Hypnotic Poison Eau de Parfum

got this as a blind buy having remembered my mom owning a midnight poison miniature as a child(i was so in love with it), unfortunately it was discontinued but i saw this one and despite it obviously being very very different from midnight poison i wanted to try it. since i can now afford to start my own perfume collection i figured there was no harm in some trial and error. the bottle was nostalgic enough. i think it’s important to say that i am relatively new to trying out perfumes for all it’s worth and before buying this i hadn’t tried any perfumes with anise/liquorice notes, when i bought this all i had prior was memories of my moms perfumes, as well as a small bottle of jean paul gaultier divine la parfum which was the first to my collection. that said, i am reviewing now having tried many more perfumes(including similar ones mentioned in the reviews here) and none have been as good as hypnotic poison. she’s so yummy and delicious, while also being so complex. the liquorice note is strong to start, and i LOVE it. it gives mystery, it gives class. i was initially afraid of it being bitter but it’s not bitter at all on me, it’s sweet yet has a distinct edge. the vanilla and almond make it feel very full and warm, the vanilla isn’t gourmand but more earthy to me. there’s also something in it that gives me the sense of a warm fire. not a cackling fire, but embers. despite some reviews saying it’s not cozy, i think it is very cozy, at least on me. it has a very comforting smell. all that said, it usually lasts me the full work day and i can usually still smell it before my shower after work. the sillage is moderate/strong for the first couple hours and fades to moderate near the end of the day. overall she’s dark and alluring, gothic, but with a warm feisty edge. a great perfume for any alternative girlies out there. (definitely a deep cut for a site like this but iykyk, this is what i imagine morrigan from dragon age would smell like) 10/10.

To put it very simply: this one is sticking with me for a lifetime. To say I love Hypnotic Poison is an understatement, no, this perfume is quite literally the love of my life!!! There is something very comforting about it that it makes me happy. I wore my friend’s EDT a few years ago on a night out, when I went back home, I just couldn’t part with the scent that was left on my skin. A year later, I got gifted the EDP version. The Poison DNA is there, but this one is much sweeter than the OG Poison. When you first spray the perfume, the opening is forward on the licorice. there’s a long way before the dry down where you start smelling the orange blossom and jasmine notes. Personally, I can only distinguish the almond note after an hour or two. And after many hours later, you’re left with the sweet notes of vanilla and tonka beans, you can still smell hints of licorice and almonds, a scent that in my opinion is a masterpiece. Nothing ever compares. Hypnotic Poison is an elegant, sensual yet mysterious perfume, ideal for nights out, or do whatever you please, it’s literally perfect. I can see why some say Hypnotic Poison smells like Playdoh and I don’t care, I mean does Playdoh stink? In fact I also do think Poison smells like Barbie doll’s plastic but it doesn’t keep me from wearing it to work. I got sooo many compliments wearing this scent so if you like almond notes, maybe if you like YSL Libre Intense, Mon Guerlain or Tom Ford’s Lost Cherry, I think you’d enjoy this scent (assuming that these three are also my favorites so we might have the same taste). I like to layer it with Victoria’s Secret’s Amber Romance, it doesn’t change much of the scent, only brings out more of the vanilla and tonka notes. Longevity : 100/10 Sillage : 10/10 Scent : plus infinity

A super quality licorice bomb. That's how I would describe Hypnotic Poison edp. At the first spray, you will get a licorice and almond combo. The almond gives a bitterish, I could say even fresh touch to this fragrance. The vanilla is also present, but not the main character in here. My bf smelled coconut, but I couldn't identify any. I find this somehow creamy on the drydown, but I can"t tell from what. Maybe some sandal wood which is not listed here haha. This is not a common vanilla and tonka scent. The licorice and almond give this its uniqueness, although I have that feeling that I have smelled this somewhere else in the past. The longevity is a downside, as I would've expected for it to last more. Not great, not terrible :') Anyways, I think that it might be possible to go noseblind after a while and probably that's why I can't smell it after 4-5 hours or so, and I feel just a faded skin scent. Anyways, I will continue to test it to see how it behaves. Come with an update maybe. In conclusion, I love this fragrance. I love its uniqueness, I love that it is not that super sugary sweet kimd of perfume, it is a grown up type of fragrance, and you need to have certain personality to wear this. Maybe I will also try the edt version. I have read comments in which people said this is discontinued. I hope not. I saw comments dated even from 2017, so hopefully this is just false news and the edp is just rare like Dior Homme Parfum :)

I am a tried and true poison girl lover... that was, until recently. Over the past couple years I have moved from super sweet perfumes like poison girl and Black Opium . And for so many years I have lusted over the EDT Hypnotic Poison, on other people. Its so rich and lush and entices you in! But, I cant wear the EDT. Its so overwhelming when its on, and all I can smell is vanilla, almond and musk and need to wash it off.. The lady at our perfume counter suggested I tried the EDP. Which I instantly liked, but then it went through a real EDT moment and I smelt the same overwhelming notes again... Until I got home an hour later.. and fell in love. Madly in love. What was once a sickly almond vanilla latte on my arm, had suddenly morphed into a alluring rich scent. It was sexy and sophisticated and definately lived up to its name, where you just can’t quite put your finger on what it is about hypnotic Poison.. but there most certainly is something. Perhaps its the sambac jasmine and tonka bean. Whatever is it, this one will keep you guessing.. in only the best of ways. If you want a sweet, gorgeous, pretty fragrance, try poison girl. If you want your almond to call the shots, and entice people in, go EDT Hypnotic Poison, if you want a mysterious, alluring, all rounded but not sweet at all fragrance, EDP Hypnotic Poison is for you. Just giver her time to settle down (;

Amber (as in the benzoin-labdanum-vanilla blend), a bitter cyanide-like almond, a hint of licorice and a deep tonka/vanilla accord to round it all out. The scent reminds me of my grandma, whom I loved, and I think she used some sort of a fragrance similar to this as her coats often smelled similarly to this - that being said, it doesn't smell nothing like naphtalene or lavender so it's a pretty safe scent for bug-spray-profile haters. My partner sees this as a spicy vanilla scent, which while not technically correct does convey the approximately accurate profile. It's a very deep ambery-almondy scent, and I enjoy it a lot. It feels really nice to wear during the winter times, but it really isn't appropriate for higher temps due to the opulent profile. The white florals make it a bit "sexy", but overall the scent is blended so well that it's hard to distinguish the notes. It's quite sweet, deep scent, and feels profoundly homely to me. Has a bit of a vintage vibe, but unlike the regular HP it does not have that overwhelming play-doh vibe. It smells like red lipstick and heels, a relaxed attitude, fur coats and love. A beloved kooky bookworm aunt that cleans up nice. A classical music orchestra. The colours of gray navy blue, dried blood red and burnt mahogany brown. The sound of oboe or a cello. It's just a really nice, approachable deep winter&autumn scent.