212 VIP Black Elixir

As soon as I sprayed this on, I was reminded very much of Scandal Absolu. Minus the plum. So I sprayed that one on the other arm, and compared. Yes. Very, very similar. One key difference, though, is that Scandal Absolu seems to get sweeter as it dries (mirabelle plum, most likely), whereas 212 Elixir doesn't. It actually darkens up a bit (licorice note?) and becomes a bit more masculine-leaning (none of these super sweet mass-market designers are decidedly 'masculine' to my nose). Similar to Scandal Absolu, but this is better. At least, in my opinion. This also has better longevity. I guess it is the licorice note that does it? I'm not sure. Is it redundant? I guess that depends on the size of your collection? I have only about half of my collection catalogued on this website, so for me an absolute 'yes'. But I get enjoyment out of the hobby, so who really cares. If you are trying to avoid redundancy, and have more than a few fragrances in your collection, this can probably be skipped. If you are a fan of the line, try and sample it. You might really like it. I know I do.

Now that note breakdown is much, much more accurate to how this fragrance comes across!!! They launch these fragrances with the simplified 3 note breakdown and then the entire breakdown gets released when the fragrance does but they never add the rest here. This has happened with a few different releases this year and last year. It's a little irritating that the companies don't think our attention span is long enough for more than three notes. You just cannot get the feeling of a fragrance and it's scent profile with only 3 notes! But anyway, if you want a better idea of how this amazingly good flanker is then look at the review below mine because I have always wanted to find out what the rest of the missing notes were here. This is very good stuff. I think it's a slightly less masculine take on Sauvage Elixir. 8.5 out of 10 for me.

Definitely worthy of the Elixir title for the 212 VIP line. Price is actually much more in line with what all other Elixir's should be coming from retail at $135!!! But I have already gotten one heavily discounted and it's top notch designer juice! Definitely top notch performance, great scent quality and hyper attractive for night out events when you'll be outside so it's nice thick sillage can move around well. I had the 212 VIP Black Extra flanker and it was more versatile, but the liquorice kick is so nice and I can no longer decide which one is my favorite. Highly recommended!!! 9.25 out of 10!

This opens with a Black Licorice BOMB. Could not smell any lavender/grapefruit/or juniper. Licorice stays strong for 60-90minutes until it starts to calm down and I could start to get the lavender, mellow vanilla, and woods. I got a tiny little bit of the orange blossom early in the dry down. Smells like a really nice dark candy on my skin. Dries on clothes into one of the most delicious sweet vanilla scents I have smelled.

The scent itself is not bad at all, but i still have the felling that there are so many alike on the market, so it's ok, but nothing spectacular. Not very sweet or vanillic, the lavender/black licorice are the main characters in this scent. Yes, i do agree that is a winter/autumn night out scent, it is very elegant and a compliment magnet! The bottle looks stunning and very heavy, and the performance is quite good!