Midnight Poison Elixir

Dark, Gothic, vampy and sexy are the words that come to mind while wearing Midnight Elixir. The name and smell matches the bottle for once! The smell is deep and rich, slightly sophisticated but with an edge. I've never tried Midnight Poison so I can't compare the two but I'm assuming they smell similar? Elixir Midnight is a little strong at first spray. The first thing I notice is patchouli and roses, almost medicinal but in a fresh green, slightly sweet syrupy way. After wearing it only a few minutes the notes transform and tone down to an earthiness of dry patchouli, dried roses and powdery notes yet has caramel and vanilla adding slight sweet touches. Midnight is strong in smell but wears close to the skin, very pleasant and almost has a clean freshness while keeping its dark appeal. I like the balance and its easy to wear!

This is such a dreamy scent - my second favourite in the Poison line after Hypnotic Poison. Upon first spray, there's a lovely warm blend of caramel and vanilla which is brightened by the rose, and all is grounded by the amber and patchouli. Thankfully, it's just enough patchouli (which tends to turn to insect spray on my skin.) After dry down, I'm left with the warm glow of caramel, vanilla and amber. Midnight Poison Elixir is just strong enough to last for a few hours on my skin (I tend to burn through scents fairly quickly), and sillage is light to median. Midnight Poison Elixir is not as intoxicating to my nose as Hypnotic Poison, but this is still lovely in its own way - a nice cool weather scent: comforting, relaxing. I'm glad to have it in my fragrance library.

I have a wee sample size of this; I think this is one of the most emotional perfumes I have encountered. When I take this in, it rouses sadness and happiness and intensity, deep down inside me. I sprayed one of those tester cards in a department store and keep it in the middle of a book that I am reading just now. My husband gives me a strange look when I lift the book to my face and inhale deeply, eyes shut, head tilted back slightly, faint trace of a smile playing on my lips. Will have to talk someone into getting it for me for my birthday!!! Oh, this is fabulous, elegant, exotic, sensuous and very very heady. I am besotted!!!

This is absolutely lovely! Very oriental and sweet. If it were not for the rose notes i think it would be sickly sweet. I personally think this smells sweet without smelling like a gourmand. This might be because it is not straight vanilla and the carmel is sweet but people can't put their finger on what note it is exactly so they just think you smell "yummy". I would wear this at night or if i have a special night out! I wouldn't wear it out on a warm day, it would be too over powering. Sweet, Dark, Feminine, and Sultry. Not frilly girly feminine, but a powerful and independent woman. Simply Lovely! x

I knew I'd love this one ! It was a blind buy based on the notes and the reviews on Fragrantica. A patchouli powerhouse on first application,woody and warm with hints of caramel,rose & vanilla but not gourmand. This is an oriental woody scent ,dark & exotic . It lingers but is not overpowering nor sickly sweet. It does remind me of Chopard Wish,but without the vanilla and caramel at the forefront. In this fragrance those notes soften the harshness of the patchouli nicely,without taking over. I'm curious now to try Midnight poison to see whether it's as nice as this one !

Midnight Poison Elixir is a warmer and sweeter version of the original. It lacks the sting of citrus in the opening that the original has and the caramel notes adds a pleasant gourmand feel to the scent. I do prefer the original slightly to this but they are both lovely and easy to wear fragrances, if you are a patchouli lover at least. The Elixir version I would also describe as more feminine than the original even if the rose notes, at least on me, are more muted in this one. Also a very pretty and luxurious bottle with the bulb atomizer.

I smelled this in a busy food court on a stunningly beautiful woman. I embarassed hubby and went over to ask what she was wearing? she got it wrong and told me it was midnight poison (left out the elixir part) which was confusing, as there was a sweetness to her scent that didnt match the rose / patch combo I knew to be midnight. Thank you fragrantic you excellent website! I was able to figure it out based on the notes and procured myself a bottle!! this is a heavenly bottle of sex! I wish it were a gift from my beau..

Absolutely devastated as in reduced to big fat tears! To discover my entire precious bottle had leaked away! So much so that I immediately jumped online and found a replacement bottle at over $200 shipped! To me this one is worth it and I will sell my tiny diamond from my now ex husbands engagement ring to pay for it. In a former post I stated I wished he had bought it.. Well now he will have.

