stay away plz!

LOVE THIS!.when i smelled this on a paper strip it reminded me of a powdery Jergens Cherry Almond lotion..But on my skin ..at first spray I smelled root beer and licorice then later on the "jergens lotion" i smelled initially on paper .the longer it stay on your skin the better!..This will be in my fragrance collection FOREVERRRR!

** UPDATE***..My sister said i smelled like PLAYDOUGH! (this was maybe 5 minutes after spraying)....then later on male co worker said I smelled REALLY GOOD like vanilla and that he LOVES vanilla (this was in the mid dry down)...

My absolute favourite of all perfumes. Mysterious, and gothic comes to my mind when Im wearing it. Have worn for over 10 years.

This is an outside the box fragrance for me. I usually gravitate toward the safe, clean smelling perfumes. I was in Sephora looking for something different. I smelled this and, wow! amazing! I always wanted to find a sweeter fragrance that suited me without being overly sweet & too young for me to pull off (i'm 39). I knew right away this was it, my "not so safe but not overly perfumy" scent. I had to have it. My husband loves this too. The best part is it attracts people but doesn't offend. lasting power is great. I am so happy I found this classic gem. Perfect for the fall & year round I think. I love the bottle, looks like a poison apple, perfectly naughty in a sweet way.

I love vanilla/oriental fragrances and love this one!
I was bit disappointed to find out it only comes in Eau De Toilette but after using it I discovered it lasts on me.
Very warm scent, it dries down to more musky scent.
I adore it and will buy again!

My grandma sprayed me with this once when it first came out (she's a slave to trends and loves her gourmands - her other go-to is Mugler's Angel). All I got was play-doh with vanilla ice cream on top. Ick. No thanks.

I was so excited to try this. You ladies LOVE this juice and I love the notes listed but on my skin and with my body chemistry all I get is play dough. Ugh!!!!! I wore it for hours thinking/hoping it would morph into this beautiful intoxicating scent everyone is so fond of. I even went to another department store and tried it on the other arm thinking that the first store must just have a bad tester. Nope. Play dough. What a bummer. Thank God for testers!!!

I found the caraway to pack the biggest punch (smelled of licorice at both the moment of spray and after it settled down on my skin). I didn't notice anything fruity about it, it was more dark and warm. I do love this scent, smells sexy and mysterious.

I profoundly dislike this type of scent. My insolence is very similar to this to this one and both seem to be at the far end of a continuum of almond concentration which goes on through Ange or Demon and juicy Couture,Cinema with less almond and Línstant Magique, with the to me perfect amount of almond. I do love L'Instant Magique but a concentration of almond superior to the one found in Cinema makes the perfume to me very cloying and unpleasant. I have the same reaction to male svents with a lot of almond, like Pi and Hypnose. This type of scent seems to be very appreciated by other people these days though. It is just a matter of taste. Hypnotic Poison, like My Insolence, does have a twist.

I finally caved and bought this perfume, it has now become my signature scent. The only thing that i am slightly disappointed in is that it is not nearly as powerful on me as on paper and it takes as least 3 sprays before i can even smell it and it doesn't last very long at all. It hasn't the 'loud' power of original Poison and really it is a vanilla scent from start to finish, i do not detect any of the other notes that are listed and i most definately do not detect any almond as others seem to. All of that being said i do recommend this as a perfect autumn/winter fragrance and it really DOES drive men wild, my hubby can't get enough of it on me and i see no reason why this perfume should not be worn by women of any colouring, age, etc... Also i am prone to headaches with some perfumes and yet this doesn't bother me at all.

İ think fragrances are not always made for everyone. This one is definately for a brunette. İt would be soft, sexy and intriguing on a darker skinned person. İ am very pale and whenever i try this, i smell like an old lady trying to wear an oriental vanilla scent trying to be younger. But in both ways, it smells classy..

one of the best fragrances ever made. verrryyy long lasting lasts all day. has a unique smell, smells like a delicious cinnamon chocalate and vanilla treat. very sensual and perfect for a date or night on the town. guranteed to make any woman feel sexy

Hypnotic Poison çevremde ki bir sürü kişi için imzam oldu ama ben artık sıkıldım.

I do get the bitter almond paste, the jasmine, the vanilla, when I smelled my wrist after about 10 mins I did get the "play-doh" note and I wanted to laugh so much because it's true! I'm going to try to get myself a bottle before the reformulation, the one I tried today has the gold ring under the cap and new box packaging. This new EDT doesn't seem to have longevity on me but I'm interested. It's a well-balanced gourmand fragrance that is not cloying (even considering the "play-doh" element). There's something to it that you want to smell it again and again.

I saw the new ad with the lovely Mélanie Laurent and Nina Simone covering "I Put A Spell On You", and I thought Nina's Voice was too deep and soulful for the advert. I think the more universal beauty, Monica Bellucci, embodies the essence of Hypnotic Poison better. Although Mélanie's eyes looked absolutely stunning.

09/19/2012: I received the pre-2010 50 ml EDT, yesterday, I was so excited.. There is a big difference as far as the potency of the smell in comparison to the bottles with the gold ring. My kid sister could smell it from a distance. I llove it.

This powerful scent screams: "LOOK AT ME. I'm your master for tonight. You'll please me, me and ONLY ME"

I kept going back to smell this everytime I would find myself looking to buy a new scent. I almost bought Vera Wang Princess, I was becoming so sold on it - but then I decided to try it and it turned into the most horrid thing on my skin. So I didn't even bother trying Hypnotic Poison in the store; I bought it. And it is amazing. Warm, rich, deep, sexy, vanilla - it's a scent for a super hot bitch! This is the second Dior Poison perfume I have ever owned and it's another one I have fallen in love with.

too strong and overpowering couldn't get away with it i had to throw the bottle in the bin after only using it a couple of times . it gave me a headache. hypnotic poison indeed big no no for me

I love this perfume and want to buy it. I think it would smell really good on a very cold fall or winter day. However, this may be strange, but when I first smell this i get a hint of playdough? That doesnt last long though lol! Love it, smells so yummy and warm.

There must be something with my chemistry that doesn't go with this. I keep reading all this fantastic reviews and even A to Z perfume guide highly appraises this. But I would sooo much like to love it, based on notes it sounds the perfect perfume for me. But no. I don't mean to offend anyone who likes this and I'm sure it can smell really good on someone (actually based on my own smelling I can't but I believe all these great reviews), but for me it's one of the most disgusting scents I've ever smelled. It makes me wanna throw up. It smells like something sweet gone bad and rotten, something stinky. I cannot understand how I it's so deeply bad for my nose... I've tried three times now and every time it gets worse, so I just need accept that this one isn't for me. It's not only my nose. After it settled for about one hour I got a friend to smell it from my skin and she thought as well that it was pure awfulness. Strange and unfortunate.

I spray this on my wrist every time I visit a perfume shop as I feel as though this should be my perfect scent, yet something always stops me from buying it. There's always one note that sticks in my nose and makes me think twice; a bizarre, sweetly-bitter, almost rough-feeling accord (bizarre how scents can provide you with sensations). I've realised today from looking at this page that the note I don't like is almond! I absolutely loathe it, and although it certainly isn't at the 'front' of this perfume, it seeks my nose out like a homing missile. A shame, as I love the other notes/accords, and the bottle is gorgeous.

This is one of my all time favourite scents and I always receive compliments when I wear it. However, my 4 year old son always says I smell like custard when I wear it?! lol

This is such a beautiful scent. It's hard for me to find the right words to describe this perfume.
Hypnotic Poison is very warm, oriental, mysterious and delicously sweet. Dont youse too much though, it is very strong (and longlasting).

Beware! Hypnotic Poison might hypnotize you. :)

Personaly i cant realy pick up any other notes than candy licorice and vanilla, its an awesome fragrance and one of my favorites

I don't know what to say about this fragrance- it is like a love/hate with me. It really is a vanilla-y scent (something that i wouldn't normally go for due to the fact that i usually find vanilla too sweet and sickly on me)and i do not get coconut or almonds from this scent at all, just literally vanilla, sandalwood and other 'woody' notes so you would think that i would run a mile in the other direction (and trust me- i have not actually purchased a bottle of this fragrance yet!) but i keep going back to my samples and sniffing, and on one hand i go 'Ugh- too much!' because it IS a strong smell but on the other hand i am soooo drawn to it that i cannot stay away and i see myself going today and buying a bottle and God knows why because it isn't one that makes me go 'aaah, heaven!' like my beloved (and unfortunately dis-continued 'Gloria' by Cacharel) but i guess that it really does live up to it's name because i feel like i have been hypnotized by a poison :-)

This is simply MAGICAL! I imagine this is what Hermione Granger would have worn to the Yule Ball :)

I remember when this came out. I was nine years old at the time. I liked to go to the perfume counter at the department store and admire the many beautiful perfume bottles sitting in rows on the shelves. One day, I came and saw a small table draped with red satin and covered with strings of red and black beads. In the middle of the beads was a red, pumpkin-shaped bottle with a black cap. I picked it up and sniffed it, and my nostrils were filled with the most beautiful scent I had ever smelled; it was rich, dark, and gorgeous, with just the right amount of vanilla. For me, it was love at first sniff. Ten years later, I finally got my first bottle, and it was a gorgeous as ever; sweet, musky, woody, and floral all at once. I have seen people say that it has been reformulated, but I sniffed a tester the other day, and it smelled as good as ever. Maybe I'm just rubbish at detecting reformulations. Still, I may grab a big bottle, just in case...

no matter how many i might like & wear, i know i'll always come back to this one! truly hypnotic, sensual poison.

Let's just say this is to date (Aug 2012) the ONLY perfume I have ever finished a full bottle of.

I'm not sure if the notes listed here are accurate because I've never read about or detected ANY fruit notes, even though it does have a slight "coconut-y" effect.

I've been wearing the original juice for about 10 years now, and I'm so disappointed Dior has changed the formula, though the new juice is probably similar enough for everyone but the most die-hard fans. Of which I'm one, obviously. Here's what you're missing.

The original HP has topnotes that are darker, more nutty, and more lusciously-toxic (it does smell almost metallic). The loamy and now-removed oakmoss makes the vanilla heart just a touch dryer, smokier, and less cloying than the current. And what many people don't realise is that as you move your nose closer to the skin, the aromatic sambac jasmine and glorious sandalwood takes over, singing softly under the vanilla-musk.

The new version is still good but it's simpler, sweeter, and the top and base notes have been watered down. It's still got "plenty of heart" and I do use it occasionally when I crave that bitter-sweet metallic almond tang, but I've stuffed all my precious backup bottles of the original juice into the darkest recesses of my cabinet, for carefully-rationed doses the rest of my life.

I recently grabbed a bottle before the reformulation (WITHOUT the golden ring around the cap) and the staying power of the juice is extreme. I generously spritzed in the morning and my bedroom smelled Hypnotic Poison for two days...
Comparing the todays production, this version is strong like a pure perfume concentration. Scent is still same though, but it is so sad to see how they dilute the perfumes nowadays..

