Ellen

Lots of confusion about the listed notes. Most importantly, there is no cinnamon. I obtained the correct notes from the official Ellen Tracy website (now down) well over a year ago and posted them here in a couple of different forum topics. The Palm Beach Beaute (owner of the ET brand) website today shows a completely different list of notes but I've sniffed the juice in the new purple/black box and am certain it's no different from the juice in the gray/black/white box it came in when it was introduced. It hurts my heart and nose to think people will perhaps not try this marvelous fragrance because they dislike some or all of the incorrect notes listed here. As of a year ago the notes were listed as follows: peony, rose, Lily of the Valley, violet wood, sandalwood, iris, almond milk, white amber, vanilla, cassis, and plum blossom. The notes mix seamlessly in a comfortable veil that's a cross between soft woods and all of the listed flowers in dried form. No spice, no animalic musk. Most prominent to my nose is the creamy almond milk that enhances the cozy, warm feeling. There's a hint of licorice but it's faint and probably only evident to those of us whose noses are sensitive to it (for good or ill). 10-12 hour longevity alone and up to 18 hours if layered with the body lotion. Impressive sillage of 6-8 feet. Best in cool temperatures. If you're a fan of Hanae Mori's Magical Moon, Nanette by Nanette Lepore, Cabotine's Moon Flower &/or Barbara Bui you'll enjoy Ellen and it would be a very safe (and inexpensive) blind buy. I'm on my 4th bottle and have several back-ups purchased when this was introduced in a plain, gray, black and white box. Edit: September 2013, The mystery continues as Palm Beach Beaute's website now lists these notes: "Water Lily and Jasmine, interwoven with Peach, Anise, and Cotton Candy which dries down to a warm, sensuous and comfortable Patchouly, Vanilla and Musk."

This is my new favorite out of the Ellen Tracy line. I'm also fond of Tracy and Ellen Tracy as great daily wear scents. The bottle itself leaves a lot to be desired. It doesn't represent the richness of the perfume at all. In fact, this perfume sat forlornly in my collection for a few weeks before I remembered to try it. If you can get past the boring bottle, it's a nice perfume. At first spray, there is a fresh sweetness of a vaguely licorice and fruity peach smell with warmth. I'm not a fan of licorice, but it was pleasant in this perfume. It quickly wears down to a more warm, woodsy vanilla with a hint of floral spice. I found myself smelling my arms quite a bit while wearing it. The scent is both adult and comforting like hot cocoa on a cool night. Ellen doesn't have a candy-like sweetness, and it is very wearable for day or night. As much as I like the dry down, part of me misses that initial opening spray. Overall, it's a wearable scent that stays close to the skin. The low cost and the warmth makes it a great perfume for the colder months. I'm planning on throwing it into my fall rotation.

Ellen is such a pleasing fragrance. I could inhale these fumes for quite some time and relax, close my eyes, perhaps meditate. Ellen is listed as a floral woody musk, but I sense some gourmand going through the process, alternating with the woods for a position. For me, I can't stop thinking of the smell of opening a bakery box and finding a fresh danish with melted frosting and almonds on top. Wait a bit and creamy vanilla abounds. Cinnamon, bare bone roses, gentle white musks, tonka beans and sandalwood all come together to swirl completely in this fragrance that stays true to all of its notes. Simple, yet effective. Not too sweet, not too woodsy, not overbearing musk. This all mixes together very well in a satisfying fragrance. Ellen lies close to my skin, making her perfect for events where I don't want to announce myself before I speak. Where I want to wear a fragrance for myself and let it be discovered if I want it to be. Ellen doesn't creep into other's air space at all. She lasts a good few hours and for the price point, I consider that a great value.

This is my comfort scent. I know when I'm stressed about something (though scared to admit it) because I find myself reaching for Ellen Tracy Ellen. It is a light but still voluptuous gourmand with a well-defined note of licorice in the beginning (and if you sniff the sprayer, it's this note that hits you immediately). It must be sprayed on skin to bloom into its full beauty. On me, I detect sweet, ambery notes with maybe some syrupy peach and burnt sugar. Smells like a restrained dessert cake. Subtle and long-lasting, and good for the office, where other sweet perfumes might come across as too playful. This is wonderful to spray on at bedtime. I always sleep like a baby when I have this on.

