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.)

I personally absolutely love this one. I've also been looking at the Million Lucky. I don't really care for the original versions that much. I've actually smelled them on other people and think they smelled better on them versus myself, but for me personally this is very different from the originals, and I absolutely love it. It's a sweet vanilla scent. It projects really well. It performs even better. It seems to last pretty much half a day, 7 or 8 hours, and I can smell it on my clothes the next day. Highly recommend.

Here comes my first review; This is a line I hadn't followed since the original 1 Million. I never really liked 1 Million but this one completely won me over. I'm smelling far more complexity than the listed notes. The first evening I wore it I received a lot of compliments and felt like it drew people closer to me. Both the people around me and I genuinely enjoyed its presence. It's a great choice for a night out, equally suitable for both energetic and more relaxed occasions. It can feel a bit heavy for morning wear.

Let me start off by saying, this fragrance smells great. I haven't really smelled a Rabanne fragrance that I haven't actually liked. It's safe to say that this is super mass appealing. However, it isn't mind blowing by any means. It's a simple gourmand like vanilla and woody fragrance. It reminds me of some type of vanilla wafer. Very edible smelling to me. Not ground breaking but you can't deny that it smells really good. It won't be everyone's cup of tea, but it gets the job done for what it is.

My favourite in the line, and I hated the Million Gold. This loses all the body odour/curry vibe from the first one. This smells exactly like the notes and the reviewer below who predicted it smelling like a creamsicle wasn't too far off. Creamy sandalwood/powdery vanilla with an orange freshness but not fruity or sweet. Very subtle and clean and smooth smelling. Strangely enough people in my office said I smelled of coconuts but it got a lot of compliments.

I laugh about this so called reviews. Most of these people dont own a bottle and maybe tried it on paper at their local fragrance store. So here is my quick and simple two cents about it owning the original million gold. This is in fact, a true elixir. Beast mode, and very well done. It has the same DNA of the original million gold but with a super nice vanilla/ Sandalwood twist. I went ahead and bought a 200ml of it and im glad i did. Solid 9.5/10.

I typically don’t care for most of the flankers in the 1 million line up, I like Royal and Lucky and that’s about it. But this one I got as a sample from a ad on social media and it’s really nice. It’s definitely a cold weather fragrance or maybeeee a date night scent so for this to launch at the beginning of summer is strange however, I might pick this up for when it cools down again.

This is the best fragrance from the 1 million line, sweet woody with a slight orange twist. I fell in love with it the first time I sprayed it on my skin, kept smelling it for hours. This is not a blind buy as it is a sweet fragrance, however it smells sophisticated and not synthetic. If you are into sweet fragrances then you will adore this one.

Opens with a sweet citrus and ends with a creamy sandalwood. Its dry down is akin to JPG Le Beau Paradise Garden, with Quentin Bisch being the nose behind both fragrances. Good for all seasons but will perform best in cold or air conditioned environments. Strong sillage and longevity of 6-8 hours. Grab this if you love sweet sandalwood scents.

“Finally a proper ‘Million’ from Rabanne. It’s a blend of the classic Elixir and Gold. It’s fresh but also sweet at the same time. I bought it blind, but I don’t regret it. Until now, I only owned the original first 1 Million because the others didn’t quite suit me. But I can confidently say there’s a new king in town.”

Best gormand vanilla men’s designer fragrance of 2025 with a fresh mandarin in the opening and some sandalwood in the dry down but the vanilla is there all the way through. Still has the OG dna in the background if you dig your nose in it. Best buy of the year for me. As well as the Jean Paul Le Male Elixir Absolu

Edit: I glazed this a bit too hard but its still nice THIS is the best 1 million of all time. For me it’s a bit more citrusy that I like, but I love that heavy dose of vanilla and just smells so beautiful. A very good flanker that rabanne has done. One of my favorite fragrances, it’s just smells so tasty. 8.4/10

I own it, loved it from the first time I smelled it in the duty-free of Dubai. It felt very fresh at the first glance, has some fruits in it from the yellow mandarin that keeps tingling your nose with a doze of freshness from the top to the bottom of the perfume. Worth buying 100% my new signature scent

Weirdly reminiscent yet so good and different - let me explain my take on this. It really surprisingly starts with a similarity to my JPG Le Beau Le Parfum. But changes quickly to warm citrusy vanilla on bed of warm woods and sawdust-y powdery delightfulness. Truly my favourite from the 1 Million-line.

I wasn't a fan of this collection but after trying the tester,I think this is the best one million so far.For all sandalwood lovers this is heaven in a bottle and lasts all day.A 200ml bottle is also available with an affordable price. P.S. Buy it and leave it for next autumn/winter to be safe.❤️

Blind bought Gold Elixir. I've only tried it once so far and it reminds me a lot of 1 Million Royal but with the best bits of 1 Million Parfum and 1 Million Elixir added in, and with its own little twist. The performance and sillage is beast mode too.