I love this perfume so much. I love getting lost in all it's nutty and vanillary glory. It's so creamy, yet woody, and so sweet yet dark. It's one of the best oriental gourmands out there, for sure.

When I was young, from age 10 or so on, I would always sneak a spray of this perfume on when I was shopping with my family in a department store. I was attracted to the bottle initially and then found that I loved the scent. Sometimes nice sales associates would give me a sample; but I didn't dare ask for it as a gift, because of the price and the "adult" vibe it gives off. Now that I can afford to buy this for myself, I will always have a bottle on hand. This is for sure on my Top 5 Fragrances I Couldn't Live Without list! On me, the almond note stands out, along with a bitter vanilla. Its quite simple and linear, but that's what I like about it. What you see is what you get with Hypnotic Poison.

I am a vanilla freak, and a oriental lover, but this for me is too much, it's like an overdose of odor... even a little bit nauseating honestly.
later edit : ok, so officially this perfume is the first to achieve the feat of making me feel extremely nauseous! I had to actually put the tester strip in a bag and throw it away because the slightest hint made me feel like i'm gonna throw up any minute...
i am not the type of person to feel nauseous from perfumes, and rarely from odors, but this creepy concotion has done it
smells exactly like the name : it is poison...like turpentine, like almond overdose, like it's gonna give you a seizure :))

This is the perfume i imagine witches might wear! no offense

I so wanted to like you hypnotic poison but your licorish,too deeply burnt vanilla,partially smelling like playdo had the most horrid smell right out of the bottle and then had me down for the headache kill...i had to sadly return you..one day i will get poison again but i have heard it doesn't smell the same as it did when i was growing up...such a shame :(

Am I the only one that smells root beer when wearing this? I love it, but dont see anyone else picking up this note? Scent?

I have always described this as "creamy," even everyone seems to agree. Possibly too sumptuous and rich for a some people, this is definitely a later fall and winter fragrance. There's nothing fresh or light in it, but it's also not gourmand at all to me. I think it runs true to its name - it really does smell like a hypnotic poison. Not at all something you'd want to eat, but something so richly appealing that it makes your mind swoon a bit. Also, the staying power is absolutely ridiculous. Clothing I was wearing the same day as this will still hold hints of it even after a run through the wash.
If you can handle it, get it. It's brilliant.

I would like it better, wear it more often if the smell wasnt so powdery.

This is one of the most sickening and overwhelmingly sweet fragrances I've ever smelled. Right there with Angel (gah!!), Aquolina pink sugar (yes I thought it was this bad), just horrid. I dont understand all the wonderful reviews, but then again it seems a huge percent of the perfume-wearing female population love vanilla and sweet SWEET fragrances. even men seem to love it on women. This wasnt hypnotic, just revolting. Now, the longevity on this baby is quite something and unprecendented for an eau de toilette. This is great if you love it! Got yourself a winner! But man did I suffer and regretted that light spritz on my left wrist. The unfortunate application occured around 5:30pm, got home, then Washed and rewashed and still could smell this nightmare going into bed hours later. Why cant my favorite fragrances last like this?!? Good lord

The beautiful thing about perfumes is, that as your skin changes with time, your mind also changes perspective about things. You gain new experiences.

I kept putting off writing a review for this, because at first I hated it. I couldn't understand this fragrance. I have all Poisons, except for the Tendre version of the original Poison. Hypnotic was at first cloying, heavy and way too sweet, and I hate sweet fragrances. At least that's what I thought. Almost a year later I bought the Eau sensuelle, because it went well with my skin. That warmed me up to try the original. It smells just like it's name, hypnotic. I wore it and the people around me were going crazy over it. I'm a store clerk, and the men I helped were asking me what I was wearing and that I smelled amazing. I had to buy it.

So yes, it's worth the money you spend on it. The sillage? No words. It lasts forever. I took a shower before bed and I still smell it on my wrists and neck. 10/10!!

I love it, but does anyone else smell root beer candy?

Hypnotic Poison is a masterpiece. It has the power to deeply touch you on an emotional level. It is so mysterious, sexy, creamy and delicious.. The reformulation hasn't ruined it. Yes you need more sprays but the advantage is the increased wearability. It's no longer a strictly night-time fragrance as compared to the 1998 formulation.

I have had a love/hate relationship with this fragrance. I loved it when I bought it at Macy's one year ago and then during the winter months I tried wearing it and something strange happened...it was just too over whelming for me. Well I put it back on the shelf and this month (July) I thought "Why not try it again" I know everyone says its a winter frangrance but I like to be different. Anyway HP is magical, its sexy and it loves attention. Today at work I could not stop smelling my wrists. I smell a rich vanilla incense, sandlewood and a lovely wiff of coconut. I always suggest wearing your perfumes at different temperatures and experiment, experiment, experiment. What works for some will not always work for me. ;-) (by the way my co-workers have been complimenting the way I smell... all day today)

Tried this today and a big thumbs up. Coconut and vanilla beautiful. Can't stop smelling myself. Lasts pretty well also.

UPDATE..... Definitely getting the play-doh in the dry down but its not a bad thing. Longevity is awesome.

Just tried this because I love love love Midnight Poison...oh my lord, this one is just as good if not better...so rich, so dark, but a little bit sweeter...one word: WICKED! I'm definitely buying this as soon as I get the funds!

Okay, so my previous review on this - I said it smelled like insect repellent. I recently tried it again, and I have to say, the first few minutes, it still did, but then, something magical happened and it somehow transformed into this incredible scent of vanilla and thick incense. I didn't get any of the other notes though, just warm and full smoky vanilla, but you know what, I didn't actually need anything else.

I blinded buyed it based on the massive love reviews here and it was a big disappointment. I tried 3 times but I really detest it and i`m hoping to get rid of it soon online. I just dont know what's the hype about it.

Monica Belluci! I think she is the most BEAUTIFUL celeb out there, and has the Hypnotic face perfect for this Poison! If you want to chanel the Monica Belluci inside of you wear this at night and Sicily D&G in the day ;-) Men will always stop in their tracks when they get a whiff.

Edit: Higher demands and wholesale production of a single product means less quality of ingredients. Now I knew why I alway searched for "the odd one" or "unique" one out of the bunch....

The "new" bottle has definetely been "reformulated", meaning same scent pyramid but lower quality of ingredients, made in large batches, more synthetic and thrown toghether probably by an automated machine, instead of put together carefully. With 800+ new releases of perfumes per year, and a whole bunch of each, plus all the pure oils being produced, thats like a billion perfumes being produced ever single year, there is just not enough ingredients so now everything has to be synthesized in order to get the "smell' alike.

I wa running out of my"vintage" (still have the bottle with a few drops left, if I open it up I am sure I can spill some out lol) so I bought a new one from Sephora and they are different for sure! The new one is too heavy on the plum and almond, and has a really bad synthetic smell that I dislike! Believe it or not, the "coca cola" smell is not in the new one, which I actually enjoyed in the "vintage"...It turns sourish on my skin.. Absolutely NO sillage and very very close to skin longetivity, I'm talking after 10 minutes you have to stick your nose next your skin and breathe in as hard as you can...
If this doesnt stop I am gonna have to resort to pure perfume oils soons, or run after the newest niche I can find before they start downgrading those too.... I decided the more mainstream a frag is the less "quality" of ingredients it has...honestly...unless it costs 100+ for a 1 oz of course..
Find the old bottle ( its a brighter red and not at all the new ombre maroon/red/black bottle).

Now I see why so many of the greats were discontinued. Instead of "cheapifying" them, they ran out of the true quality ingredients so decided to just stop production altogether instead of ruining their names and reputation. Woods, Resins, and Musks/Ambers are much more expensive and harder to cultivate then Flowers, Herbs and Spices, which is why the Greats like Sensi, Indecence, etc etc have been discontinued. I am converting to Vintage, Niche, Oil's, or Pure Parfum's only. Sorry guys....

The first time I smelt this was in a duty free shop in Portugal - it was hot, sticky and intense - and so was this fragrance. I remember trying it on and thinking what the hell is this?! It reminded me of summers in NZ, baking in the sun covered in Tropicana coconut oil - I knew this was special but didn't know if I was woman enough to carry it off. Turns out I am, luckily.
HP settles after the initial shock wave of sweet vanilla nuttiness into a seductively dense and warm brew, smooth and sexy, like a warm embrace, intimate, private....this will always have a place on my shelf, right next to my favourite Coco where it fights for first place.

PS The gorgeous little deep red cherry/berry encasement is my all time fave bottle, it fits so snugly into your palm as if meant to be discreetly applied, poison indeed....

Dior Hypnotic poison will probably always be amongst my collection of fragrances on my dressing table, It has a place in my heart for life. Here is the kicker-I detest cloying, sugary, sweet fragrances. Ghosts Sweetheart and Fantasy by Britney Spears (bluergh!) to name a couple. What I love in a big way however is the smell of almond, I wear nut based body butters from The Body Shop to go with the majority of my perfumes (brazil nut body butter being my current favourit) this seems to eccentuate what i deem to be the better notes in perfume.
Hypnotic Poison is like nothing I have ever had the pleasure of smelling before (gladly welcomes any suggestions btw!) it is so distinct, so deep, sexy and sultry yet sophisticated and irresistable! The vanilla is controlled enough to not be sickly so that the whole concoction stays at that perfect level of sex appeal and sophistication. I also have the shower gel and body lotion but personally I think that all 3 together can be a bit much.
If ever I wear another perfume to go out and someone is wearing Hypnotic, it induces a completely irrational rush of envy in me! Of course I cannot express disdain at another ladies impecible taste now can I?

It's definitely one of my favourite perfumes ever.

On me this smells like an expensive root beer float. :) Its lasting power is very nice.

It's delectable, like a spicy exotic root beer.

It' one of the few fragrances that I use to but every winter...I feel it too strong in the summer (in Italy it's really hot), but perfect in the night or in fall-winter! this fragrance is sexy, creamy, intens...it's the right fragrance to feel beautiful!!!

i just got this for my girl..its a boner in a bottle its amazing..it also reminds me of rootbeer strangely.

Не знам защо се казва така.Усещането не е хипнотично.По-скоро топло,близко,предразполагащо.Пищно,но не разточително или прекалено.Дори да живее в разкош,кралицата все пак е жена.И даже възглавницата и да е от най-финия червен сатен,тя може би спи,положила глава на нещо друго.

thank you Sweetnspicey ! ;-) I'm pretty sure of the notes, I've been wearing this one, and only this for about 10 years! I also know that it has been slightly modified these last 4 years, because of IFRA's new laws; it lost a bit of its density & warmth, and some notes seem a bit more metallic & synthetic; but it's still a great one! As someone sayd, the vampire, the black widow, the ultimate femme fatale fragrance! I still wear it mostly by night, to go out, or ... to bed ;-) it's the only one my husband wants on me! And it just drives him insane, it's a real turn on...

