Elixir Charnel Floral Romantique

When I tried this I thought "here we go again, another unremarkable white floral that seem to be the mainstay of every perfumery and perfumer these days" and initially, I was right. Generic, stack 'em high sell 'em for as much as they can dare to charge. So I was over it almost immediately..... Then about two hours later I kept catching a scent in the air that really is rather delicious - clearly I realised it was the back of my hand where I sprayed the perfume and - whilst it remains a white floral, this has developed really nicely and is rather intriguing. It isn't typical of the Guerlain perfumes I am drawn to - I'm keen on the classics - all the way and through and through, old school - Jicky, Mitsy, vol du nuit, l'h b - you know what I mean... But this, despite the typical mass-produced-for-mass-appeal-catch-all smell is pleasant, summery although not as sophisticated as modern muse or chanel mademoiselle but wearable, bright, clean and obviously as mentioned several times typically a white floral....

Elixir Charnel Floral Romantique opens with crushed mate leaves and spicy carnation. As it mellows I smell the sweet marron glace and jasmine. Finally I get fresh tea and opulent white lilies. This pulls very feminine in the dry down as I can smell the buttery ylang-ylang and resinously sweet benzoin. This fragrance will choke me out in the summer heat so I prefer to wear it in the winter and fall on cool days where the lilies can really sing in the top notes. This Guerlain innovation is very well blended and makes me feel glamorous AF!

I just purchased this perfume at Saks. It is beautiful! It is labeled as a floral, but there is a sensual side to it. It starts out with the orange top note and then the orange wears down and you get the floral notes. Lastly, the musk and holly peak through. It drove me crazy when I wore it to work on Friday. I kept smelling myself, which creeped some people out. However, I am a huge perfume junkie and sniff myself all day, everyday. I highly recommend this fragrance if you want a muti-dimensional floral.

follow up. smelled it again in summer it was lovely. kept going back to it. the fresh opening with nutty creaminess after half an hour then the beautiful dry down, still beautiful after 10 hours. loved it so much got a bottle on ebay. what a disappointment. Did not recognize it from sample, aged badly no top notes just jasmine lily which was lost after half an hour. if that's your experience its because the perfume has deteriorated.

Thierry Wasser's very eye-catching performance. He put the herbal teas (and the glacial beans) between flowers and citrus ... benzoin in lieu of vanilla and ambrettolide instead of the usual turbot. Lily, tiara, jasmine, ylang and carnation dominate the gourmand notes and lock them in the center of the composition that remains flourished with unexpressed expressions of quiet, gentle beauty.