Black jellybean is strong for a minute or two, but after five minutes I smell nothing at all. Plenty of people here say this it’s a skin scent, but I also see people saying it lasts for hours in their skin. I know plenty of fragrances get stronger with time, and I’m just hoping this is one of them. Edit: I’ve had it a couple months , and it’s already lasting longer. The part that lasts is the black jelly bean (anis), so you have to enjoy that note for this to be a plus. I happen to like it myself. Bronze is a love, and now this is a like. Makes me want to try more Ellen Tracy’s.

i am soooo excited that this is finally listed here!! on my top 5...i love it so much and stock pile bottles when i find them lolz. it's crisp but warm at the same time gives almost a sandy vibe. i can't describe in words how much i adore this scent. it's masterfully done without any one note being OVERdone. i do get a dry natural cinnamon scent all throughout with fresh sweet nectar at the start but not gourmand at all. more of an exotic skin scent is how i would describe this. this is such a "feel good" scent. fantastic! i hope to never see the day that this gets discontinued

Love love love love this! A bargain at TJ MAXX for $9.99! Smells like vanilla licorice with a powdery dry down. I am really loving the tonka bean note in this one. I so far have been quite fond of and impressed with the Ellen Tracy scents. I have 3 now and I have gotten them all at TJ MAXX for under $10! The longevity of these perfumes is actually quite amazing for the price.

I adore this fragrance!! It is a beautiful balsamic, airy summer fragrance. Perfect for those hot days in the sun. Graced with slightly sweet licorice and potent vanilla. The notes listed on the site must not be 100% accurate as this definitely has anise, star anise or licorice as a note as well as vanilla. If you enjoy licorice fragrances give Ellen a whirl.

2 words: licorice candy! I don't care what the contents say, this stuff is licorice personified. I do smell a bit of musk and a dash of cinnamon. Despite its simplicity, though, it was love at first spray! Got it for a song, too! Ellen sits close to my skin and the lasting power is okay if I spray it on my clothes. Another Ellen Tracy winner in my eyes!

I hate to be the one who is negative. Anyhow I bought a bottle at TJ Maxx and was disappointed (maybe I bought an older bottle) but it was so week I could barely smell it. I gave mine away. It was a nice scent, what you could smell but faded as soon as it dried down. Very faint scent, super light like scented water.

where are people getting licorice from this?!! NOT! i have 3 bottles of this, the shower gel and the body lotion and not 1 of them smell in the least bit of licorice. period.

I could smell the delicious peach as soon as I sprayed this. This is unlike any fragrance I own, very unique and gorgeous.

Very long lasting perfect for budget - wise n similar to Pink Friday n Viva la Juicy but w a licorice edge!

I received a bunch of Christmas gifts from various friends and family and this was one of them. I'm not a fan of anise or licorice in a scent and that's primarily what I smell here. It's so strong it really hijacked all the other notes to the point where I couldn't tell you what the other notes are. Unless you are a fan of licorice in a scent I wouldn't recommend blind buying this, or buying this as a gift for someone else, unless you know they like that note. Just want to add that I think a lot of reviewers on this page are reviewing the wrong fragrance. This is Ellen by Ellen Tracy, not Tracy by Ellen Tracy. Edit - Decided to try it again after my shower and this time didn't wash it off. As others have noted the licorice note does subside, but never goes away, though it is adding a nice little zing to the musky vanilla sandalwood dry down. Someone mentioned plastic or "tupperwear" and I got that too initially, but it eventually goes away. I'm not getting any florals at all, and I certainly don't smell fruit - just vanilla, musk, sandalwood, and anise. Not terrible, but not great. Fans of Lolita Lempicka might like this a lot. One thing I will say about it is silage and longevity is pretty impressive for a cheapo frag. I can smell it clearly around me even though I only sprayed the back of my hand. Overall, I think it's an okay scent that's kind of comforting and would be good for casual daywear. 4/3/2024 - I literally haven't worn this in years and decided to wear it today. The notes are still the same but for some reason I don't dislike that anise as much as I did the first few times I wore it. Maybe I'm getting used to it or the juice inside has changed. Still, it will never be a L'Heure Bleue. It's way too sweet for that.

