24 Elixir Gold

So I finally got my nose on this and I had to blind buy to do so. This was reasonably confident due to my prior knowledge and high expectation of Scent Story fragrances. Oh boy I wasn't disappointed! Elixir delivered the same same wow factor I experienced with the original 24 Gold and even the Oud edition. (The OA admittedly to a lesser extent.) So this is brilliant then? Well...not really, and for one simple reason the honey note is very strong and very accurate. For honey fans then this is comes highly recommended but that isn't what 24 Elixir is all about by a long way. The opening is a complex blend of sweet spices cinnamon and even a hint of fruit but it's mainly a dense oriental comprised of deep, resinous, amber woods and a touch of vanilla. This part of the fragrance is hats off amazing but the honey note is there to provide an icky, borderline unpleasantness to something which is otherwise sweet and rich. Don't get it twisted, I think it actually works very well and needs that extra dimension because if it was all fun and games, 24 Elixir wouldn't be half as memorable and probably too safe. There's obvious comparisons in my mind to the recent release from CdG Floriental, then there'e a pinch of Parfum de Marly Oajan and a considerable amount more of Back to Black from By Killian. So the resulting offspring of a three-way between these is not far off what you get. The performance is good as you'd expect but goes on very strong and projecting madly then fades considerably. This coincides with the fading of the strong honey note and what you're left with underneath in the drydown, is all the good stuff associated with honey and non of the bad. Not to mention the resins and woody goodness in the base of this scent, I found the drydown very enjoyable. I can't give this too much praise for simple taste reasons and my aversion to honey in this quantity. However, this is a largely successful exercise for Scent story showing that they continue to innovate and hit, huge, stunning orientals out of the park every time.

I bought this after trying a sample of the original 24 Gold the Oud version, and this one. I chose this one to buy and I am not sorry. This reminds me of Raghba but with an edge. I get the tobacco, rose and honey. The amber is there too, but I do not detect any coconut and since I am not fond of coconut, the better. This will last around 24 hours or more and is just gets better as it goes along. Strong, long lasting, leathery, tobacco, amber and honey with roses. What's there not to like? Love this one! Yes, its sweet too, but not too much. The opening has a bit of a sharpness to it. I would say a 5/5

Def a tobacco vanilla vibe going on here Great staying power and sillage too 8/10

I love this very very very much but it’s for winter only.

A slight departure from the original 24 Gold and certainly in a different direction from 24 Gold Oud, 24 Gold Elixir is almost purely sweet in the way of 24 Gold but certainly more emphatic in certain aspects. I agree with the honey amber characterization, though I'm assuming the tobacco perception is a misunderstanding. I don't get any tobacco, but the sweetness of this does make it resemble some sweet tobacco fragrance, the likeness being the sweetness. I'm not sure the EDP concentration has much bearing on it, as the original 24 Gold was strong as an EDT, and 24 Gold Oud was equally strong as an EDT concentree. Surely it follows that 24 Gold Elixir is strong as an EDP, though I'm not sure it's much stronger. Overall, the blend of the original 24 Gold is smoother better but 24 Gold Elixir is fun in its own right with a different kind of sweetness, honey and coconut. I'll certainly consider reaching for this as it becomes cheaper (as it has started at $80 for 100ml). 7 out of 10