Phantom Elixir

Yesterday, I reviewed Phantom Intense and was met with exactly what I expected: a sweet and aromatic mass-appealing fragrance. It was a pleasant and versatile fragrance for sure, but at this point in my journey, I found it a little boring. Today, I'm reviewing the newest Phantom in the line: Phantom Elixir. Typically, with elixir flankers, they're darker, heavier, and stronger. This usually translates to being a bit more interesting as well. Is this what Phantom Elixir has in store for me? Let's get into it and find out. Scent: The opening is aquatic, mineralic, and sweet. There are only four notes listed: sea notes, mineral notes, vanilla, and oud. The sea notes are what hit my nose first with a very oceanic accord, similar to the type of sea notes found in Light Blue Eau Intense. They're watery, fresh, and salty, like an ocean breeze. Behind the sea notes is the vanilla. It imbues the opening with a marked sweetness, similar to the vanilla used in Phantom Intense, but it never overpowers the sea notes. Up next is the mineral notes, and to a lesser extent, the oud. The mineral notes give the opening a clean, metallic, and slightly icy edge. They are very much a supporting note and serve to alter how the sea notes and vanilla are portrayed. Lastly, the oud is barely perceptible in the background as a faint woodiness. If it wasn't listed in the note breakdown, I wouldn't assume it was there at all. It is worth mentioning that immediately after spraying, there was a fishiness that was off-putting and that I attributed to the sea notes. However, it went away within a couple of minutes of wearing, so I'm not letting it bother me that much. The dry down is sweet, aquatic, and woody. The strongest of the notes are the vanilla and mineral notes. The vanilla has become the focus in the dry down, with the same sweetness but fuller and richer compared to the opening. The mineral comes in behind the vanilla with the same fresh and icy, almost minty accord, but ramped up from what it was in the opening. This is followed by the oud and sea notes. The oud has emerged in the dry down to provide a dry, somewhat dusty woodiness. It's a very mild type of oud, not funky at all but with more of a dark edge than something like cedar or vetiver. Lastly, the sea notes are nearly gone but I get just a hint of the watery freshness far in the background. Performance: Initial projection within the first hour is very strong, reaching out around 6 feet. Sillage matches that energy with an easily noticeable scent trail. After a few hours the performance was largely unchanged. At around the 7-8 hour mark the projection was still about 3-4 feet and the scent trail, while lighter, was still noticeable. Even about 12 hours later there was still a bit of projection and sillage left. When to wear: Phantom Elixir changes quite a bit from opening to dry down, and as such, makes it a fairly versatile wear. The aquatic opening is a perfect match for spring and summer, whereas the sweet and woody dry down works well for fall and winter. Both will work for daytime or evening wear, as well. This fragrance gives off casual vibes, so I wouldn't pick it for formal or special occasions. Anything that you wouldn't dress your best or wear a suit and tie to should work fine. It would also work fine as an office fragrance as long as you don't go too heavy with the sprays. Blind buy: Phantom Elixir is a pretty heavy departure from the rest of the Phantom line, so I wouldn't recommend it as a blind buy just because you like the other Phantoms. However, if you like aquatic and sweet fragrances, this is a pretty safe blind buy for you. Final verdict: I expected a darker and heavier version of Phantom Intense, and while that's not quite what I got, it was still a more interesting experience than Phantom Intense. The super aquatic opening was very unexpected, but smelled fantastic. Afterwards, the sweet and mineralic/woody dry down was a very interesting transition and tied in the Phantom DNA perfectly. Performance was stronger than what I got with Phantom Intense; a solid 3-4 hours of strong projection and scent trails, and lasting at least 12 before fading away. Like the rest of the Phantom line, Phantom Elixir is a versatile fragrance. It can be worn all year round to the office or any casual occasion, but it's not what I'd pick for anything formal or intimate. The mass-appeal factor is on par with the rest of the line as well. There are no funky or offensive notes, and most everyone will think you smell great wearing this. To wrap this up, I do think Phantom Elixir is a massive improvement over Phantom Intense. It's more interesting while keeping the same level of versatility and mass appeal. At this point, I should probably pick up Phantom EDT and Phantom Parfum to give them a review as well for the sake of completion, but I'm pretty sure Phantom Elixir is the pinnacle of this line, and I will most likely be adding a full bottle of this to my collection. Scent: 9/10 Longevity: 10/10 Sillage: 8/10

