Invictus Victory Elixir

UPDATE- longevity is insane. I still have my tester strip from 5 days ago and I can still smell the drydown. warm smokey vanilla now. insanely eternal. ANOTHER UPDATE- It's been a week now and I can STILL smell this on the tester strip. INSANE!! I do not get the hate here. This is an amazing fragrance. It opens very sweet and vanilla and completely transforms into a lovely bonfire scent (Assuming that this is from the incense and patchouli, but neither of those is overwhelming. This is a very well blended fragrance). Seriously, like you're sitting around a campfire on a cold night is the entire essence of the heart note and dry down. The dry down is the star here, that sweetness in the beginning would be too much if it stayed around -but it doesn't. Just a fantastic masculine, woodsy spicy and ambery vanilla that smells just like sitting around a campfire on a cold night. I can't stress that enough. It's amazing. I went to a popular retailer and tested over 50 fragrances, by the end this was in my top 5 and I wore it on skin and took the tester strip home to keep smelling it. The longevity is insane, projection could be a tinyyy bit better but maybe I just went nose blind. One of my favorite scents to date and buying a full bottle ASAP. Overall: Scent: 97/100 Longevity: Insane 95/100 Projection: Great 90/100 Masculine but not overly. Winter/Fall/Night/Cold Day. PS- I don't get any JPG Le Beau here. I don't get any coconut whatsoever so this comparison is strange to me. I'm not a huge fan of either of the Le Beaus and yet I love this. Totally different scents in my opinion, the only similarity I get is that they're both sweet, woodsy scents. Maybe they're somewhat similar in their dry downs (but still, no coconut in Invictus) but the openings are VASTLY different to me.

Really amazing scent from open to close. Here's how I smell the note breakdown. In the opening I smell a soft lavender, cardamom and a smooth tonka note, as it settles the black pepper and incense are very subtle in the background adding depth. After an hour, what's left is hints of the soft lavender, the vanilla comes through with that soft tonka bean and what's hanging around in the back is that incense and patchouli. Everything is very well blended, the scent is amazing and definitely very underrated. My only gripe with this is that I got a 200ml of the newer V shaped bottles with the white packaging. I fear my performance is not as great as others have mentioned. Performance is still decent, projects well for the first 2 to 3 hours and continues to work into the 6 hour mark but after that it's a skin scent. I think if you see this fragrance in the old round bottle shape and black packaging, definitely worth the pick up for better performance. But if you really want it, the scent in the newer bottles is still amazing. This is blind buy safe, easy to wear year round and a compliment getter! Definitely recommend checking this one out.

This is a nice change from other oriental woody fragrances in my rotation, there's definitely a JPG le beau le parfum intense vibe in the opening of victory elixir but it's more alive with the projection and the compliments are testimony to how well victory elixir projection actually is. This is very well done it's got a smoothness that you'd expect with higher end niche fragrances and it doesn't open with any abrasive or harsh notes and it's not over powering. This is a safe buy it's a very appealing fragrance with really great performance and anyone that tries to say this is nasty with shit performance should go back to buying their fragrances from woolworths coz that's where their nose is at home. Scent 7.5/10 Longevity 9.5/10 Projection 9/10 This will project hard for the 1st 3hrs then the next 6hrs this will be 2-3ft range Projection the last 3 hrs it's a skin scent but for 12hrs that pretty good!

Picked this up last week and I’ve been loving it ever since. Honestly, I’ve never been a fan of anything from the house of Paco Rabanne—just not my vibe. But this? This is a masterpiece. Right from the opening, you get a bold blast of cardamom, black pepper, and aromatic lavender. It’s a strong start, but not overwhelming. As it settles, the incense in the mid starts to shine—and in my opinion, that’s the standout. The base brings in a beautifully done vanilla that’s sweet but not overdone. It leans more mature and has an elegant touch to it. This is the kind of vanilla that feels right on a grown man. Performance has been solid: about 2 hours of strong projection, still noticeable around the 6–8 hour mark, and fades into a skin scent around hour 7 For someone who hasn’t been impressed by this house before, I’m thoroughly surprised by how much I’ve enjoyed this one.

Invictus Victory Elixir by Paco Rabanne 🥥🍭🪵 THE BOTTLE is remarkable : (Reminds me the UEFA Champions League TROPHY 🏆) and its dark blue tone is stunning. I find this one the less synthetic of the saga. The opening is a bit similar to the VICTORY OG without the peppery and smoky notes but some nuttiness and overwhelming SWEET. Vanilla? Yes! But not the “Creamy and Milky” vibe that is expected in this type of pyramid notes, this one is a delightful TROPICAL/JUICY and Coconut-ish accord. Is it a money grabber? Definitely but wow! smells FREAKING AMAZING. It’s a compliments galore and the PERFORMANCE is insane. Cool weather, Joyful, juvenile and a Swiss knife at the lounge, bars and night out parties. Well done Paco! Rate: 🥇