Barber Cologne Elixir Black

Just bought this sweet deal for my boyfriend at Bath & Body. I sprayed the white and the black elixers on each of my hands and experienced them change while shopping. The White started out more mainstream citrusy aeromatic and I prefered that to the opening harsh agarwood blast of the Black one, but within ten minutes they completely morphed... The White one changed into a boring and predictable generic fresh scent - VERY reminiscent of Polo to me. However, the Black elixir did something wonderful. In relatively little time the once loud sharp oder faded to a warm, mysteriously alluring vanilla wood. A friend commented that it almost turned toward a feminine softness, but I disagree on the drydown being outwordly feminine. It's totally sensual to me. I can't wait to gift it to my BF. This scent, while wonderful, lacks strong projection and doesn't noticably last longer than ~4 hours, unless you're really getting your nose on the skin. That said, this fragrance, which B&BW staffer described as being part of a luxury brand (?), was cheaper at full retail price than their own signature line colognes... $22 versus $34, albeit it's a smaller bottle. Hell of a good deal to me though. I will say that I would pay as much as 4 times the cost for improved sillage and longevity. MUCH more appealling scent than anything else at Bath and Body Works in terms of men's frags, no doubt. Do yourself a favor and TRY THIS ONE.

Great scent. Just picked up on 3. Buy 2 get one free so i went with the white, black, and green. I love this one out of all three. It is so soft and settled it has the same scent flow of Yves Saint Laurent La Nuit de l'homme. Great long lasting, it lasted on me for about 8 plus hours. I will not buy again due to the fact that i have so many colognes that it will be just sitting waiting his turn to get used. I would def. recomend this one out of all the Bigelow collect.. Great for the buck and great smell, received many compliments. thumbs up....

An amazing fragrance! My batch lasts to the next day on clothing, although with 8 sprays, but sillage is intimate after the first hour. Would be a perfect date fragrance because it will last without choking anyone out, or smell offending, and you can’t really overspray. Well worth the $34 i paid at their shop for a 2.4oz. All their frags are great, try the Blue for the office.

Finally they add this. Very nice fragrance that can be bought for a reasonable price. It's identical to John Varvatos but much more affordable. This is a very simple but nice, sweet and slightly musky fragrance best served for a romantic night. Elixir Black could actually be pulled off anytime except maybe the extreme heat. At only $20 this is definitely a good buy.

This is a very good fragrance for romantic settings. This is a wonderful fall/winter scent. To me this fragrance has some elements of La nuit d L'homme. It is sweet yet smoky and overall very sexy. My wife loves this one on me so that's another positive.