Million Gold Elixir

Upon the initial spritz, I was greeted with a delightful burst of sweet vanilla, perfectly balanced by a refreshing citrus note. This fresh citrus adds a lovely brightness that softens the sweetness, lingering for about 10 minutes before it gradually fades away. After that, the scent beautifully transitions to a heart centered around creamy, light sandalwood, with vanilla still in the mix. As the fragrance develops over time, around the six-hour mark, the sandalwood emerges as the dominant note. It offers a dry and smooth woody aroma that anchors the scent, while the vanilla lingers softly in the background, creating a warm and inviting ambiance. In terms of performance, Million Gold Elixir truly impresses. The initial projection is a sweet vanilla bomb, and even from a sample vial, I noticed strong projection lasting for about six hours. After that point, the scent remains closer to the skin but continues to cling to my clothing, showcasing Rabanne's knack for creating lasting fragrances.

Million Gold Elixir is perfection in a bottle. Vanilla, sandalwood, and orange come together in a way that is smooth, warm, and addictive, and as soon as I wore a sample I knew I had made a mistake choosing Le Male Elixir over this. It is rich, elegant, and severely underrated, easily one of the best in the 1 Million line. The only downside is the bottle. Rabanne really need to ditch the gaudy gold bar design, it looks tacky and cheap compared to the juice inside. If they followed the women’s line with those angular jewel-shaped glass bottles, this would feel as classy on the outside as it smells on the inside. As it stands, the fragrance is flawless, the packaging not so much.

I get compliments everytime I wear this.. the million line has yet to disappoint me and yet again this gold elixir is top notch, the creamy vanilla and sandalwood is a huge standout super playful without a doubt one of my favourite flankers from the line.. if you have a chance to get your sniffer on it I recommend it heavily and if you can’t it’s still blind buy safe I’m giving this a 10/10!! The people who say it smells like BO are probably are smelling their top lip.. never once have I ever smelled anything that even close resembles that with this perfume but goes to show everyone’s olfactory senses aren’t the same

My new favorite Rabanne. I thought it was gonna be boring and too similar to 1 Million (something about 1 Million rubs me the wrong way). But this was an absolutely gorgeous scent. I got a sample in the Macy's 12 Days of Scents for Him. It's great for winter but honestly I could see it being a spring/summer scent. It was super sweet and the vanilla had an aromatic quality especially at first that reminded me of the original Phantom. The mandarin actually lasted a long time. It's a very one-note fragrance in that the scent doesn't change/develop a lot. It's an intoxicating, addictive scent.

Another really good one in the Million line from Raynaud and Bisch. They also did Royal, which is my favorite so far. Plenty of vanilla and sandalwood to make this one amply sweet, creamy and well-suited for cool weather. If you favor strong vanillic and/or sandalwood scents or if you don't have a good one in this category yet, you'd do well to check this one out. (While we're on the subject of sandalwood, "This Is Him" by Zadig & Voltaire is another great scent in this genre, and you can get it for about half the price of the Rabanne.)