Thank you Janmarianna... Sad to hear the news though :(( had better find a non-formulated one then, when and if l still can.

"cikcik" yes it has been reformulated unfortunetly :(( It used to be my top perfume - Not any more !! to be honest I wouldn't spend so much money on hypnotic as it is now I mean- I believe it would be a waste of money--Longetivity it's now zero,nil,nada and the smell not the same as it used to be! I am very dissapointed from the new reformulated hypnotic :(( Luckily I came across with a bottle of the old prereformulated version and I am happy at least I will have for another year as I didn't open it yet :)) Yupi :))

l see that the ''allspice'' note has been removed and ''caraway'' has been added. Do any of you HP fans know why? Has it been reformulated? l loooove it and my BF adores it. Have you recognized any change? l had written a review before but had to ask.

The name says it all. It's an enchanting elixir. Dangerous. Sexy. Deadly. The "Black Widow" of fragrances. The Temptress takes her prisoners without mercy. It will entice any man to his death, through seduction and mystery. A siren calling sailors to crash their ships on the jagged rocks. This should be sold with a surgeon generals warning "Use with caution. Death by seduction can be induced when smelled at close range". You have been warned....oh, and buy a fly swatter- the men will be swarming around you. This is lingerie in a bottle, and by the end of the night it will be the only thing you have left on.....A must have, if you can handle being a Goddess. They will fall at your feet from this sweet, spicy, powdered incense, lushness. Be prepared to be worshipped, and remembered, as everyone falls under your hypnotic spell. (Get the lotion too! It's amazing...and its fragrance lasts forever!).

With that said, I must add- this is not an every day fragrance. Save it for those special occasions. Have mercy on the guys, they can't handle the over-stimulation every day! Plus, you'd have a baby once a year for the rest of your life...and that's just crazy! My husband and I have four kids, thanks to this fragrance. Like I said....you've been warned! For now, I've retired this fragrance simply from the fear of having another baby!! He can't resist it!!! ;)

I think hermyonee is right--there is no coconut here, I don't know what Fragrantica is talking about.

This scent makes me think of a seductive female vampire! It's alluring, warm, erotic, cozy and comforting. A bit heavy for daytime or summer but it would make a perfect date night scent, it would make your partner want to come in closer ;)

The vanilla and almond are definitely the stars of the show, but the fragrance is designed well and all the notes compliment each other cohesively. An all time classic for any age.

well I just don't know why does they feature here plum & abricot, and coconut?? there's no such thing in there I know it for sure from a friend that works for Dior, an insider; no, it's very simple! Top notes are : bitter almond & carawey
heart notes: jasmin sambac, tuberose, jacaranda wood
base notes: vanilla, sandalwood, musc

maybe the bitter almond-carawey combo migh give the illusion of coconut?
and jasmin and tuberose have a fruity aspect too...
and vanilla and sandalwood give this particularly sensual and warm impression, that I love so much.

HG Alert!
I'm in love with this scent, it's so addictive!
I find it quite delicate and super feminine. A boozy vanilla, almond bomb!
Quite foody with out being too sweet, the sandalwood base notes are gorgeous.
I've since found that the HP without the gold band is very much how you lot have said it is. It's soooo much stronger and longer lasting, considering it's an EDT it could rival a chanel for longevity! I also find it smells very 'almondy' for hours, yet the reformulation on me within an hour is mostly yummy vanilla and sandalwood.

من العطور التي لها ميزه وتفرد
بودري وهادئ مع القليل جدا من رائحة الفانيلا
لأعجابي به اشتريته أكثر من مره
والاجمل بأستعمال كل المجموعه

I really dont like this... makes me feel sick.. and it is very manly.. more like a sickly aftershave and sooooo not for me.. Horrid..

I REALLY, and I mean REALLY wanted to like this. Straight away, I get Play-Doh. I can't help but smell anything but Play-Doh. Well, actually there's a little rootbeer in there too. If that is what you're looking for, you have totally hit the nail on the head. I absolutely love almond, vanilla and coconut, so this seemed like a no-brainer, but now smelling it on me, it's a cacophonous assault on my senses! Nothing really "works" for me. I'm sad now because after smelling it on paper, I was seriously considering buying it. Now that it's on my skin, no thank you!

I got the 100 ml bottle of this one as a Christmas gift back in 2009. It smells powdery, sophisticated, a bit woodsy and vanillary. It's definitely a more grown up scent, and needs a special occasion or clothing to be worn. The only thing that I'm quite dissapointed with, is that it just doesn't last on my skin. Maybe it's getting old or it's the effect from the Eau de toilette. It's a shame though, because it's a quite expensive perfume you want it to last at least several hours.

This is my all time favourite perfume. I bought it the year it was released and have been in love with it ever since. This to me smells like rootbear, black liquorice, coconut and almonds all wrapped up in vanilla scented sex! It’s the sexiest perfume I have ever smelled. Men seem to love this one and it’s rare that at least one man doesn’t ask me what I’m wearing, whenever I wear this perfume. I’ve smelled some of Annick Menardo’s other fragrances but for me nothing comes close to this. This is her gift to the world of perfume.

Having said all of that, it’s definitely not a fragrance to blind buy. This is a love or hate perfume. I find it very hard to believe that anyone can be indifferent to it. It is however, one that everyone should at least sniff.

This scent is so yummy! I can’t help sniffing my wrists all the time. And because of some bad tester in a shop once I’ve avoided to smell this perfume for so many years. I bought my Hypnotic about 2 weeks ago, so I’ve only tested the reformulated version but I find this perfume so lovely that it’s impossible for me to imagine how it could ever have smelled any better.

Hypnotic seems almost edible, as it's a pure gourmand vanilla to my nose and I don’t really detect any floral notes. It is true that it smells a bit like Play Doh. It is an almost linear perfume based on a divine vanilla note. The vanilla is blended with a vague exotic coconut and a very nice scent of fresh almonds. I think this fragrance smells a lot like marzipan but not in a sickeningly sweet or cloying way, it’s more cozy and alluring. The scent settles to the vanilla-marzipan stage very quickly and stays that way till the end. In the short opening I too detect the licorice note that other members have been mentioning.

Longevity is excellent. I spray Hypnotic in the morning and can still smell it cleary when I go to bed. I don’t think it has so much sillage though, it’s a close-to-the-skin scent and therefore Hypnotic is a scent to wear for your own pleasure or for your significant other.
I recommend this scent to any vanilla-lover.

In 3 words: VANILLA – COZY - YUMMY

HP is the only fragrance I absolutely must have.
I could never find a fragrance that I really liked until
I came across HP, I always get compliments about how
good I smell & my husband loves it! He tells me almost
everyday that he loves the way I smell, which is nice
after being married 11 yrs you wouldn't think he'd even
notice.

To me this is headache and something I want to run away from. I don't know where the sexyiness in this perfume is... .
It reminds me of those hangers some people use in cars as a car freshner, they smell the same and I cannot stand being in a car smelling like this.
I guess I just don't like vanilla perfumes and better stay far away from those!
I really been trying to like this regarding the reviews, I even purchased a bottle hoping to get used to it.

I love the dry down but the first hour is too sweet and strong for my liking. Still sometimes I will endure those top/middle notes just to luxuriate in the base which is very warm and sensual.

A beautiful almondy vanilla with a little bit of coconut. I can't detect the top fruity notes. Very warm, very conforting, and not too sexy as it may seem. It's sensual and seductive, but it can be worn daily since it's not too loud... but you have to be in the mood. If you're not feeling like some dark marzipan vanilla all day long, you'll end up hating yourself...

It's long lasting, it's well rounded, not too sweet, not too foody, not boring vanilla, it's unique.

Delicate enough fragrance.

The most noticeable notes in this fragrance are the almond coconut, jasmine, vanilla and musk notes. It's soft and just a little bit sweet. Musky enough. And even reminds typical hand cream scent, only with a light hazelnut like scent.

Polite and feminine. Nothing provocative or... hypnotic! Even it seems to me unpleasant, actually. I don't like this fragrance.

this is more that a perfume for me... it's just The one, it's "me" no matter how many I may try or change now and then, this one is the one that really fits on me; there's something magic about this perfume, a real love potion, that makes me feel like a temptress, seductive, sexy, sensual, lile no other perfume, it's just part of myself.
I only regret that it has been modified some years ago, it's clearly "lighter" now, it lost some of its density and warmth, but it's still very unique and really sensual, bitter-sweet, intoxicating. I know I'll always have one at home ;-) but I mostly wear it for evenings or special nights.

I don't know what it is about this scent but I both love it and hate it. It's instantly identifiable to me, maybe because I've had a few friends who wore it as a signature and, from a distance and in small doses, I've found it really pretty but if you overdo it with this one...yikes! It definitely leaves a scent trail as you walk around, and it lasts forever, so be kind to those around you if you wear it, okay?
To me this scent is like sweetness on overdrive, the almond and vanilla are very strong but I can definitely smell the rose, lily of the valley and plum as well.
I agree with some of the other reviewers- maybe there's a licorice smell there too. Anise?

No matter where I am or what I am doing, as soon as I spray this I just feel so dang sexy. This sweet vanilla perfume transforms me into a sensual vixen. I only need one spray and I can smell it all day, so make sure you don't put on too much ;)

i LOVE this perfume. I first smelt it whilst in a supermarket and then wandered around until i found who was wearing it and what it was - bought it the next day! I find it truly hypnotic! Very vanillary to me - too sickly sweet for some people - i was driving my gran in the car and she pulled a face and asked what the 'horiible smell' was?! She thought it did indeed smell like poison! Strange how our noses are so different. I adore the scent - so sexy / sensual to me - i imagine i'll wear it for years

My best friend has this and i think it is very nice. As a smell, it is warm and has something sweet, without giving you a headache. And yes, there is something hypnotic about it!

My signature fragrance. I have worn Hypnotic Poison for years and I still get compliments on it. To me it has a sweet, fruity, almost cherry smell to it. It was love at first sniff. I hope Christian Dior will keep this fragrance as a staple.

It smells a lot like root beer on me, only a tad sweeter and warmer. Think cozy winter evening. I wouldn't call this sexy or seductive, but just warm and relaxed. Perfect for an evening in. The smells that I pick out are the Allspice, vanilla, and coconut. The smell isn't overbearingly powerful, but it has staying power. I don't notice much fade. Hours after I spray it on, I'm still walking in a bubble of the scent. It stays close to me, and I like that. I can see how some people wouldn't enjoy this scent. It's not one of those generic fresh scents. I recommend a tester, because it is a bit expensive.

**Added note: I shower in the mornings then spray this once during the day. It is the ONLY perfume I've ever had that I can still smell on me the next morning before I shower 0_0. Longevity is out of this world.