I have used this perfume for several days, testing it inside and outside of home just to see how it performs. I wore it to the office one day also. The original Phantom gets a lot of hate, most of it undeserved, but after trying a sample I decided that this wasn’t my type of scent. So, I was hesitant about this perfume, but I must say, I am pleasantly surprised. Phantom Elixir definitely has the DNA of the original, but with a twist that makes it more appealing to a more mature and refined audience. It’s loud but not overwhelming. It’s a wearable scent, very pleasant and well-balanced. You will not offend anyone with this scent, I see myself wearing this to the office from time to time. It has a fresh opening, fruity, sweet. After it settles you get a mixture of oud with hints of incense and the mineral base. Then after you are left with a pleasant dry down of vanilla. This perfume has a strong sillage and it’s long-lasting, you get 5-7 hours easily. Overall, I enjoyed the twist they did on the original Phantom, this is definitely a more appealing and enjoyable version that I can fully support.

I absolutely love this fragrance. It is a very sweet winter smell but with a very unique twist with a mineral note. Whenever I smell this fragrance I imagine a beautiful seaside with frozen water and snow covering the sand. Phantom elixir has the generic desighner winter fragrance smell with the overpowering vanilla and sweetness but as I have already said the mineral note makes it somewhat unique and different meanwhile still having a safe mass appealing scent. The performance is amazing and it can last around 11 hours, however you will not smell it after 11 hours, gosh if your wearing it you wouldn't be able to smell phantom elixir after half an hour at max, sweet powerful smells like this will make you go nose blind in a matter of minutes. Overall, if you want to get compliments in wintertime go for phantom elixir. If you want to smell unique go for phantom elixir. If you want to get whiffs of the fragrance your wearing after a while do not get phantom elixir.

I had to spend a few hours at the airport, with the huge selection of fragrance, I randomly came to the Rabanne stand with zero expectations, tried this one, and bought it right after without knowing it's a new release. It has a fresh opening, fruity, I don't get any mineral note as listed, I don't know where this spiciness comes from, but it's noticeable. It's a pleasant scent for everyday. Projection is good, it's not crazy but I would say it's perfect for it. Longevity is enormous, I put it on at 08:00 before work, and around 17:00 it's still alive. If you're looking for something that hasn't been hyped(as a Le Male, for example), it's a very good choice, you can safely blind buy it, and you will enjoy it. Very simple, but in good simplicity Spicy and sweet Great for everyday Office friendly Longevity surprisingly good

If it was called Campfire At The Beach everyone would understand it and it would have a 4.5 rating. It’s a relaxing and fun scent, and it’s unfortunate that almost everyone considers a fun and sweet scent for young people only. Screw that. The oud is definitely a European take but it’s my favorite note encapsulated in a salty mineral crystal. The dry down still keeps these notes along with vanilla. Literally smelling it now I just had a flashback of driving over the bridge to Cedar Point with the windows down. It’s a spring/summer/fall scent for me. 9/10 easy.

My nan bought this for me back in 2020 and let me tell you what a blind buy. It hits the notes of Oud like I’m sniffing a horses backside. It does however smell a bit fishy which reminds me on my nans lasagna flaps so that’s an upvote from me. Very underhyped fragrance and smells very similar to deor homie intest or mont blanc leggins spirit. The notes of plum and mustard aren’t aparent of the opening because it’s not used in the fragrance however I do like to add them for that extra kick. Anyway 10/10 but would not recommend

Just picked this up yesterday, i have all of the phantom's and would say this is closer to the original than the others with some mineral and sea notes notes in the opening and balanced better, if you have the others this could be redundant but if you’re like me and want the full collection you won’t be disappointed. Great performance and longevity. I pick the Intense for the opening and the EDP for the dry down and this one sits somewhere in-between safe blind buy if you like any of the others.

Give this one a chance... I understand the EDT is terrible, I personally am not the biggest fan of it, which is why the elixir surprised me. This is a salty, aquatic, mineral, vanilla fragrance which works surprisingly well. It’s smooth, mature and modern. Any age group can wear this for any occasion or season. I didn’t get any of the oud accord at all, I wear many oud fragrances and I’m just not picking up anything.