I had to get use to the 'woody' notes in this bottle. I felt that it was a darker side of all the other Dior Poisons. it certainly did make me feel very grown up suddenly but the texture of this fragrance is still an enigma to me. I don't know why it attracts me so much but after trying it again, the rose and patchouli notes grew on me :)

Amazing caramel joins a “ medicinal” patchouli and a deep amber to create a profound cosiness, sparkled by the later notes of vanilla and rose. Evolving, deep, cosy and smooth, words that (for me) embodies the soul of MP Elixir. The first minutes can be a challenge, but the middle notes and the dry down are just bewitching.

from the 1st spray,it was soft and fresh,later on a sweetness that was most pleasant,the deydown was gourmand,vanilla caramel but still light fresh.more for the 20s.

Well, I am 19 and i love this fragrance! So if you like it you should wear it, don't worry about age limits :) I know i don't!

I was not big fan of Dior poisons collection, until I found this one.

This differs quit a bit from the orignal on my skin I have them side by side on my hand . The original is a cool dark night in a rosy garden with slightly sweet amber and patchouli. the Rose cooled down by the citrus notes . Like a trail carried away in the dark night. poisonos, enchanting beauty in the night The Elixir verison is another story. this is much more about warmth ,Caramell ,amber,vanilla and dark Patchouli, the start is a bit to much Patchouli dark and damp. but soon the caramel, almost slightly spiced with Cinnamon or Cardemom lingers and makes this almost a bit sticky, The Rose isent as present in this version. This to me feals more like a sister to Wish Chopard , or even also a slight similarity to Calamity J by JHG, it reminds me of some of the same cinammon twist i find in CJ. I would say that this is a good twist to Midnight Poison but not realy what i expected it to be . Dont think i like this as much as i like the Original . may even go for swapp for the right offer . I have to add about the longevity , this lasts longer on my skin then the original I realy wanted this to be even darker and more earthy rose then the original . The search goes on for that type of perfume i guess

This is strong strong strong! Too much to sprayed liberally! A spray more could be a big mistake. Regular Midnight Poison is very strong too but more flat and dominated by patchouli, so that all florals are sunk. Same problem with original purple Poison which was a luminous dark creature in Esprit de Parfum and it's now a flat shadow of itself. The Elixir of MP smells better. It smells dusky blue, very feminine in a patchouled way, not mellow nor creamy. It's not a happy friendly warm scent to snuggle. Not even caramel makes it more friendly. Yet it's not a cold scent. It's like a fire at distance. It would have been a new glorious Poison after so many disturbing ones in the line, but it lacks some balance. Lasting power is great and makes sense to money if you like the fragrance. The bottle is also beautiful and dreamy but beware of the spray! I still have to find a tester in shops that work properly, without clogging, breaking or leaking.

Midnight Poison Elixir, another of Fracois Demachy's wonderful creations for the house of Dior that in 2008 released three elixir versions (Pure, Hypnotic and Midnight) in this Demachy in solitaire was given the task of making a more intense and dark version of Midnight Poison. Like its predecessor, this is a bomb of dark and androgynous earthy Patchouli, only it loses a little that camphor-like accord that the original had thanks to the addition of caramel and vanilla which give it a slight (but not much) sweet touch. Well, that amber patchouli with that sinister rose almost withered from the original, are accompanied by these gourmand ingredients giving the composition a dense, more intense and thick touch. Like its predecessor this is a night wear fragrance and if you thought the previous one was intense and long lasting, this one far surpasses it

I've got a travel size 20 ml bottle recently. I never had original MP so have nothing to compare with. I am also not a big admirer of patchouli fragrances. However I found MPE a very nice smell. Rather coldish nigtish patchouli sound noble and not too heavy. I would not die for it, but it is very wearable and mature in a good way.

Very aristocratic, glamurous evening winter scent for very special occassions. Blast of honey and patchouli. Strong, very long lasting as perfume. Beautiful bottle. Among other bottles on the table looks as misterious and expensive souvenier.

I like this scent a lot, but I've come to the conclusion that Pachouli reminds me of my overpowering Mother too much and that it doesn't suit my personality. This scent would suit a dark, mysterious, confident, powerful person imo.

This was strange. At first honey or patchouli. ( I can't detect what exactly) Then it turns to pleasant long lasting smell. Indeed, fairy-tale... I more think that it was bad tester- it smelled like 'honey' - some perfumes when go bad has this 'honey' note - thick and unpleasant. Perfumes disposed to light and warmed up by all these lamps go bad- no wonder perfume in atomizer bottle gone bad. I still would like to try it fresh.