I am the lover of sweet scent! If I'm not trying to get this Hypnotic, it is a strange thing!! just a personal opinion.LOL!!
I have to wait patiently to get this perfume, 3 months for me is a long time! But it's equivalent of what I received. I am really happy since its scent came to my life :)
Hypnotic is sweet but not cloying, I mean, this is not the same perfume smells like perfume others. Is it because of Dior? (Expensive) I do not know. I think used on the hot days does not matter, just do not too much, even in cold temperatures it smells better.. Vanilla, tonka Bean, Woody, are dominating. Flowers are in perfect amount. I don't smell coconut. The vibe of POISON is present.
PERFECT BLIND BUY!
Deserves its name, Hypnotic Poison

HYPNOTIC POISON is like a sensual embrace on the skin ... sweet, appealing and lasting. I smell the warm vanilla and almond with a hint of ambrosial spices the most, but the blend is so complex that it's quite hard to describe.

I received this as a Christmas gift from my hubby and I fell in love with it the first time I sprayed it on me. I thought Hypnotic Poison would be perfect for the cold weather since this fragrance is full-bodied and warm, but I actually enjoy it even during the hotter seasons. I tend to reach out for this beautiful red bottle anytime I want to feel luxurious, it's just like a lavish blanket you want to envelope your entire body.

This is a great sweet and spicy smell.
And i really loved it UNTIL my kids emptied the entire bottle spraying it on everything in their room. I will say this, the scent sure does last...lol
Now, in small amounts. Not so bad. Does tend to give me headaches though. Pity.

one of my top fav gourmand fragrance..HP smells like cookies and sweets to me in a very refined way..different from other gourmand fragrance out there..you can tell the quality is hard to beat

this is the one no matter how popular it gets..i will still get it, mainly because it's strong and when it settles down, it smells irresistible

love the notes, rich almond and vanilla, a hint of spicy which makes it warm and sexy..sensational..

wicked bottle..perfect for this strong scent..i know a few girls who wears this all year round..they are very independent and confident

excellent longevity..as a gourmand scent lover, i really enjoy it because this actually smells like freshly baked cookies on me..my hubby always says so

Not sure if I reviewed this one. At first I really liked this one, then I got a weird play-do smell when wearing it and stayed away from it for a while. I came back to it again and this time really enjoyed it and still do. It smells very adult. It's a nice, spicy, vanilla scent, and reminds me a little bit of root-beer. It's definitely more sexy, sometimes a little too serious to wear during the day at work (though I do anyway sometimes, especially if I'm dressed in all black or dark colors and need a "serious" scent to match!). It's something great to wear out at night, on dates, etc. Very warm and sensual. On me, it starts out very spicy and vanilla. As the day goes on, I smell root-beer, and after that I get spice and sandalwood. It lasts quite a long time for an EDT, and while it doesn't get the most wear out of my collection, it is in my top 5!

Hypnotic Poison me recuerda a mi abuelita, pero no quiere decir que huele a viejita sino que me recuerda a esos momentos que pase con ella en su jardin. Este perfume me encanta por su olor a vainilla y lo recomiendo mucho porque dura todo el dia y es muy chismoso, asi les digo yo a los perfumes que se huelen a una gran distancia.
En una ocasion, un tio que odia los perfumes que marean, me comento que este perfume olia muy rico y se me acercaba mas para olerlo. Dijo que es uno de los pocos perfumes que no lo marean. Pero como es un perfume muy chismoso con poquito que te pongas tienes para que te dure todo el dia y a veces hasta el dia siguiente.

I expected this to be a yummy spicy vanilla scent, but it had the strangest medicinal toothpaste quality in the heart of it. The drydown is a bit better/smoother, but this is definitely not for me.

To me, this smells alot like a tanning salon, especially in the dry down.

This fragrance make me completely hypnotized. On first spray it smell like sweet vanilla ice cream which i really love. So, i'm quickly decided to purchase. As far as i'm a fan of vanilla fragrances. To me, no one can top HP.

On me HP smell like a vanilla cola or vanilla root beer. I must say that i don't like root beer but this smell amazingly delicious and dry down to soft musky vanilla. This fragrance very special and strange. Not too spicy, not too sweet but creamy and classy. Sexy and mature. Just heavenly for vanilla lover like me.

This is strong EDT and very complex scent. Not recommend to wear this on a hot weather.

Eerie? Sweet? Weird? Snuggly? Hypnotic Poison is so many things wrapped into one, but the adjective that stands out the most is: Bewitching.

Hypnotic Poison is a unique blend of vanilla, almond, caraway, and a strange menthol note. Hypnotic Poison can be related to a tempting dessert, but beware... you don't know if someone might have spiked it with something dangerous. The notes come together to bring chaos to the nostrils at first, but then settle down into a sultry, snuggle machine.

Hypnotic Poison is indeed strange, but it is also sexy and intriguing. It also happens to be my favorite out of the Dior Poison collection ;)

Love it or Hate it, You are Hypnotically Poisoned and I'm loving every scent of its mysterious spell.

It starts with a burst of vanilla and almond with a hint of white flowers and ends with coconut. VERY sensual!

Estoy tan de acuerdo con cykcyk, esta fragrancia en mi caso, la puedo usar todo el año, en mi huele al inicio, a coco, a almendra; y al final vainilla, pero no cualquier vainilla, esta vainilla es sexy. Es verano, la acabo de comprar y no la siento pesada, sino sútil, no se si la reformularon, como tanto mencionan en otros comentarios; pero si lo hicieron, me da gusto, a mi me encanta! y me dura todo el dia! Por cierto, todos mis perfumes Dior, estan fabricados en Francia.

I'm so in accordance with cykcyk, this fragrance in my case, I can use all year, I smell the beginning, coconut, almond, and vanilla at the end, but not just any vanilla, this vanilla is sexy. It's summer, I just buy and do not feel heavy, but subtle, not if the reformulated as both mentioned in other reviews, but if they did, I am happy, I love! and lasts me all day! By the way, all my Dior perfume, are manufactured in France.

It does smell good if its solo.
Unfortunatly i have smelled this on - way too sweaty women- over the years, as wierd as it may sound;)And then its really a murderer. So therefor i like it, but it brings a nauseous vibe in a annoying way, thanks to stinky chix.

l like it, a lot! lt smells like Bailey's :) The sillage on me is not good, though. On others, great! l can get pepper, milky coconut and a bit of a burnt something (?) in the beginning. The pepper is not too much, just the correct amount to make it classy. (l usually avoid peppery ones.) Then, it smells slightly of almond, wood and bitter vanilla. lf it were EDP, it would be great, as my skin eats up EDTs and many of the EDPs. But as it is so light on me, l'm thinking of it as a summer indulgement.

Sadly this didn't work on my skin. It sounded like everything I would want in a perfume but it ended up being 30 minutes of playdo followed by hours of generic sweetness. Sigh, will have to give this another try at some point and see if it cooperates with me more.

The name suits this sexy fragrance well. It is by far the most hypnotizing and mysterious fragrance ever. Definitely a head turner!

This is not just a perfume.It's a fantasy! Sexy sweet special and inviting, definitely a femme fatale signature fragrance.

I know that this is supposed to be a sexy nighttime fragrance, but it seems so comforting to me.
Perhaps that is because it reminds me of my best friend's mum, who has never worn this perfume. Funny how our noses do this.
If I was to wear this myself, it would be with the knowledge that I am a unique and beautiful creature, like this fragrance, and like my friend's mother.
Until then, I am afraid I am not worthy.

This is one of the most beautiful fragrances! I really love it!

I do adore this perfume. I bought it when it was first released, way back, and I would only ever wear this AT night or special occasion, as it was so unusual and indeed hypnotic. I have probably received the most compliments ever when wearing this. I recall that on me it's incredibly heavy Insence, sweet, dark fruit & tuberose. Dark & mysterious for sure, not for the faint hearted. The projection is big & longevity incredible well into the following day, spray wisely!

I remember smelling it 5 years ago and absolutely hating it. But a week ago I received a sample and decided to try again and what a pleasant surprise!
Vanilla and jasmine are the first notes I can smell the moment I spray it, pleasant and a little spicy. Some minutes later it's milky (coconut) vanilla and almonds.
Apricots, plums, roses, lily and tuberose are pretty much nonexistent (and personally, I prefer it that way).
It doesn't last very long on me but there's a really nice sweet scent that lasts a few hours, as if I applied some vanilla body butter.
Now I want it for winter. It's the warm blanket of perfumes.

I had this perfume.It's nice great staying power.A bit strong for my taste.

I love, love, love, this perfume! This is one of my favorites. When I wear this I receive so many compliments. I also recommend the Hypnotic Poison satin body lotion it is so awesome it makes your skin feel so soft. I think that this fragrance is very sexy and mysterious. This is my second bottle of Hypnotic Poison and I will continue to wear this wonderful fragrance!!

trully hypnotic, sadly a very common scent in my country. I think men must love this one. There is a woman in church who wears this distinct fragrance and its really hard to pray when she's sittng near you...hypnotic!

I received so many compliments for this perfume. It was very original when first showed up but now it doesn't make me the impression once did. However it lasts long and although it's strong, it's not annoying to the ones around you. Nice choice if you want something warm with character.

I used to love this with all my heart.
But nowadays it only smells like burning gasoline and plastic, with very harsh liqourice melting on top.
Don`t waste your money on the reformulation.

UPDATE: Sniffed it again in the store today, and I think I`m back in love with HP after all... It seems I can`t be without it. She got me in her hooks.
But it`s soooo weak, almost no sillage or longevity, not even when sprayed on clothes. :-(
VEEEEERY expensive for such a watery and thin perfume.

For this perfume I received most compliments. It makes women and men comfortable. It goes well with smoke though meanwhile I am very glad that smoking in gastronomic facilities is forbidden in Germany.

I love this perfume ! It is my favorite one !

I popped up a review/question here questioning a reformulation of this juice. I was given many answers in the affirmative.
Yesterday I bought a lush Vanillary solid perfume stick. $11 for 12grams...
I have layered the stick with HP and found this to be successful.
I am sitting in a nutty vanillary cloud and just pleased as punch!
Much closer to the scent I found in a cloudy bottle a few years back!
One could say its its.... HYPNOTIC!

Being the realist me, I was attracted to the bottle at first. Visual. A human HEART that is deep red and it's AORTA. I have refrain from reading reviews about Hypnotic Poison in the past. I want to find out the mystery behind it myself and blame no one for the consequences. I'M CURIOUS.

I think fragrances are created to form a certain mood, it acts like a medicine , a drug perhaps and thats how the success of HP was born. This fragrance unveils the the dark and delicious side to the olfactory. Sometimes, I feel it is overly sweet and then again puts me in the mood . Keep in mind that it is aimed to leave traces for us to cross that line of curiousity (hypnotic effect- towards the opposite sex-in a bottle perfume. ). Does experimenting rings a bell ? Hmm, I would leave it that way.

Use Hypnotic Poison to its purpose.

