Mirage

A 5ml Mini arrived this morning off good old ebay today. Its been quite cool and autumnal in England recently. But last few days have been warm and sunny. MIRAGE is 100% a autumn/winter heavy Oriental. Today is not the weather for this type of scent , but i couldn't resist trying my new perfume anyway !! I like it a lot :) Others have said it is quite strong and long lasting , but i didn't find that today. However , that may be to do with the hot humid day , Im sure it will fair better on a cool day to which "Orientals" are better suited . I agree with other comments that this is a dark , lush oriental . Spicy but i detect some sweetness too , almost like marzipan ! I'm not a huge Gourmand fan , but the sweet touch is just right here, not too OTT or sickly. If they have marketed this as an affordable "Poison" then they have succeeded . From the bottle shape to the marbled green/gold box top the smell .it screams POISON !! ( My mini bottle is clear green BTW , and not the nice metallic green/gold pictured here. I would have preferred the metallic as its nicer to display!!) I think it smells more like Hypnotic Poison than the original Poison though. Real Poison is sweeter IMO. Either way , its very nice if you like Gothic 80s type scents . Lots have mentioned the similarity to Poison , but i'm getting something distinctly "Alien" like in the dry down. Alien is one of my top 5 , so this is good for me. In the noted i see Jasmine in the mid notes and an Amber base ...hmm ,,,maybe that's what reminding me of Alien ? Now Ive had chance to test , I shall be seeking out a FB , but only if at the right price . Oriflame seems to be quite hard to get here - and therefore i'm sure sellers on ebay are charging more than what they should be "buy it now" prices . I don't want to pay £30+ on ebay , i would rather get the real Dior or Mugler for that ! But for those of you who can get hold of Oriflame easily and cheaply , snap it up ! ( Double snap it up if you like Alien , Hypnotic Poison etc):) PS - Ive just found that Oriflame are on Amazon now , around £20 for the full size of this , which aint bad and ill prob get wheb ive used up this mini and my real Dior Posion. Im intrigued to try the "Midnight Pearl" now.

Thanks to ALL of your reviews, both positive and negative, I now have Mirage. I am often drawn to spicy fragrances that are described as "heavy", on the "sweet" side, and above all, with "lasting" power. Mirage is all of this and more. Mirage is beautiful, soft spicy, smooth, strong, lasting, and bit tropical. The scent morphs and changes as you wear it...sometimes more sweetly floral, sometimes more dry spicy, sometimes more like ripe sweet oranges, sometimes more spicy deep dark amber and vanilla. Quite an interesting contrast of rich juicy citrus, dry vetiver grass and spices, all smoothed out with deep amber, vanilla and sandalwood...with soft floral rose and jasmine blended in to adding a pleasing, inviting feminine touch. Elemi shines here.....elemi is a Phillipine Islands tropical tree resin that by itself, smells sweet, lemony-citrus and cinnamon spicy. Elemi reminds me of a mixture of sharp citrus and sweet pineapple blended with real sugar cane and cinnamon-like spice. In Mirage, elemi is expertly blended with sweet orange and deep sweet mandarin orange, to smooth out the citrus aspect. Vetiver gives Mirage an underlying dry crispness that enhances and supports the spicy aspects of elemi. Sandalwood, amber, and vanilla add smooth body and staying power. Rose and jasmine add softness and femininity. Like so many other fragrances, the first sprays of Mirage are super strong, heavy and pungent. But Mirage settles on skin into a soft but strong, very lightly powdery drydown that lasts until you wash it off. Similarities to other fragances ? Yes....similar to Dior Poison, but without Poison's heavy meaty plum accord. Similar to Kenzo Jungle Elephant's smooth drydown in that the spices soften but remain present. Similar to Shalimar's opening of sweet lemony citrus. And yes, Mirage is similar to ALL of these fragrances in strength, a little goes a long way, and all are equal in LASTING POWER. Mirage is now one of my very favorites. Again, many thanks to ALL of you for your reviews !

hmm so nice and rich this perfume !!! by reading the good reviews i ordered it for a very small price on ebay. yet i was very curious about the goth-like promo of this perfume which i crossed over internet. i didn t expect that mutch but wow, it s just blowing me away today when i tried it out the first time! very unique scent, spicy-floral, beautiful for the selfconfident woman who doesn t take herself too serious and doesn t care about driving attention to her everywhere she goes - in a good way of course! you need just a small amounth to smell beautiful! so use sparingly, if you don t wanna get a headeache. this scent is very longlasting and alluring, even sexy and tempting. i could swear i detect cinnamon and honey in it, even if it's not listed in the notes (that smell comes oviousely from elemi resin), remidning of a faint part of it to Si Lolita which features elemi resin also. yes i would say, definitely perfect to wear for christmas days and the cold winter solstice. for me a winner and a keeper for shure! very cute bottle too! (quite identical to poison editions though...) how ever? well, yes, the perfume reminds me in some kind of all poison perfumes about the heady, prominent rose and the woodsy spiciness. this could easily be one new of the poison range! maybe not as sweet and heavy like the purple poison - but near to. reminds me also in a way to madness which one is also a unique hate or love scent of the genre, but 'pinker' and brighter of course - but still in the same type. guess, by looking at the notes of this one and the named compared ones, it s all about the Brazilian Rosewood and precious Rose featuring in all of them, this is what makes them similar to each other maybe? anyway, definitely not for shes who like discret understatement fumes. suits very well ladies with a 'dark soul' as me :)))) wear for special occasions, no every day scent. nb. would like to know the nose behind but didn t find out as far... someone knows about the creator of this jewel?

Our story began when I searched for a relatively cheap perfume which has elemi in it as one of its most significant notes. I realized that I'm really fond of the scent of elemi when I purchased a soap bearing the name of "Yogi" which referred to the mix of citruses (lemongrass, orange), patchouli and elemi oil as components, giving an authentic Indian impression. I was so excited that I bought it blind and what a great buy it was. First of all, this is an incredibly heavy smell, you just have to spray it once or twice and you're done for the day. Agree about causing headaches, you have to be very careful with the amounts. The sillage is extraordinarily good. Lasting power on clothes - 11/10. :-) But IMHO it smells better on skin, though you can combine the areas you spray on and enjoy the advantages of both. Getting to the point, about the overall impression of the scent. More of you wrote it smells like Christmas, I definitely agree. But to be more precise, it smells like Christmas markets, when people consume cups of MULLED WINE and you can smell the cinnamon in the air. Absolutely lovable. But it's the evaporation of the fragrance that floats around you in a quite sophisticated yet easily detectable way. Close to the skin it is much much more spicy, even a bit harsh. It's like a very high concentrated poison, just a few drops and you're knocked off. ^^ Obviously a winter perfume. I think it can be applied in the morning in small amounts, but it can make you the queen of the night for sure. At the moment it's my favourite though I have to wait half a year to start to apply it.

A kind friend here sent me an extra sample vial containing this perfume. Oh I LOVE IT! I don't find anything similar between this one and Love Potion, apart from the fact that they are both 'thick' scents (not some watered down fumes). I too want a bottle if somebody else has it and wants to get rid of it! It's one of the best perfumes I've smelled so far (yes yes, it resembles a nich perfume in my opinion). I live in Europe. About the perfume: It's a quite heavy and mature but not at all outdated perfume. I'd swear there is a smoke leaf in it, or at least something creates a (sweet) smoky feeling, a sweet tobacco like scent (IMHO). This is all I get from this perfume and I LOVE IT! Mysterious, enigmatic, sensual, well done perfume. It would make a lovely night perfume for a younger lady but can be also worn during the day and is suitable for mature women.