Finally, this perfume is in the Fragrantica database ! I've seen it at TJ Maxx but it was an unknown until now. Snagged it for $10 and am so happy I did. I love the original Ellen Tracy, and this is her sweet little sister. I sprayed this on a tissue to start out, and a soft floral filled the room. I was nervous to wear it as florals don't like me. On my skin, I thought it disappeared at first. Then I caught a white, gentle, powdery floral. Nice. Almost like the pleasant neutral smell of some tissues or toiletries. Pleasant and inoffensive. Not overpowering but very noticeable. Fresh and light but not aquatic or citrusy. As it develops, the sandalwood, musk and cinnamon come out and create a light, incense-like smell that is almost an amber. It's rich but still understated. Really a great scent for the office or when you want a light pretty scent. I have Jovans white musk and while this is not the same scent it has a similar vibe. Sillage is moderate and longevity is 3+ hours so far. Worth the $10 for sure! EDIT: Longevity is actually closer to 7hours; by the end, it's a gentle vanilla skin scent (similar to the end of Ellen Tracy Bronze, actually), Very pleasant at every phase, definitely a keeper.

Oh, wow, Ellen is going to drive me crazy. I found a gift box of four Ellen Tracy perfumes at TJ Maxx and was thrilled, based on my love of ET Bronze. As soon as I tried Ellen, I was reminded so strongly of a perfume from days gone by, something I must've worn in the late '80's/early 90's but the name simply will not come to me. I actually tossed and turned last night, wracking my brain for why this scent is so familiar and nostalgic to me. I am going to research this until I have my answer. That said, it's exciting to find a house that seems to be such a good personal fit for me. I think I'm really going to enjoy wearing this scent. I'm working hard at learning to identify actual notes instead of thinking about how a perfume makes me feel, but I'm not there yet, so I would definitely wear this for dinners out with the hubby or out with friends. It's a grown-up scent, more serene, but still pretty and light-hearted, sweet but certainly not cloying. Can't wait to sample every Ellen Tracy scent. It's like finding a book that you can't put down, and then discovering the author has written several other books that you can't wait to get your hands on.

This smells so delish! If you do not care for the scent of black licorice/anise, you most likely will not care for this, as there is a strong back note of it. I also get sandalwood, musk, and a slightly spicy, powdery floral from Ellen. The notes listed above appear to be inaccurate in my opinion. The musk (if any) comes across as soft and wafts gently, not a civet or heavy animal scent. When I wear this I think of a moon-lit walk in the early days of fall, Bohemian lullaby's and cashmere socks. It is a cozy, caring scent. When I smell this, I think of Italian Biscotti as well...not because it is a gourmand, but because the anise reminds me of my mother's warm homemade biscotti that contined anise seed. I can not understand why in the world this was "dumped" so quickly and it seems those orange/pink clearance tags appeared on the boxes of Ellen at the same time it was released.

Second review of Ellen, because I chose to wear this yesterday, gave my arms about two healthy spritzes each, and caught lovely wafts of it all day long. 14 hours later I went to bed and kept smelling a gorgeous, delicate powdery vanilla that made me think I had somehow applied a dab of Kenzo Amour, but it was the still-there drydown of Ellen. I really love this juice. It sits close to the skin and starts out with a wonderful cinnamon-vanilla/anise combo, but the drydown is as soft and lovely as a whisper. I don't remember it lasting all day as it did yesterday, though, and now that my bottle is nearly gone, I absolutely need to replace it. It goes through the most captivating scent-morphing! I see patchouli listed as a base note, but I don't catch the slightest trace of it. The anise, however, lasted pretty much all day long, and faded away at the very end.

I really like Ellen. Sweet, delicious, anise and peachy opening. This was made just for licorice lovers like me, I assume. The anise seemed to stick with it throughout the heart, or maybe it was just my love for that note which helped me keep picking it up. The florals are mixed well and stay light, drying down to a wonderful, sweet vanilla slightly woody, creamy musk that feels cuddly. I wish the opening lasted longer, but the dry down is a beautiful one. I got about 4-5 hrs from Ellen, and might be asking Santa (me) for a big bottle! Update: this a relaxing bedtime fragrance. I have started noticing an aromatic quality maybe from the anise and patchouli together. Maybe that's the "medicinal" quality some reviewers picked up. I enjoy it, and the aromatherapy aspect has made this a good MELLOW OUT frag for me:)

At first spray, oh my! Is that licorice? Sure smells like it. Anise I presume. It has a smell like flavoured pipe tobacco. It reminds me of my dad smoking his pipe years ago. That initial strong note of licorice subsides a bit, but doesn't go completely, and the fruit and florals, sandalwood, vanilla and musk all do come forward. Out of the four I have from Ellen Tracy, this is the only one to give me pause and I think I can safely pin that on the licorice. I wouldn't go as far to say I dislike it but I wouldn't re-buy it. I do like the sweetness in it. Her perfumes are very nice and inexpensive but this one you may want to test before buying.