This stuff is honestly very offensive to my nose. Although there are definitely certain types of scents that I prefer, I can appreciate any TYPE of scent. So if you told me "this smells like playdoh but is delicious," I could imagine a funky sweet, cloudy perfume. Lolita Lempicka for example, not my thing but I can appreciate how someone would like it. THIS STUFF, does NOT fall into that category. I just wrote a review on Lancome Hypnose saying a very similar thing (I used Thierry Mugler as an example instead of Lempicka) because both of these appeared in my search for a vanilla perfume and I tried them the same day. Sorry to those of you who like either but, to me, both smell incredibly cheap and fake.

A couple years ago hypnotic poison was a love at first sniff perfume for me, my husband bought me the big bottle for Christmas because he knew how much I loved it and he also liked it on me.On me this is a very warm spicy concoction with a nice vanilla dry down. I now smell freshly ironed shirts when I smell this?!? Why who knows....but it's a nice homey scent.

this has an amazing smell..marzipan and sweetness, im more of a spicy person when it comes to perfumes but this has to be a definate favourite..always have a bottle of this at some point throughout the year..

@PIERINA: i couldn't agree more.
i MUCH prefer the older version.
this newer version is a pale comparison to its orginal version.
add this tragedy with the now reformulated miss dior cherie and addict....
i'm finished with the house of Dior.

I have just tried my new bottle and of course the first change is the bottle! more expensive looking-shiny with a purple/deep red lid.-looks fantastic.
The scent itself is not too different,just perhaps a bit sweeter and not so heavy on the almond.Its definatly not as floral as eau sensuelle,but I feel straight away I will wear this new one more-there is slightly less almond and a little more of something else??I found the old bottle a bit too heavy for me although I loved sniffing it!!
I am glad I have the original and will treasure it!!:)

update- After having this just on my wrist for about half an hour,it is definatly more agreeable with me than the original!! BEAUTIFUL!! I have sprayed this all over now (wouldnt have dared with the old one!)and will enjoy all day :)

Has this been reformulated? I just got a bottle and it is different and smells a lot like Hypnotic Sensual...
I once pinched a squirt off my room mate and it just seemed to wear differently. Hers was the cloudy red bottle with the black lid.. this bottle is like a hybrid of the original and Eau sensuelle with a purple lid..
I deel like there is a citrus note standing out on my skin... perhaps its my chemistry at the moment.. I have been having allergies lately.

I have very pale dry skin and this perfume on me is really disappointing. i smell like cheap (alcohol based) almond extract, No allspice, no fruit, no floral, no vanilla. After the first few hours it doesn't give me a headache anymore but its still just almond with a hint of wood, none of the other notes are showing themselves.
My SIL is thrilled because i'm giving her my bottle.

I didn't like Pure Poison at all, so I was surprised I like this one. It's sweet and lovely. Smells like the upscale version of Christina Aguilera's By Night.

I usually really like Dior, but this actually smells very cheap and common.The sandalwood and coconut are very in your face and overwhelming. The sillage is definitely good but this is not a subtle fragrance at all.

Soft warm female skin. A cashmere sweater. Hot cocoa with cinnamon inside during a snow storm blazing outside and some wood burning in the open fire. A little love note from your sweetheart on the kitchen table. Finding a long lost friend on line in another continent. This is what the legendary 'Hypnotic Poison' 'feels' like for me. Comforting, cozy, a warm blanket... And beauty, unabashedly honest soul baring beauty.
HP, created in 1998 by Annick Menardo, was an instant hit and is still a best seller. It sells even more than it's parent: 'Poison'. But it is also a totally different fragrance. It is not a ordinary second rate B-star flanker, it is as good as its originator. And maybe even better. 'HP' is the upstart, the original flanker who pushed the star aside, the understudy who became bigger than and eclipsed the diva, the Apprenctice who pulled 'the Donald's' hair. Deservedly so.
I sniffed a few testers of HP years ago, but I didn't hit it off with her right away. Maybe it was an old batch, maybe my nose was not ready for the subtleties and sheer beauty of HP. Last week I received some new HP tester vials. I fell utterly, helplessy in love and under her spell. No slow seduction this time, but a ‘coup de foudre’ that still resonates in my soul. Like that crush on the most beautiful but unattainable girl in high school class. Only now I can feel her bottled caresses, gentleness, soothing elegance, sophistication and radiant, warm love. I was- here it comes- hypnotized by HP. Yes. And mesmerized. And in awe. After sniffing hundreds of fragrances, you still can fall like a block of concrete for a 'new' fragrance. That's the beauty of perfume. To put it simply this is a 'crème' of a fragrance. Creamy, discreet yet powerful, very cozy, brings an almost zen-like calm to you. It is like the olfactory equivalent of the certainty that you are loved by some people for what you are. Love is the best, and HP comes close.
It is a vanillic fragrance all right, but contrary to most cheaper vanillas, this vanilla frag doesn’t give you a sugar rush-like fake energy boost, like a meal of 'empty calories'. It brings calm, joy, peace, deep satisfaction. The word 'sensual' has been misused a lot. HP IS unapologetically and seemlessly effortless sensual. Make no mistake: HP is not overtly sexual, not risqué. When 'Boudoir' is '9 1/2 weeks', 'HP' is über sweet US Meg Ryan flick 'Sleepless in Seatlle' crossed with a deep wordy French 'film d'amour'. Like 'homely-intimate-sensual with a twist' contrary to 'straight sweaty hot-love-animalistic-sexual' (Boudoir) or 'lust without abandon, 'Do it to me one more time'-, 'Baby one more time'-sexual' (Bal à Versailles). It is a great fragrance that has absolutely nothing to do with the army of linear vanillic cookie monsters out there. This is a classy, deep, intricate, original, high quality Dior. It is vanillic like Chopards 'Casmir'. Great sillage, impressive longevity, perfectly mixed and balanced. And cozy but ultimately very original.
I love it as a man to smell on a woman. I find it one of the 'real woman' fragrances. It is a very 'physical' fragrance, if you know what I mean. Full bodied, not Japanese-minimalistic or diabetic-sugary. Delicious, gorgeous, not too dark mysterious but definetely intriguing and inviting. HP is a relaxing fragrance, a joyful feast where the plates of delicious foods just keep coming, like here the wafts of delicious vanilla-almond-coconut-flowers-wood-spice weave a hypnotic cocoon of contentment that keep swirling around you like the 'white' ballerina in 'Black Swan', the Oscar winning film with Nathalie Portman, who did great ads for Dior buy the way.

So what makes this flanker of the original Poison, that has become much more successful than his fiery inspiration, ‘da bomb’? What makes this one of the world’s most successful and appreciated fragrances in all ages?
Simple: the genius nose of Annick Menardo (Boucheron's 'Jaipur', Bulgari's Black, many Lolita Lempicka's...). Menardo makes original yet wearable frags. She doesn't descent into niche hell and distances herself from mass market accountant frags. Here she pulled off another class act, built around that most abused note in perfumery: vanilla.

Top: Allspice, mandarin, plum, coconut
Middle: Tuberose, jasmine, lily-of-the-valley, rose, rosewood
Base: Sandalwood, almonds, vanilla.

Menardo plays hook, line and sinker with three strokes of master-perfumery craftsmanship and creative genius. Three bases to score a home run. Firstly she puts a strong dose of almonds in the base. Very unusual, almost never been done before. The result: the almonds give this frag from the first second of the initial blast to the last minute of the long drydown a velvety, sweetisch, creamy, very pleasant, 'soft, cozy, fuzzy' feel. And she links the strong nutty and not too sweet almond (this is no cloying sweet 'marzipan'-smell like in some celeb scents, marzipan being half almonds and half sugar glued together with some liquid glucose and egg white) to an evenly strong high grade natural vanilla. She uses the sweet sandalwood to fuse the vanilla, almond and that sandalwood into a very proud, present and out-of-the closet ‘ménage à trois' that radiates all over the frag with an intense, irresitable nutty-vanillic-sweet-woody warm aura or soft blanket. These three in the base are really a marriage made in perfume heaven. We've seen many bases with sandalwood and vanilla, but never in combination with almonds only. The result is a very strong base that is like the essence of Lutens 'Un Bois Vanille' mixed with his almond -inspired fragrance ‘Louve’, but here broadened to a full base. First base for Menardo the perfumer!

Secondly in the mid-level she lets loose a rampaging gang of flowers-with-attitude: tuberose, jasmine, lily-of-the-valley, rose. On itself each flower is very strong. In combination with each other instead of reinforcing each other these strong personalities pummel each other partly into submission so that they smell less pushy. Each sepeartatly is so damn ‘there’ that put togheter they mellow each other out to just the right amount to be there in just the right amount. A carnation or iris would have been eaten alive here by these power flowers. But these strong notes balance each other out and let nobody of their pals take the upper hand. Menardo has the balls to put all these stars into one team and succeeds in forming a collective, balanced, rounded well oiled 'mean' dream team out of it in the middle. For that she used another secret weapon that puts a muzzle on the potentionally overwhelming flower combo and at the same time ads another new great olfactory facet to HP: a strong dose of delicate but effective dry rosewood. Its prevents the flowers from becoming overbearing and running wild all over the fragrance. And rosewood works together great with the sandalwood in the base. The dry rosewood deepens the flower-force, but also to tones the flowers a notch down to just the right amount to harmonise with the vanllia-almond-sandalwood base and the top, that perfectly plays into this middle and base. Stopping here we would have a great but not exceptional fragrance with flowers and almonds and vanilla. But: Second base for Menardo the perfumer!

