Elixir des Merveilles (for women)

harajukulovers

This scent is my anuties key fragrance and its so fougere with vanilla and orange

sky76sky

I seem to be drawn to woody orange fragrances this week :)

Very masculine, with a depthy, warm woodiness that holds down the sparkling zesty orange. It has that spicy, smoky, leatheriness of YSL Nu but with more refreshing orange peel (in fact, as I now sniff them side by side, they are quite similar).

Not to everyone's taste, but I like it because it cuts out a lot of the sugar frosting you get in (orangey) women's fragrances. Lasts forever & follows you everywhere.

rosaria

Beautiful packing, wonderful bottle, magic elixir...

Intense, long lasting,it seems to me a perfect combination of orange, vanilla and wood notes.

Every time I wear Elixir de Merveilles I feel elegant, sophisticated and self-confident.

It's one of my favorite scents...

tommy_girl

as much as I can't like eau des Merveilles,I like elixir des Merveilles.
it opens with very sweet caramel scent.it's more feminine than Eau D M and it's more playful,although you may find it TOO sweet.
as the time passes the woodsy notes appear and it gets better and better.it makes me feel like I'm in the middle of a forest and then I see a hut made by chocolate(like the story,lol)
I can describe the smelling in two words:Caramel + pine
definitely it's a kind of perfume with personality.it's not typical.it's really elixir in a bottle.

eljayebee

Oohh, I finally understand "sillage". I made the mistake of wearing this for the first time on a work day. A couple hours into the day, my boss tells me,"Jean, I can tell every room you've been in today from the scent you leave behind". Oops. Lasts all day, too. Love it.

krisiva

Usually I find it hard to wear Hermes fragrances – they are too complicated and rather strange for my taste, although I am huge fan of the “nose” behind most of them (Jean-Claude Ellena). For a long time I avoided trying Elixir des Merveilles because I though it would be no exception. Recently I received a dozen of vials with Elixir. And what a surprise – I really like this one! In contrast with most of the reviews here, I cannot find any masculine note in it (and I hate any hint of masculinity in a woman’s fragrance). For me it is rich, warm, seductive scent of orange peels, chocolate and amber. The overall composition is quite unusual and original, unlike most of “bestsellers” recently. The top notes are probably a little bit too intense, but the middle notes and dry-down are just perfect. I cannot stop sniffing myself. And the lasting quality is very good. I will go for larger size for sure.

Kama

I agree with Miss_Nightingale about Elixir… It is intensely masculine perfume!
To be honest I had big expectations but somehow I am disappointed..
At the 1st spray they are like some citrus/woody perfume for men…
I sprayed them on myself hoping that it is just a start with masculine side.. but on my skin it has been from the start till now – masculine.
I expected: orange peel covered with chocolate mixed with some woody notes but instead I could feel only masculine part that had nothing to do with orange peel covered with chocolate…………
They are very strong… and when I was on my way to work I was wondering if it was me, smelling so masculine, or some man was walking just few minutes before.
Then at work my colleague said: Ohh it is your scent…it is strong..I though it was some other man’s scent not yours.. but it is you…it is so heavy masculine scent on me…
Now after wearing it for 6 hours they are more warm and maybe a little orange/vanilla – but very fainted…and still some masculine part is taking the main part…
Then I though that my male colleague will like it…(as it is really masculine one me!) but he said he didn’t like it at all…
Elixir is definitely NONO for me ( I am sorry everyone who loves Elixir).
Well.. I am happy that I have just tried sample and didn’t buy the whole bottle (and I was thinking to buy one..)

louyse

Love to read the comments on the perfumes but not some of the story books

Miss_Nightingale

How peculiarly this behaved on my skin; the first impression was intensely masculine - very pleasant all the same, but not what I expected at all! I couldn't detect any of the orange, either, perhaps an extremely faint tang. Mainly I got an extremely long-lasting spicy vanilla accord that had me repeatedly sniffing my wrist. I like it, but I'm not sure it's for me - perhaps because it was so different to what I imagined. Once again, a case of never judging a perfume by reading the list of notes!

