Elixir Charnel Le Boise Torride

OH. MY. FREAKING. WORD. This is one of the most phenomenal perfumes I have ever beheld in my entire freaking life. This is the perfume I always smell on other women and wonder what on earth they are wearing that smells so amazing. I don't mean that literally of course, that they are all wearing the same perfume, since I don't know what they are wearing, but the scent just somehow smells like THAT perfume. The one that got away. The one I've always been looking for. My Holy Grail. The crazy thing is that I can't put my finger on the particular note that "makes" this perfume. It smells like a brand-new plastic or pleather cosmetics bag that contains makeup as well as a sample of a fruity-floral perfume. It smells like a scented plastic doll's hair, like some Strawberry Shortcake dolls from the 80's. Then there is crystallized honey and some kind of fake blueberry. Some amber too? It seems like a woody chypre at first, but then it sweetens as it dries, becoming fairly gourmand. I opened my daughter's strawberry cereal bar as I wore the perfume, and the scent of her bar wasn't too far off from the scent of this perfume. But a chypre mixed with a strawberry cereal bar? HOW is this working? The heart contains this incredible sweet, white, creamy flower. I was thinking jasmine, but it is not easy to decipher. Words almost can't describe how much I love it mixed with all the plastic going on in here. Like Hawaiian Barbie. I don't know what it is. Love? Lust? But it is instantly my signature. It is ultra-feminine, so chic, so sexy, so girly, so elusive, so unforgettable, so ME!! Realize: This is *my* Holy Grail, probably not anyone else's, so take my review and successful blind purchase with a lump of salt. I'm clearly enamored to death by this stuff, and I enjoy sharing my personal thoughts, but please do not go out and buy this based on my 1000% hyped-up, super positive experience that completely slants my review in favor of this perfume, giving it absolutely no objectivity whatsoever. Edited to add: I knew this perfume reminded me of Une Nuit Magnetique, as they are both fruity-earthy-amber, and now I see they indeed have the same nose. They are obviously not the same perfume, but I would suggest that anyone who likes this try Une Nuit Magnetique and vice versa. Edited after several more days of wearing: My love is a fleeting love. She starts out with a bang, then she is gone two hours later. Why does my Holy Grail have to do this, booooo! There you have it--objectivity has returned. But I still like the actual fragrance so much that I will keep this one. (Side note: This is not discontinued as of today)

I really like this fragrance!! A another amazing creation from the master of Fruitchouli/Chypre - Christine Nagel(Chypre fatal, Miss Dior Cherie 2005) Christine is really really good at Fruitchouli fragrances! All the above 3 Fruitchouli are my fav I always wear it on daily based so so good! This really stands out from other Fruitchouli on the market as some comments below have already mentioned, sweet fun young but sophisticated at the same time, it doesn’t smells cheap or boring. With the marshmallow it twisted the perfume into a gourmand touch which makes it even more interesting!! The patchouli here is the same as Chypre fatal which brings the smokiness the earthiness also the dustiness out I like it very much Guerlain I’m hoping you will bring this back someday please ... Christine is now the in-house perfumer of Hermes, but I dont like the recent releases from Hermes... I know she's trying something new/innovative but I dont find it interesting enough, I hope she can make a frutchouli/chypre type of perfume for the house of Hermes like she did to Dior & Guerlain!!!! Looking forward !!

This is one of those scents where it just makes you feel surreal.. like, this smells so good, how could someone have actually created this? Almost like you’re in a dream world. This stuff is intense. You have to go very easy on it, because it is SUPER sweet. But if you just subtly apply.. it is so amazing. I find a lot of Guerlain scents make me feel like this.. and this is the same feeling that made me start obsessing over perfume. It’s not exactly a unique combination of notes. What’s unique is the quality. Guerlain continues to amaze me. This is something that I will treasure. Definitely not a daily scent, but a masterpiece only for when I crave the experience.

Judging by notes alone, you'd be forgiven for thinking "Le Bois Torride" ought to smell like a 6 year old's birthday. But it doesn't. It manages to be surprisingly sophisticated, veiling its more sugary elements with a fresh zingy orange, airy jasmine, strident cedar and earthy patchouli. The result is a zesty, sweet and slightly boozy gourmand, which feels to me like a more nuanced and less shrieking version of "Aqua di Zucchero" by Profvmvm Roma. It's sparkly and fun, yet reserved enough that a man could wear it to a party and not feel like a total fruitcake. Reminds me a bit of red lemonade. I wouldn't advise more than two sprays though. It's quite potent!

Fruitcholis how I love thee. It kind of reminds me of I Love New York for Holidays. The patchouli kind of buttons up and cuts the sweetness of the berries and marshmallows (honestly a frag with marshmallow and patchouli notes? Did we know such was possible?!) IDK, but it's working for me. It's masculine, yet sweet; the cedar adds some woodiness to the mossy patchouli vibe. It's kind of like you were hiking with a bag of Gushers. You dropped the Gushers and then accidentally stepped on them. The juice squirted out. But now they're also dirtied by wet earth. If that sounds appealing to you (bc it actually does to me), give this a try!