Time for the cincher, third base. Third genius stroke from Menardo the perfumer! Aaah, the notorius third base, stuff of male exaggerated bragadoccio and outright lies and exagerration. But Menardo delivers the goods! She strikes gold or oil in the third base. Judge for yourself! In the top she positions geniously two not so often used notes that ingeniously complement the base and middle. The notes are creamy, rich, give a rounded feel but also have the capacity to suck up, to absorb some of the excess and force of the flowers in the middle. She at the same time prevents the woody power of rosewood-sandalwood, the strong almond-vanilla, and the flowerbrigade from taking this fragrance hostage. Ladies and gents, here they are, stars of the top: Plum and Coconut! Plum files away the edges of the flower assault and defuses possible flower overload. And adds a juicy meaty, velvety fruit note all on its own. And then the coconut. Creaminess, lube for the other notes to make love together and another dose of velvety cozy heaven. Coconut adds a rich, creamy aspect and also is a barrier if one the too strong flavors would try to escape to try to kidnap this fragrance. If you made a curry with coconut, you know that the coconut at the same time deepens the taste of the spices while keeping the too sharp edges edge in check. And its not over. Time for two cherries on the pie! Two kill shots! To be sure that some of the spiciness stays with all that rounding, creaminess and soft richness soothing around, she adds allspice! Dzing! And the last kill shot: to give some sparkle, zest and freshness to she adds sweet mandarin. Bergamot would have been too sharp, breaking the magic. 'Meaty' mandarin is perfect. Pow! Third base and full strike for Menardo the perfumer! The combo allspice-mandarin seals this fragrance as one of the future all time classics. That plum-coconut-allspice-mandarin goodness in the top blends seamlessly with the flowers-rosewood middle and the almondy-vanillic-sandalwood base to create a ‘wow’ and ‘aahh’ nearly perfect masterpiece. Truly nose candy without the sugar overdose. Only true great noses can pull this off. And hereby Annick Menardo takes over the reign of the undisputed Queen of the Female Noses from Sophia Grojsman (‘Spellbound’, 'Tresor’, ‘Paris’, ‘Eternity’…)

There are contrasts between these notes alright. The combination of the very underrated almond note with flowers and spices and fruits, makes magic. But contrary to a lot of powerhouses, all contrasts and inner workings are on the softer, 'smoldering' side. No spectacular clashes, not 'in your face' drama. This is a soft caress of a fragrance all the way. Bliss. Not interrupeded by a head reeling suprise to the nose, now and then. That doesn't mean that HP is weak. On the contrary. It means subtle but very strong. Totally captivating. The power of gentle, inescapable loving persuasion. And as a whole HP gives you that great blanket of coziness, that 'feel good cocoon', that 'hypnotic' sense of calm and joy and goodness and an endorphin induced fuzzy deep contentment, that you sometimes feels after a massage or a hard workout.
Technically it is Menardo's the best work as a perfumer since Bulgari's 'burnt rubber and vanilla''Black' where the contrasts played out against each other. Here they are played into each other. The almond-vanilla-sandalwood base working together with the coconut-plum-allspice-mandarin top that keeps the flower bomb-in-the-middle (tuberose, jasmine, rose, lily) with the help of the refined rosewood in check, is the key to the magic of HP. Sounds maybe easy when you read it, but it is damn genius perfume craftmanship hard at work.
The result: a smooth über enjoyable fragrance, perfume creativity coupled with mass market appeal, the holy grail of perfumers all over the world. And the praise is deserved. HP is a high quality, creative and popular fragrance: it exists. It is called ‘Hypnotic Poison’. Try it and let yourself be hypnotized, hooked, poisoned and overwhelmed by this fragrance of sheer beauty, comfort and the intimacy of real love. Perfume Magic.

I have to say that this is the the most amazing smelling vanilla fragrance, it feels like an adult scent. Not a special occassion scent but more of a comfy hangout with the boyfriend and seduce him scent... Not sickingly sweet...I like this.

So sexy and mysterious, men love it...

I love this one. Weird thing is when I smell other perfumes that smell like this I hate them.....I hate lancomes hypnoses

It smells like cheap hairspray and sugar :S I thought this could be a good night out scent, but the next morning I always feel kinda nautious (thats not from the alcohol) and the scent is wayyy too overpowering ...eek not for me sadly ;(

I bought a bottle in my birthday. I always loved this scent: vanilla, almond and spices.
One word to define this fragrance: SEXY!!!

Soooo vanilla :)
It's very cold outside and I'm having very warm vanilla-almond feeling because of this heavenly poison ,,poison is not the word to describe this scent though.
I usually wear this on before I sleep :)

I really love it !

this is the best of poison line, I think.
smell to hard vanilla and rice. my friends told me "it's really like cookies" then she loved it too.
thumb up for the good long lasting although this is eau de toilette spray.

Since I've met Hypnotic Poison, for some reason I struggled to make me like it... I don't know why, but I have always had a sort of dislike for it.
Maybe because when I tried it for the first time, the shop assistent wanted at all cost me to buy Hypnotic Poison, while I had just felt in love with The Iceberg Fragrance (my current signature scent), a perfume that she was determined to snub... or maybe cause of all enthusiastic reviews I found everywhere, in every sites, that led me to believe that most people were hypnotized mostly by the name of the brand and by the reviews of others, rather than the true scent.

But the biggest mistake I made was to spray this fragrance on the cardboard: for days and days I've sniffed that cardboard, and all I smelled was a vanillic, gourmand scent with very strong almond notes... very sweet, cosy, welcoming and tasty, but nothing made me think of something hypnotic, sensual and poisonous.

Today my boyfriend gave me Hypnotic Poison for Valentine's Day, so I finally tried it directly on my skin, with no hurry and without any person who urged me to know my opinion about it...
And yes, at last I found the dark, wicked and hypnotic side of this perfume!
Now, as the hours pass, I can appreciate also the gritty pepper, the deepness of plum, the intoxicant tuberose and the assertive sandalwood, that blended with all the other sensual and gourmand notes make Hypnotic Poison a red, velvety and charming perfume.
I noticed that sniffing it's aura is more interesting that sniffing it directly on the skin... so while I'm moving I can even perceive a leathery note, a touch of suede... it's so sensual to my nose!
Has someone else noticed the same thing? Or is it just the chemistry of my skin?

Hypnotic Poison is still not my favorite one, but I'm starting to really enjoy this fragrance, without any prejudice and any complex... I like it very much!

Just an interesting side note,
this seems to be the preferred fragrance out of my collection, at least by my cat.
let me explain- i was very bored one night so i started spraying my perfumes one little pieces of paper and giving them to my boyfriend to see which one he liked the best (turns out he likes pure poison)and my big black male cat meandered up and looked quite interested in what i was doing, so i started letting him sniff them too.
he seemed very unimpressed by pretty much all my fragrances, but when i got to hypnotic poison he really seemed to like it! ( you know- as much a cat can like anything with out betraying their cool indifferent demeanor)
Whether it's a good thing my cat likes my perfume, i don't know o_0

This is wayyy too sweet, too warm and too much for my liking. I understand the "sexy" factor but honestly I wore it a couple of nights out and the scent really sticks to you. Even the next morning, I woke up just smelling that - And I only sprayed once! Definitely not for me!

An all time favorite of mine for life. I will always love it. Mysterious and heavy with lots of coconut and vanilla, and dry musky jasmine. Smells like it has notes of rootbeer sometimes.

This is a great one for those of you who cannot get enough vanilla. I like it, but its not one I would buy. I think for me, there are better choices. But I like vanilla, I don't love vanilla. Musky and vanilla all the way, which does smell great.

oh wow! I am speachless! Just got couple of samples of it and I really like it . A lot! I am a big vanilla, almond , chocolate and all the sweetness fan so this one to me is like a real treasure I think :)

Very strong on my skin and very sweet. But this is not a playfull, cheerfull sweetness- it is more like wintery, warm , overwhelming sweetness(in a positive way)

Oh yes, I have to buy it this week :-)

I am fond of Tendre Poison and I just discovered Hypnotic Poison a few months ago. I love this perfume, it's so yummy and sensual. Its name suits it to perfection.
Vanilla and almonds are very intensive : it's so warm, envelopping, and delightful.
This fragrance is for women over 30 I think. Very good for cold weather. It's a long lasting scent which will give you a lot of compliments.

This is vanilla and almond heaven!

It is an exquisite decadent blend of robust thick vanilla folded into a creamy almond, lightly sprinkled with coconut and given sexy depth with sandalwood and rosewood. I get no flowery or fruity notes at all.

On my skin, the bitter almond is very present but not overwhelming and it is tempered with a nice,creamy vanilla milkiness.

I amp the almond note the most, not that I'm complaining about that. It never goes play doh crazy on me, and it is not a cherried almond either. Yes, the almond is bitter and creamy and these qualities further add to the deep, dark and ultra sensuous vibe Hypnotic Poison projects.

This beauty has an amazing throw, and longevity is amazing too, I can still smell it on my skin the next day after applying. I’ve read many reviews complaining about the reformulation’s lack of longevity, but I’ve only tried the vintage one and a replica that I swear it is exactly the same and its sillage/longevity is as good as old Hypnotic Poison...


Nowadays most women wear fruity florals, which I love and will continue to wear too...but wearing a full bodied gourmand like Hypnotic Poison more often seems like a good idea if you want to stand out from the rest...plus it’s a man magnet...I love it and I always have it in my arsenal!

I really liked this but it had NO staying power! I tried to find this in eau de parfume - but have not been able to as of yet :(

I got a generous sample from a very successful swap with Rouu, and I must say, I should have tried it sooner. I totally forgot about it, I was being to snobby about niche lines, ignoring Dior because it was mainstream and cheaper, and I have always preferred the Chanel counterparts.. I was wrong to do this, this is amazing! I have tried all sorts of niche almond perfumes for over 200 bucks and none are better than this gem for about 1/4 the price on amazon. The price in retailer stores is higher, but still not unreasonable in my book. This starts as a perfect almond, no play dough for me- or weird cherry notes... next you can smell the vanilla and coconut emerge, they mix perfectly with the almond. Good projection until about 6 hours, not too strong or weak. Absolutely delicious, my favorite Dior by far now! Thank you Rouu, I am glad to try and like a non-niche (and something that wont get discontinued soon, or already has been). This usually isn't my experience with mainstream fragrances, beating all niche counterparts by a lot.
I have had it a few days and my fiance loves it. This scent gets lots of compliments!

Beautiful,grown-up,sophisticated and unusual fragrance.Allspice,aniseed and just a hint of powderiness.
Unfortunately I could never part with money for this as the sillage and longevity are weak,rendering it pointless in my opinion.What a shame.

Wow this is really good. I've sniffed some female fragrances and this one is just different from the rest. This reminds me of vanilla ice-cream/sundae and coconut cookies, and to elicit such response, this may very well be a gourmand. The dry down is gorgeous; the scent gets smoother and creamier. I'm buying this for my girlfriend but I may end up putting some on myself ..or one for her and one for me.

Hypnotic is just a great scent. Sexy, unforgettable. unique, alluring and naughty. The nose behind it must be very proud of this masterpiece.

I'm not sure what to say about hypnotic poison. I can't really say what I like about it. It has a rootbeer float scent to it....but there's a chemical underlay to it that lasts in the first 20 minutes it so of spraying that can make maharaja indoors and in the heat. This is another one men really like. But you cant put too much on! It's overwhelming when you do....I think I like angel better as a sexy night scent but this one is really mesmerizing. It's like nothing else and it kinda echoes around your body kinda like lullabying you into a trance. This is a cold weather look at me type scent with axing lasting post on my skin. Amazing

I love Hypnotic Poison! This fragrance is so sexy and alluring!

There was a time as a new perfumista that I felt I must impress upon anyone within 10 ft with my "scent".
This is when I discovered Hypnotic Poison, gifted with a sample I fell deeply in love with this scent. On my skin- licorice- almond- and rich vanilla and woods . The jasmine is very light & the fruit almost non-existent. I was gifted by my daughter a lovely gift set which I coated myself with in all seasons and very much to liberally. I used it up all too fast and indiscreetly.
But now my nose has changed ...I do not like to assault others with my scent or excessive silage. I still adore this scent but only in very cold weather and only a very small bit . Just enough that one must lean in close and sniff deeply to appreciate.
But today I must tell on myself..I am home alone and it is very cold and snowy out. I had nostalgia for the the good old day's and my "cloud of scent"...no one to offend so I used a spritz on all my pulse points...enjoying my ~lovely~ lovely ~cloud ..