I love this one, just smelt it in Notino unaware it was a brand new release, though Rabanne definitely got this one 100% right, unlike some of the other Phantoms. I don’t understand why this isn’t rated higher, I’m my opinion it’s amazing. Price is a bit suspect though, but I assume it’ll go down once a bit of time has passed. 9/10 overall, maybe the best Phantom perfume.

This website is borderline useless with all the kids in here reviewing fragrances they’ve never smelled. I actually own this and it’s the best phantom by far. Smell it and make your own opinion, most of the niche overlords enjoy smelling like a beaver anal gland (literally) so don’t go by anything you see here.

Love this one. Smells like a fancy vanilla that is gently rocked by the sea. The only thing I think that could have been done better is the sprayer. If only you could spray it by pressing the whole head down, that would have been so cool :c Really missed the potentional there.

nothing to say more about this fragrance youthful but sensual fresh but sweet Im so obsessed with this line and this turns out to be the best Rabanne just made their fragrances separated from the others, so unique but fantastic

Not common scent. Juvenile, sweet and it prokects for long, also good sillage. I would say good price value

very nice, sweet, mysterious, sexy, juvenile, not a very common scent, would reccommend :))

Wore this to work today a lady left her desk in the office to give me a compliment

Very happy with the scent! Gives phantom vibes with its own invictus style twist!

I recently picked up Phantom Elixir at a great price despite being a new release, and after two days of wearing it, I must say it’s a solid addition to Paco Rabanne’s Phantom lineup - right up there with the Parfum version. While it doesn’t aim to revolutionize the fragrance world, it delivers a well-rounded and wearable scent. The DNA is the usual Phantom, but this iteration leans more mature and refined. It dials back the sweetness (no rhubarb here, which I liked in Parfum) and introduces a faint marine vibe blended with a dry, polite and inoffensive "designer oud." Some have compared it to Tom Ford’s Oud Minerale, and I can see the resemblance. However, Phantom Elixir feels more versatile and approachable, perfect for someone dipping their toes into oud territory without diving headfirst into complexity. I decided to put its projection to the test by asking a few people nearby if they could smell it on me after a couple of hours. The response? “Yes, and it’s rather good.” Subtle but positive feedback. Longevity sits in the 6-8 hour range, with the scent gradually fading after the 5-hour mark. It’s not beast mode, but it gets the job done. Still discernible as a skin scent well beyond the 10 hours mark. To wrap up, we are not talking about a game-changer, but Phantom Elixir is more than just another run-of-the-mill designer fragrance. It offers a welcome alternative to the endless wave of “blue” or "dumb reach" perfumes, serving as an easy, everyday option with a touch more character. If you’re looking for a versatile scent with a slight distinctive hint, this is worth considering. Not every fragrance has to be bombastic sometimes, being pleasantly reliable is more than enough, especially if you are looking for versatility or office friendly options.

- Mineral-like scent but quite shower gel-like, slightly sweet as well. - Most people would say it's a nice scent, but nothing more, nothing special. - Follows the Rabanne Phantom line; typical teenage fragrance for ages 10-18. - Overpriced considering how simple the fragrance is. - Due to its clean, mineral character, I can imagine it in an office setting as well; somewhat of a blue fragrance. - Much more fresh than sweet. - Safe for blind buying, but don't expect anything special. 10/7-8

I think this is a decent scent if you find it on sale. It's not 100% mass-appealing or blind-buy safe, because of the oud and mineral accord. The vanilla base is quite nice and inoffensive, but the top and middle notes might stink to others. Personally, it's enjoyable, but definitely not for everyone, and NOT the best, given other options like SWY Intensely (or Parfum, for the leather enjoyers), JPG Le Male Elixir, or JPG Le Male Le Parfum.

I finally got to try this in macy's after returning every week to see if they have it. It's definitely phantom but there is a interesting subtle marine note, and the oud is not strong but it mixes with the vanilla base similar to haramain amber oud. I can't judge the longevity since I tested it after wearing other perfume. I do like what they have done but I still need to decide if it's for me value and longevity wise.