Zhara

The Hardy Boys hid in the old warehouse for what seemed like hours, waiting for the mysterious man from the luggage company to come back. "Maybe he won't come back at all." Frank said, shuffling his feet on the bottom of the crate. His shoes kicked up fragments of the wood; it was rough-hewn and easily released bits of fragrant sawdust. The crate also smelled of the spices it had contained at one time. It reminded Frank that it had been quite some time since they had last eaten. "Maybe we should just go home and try again tomorrow."

"We have to stay just a little longer." Said Joe. "We have to find out why he was digging out behind the old Merveilles house last week, and if it has any connection Sally's disappearance."

Joe had to admit that things had become rather uncomfortable. Huddled together inside the rough wooden shipping crates, the boys were getting tired, cold, and hungry. They dug through their pockets looking for something to tide them over. Joe had some hard candy, and Frank had a big, succulent orange he had saved from lunch.

"This will have to do for dinner." Said Joe, solemnly, and peeled the orange, releasing it's pungent oil into the dusty night air. He pulled up the collar of his borrowed jacket, which still faintly smelled of his father's favorite soap. "I wish Dad was here." he thought, but kept those thoughts to himself. He did not want to let his brother know that he was scared.

They ate the orange and the candy slowly, silently, as if even the sounds of their chewing would somehow give their location away, hidden as they were in the pile of old spice crates. Together, they waited. Darkness fell.

Suseken

A high quality scent.Woody notes mixed with orange.I love it very much.

essija

This is like nothing I have smelled before. It's orange sugary smell are dominant. This sparkles on my skin. I don't know how often I would reach for this though. Just have a sample and I do like it but don't think I have to have it. Orange pop maybe, this reminds me of something else..This is nice to wear to work

PR

It is in general 'denser' sort of, and more smoky (incense, I guess), a bit sweeter. I am not sure if orange is stronger here, but it is definitely more sugary orange than in Eau version. In general they are very similar, the beginning just slightly different. I don't know any similar perfume like it.

isalim

what are the notes that are more pronounced in the elixir compared to eau de merveilles? Is there a perfume that you would compare this one to?

Boggi

I got this and Eau de Merveilles today and I honestly can't smell the difference between them. So there is really nothing more I can say about this than I allready wrote in my review for Eau de Merveilles.

PR

Hooray!!:)elixir des merveilles has became my husband's favorite perfume, he's starting to love it the most from all perfumes I have..I wouldn't foreseen it, ever, at least not from his sour facial expression when he first smelled it. He's shared these news just recently..ok.. now I will start wearing all perfumes he's not a fan of, maybe eventually he'll fall in love with them..:)) joking

Malegria

This one is one of my biggest disappointments.I smelled it on other women and found it very enchanting - like sugared orange peel covered with chocolate and powdered with red chili pepper, very, very sexy! But on my skin it turned out to be nothing else but orange Tums, which of course was nothing what I expected! So I traded it for something else.If you are thinking of purchasing it, try it on your skin - Hermes perfumes, as some other brands as well, pick their mistresses.

Scent lover

It reminds me of Xmas :) This is the scent that is warm, full of evergreen notes that are sweeten by orange peel. The lasting power on me is good. The notes composition is quite unique as all Hermes perfumes. Definitely give it a try :)

guest_january13

I love this scent. Eau de Merveilles is too subtle for me. This one has an edge to it that I like very much and as the time passes, I never get tired of it. It's pretty long-lasting also.

&RY

This fragrance is wonderful. I like it very much. When I first smelt it, get shocked...

PR

aaah.. but I still love so much more the bottle of Eau des Merveilles, which is just beyond amazing, pure magic. Elixir's bottle is beautiful as well, but I never thought I would ever love the bottle like Eau des Merveilles

PR

The reason why I bought Elixir was that it was stronger and more pronounced than Eau des Merveilles, and I still can't get enough of it. The downside is taht it is not to my husband's taste, but at least he does not hate it

matteomac

I love Eau des Merveilles and I love Elixir des Merveilles, too (even if a bit less).

This fragrance is a bit stronger and sparkling than Eau, especially in the orange note which i really like.