This has been my favorite perfume for a couple of years now. I always put it on when I want to feel sexy, I always get so many compliments from men when I wear this. It last all day on me. Love this ♥♥♥.

I love it forever!
For me it is a perfect scent... smells like passion, nightlive, sexuality. I love love love it!

I got a sample after reading many comments on how it smells like liquorice or root beer.

I totally smell how people get that scent, and liquorice was the first thing my husband said when I asked him to sniff me up, I think it's the way the notes are mixing that give this illusion. Perhaps I would have been mesmerized too, but the coconut snaped me out of the spell.

I still tan the old fashioned way, laying in the sun slathered in coconut oil, so coconut reminds me of suntan lotion, and it's not a note I want in my perfume.

Also, I found there is a powdery flower that mixes with the sweet notes and it smells sorta like cake batter to me.

Rich, thick, creamy, almond vanilla, the fragrance that hooked me into perfume. About five years ago, I sprayed Hypnotic Poison on my arm and continued with my shopping. While trying to concentrate on which shoes would be most comfortable for hiking, something so incredibly beautiful kept wafting up, capturing my attention until I could think of nothing else. OMG! What was this fragrance that was literally taking my will to think of anything else away. I bought a large bottle.

Back then, not knowing how to keep fragrances, I sprayed the entire contents into a gorgeous crystal flacon because I didn’t like the rubbery looking red bottle with the black cap. I then displayed it in a sunny window where it showed off the bottle to perfection...not good. Unfortunately, the fragrance turned bad in a short amount of time and I had to throw it out, lesson learned.

A friend commented on my second bottle and how lovely it was so I gave it to her with full intentions of buying another one. Well, by the time I got around to buying it again, I was excited to find that it came in a gorgeous red glass bottle with a purple lid. Beautiful! But then, oh noooo! It didn’t smell the same. After settling down from the shock, I found that I still loved the fragrance and still find it to be better than any other almond vanilla I’ve smelled. So I will continue to wear and enjoy it.

Coconut, allspice, flowers, and woods are perfectly blended into almond and vanilla creating something so marvelous that even after all this time and through a few mishaps and/or lessons learned, I still wonder at its beauty. Because of its strong, sweet, richness, I think it’d be more suitable for cooler weather.

The first time I smelt HP was on a makeup artist at the Dior counter in Debenhams and voila I was taken. I bought it straight away and wore it every single day for a whole year. This is loud, but utterly gorgeous and addictive. It lasts all day and I can even smell it on my hair the next day

I do like the smell of this perfume, but unfortunately it smells exactly like this nail polish remover I use - Cutex, the whitening one. So when I smell this perfume, it's kinda sickening..

I love this fragrance. It's not too overwhelming, but it does make me smell like a cookie. I have received a few compliments whenever I wear this perfume to work.

i just got this perfume yesterday and i have been wearing it ever since. i knew i wanted a new bottle of something and happily i ended up at the poison section while wandering the macys perfume counter. i had a hard time choosing between the original and hypnotic poison, however ultimately i ended up choosing hypnotic poison because it smelled to me unlike anything i had ever smelled before.
when i spray hypnotic poison i smell cocoa butter on warm skin mixed with las vegas casino-smokey sweet, sultry, dark, and exciting. after several hours it sort of fades into a nice vanilla musk which is not at all abrasive and mixes very nicely with the natural odor of clean human skin---it smells to me sort of similar to the bath and body works scent warm vanilla sugar, but lighter and more natural.
LOVING IT SO FAR!
im hooked and cannot wait to collect the all the poisons!

I'm so very disappointed in Hypnotic Poison. I was expecting....I don't know, something! I may just have the type of skin that just absorbs scents like crazy, but I could hardly smell this within minutes of putting it on. My 4 year old said I smelled like chocolate. All I could smell was a cross between root beer and this odd Play-Doh note that never went away. The drydown was a cross between root beer and vanilla, like the dregs of an ice cream drink. And that Play Doh note. I'm sad. I really wanted to like this, after so many great reviews I was prepared to love it. :(

I loved this at first. In the store it smelled like a lovely oriental coconut. Yummy! But then on my skin all I could smell was very strong root beer.

I've been wearing Hypnotic Poison for 11 hours and the full force of the vanilla has only just kicked in!
Up until now the main notes have been the nuts.....bitter almond mainly, and coconut, and the pepper adds just enough spiciness.
I have read sometimes that HP doesn't last long enough but I would say 11 hours and still going strong is pretty damn good. And you really only need a little, as it goes a long way.
I had read so much about HP, mostly here on Fragrantica, and so many people seem to love it that I just had to give it a go. I haven't tried out the reformulation yet, and I'm not sure I want to. I'll stick with the bottle I have, and with this strength and staying power it should last me for years!!

The vanilla base note is pretty strong and (at least on me) Hypnotic Poison has more a powdery scent than anything else. I cannot feel at all the lilly-of-the-valley nor the plum and the apricot.
I slightly can smell the coconut, which adds a warm touch to the perfume.
Hypnotic Poison is a very sweet and strong perfume and I believe only a bit should be sprayed in order to not to have a headache or make people sick around us. Many people cannot stand such a heavy scent. This creation is anything but discrete.
For nights and in fall/winter time. I recommand it for 35+.

I agree with the cough drop note somebody describes down there. I got this from a friend as a xmas present yesterday. There is some kind of licorice note there that I truly like! (so the cough drop is not negative). Obviously vanilla is in there in nice amounts as well. I like the dry down because it remains soft and velvety, but somehow after the head notes are gone it remains somewhat flat, which I do not dislike: monochromatic fragrances can be great no matter what Luca Turin says in his books. Totally NOT safe for work/dinner/movie theatre or any other place you may encounter those "this perfume is giving me a headache" biatches. Interesting... what will happen if i wear this for a date... ?

Hypnotic Poison has been one of my favourites for quite some time now. The reason why this perfume sticks to my feelings like glue is that, as a teenager, I used to adore a pure vanilla scent that a classmate of mine purchased from an exotic country. It was so delicious and enticing, a yummy little cup of happiness. It became my idea of the perfect perfume at the time. Two years ago, I discovered its twin in Hypnotic Poison and you can imagine the delight!

As I already said, the main title of this perfume spells "vanilla". Hypnotic Poison smells just like someone had droped into it one of those tiny Dr. Oetker vials of vanilla essence. Intense, delicious and uplifting! Unmistakably a gourmand vanilla, it does have a background of woody notes and almonds, just to make it wearable. The coconut listed here is very subtly present, lending maybe something of its texture rather than its aroma.

It starts quite sharply and the sweetness of the vanilla may be a bit irritating for some in the first few minutes. However, it develops a wonderfully soft and cuddly texture as it dries down.

I believe it's best suited for teens and young women due to its all-around sweet character.
Be prepared to enjoy it with a mug of hot chocolate in your hands, wrapped in a fluffly blanket (or in the arms of someone special). It fills you with warm tingles of joy every time you get a waft of it.

Shame on you,dior house!You make copy,not original anymore!It's same story with hypnotic,addict,dolce vita,miss dior cherie,they all have been changed and now they are like cheap fake,actually expensive fake.
Ooooh why,tell me whyyyy?!

I tried it today on a cardboard, and I find it's a gourmand fragrance with a balanced combinations of ingredients of high quality.
I like its floral/fruity notes, and also its warm and sensual base, but I'll be honest: I don't think this perfume differs from many others expensive fragrances in which the sensual characteristic is emphasized.
Hypnotic Poison is lacking of that pungent note which would make it less sweetesh and more gritty and assertive as well as advertising wish to argue.
This perfume is not "poisonous", nor even hypnotic: maximum can be defined gourmand, cozy and welcoming, which is the opposite of what the name might suggest. When I hear the words "hypnotic" and "poison" I think to a strong, intoxicant fragrance with a wicked, dark touch inside. I think to LouLou, or Opium, just to mention some popular examples.
A very enjoyable perfume, but nothing special.
I'm expecting more from Dior.

Forever in love with this fragrance. It's gourmand without being over-the-top sugary. I personally adore the Play Doh aroma in there. This is a fail-safe gift for me.

I've been meaning to try this for ages and with my love for its flanker Eau Sensuelle, I figured it was high time! Well for me, the opening it milky smooth coconut, with vanilla and almonds. It is very nice but unfortunately on my skin this has a play dough hint to it which I'm not impressed with! But as this wears, that play dough scent disappears and the tuberose blooms so that the dry down smells almost identical on me as that of Eau Sensuelle. Very nice indeed and not as sweet as I expected at all. Though I would still choose Eau Sensuelle.

As Emi said way too sweet, way too much vanilla. In fact the only thing I can smell is the vanilla, I dont get any jasmine, tuberose or anything else. Definitely not for me. Thankfully I only have the samples.

Way too much of vanilla, too much of jasmin/tuberose, too much of sweetness. Unfortunately it is so cloying. I can't imagine myself wearing this. It would make me sick.

I met lady wearing this perfume once. I have no idea how much of it did she pour on herself but it was unbearable for me to stand next to her. I think that kind of perfume need to be dosed carefully because it really can harm someone's nose.

I've been coveting this "little love" since I first tested it, a couple of months ago.

Where do I start? Hypnotic Poison is unlike any other perfume I have ever smelt, it's very very unique, elegant and classy. It's rather linear on my skin but what I get from it, is an alluring concoction made of almonds, vanilla, coconut and even tobacco, yes :)
All the other notes are still not perceptible to my nose, maybe if I use it more, things would change.

However, many label HP as "sexy" which I don't; quite the opposite, I find it very clean with just a slight masculine edge, a true sillage monster and extremely long lasting.

I would wear HP for any occasion, to go any place, any time of the day, just not very sure how it would develop on my skin in extremely hot Egyptian summer! Maybe then a quick squirt would do.

Really, HP is one of those fragrances, not every perfumista, even every woman should have! Love it!

Well, this is the hardest review I’ve ever wrote! I had never smelled nothing a like! I’ll start by saying that this fragrance is just delicious!... I only detect almonds and extremely delightful peaches with a little tiny bit of vanilla. The mixture is perfect, very cheerful and feminine! It’s a happy bright scent ideal for daytime and night time and fall and spring and oh my God!.... I had never said this about any perfume, but this one is ORGAAAAASMIC! lol!

PS. Not tackyness, not ridiculous sweetness, not annoying notes.

It’s a very sweet vanilla perfume, with a hint of almonds. I would describe it as an almond-vanilla tart and it definitely can be overwhelming if worn during hot days or in the mornings. It’s a night time scent, great for dates and going out. It opens up pretty much the same on everybody; it is very creamy, sexy and vanilla sweet fragrance. I LOVE IT on some occasions.

