Pure Poison Elixir

I finally got this brand new and it is soooo delightful..it is such a bright,clean and fresh fragrance..I was concerned it was going to be a detergent type of fragrance because the original was a little soapy and not as alluring..perhaps i need more time with it..but on the opening you can smell the citrus which gives it a sweet freshness and then you smell jasmine combined with the gardenia...This is the nicest mixture of jasmine,gardenia,vanilla and cocoa i have ever smelled..The notes never leave really..which i really like a lot.What i love even more is that each note so wonderfully put together actual comes at you were you can smell each one and really enjoy it..It's crazy how well blended it is yet each note stands apart like that..i don't get that too often. In this version of Pure Poison Elixir its not so much just a clean scent but this is slightly more sweeter because of the vanilla but the kick off is the wonderful cocoa...it blends so nicely with the vanilla and you can smell them both more on the dry down....and its blended well together that one note doesn't go above the other its just right to make it sweet but delicate in comparison to the frothy Hypnotic Poison which i love as well.. This fragrance is gentle and feminine and you could use it for any occasion especially spring or day time but its so classy it can be for evenings as well..its such a well made and balanced perfume...I feel so blessed to have it since it is discontinued at least here in the US. This one they should of kept permanently...its delicious like all of Dior's Poison fragrances. Since i know the atomizer can have issue from the sprayer to leaking for it not being so good at being sealed i don't mind putting it on only when i need to spray..The bottle is so Gorgeous in person!..a glassy iridescent pearl. I hope Tendre is just as good that one i will be testing next!

edit: october 2015 If you miss this fragrance and don't want to pay crazy prices for it on ebay, there's a solution ! I do it and hugely recommend it: 1-2 sprays of Pure Poison (non elixir) and then 2 sprays of Amour de Cacao or Vanille Mokha by CSP or Chocolate Greedy by Montale and then there you have it - a sweeter, über luxurious version of Pure Poison aka Pure Poison Elixir ! ----------- I have my top favourite fragrances that I have hard time choosing one that is the best and this is one of them. I love Pure Poison Elixir. It's so sad that this one has been discontinued. I wish Dior would bring it back - with a cap and sprayer that won't break. I'm almost 100 percent sure that the "old fashioned" sprayer is the reason this one was discontinued ! It is pretty and all but useless. Mine broke in two weeks after using(and I'm not the only one), I'm not sure how, but it just doesn't spray anymore (got stuck?)so I just have to splash or usually I use sprayer from an empty old body mist bottle that I have. It works! This scent is hot/warm, but still very floral. The cacao accord is on the background all the time. Also some amber. It gives the scent a lot of depth. I also smell tobacco leaves or coffee! Vanilla gives it sweetness and the scent gets sweeter and sweeter as it dries down but never too sweet. Jasmine is fabulous, high quality, as Dior always makes. I would categorize this as a floral oriental or oriental vanilla rather than just "floral". This works just as well in the summer as in the winter but I have to say, the smell of this on a cold winter morning when going to work gives you warm feeling like drinking hot cocoa or tea. Also gives very luxurious feeling. I haven't had anyone hate on this scent. Everyone loves it and compliments on it. Not that many people can tell any difference between Pure Poison and Elixir tho. 10 / 10 <3

Intoxicating? (I'm talking about the fragrantica description)You make me laugh:))!!! I've smelled so many intoxicating fragrances, most of them being made in the old style( or just being old), powerful florals and orientals, that many like to wear them , not because they really enjoy the fragrance, but they like the thought of being special, different than others and they like to tell that they are wearing a fragrance with a history. There , I sad it! Don't judge me, I also like some vintage powerful fragrances, but they really must be special. Anyways, talking about Pure Poison elixir...It's a great fragrance, one of the most elegant I know, and I've smelled some fragrances in my life:).The begining is not "incisive", it's actually very nice, I like to smell my wrist durring the first five minutes(it's mostly mandarin and some note that I don't recognize). Of course that is not the main theme of the fragrance, the main theme being jasmine. If you love jasmine like I do, It's impossible not to like this fragrance. The jasmine is so lovely and creamy, you won't be able not to smell your wrist over and over again.It's white and classy. Whoever wears this fragrance will be noted, especially by the man around.It's romantic.Then after a few hours, the vanilla an cocoa comes in. What can I say...it lingers, It's absolutelly gourgeus, you can still feel some jasmine in there and the vanilla is certainly not overpowering. It has a good lasting power, about 10 hours on my skin.The difference between this one and the simple Pure Poison is not very big.This one is more profound and lasts longer. It's great for metings an also for romantic use. Best to use it durring fall/winter.

Pure Poison Elixir is a very very sweet fragrance. It's packed with white flowers, especially jasmine. I absolutely LOVE jasmine, it's sooo versatile. It can be fluffy, girly and careless, dry, sharp and modern, very chique or very sexy/dirty. But it allways has this mysterious veil around it. The jasmine here is of the chique kind. But there's other sweetness here too. The cocoa, mixed with the vanilla give this Poison a warm, gentle slightly cottton candylike sweetness. Strange enough this sweetness makes the sweetness of the jasmine less heavy and less mysterious. It even gives it something, not really girly, but quite young. Pure Poison Elixir is very gentle. It's really well blended, and none of the notes really stand out, it has nothing sharp, like jasmine can have now and then. It's like a caress. But not a caress from a person I like very much. There is something really odd about this perfume. I think it must be the combination of the cotton candy, syrupy sweetness and the jasmine. So this is not really my cup of tea, but I will definetly try normal Pure Poison, and I hope it will agree with me more. But ah, I really LOVE the bottle! The cute "apple" shape, the pearly collor with the purple on top, it's so magical. The name, the spray-bulb, it all makes me think of a (and yes, I know it sounds crazy) vampireball in an old castle. Dark and chique at the same time. But the scent does not agree with this image, it's too light for that.

I like this version better than the original Pure Poison, it is richer, sweeter, less gardenia and more amber and cacao. The gardenia in the original is just too much for me, overall I do like it, but whenever I wear it I wish the gardenia wasn't so overwhelmingly powerful. This elixir version grants that wish, the gardenia is still there but it is quieter, more muted by the other notes. I find this scent perfect for spring and summer. The sillage of both the original and the elixir version is quite good, as is the longevity. I Sprayed the tiniest amount this morning around 8AM before work and it is still going strong in the evening when I get home. My one issue with this perfume is the sprayer, the bottle itself is gorgeous, but the atomizer does not work very well. On top of that I can't leave the atomizer on it, I have to constantly replace it after I use with the screw cap it also comes with, otherwise it evaporates way too quick. The presentation of the atomizer is beautiful, it's a wonderful idea, but unfortunately it does not work in practice...