Elixir

Shakira Elixir - (The Exotic, Mystical and Elusive) Now you smell it, now you don’t. Oh my... Oh MY! Ohhhh! On a hunt one day for a new-to-me, unusual, drop dead killer scent to wow me, I went from store to store for hours becoming increasingly frustrated with the same old tired gourmand-y and fruity floral designer and celeb perfumes. I was growing angry and bored until I sampled Shakira Elixir Wild. Something happened the moment I sprayed it and I’ve not quite been the same since. Something in my fragrance wardrobe was missing and I have so happily found it. At the time, Shakira Elixir without the “Wild” was not available for me to sample, so I did a raving review here about the beauty of Wild while waiting for my shipment of this Elixir minus Wild’s dark patchouli. Shakira Elixir is a very similar scent sans ‘chouli, but the absence of it makes a big difference. I am madly, insanely in love with both and have held out on reviewing this one as I am truly stunned at how glorious, elegant, refined, and exquisitely beautiful Shakira Elixir is. From an exotic beauty comes an exotically beautiful, enticing, spicy, fruity, floral, woodsy masterpiece... and I am amazed. Had anyone suggested I give this a try, I would have ignored them dismissing it as yet another here-we-go-again-celeb-fruit-water-candy-gourmand. I never expected this sort of quality or scent, but am so glad to have it now. As a true oriental lover, I find this scent divinely outstanding; so much so, it has (almost) become my signature fragrance this spring and summer so far. I own many fragrances and have never used a fragrance this many consecutive days and nights in my life. It is also the first time in many years I have fallen madly, crazy in love over a scent with no vanilla or sandalwood in the blend, which is a seriously bold profession from me. The peach is so ripe, deep and rich I will liken it more to apricot. My mother and grands used spices to can fresh peaches and apricots. The beginning notes are that same, delicious smell mixed with the sexiest, phenomenal quality amber, to-die-for styrax and orange blossom. I believe the black pepper is one big thing that separates this from the same ol’s I am crying tired of, and truly “makes” this fragrance. It is unique and remarkable. I haven’t much to say regarding the florals as Elixir is so wonderfully blended they are hard to single out, but have no complaints at all. The dry down is a gentle woodsy, soft musk undressing down to a creamy, addictive spiced apricot/benzoin-like skin scent that is heroin to my nose. This stuff is heroin to my olfactory from start to finish but the dry down is heavenly. It is jubilant, sensual, dances like Shakira and golden as her hip coins. The overall blend is so divine it defies just description but I’m doing my best. *smiles* Longevity is about 2 on a 0-10 scale on me. (I think.?) It is The Great Houdini and genie in the same bottle. There is a possibility I have become anosmic to Elixir but have been battling this from the start, so I think not. I have brutally honest friends. That’s the way I like ‘em. *wink* I constantly pester them by inquiring if they can smell this on me or am I knocking them down. Their answers are consistently the same in a group. They lean in for a sniff and I hear “I can’t smell anything” from one or two. “Faint but GORgeous, what is that?!” another says. “I can smell it only if I stick my nose to you. What IS it?” “Strong but beautiful so who cares, what IS that dammit? Say it!” ... Now it’s “Don’t ask anymore until you name it. You’re being a bitch.” (LOL!) So with that, I am clueless with a knowing grin and still refuse to name it which is maddening them. (Oh, the joy of being a bit sadistic!) There are times I smell it, it vanishes for awhile, I catch a faint whiff again and think/hope it’s still there somewhere. Though frustrating, I find that mystical and appealing in a way, and for the price will happily spritz all day and night to envelope myself in this Heaven called Shakira Elixir and Elixir Wild for winter. I am honestly knocked out and thrilled at the quality of this fragrance. It smells expensive, classy, high end, high house, and is the first to make me scoot a long timer off my top 5 list in about a decade. Due to such similarity I will count this and Wild as one. Both Elixirs earned a top spot amidst time honored, classic, respected contenders. For me, that is a very big deal... and oh, yeah. Did I say how much I love Shakira Elixir(s)? How do I love thee? Let me count the ways!

Blind buy based on a discussion looking for a fruity warm spicy (with my favorite: PEACH) and reviews on here. I figured at the price ($20 with shipping) it was a safe gamble. Here’s my breakdown of the fragrance: At first spray I get the orange blossom intensely, VERY orange and then the pepper also strong but only for a moment. Then I get the middle notes in this order: peony, freesia, peach. For me the peach sticks around which I COULDN’T BE HAPPIER ABOUT and mixes perfectly with the amber, then I get a vanilla quality from the combination of musk & white cedar. If I had to describe it in one word: DELICIOUS. I get an almost gourmond feel from it but I am a big fan of white florals so that smells “yummy” to me. Keep that in mind. All in all I couldn’t be more pleased. I can already tell this is a new favorite!

This was a blind buy for me a few months ago at Walgreens (it was on clearance) At 1st I was iffy about this scent & then it grew on me! To me this is such a unique scent & one of my top favorite oriental-ish scents!! I pick up the amber.peach,orange blossom,white cedar,hints of musk...its a nice warm scent that I I think is perfect for the colder months to wear but is light enough to wear in spring too......I will say that I do not pick up the black pepper note in this at all wich is great because I hate any peppery scent lol Silliage is moderate on me & so is the longevity..wich is fine since I do mind reaaplying if I have to.

This is stunning 🤩 I thought I really liked wild elixir but this blows me away! This started off very light but once it heated up with my chemistry, the magic happened! Wild elixir although smelling terrific, didn’t evolve, last, or project. This projects and I thought it was just a skin scent, 5 hours later I’m like mmmm that smells amazing and then I’m like oh my, that’s elixir that I put on way earlier—- wow it’s a true perfume, those are very hard to come by these days. Btw- it’s soft, warm, amber, sweet, peachy perfume with a sexy oomph trailing behind.

I didn't know Shakira even had a fragrance line, blind bought this and boy was I pleasantly surprised! A very spicy sexy scent, It's quite strong when first sprayed but calms down after a few minutes then its this perfect musky peppery scent, also give patchouli a bit to me. I've gotten many compliments lately when wearing this and its lasts SO LONG on skin and even longer on clothes. I think this is a bit similar to Rihanna's Reb'l Fleur but I find this lasts a lot longer and is more wearable. This was a nice little hidden gem!