I love this perfume.It's my signature scent since 2002 and the dusty drydown is what i love most. I think the new version is being reformulated because i feel it very headache inducing and it wasn't like that ...
This is a perfume you love or hate and never buy it before you try it.
Sillage is huge an on my skin it lasts in colder monts more than 12 hours.

Edit: I heard that dior's house change the formulation of their perfumes every year and destroy all the bottles that remain from an year to another.

Edit: I barely wear it, it gives me terribble headaches, but i will keep it because when it;s very cold i do not have this problem.

this perfume is really hypnotic! i still can't believe how it affects people around you. don't be surprised if someone start following you in the street, or if you in the buss suddenly get surrounded by people who are standing ridiculously close to you. not to mention how it affects my partner...;) i guess beautiful vanilla scent enriched with other mentioned notes in the perfect way creates a poison that people just can't resist. this is quality, passion and power! adore it!!!

this scent is like a warm, soft cloud...gentle vanilla with same gentle, quite almond and coconut, real pleasure for cold days.

Strong, elegant, sexy. But be careful, not for everyday wear. But if you want something different for a special night to turn on someone, yes, it works.

this is the strong and mature scent. warm and slightly powdery. i didn't notice any particular notes listed, all i get is strong floral, mocha latte and ginger.
I think I'll suggest this to my mom. If it's Dior she'll give it a try.

I still have a bottle I bought in Spain in 2002. It seems like since then they changed the formula, and I like the old one more, which is more complex. The new formula is mostly vanilla.

One of my beloved scents and I really fear that they will change its content. What I love about its old version is this strong vanillic base with a tiger, aggresive ending which reminds me of a burned piece of clothes! It really makes it unique. HP stays on my skin incredibly long and it fades beautifully. It is simply my second skin.

For those who prefer more streamlined vanilla I would recommend HP Sensuelle.

Hypnotic Poison was reformulated again and also rebottled these days

I finally got a chance to try this on. This smells like cream soda with an undertone of almonds and coconut. It seems perfect for winter. The only thing that sticks in my mind and is kind of a "turn-off" is the faint Play-Doh note that several people have mentioned. Not that Play-Doh is an unpleasant smell; it just is very out of place.

edit: Wow, 8 hours later and I can still smell it. Nothing has ever lasted this long. It's not a strong scent, but it's there.

We have no root beer where I live so I don't know what that smells like, but the smell reminds me of marzipan.
And I love it! I also have the Pure Poison, but it is not something I would wear in the winter. My husband said he could eat me!

As much as I want to love this scent, I cannot. I gave it a shot when I was trying to find something warm, comforting, and slightly gourmand but mature.

Unfortunately, it smells too mature for me.

I'm not sure if an older woman in my life wore it when I was growing up, but it smells familiar to me, and it reminds me of my grandmother.

Oh yeah, and it TOTALLY SMELLS LIKE ROOT BEER.

Actually, I kind of like the root beer part. However, despite being composed of many notes I love (vanilla, coconut, almond) it is too powdery and makes me feel much old than I am.

Does anyone else think this one smells like root beer?

And am I the only one that finds this one really weak? I love the way it smells but I need like 6 sprays of it before I feel like I'm wearing enough (and most fragrances I only use 1-2 sprays).

This was a perfume that I loved when I first bought a bottle. But, for some reason I just cannot bear the smell of Hypnotic Poison on me anymore. Therefore, my bottle sits on my dresser--totally beautiful looking, but hardly used.

I wear this every day as an office perfume, but unfortunatelz just does not stay on my skin. I was a big fan of Poison, but this one just don't work for me.

I guess my taste in scents is changing again or something. I remember that I always thought this is too sweet. Maybe it's the cold winter time or my new liking of coconut that I like the sample I received recently. It stays on my skin quite well, which is rare these days. I like the coconut element and also the sweetness. I guess it would be too much for summer, but right now I enjoy this sample. It reminds me a bit of Toni Gard by Toni Gard, but it's more intense and the staying power is better too here.

PS: Now that I finished my sample, I'm still unsure. I seem to like sweet scents better in cold weather but I'm not yet sure if it's enough to buy it. Sweet scents are something I didn't wear before , so maybe I have to be bold one time and see if my taste in scents changed, so I can wear sweet scents too :)

While I understand why it's so popular, I can't wear it. It's too sweet and ordinary for my liking. I could tolerate it (not wear it) without coconut, but alas, I'd rather eat a slice of sweet pie, than wear one.
I also find it to be similar to many other sweet fragrances (Kenzo Amour etc.), they all smell similar to me. I would like to wear something that sets me aside, something to remember me by and I definitely don't want to smell like the rest of the crowd. I don't mean to offence HP lovers here, but personally, HP smells like sweet nothing to me.

This is undoubtedly one of my all time favourite perfumes. I love love love it. Its very sweet but not in a sickly way, its warm and creamy and lasts for hours upon hours. The sweet fruity berry and coconutty top notes burst out at first followed with soft jasmine that dries down into a beautiful warm vanilla and almond smell that lingers and seduces your senses all day long. It lasts for hours on my skin and it really is exactly what it says in the name.. Its hypnotic and it reminds me of a chilhood holidays spent on my granparents farm, between fruit and nut trees and the late afternoon perfumes of jasmine and gardenia in the flower garden, coming in to warm baked ginger and buttery vanilla biscuits. Its like being in your favourite sweetshop. Its worth every penny.

I tried this for the first time today, so I'm sure it's the new version. To me, this smells warm, soft, spicy, creamy, and sweet. I smell mostly sweet spice, almond and vanilla. I get no flowers from this at all. I also get no play-doh. It smells the best at drydown, when it becomes the sweetest and spiciest. This reminds me of a spicey hot chocolate that's been spiked with amaretto.

I have a little mini, I guess it's very recent and it smells, well, funny. What is that? My skin that eats of vanilla or the new Cardboard Poison? It's a very strange smell. I actually don't know, what play-do is or smells like, but is that, what you all refer to? Like rotten almonds in a wet cardboard box? I don't detect vanilla. This is what you all love? I only smelled it on others and always remember vanilla...??? Or am I wrong?

Or is this the reformulation? I am totally confused, I need help here.

---EDIT---
The batch code gives manufaturing July 2011.

Well I guess I'm opening myself up to the firing squad here because of the mad love for this perfume I see in reviews, but to me it has an incredible vibe of play-doh, possibly play-doh with a hint of rootbeer. It's as if that's the strong main note and there's some vanilla and a thing here or there added for support. This is not a body chemistry thing because it smells like it on paper to me as well. I keep trying it to see if my perspective will change but so far, very expensive play-doh. It isn't awful mind you. In a way I've come to like it, just interesting.

For me,hypnotic is nice mix of vanilla,coconut,menthol and jasmine.

I know this is so silly!There is a guy I like and after reading all the great reviews I decided to use HP hoping to get his attention.
And...nada:)
It's a good perfume though, vanilla and almond are two of my favourite notes
Unfortunately it fades quickly

This one is nice but not nice enough for me to want to buy (I'd happily keep it if I got it as a gift though). Many mentioned rootbeer float, that's also what I get with HP. However, I do understand the appeal with this one, it is quite dark and velvety, an herb-y sort of vanilla, which translates to it smelling sexy and inviting but simultaneously mysterious and elegant. Surprisingly tuberose does not stand out at all, it doesn't even exist here (a good thing if you're not a fan, personally I love tuberose)...still it is a 'voluptuous' scent with good sillage even in EDT, so the worst thing you can do is overspray this scent, it can get suffocating, so a little goes a long way. Definitely not a scent to wear outdoors in sunny weather. I do think it can be worn to the office if discretely applied (that's if you want to), but it's best for evening use or fall/winter. Longevity is not bad but not excellent, it lasted about 5 hours on my skin, longer on clothes, as is almost always the case with fragrances. I actually prefer the 'Eau Sensuelle' version, they're both almost the same scent except that one lasts longer on me inspite of it being softer/more floral, it's also less woodsy and easier to wear for those who are stuck with warm weather all year round.

I just bought it 2 days ago and...I'm in love! I know this is a reformulated version and all, and yes it does suck because its way better to have the original ingredients and to have all that great quality, but at the end of the day, if you like a fragrance and it makes you happy when you wear it, then all that "reformulated version talk" doesnt matter anymore.

I wore it for the first time yesterday and whenever I had a whiff of HP air, I would smile and wonder "wow, who smells good?" and then I would smile again because it was me ;)

Therefore, reformulated or not, i don't care, i love this fragrance because it makes me happy and I leave it at that!

I had HP for app 2 years ago. It was new, I used it only a few times, then I swaped it. But the reason, why I have bought it in the first place, was that I was looking for very strong vanilla like fragrance. Unfortunately, it was too much for my husband. Now, i see lots of you writting about this fragrance, and, I guess it is because of a "monkey effect", but i just MUST have it again. Have already order it on the internet. This time i will not swap it so fast :) As many of you mentioned ( and i agree), a few sprays will be more than enough to keep you feel like a sexy christmas cupcake LOL.

This is like no other perfumes out there, it's very original and unique.To me, this is a comfort scent, for others a very sexy one ;) I wear it mostly during colder weather, it's a perfect fall/winter scent. I get vanilla, bitter almonds notes mixed with milky coconut and some a touch of red pepper! It's sweet and bad at the same time, and I like that! It makes me think of Snow White taking a bite in the poisoned apple... Hope this helps!

This is so linear...from the beginning till the end just vanilla mixed with more vanilla. Vanilla makes this powdery and heavy, almost unbearably sweet and sick! I do feel some jasmine, too and it reminds me slightly of Alien, but if there was ever a hint of this ressemblance it is invariably taken over by the monster: vanilla.
I do believe that people who think they like HP, but aren't sure of it could try Lolita Lempicka, the blue glass, for a change. They would be surprised that licorice smells far better and normal than plain vanilla!
However, I would love to smell HP on Christmas day, since it clearly reminds me of cakes, pudding and candles!

I've smelled this today,I'm a fan of Dior Addict.
But this fragrance has been reformulated,and it does not smell as the old HP.I never will buy this,It is a hurt :-(

I tried it today, but it's not what I've expected. After reading all positive comments here, I thought that I'll smell sexy and adorable scent. Oh, I wanted to love it. But no - just an ordinary vanilla. I had a deodorant Palmolive Vanilla - it's the same smell, the only difference is HP lasts longer and its sillage is better.

I loved this when it first came out, but I think it has changed since then. ?? Now it is more of a light almond-vanilla. It is still strong, but seems quieter and there is less going on inside it, if that makes sense. I used to smell the vanilla and almonds along with other notes I couldn't identify and that made it unusual (as well as less wearable). Now it is calmer and easier to wear, but less interesting. On me it is not super-sweet or edible, which is a good thing. It is kind of a comfort scent, but not one I use for everyday wear.